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April 2017
“The Elusive Chauvet-Partd’ Arc Cave” with Raphaël Dallaporta & Chihiro Minato
Please join Raphaël Dallaporta & Chihiro Minato to discuss “The Elusive Chauvet-Partd’ Arc Cave” and its specific landscape, marked by engravings and paintings dated 36,000 BC, along with Dallaporta’s specific immersive visual approach, rendering flat the 360 degree views of the cave. IMAGE [/column_2] Chihiro Minato Born in 1960 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Photographer, visual anthropologist. Professor of information design at Tama Art University. His book, Memory: Powers of Creation and Remembering (Kodansha, 1996), was awarded the Suntory Prize for Social…
Meet TOILETPAPER!
“What is coming is better than what is gone”. Take this opportunity to meet with Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. Find out what makes a TOILETPAPER photo? Why TOILETPAPER started, and how the images are created. “We keep honing in on what a TOILETPAPER image is. Like distilling a perfume. It’s not about one particular style or time frame; what makes them TOILETPAPER is a special twist. An uncanny ambiguity” – Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. This event is full.…
Artist Talk: From “The Songs of Mud” – Pictures of Chikako Yamashiro
The theme of “The Songs of Mud”, the latest work of Chikako Yamashiro covers not only Okinawa, but other East Asian regions such as Jeju Island in Korea, and Vietnam. Through this talk Yamashiro and Masashi Kohara the curator of her exhibition approach the undercurrent of her works which freely links different times and places through Okinawa today and its history of representations.[/column_1] [/column_2] Masashi Kohara As a researcher at Izu Photo Museum, Kohara has organised exhibitions by Nobuyoshi Araki,…
Exhibition Talk: ARAKI Today
Join us for an intimate insight into Since 1960s, Nobuyoshi ARAKI has been representing pioneering photographic works in Japan. Nevertheless, his status has begun to quake around the time of The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake And Tsunami. He received prostatectomy, lost his right eye view, beloved cat and moved into a new house. In spite of these tough accidents, his creative motivation is never seemed to be reduced, but to be highly promoted. Nobuyoshi Araki, what he thinks, where he goes,…
Artist Talk: Susan Barnett with Pascal Beausse
The “Love” series is part of the on-going project called “Not In Your Face” will be discussed in relationship to how the t-shirt can be an effective means of communication. The “Love” series photographs are about identity, validation and perception. Each one of the people photographed reveal a part of themselves that advertises their hopes, ideals, likes, dislikes, political views, and personal mantras. This talk will discuss how these environmental portraits can serve to ask questions about our own instincts,…
In Conversation with Akihito Yoshida & Shinji Ishii
Please join photographer Akihito Yoshida and novelist Shinji Ishii to discuss ‘Falling Leaves’, family and mortality. They will explore the relationship of words and images from their unique perspective.
Kyoto Artisan’s in Conversation: Between the Light and Darkness
During his 4 month stay for production of his new exhibition in Kyoto, Yan Kallen (2016 KG+ winner) discovered stories of family & connection, between people & nature. Partaking in the time lapse of craftmanship. In this event, he will discuss the process with three of the artisans he collaborated with. The guests are Keiko Nishimura (lacquer), Wataru Hatano (paper), and Sarasa Yoshioka (dyeing).[/column_2] [Related Exhibition] Yan Kallen | Between the Light and Darkness [fee] FREE [language] Japanese [Program name…
May 2017
Build your own Camera Obscura with Kyoto Artisans
5/6：13:00 – 18:00 Yamamoto Alloy Works co.,LTD 6-6 Ebisunobanba-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 5/7：13:00 – 18:00 Maki Shinto Ritual Articles Store 121-9 Kainokami-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto *This is a tow-day workshop. On the 1st day, you cut out a metal and create a mirror and on the 2nd day you create the outer box of camera to contain the mirror. In Yan Kallen’s exhibition you can see a “camera obscura” made in collaboration with Kyoto artisans. This is a workshop to make your…
KYOTOGRAPHIE ×「CLUB LUV+ 2017」
Part 1: 22:00 – 23:00 : “PHOTOGRAPHIE & LOVE” – Through Zanele Muholi’s Work [JP] One of the exhibiting artists of KYOTOGRAPHIE 2017, Muholi currently resides in Johannesburg and works toward raising awareness about problems the LGBT community and particularly black lesbians face in South Africa. Yuka Kanno (associate professor, Doshisha University/Queer Studies, Film and Visual Culture Studies) and Sohei Nishino (associate professor, Kyoto Seika University/Sociology) discuss and read Muholi’s work from the perspective of art scene and history of…
Artist Talk: Akihito Yoshida
Please join photographer Akihito Yoshida and KYOTOGRAPIE’s Co-Founder and Co-Director Yusuke Nakanishi in an open dialogue about ‘Leaves Falling’. This body of work was collated into a handmade photo-book and exhibition. This story is a deep and intimate family history of love and tragedy. [/column_1] [/column_1] [Related Exhibition] Akihito Yoshida | Falling Leaves [Fee] Free [Language] Japanese [Program name for reservation] Artist Talk: Akihito Yoshida[/column_1]