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April 2017
Kian – Time Travel Tea Ceremony
At Raphaël Dallaporta’s exhibition, images of “Chauvet Cave” appears on high resolution SONY PCL 4K monitors. Using them as borrowed scenery, Seizan Toda, deputy head priest at Daiji-in, Daitoku-ji Temple serves you tea in a handcrafted mobile bamboo teahouse – Kian. Your tea will be served in a special teabowl called Nihonmatsu by a ceramicist Toshio Matsui. These bowls were made with earth from a rice field dating back to the Yayoi Period (5th century B.C.) with more than 5000-year-old…
Talk: To Live, To Express, and To Connect With Society
Yoshiaki Kasatani, creative director of RISSI INC. & the scenographer of Hanne van der Woude’s exhibition and Masato Yamashita, the director of Atelier Yamanami discuss “To Live, To Express, and To Connect With Society”.
Digital Gelatin Silver Printing Workshop
Digital Gelatin Silver Printing Workshop Even in this digital era the depth of black, and the texture of silver is still unique to monochrome film prints. In this workshop, you can learn digital gelatin silver printing technique and find a bridge between analogue and digital. Keep your prints after the workshop (Bookings required). [fee] 4,000¥ [Session] [Session 1] 10:00 – 12:00 [Session 2] 14:00 – 16:00 [language] Japanese [Program name for reservation] Digital Gelatin Silver Printing Workshop [Booking] Please email…
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…
THE MOVING IMAGE – create your own movie with your photos!
Let’s take photographs and make our own Photo Movie! Find your identity and a new point of view through your images. Discover a new world through the lense! At the end of event, you will create an animated movie from your images, using our new skills in photography, editing, and sound recording. [/column_2] Tamura Naoko Born in Tokushima, Japan. Tamura is based in Kyoto and France. She has been exhibiting mainly photographs and video installations both internationally and domestically. From…
Festival Design: Ouchi Osamu and Hiro Konishi, moderated by Yusuke Nakanishi
Part of KYOTOGRAPHIE’s main image and philosophy is distinctive scenography and harmony between the photography and architecture. In this event two long term KYOTOGRAPHIE design collaborators will discuss with KYOTOGRAPHIE’s Co-Director the philosophy of space, design and the festival. Looking back at past exhibitions and the designers personal work, sharing insight into design and exhibition.[/column_1] [/column_1] [fee] FREE [language] Japanese [Program name for reservation] Festival Design: Ouchi Osamu and Hiro Konishi, moderated by Yusuke Nakanishi[/column_1]
Let’s Buy a Photograph
Buying photography isn’t as easy as it seems, it is important to consider several things in buying art work. Even going through a gallery can be complicated, what is a work worth? Who is the artist? Is it framed? Provenance? Now, photography as art-form has become more popular and the opportunity to purchase work has increased with online galleries, alternative places to purchase, as well as self producing artists. For photography lovers and those trying to get into the market…
May 2017
Movie screening & Talk “Ryuichi Hirokawa: Human Battlefield”
Join us for Ryuichi Hirokawa’s insightful talk and documentarty screening. A prolific photojournalist and humanitatiran Hirokawa has been devoted to covering the truth. This event follows his life and work from Palestine, to Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Kumejima island in Okinawa. Ryuichi Hirokawa started working as a journalist in 1967 in Israel and Palestine. In 1982, he photographed the tragic massacre that occurred in the Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon. In 1989, as the first western journalist he documented the Chernobyl…
Cyanotype / Blueprint Workshop
Create a life size cyanotype print with your body. Using technology invented in the middle of the nineteenth century and the spring light participants can produce a special photographic artwork. During this event we can get closer to the primitive world of the image, creating something beautiful and truly unique. *Date will be moved to May 7th in case of rain. *KYOTOGRAPHIE does not take responsibility for participants belongings or health. Please be aware this event uses chemicals that can…
Sustaina-village 2017 “LOVE CIRCUS”
“Sustaina-village” is a sustainability-themed festival started in 2016. The theme of this year is “LOVE CIRCUS”. One of the leaders of French contemporary circus scene performes his new work “LOVE”. “This enables me to show you the moment to overturn what we think are limits or common sense” he explains. His attitude to revisit the natur of circus overturns our daily lives and makes them into a instipational, creative place. The event will be live shows and performances, workshops, talk…