Jason Akira Somma, Protégé (foreground), and Pedro Osorio during the performance of Life in Progress.
Soho, New York, USA, 2008.
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Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, at work during a scene of Life in Progress.
Soho, New York, USA, 2008.
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Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, creates a new work, Life in Progress.
Soho, New York, USA, 2008.
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Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, gives a spontaneous performance in the Pink Room at the Meet Factory, a multifunctional cultural centre.
Prague, Czech Republic, 2009.
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Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, in the Jungle Room at the Meet Factory, a multifunctional cultural centre.
Prague, Czech Republic, 2009.
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Like much of Jason Akira Somma’s work, Life in Progress involves more than one art form – here video and dance are combines in a unique creation.
Soho, New York, USA, 2008.
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Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, strikes a spontaneous pose among furniture left on the footpath on a street near the harbour in The Hague.
The Hague, Netherland, 2008.
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Jiří Kylián, Mentor, and Jason Akira Somma, Protégé, in a mirror gallery created by Czech artist Borek Sipek, a friend of Kylián.
Prague, Czech Republic, 2009.
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