THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, SYDNEY
ARTS & CULTURE DEPARTMENT
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ONLINE PROJECTS 1. ISSHO EDITIONS 2. JURASSIC PLASTIC
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FILM PROGRAMS 1. HAYABUSA SCREENING 2. FILM LIBRARY
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JPF GALLERY
SEIKATSU KOGEI
OBJECTS FOR INTENTIONAL LIVING
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EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Seikatsu Kogei: Objects for Intentional Living is an exhibition held at The Japan Foundation, Sydney that explored the Japanese craft movement that began in the 1990s known as Seikatsu Kogei, or lifestyle crafts. The exhibition presented some 70 works by 22 currently-active Seikatsu Kogei artists, introducing how the works of Seikatsu Kogei artists re-examine our relationship to the objects in our lives, presented together in Australia for the first time. The objects on display were made from a variety of materials, including wood, ceramics, lacquer, glass, metal, bamboo, paper and clay. The exhibition was initially scheduled to ill run at The Japan Foundation Gallery from February 21 to May 23, 2020, however due to COVID-19, it was closed from March 16 to June 8. The exhibition then reopened on June 9 and was extended to August 29, 2020.
DATE February 21, 2019 - August 29, 2020
VENUE The Japan Foundation Gallery
ARTISTS Masanobu Ando, Wataru Hatano, Tomoko Hayashi, Higashi Bamboo Studio, Yukiko Hosokawa, Kamizoe, Masaki Kanamori, Yoshitake Kihira, Masao Kozumi, Ryuji Mitani, Tomoaki Nakano, Yumi Nakamura, Hideto Nakayama, Tetsuya Otani, Akihito Sugita, Yuichi Takemata, Takashi Tomii, Kazushige Tsuchida, Kiyokazu Tsuda, Koichi Uchida, Yoji Yamada, Ryohei Yamamoto
ORGANISED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney Yurika Sugie, Susan Bui, Simonne Goran, Anne Lee, Aurora Newton
IN COLLABORATION WITH Gallery yamahon
SUPPORTED BY Asahi Premium Beverages CHOYA UMESHU CO., LTD.
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PUBLISHED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney
EDITORS Yurika Sugie
PUBLISHED ON May 13, 2020 120 pages
TRANSLATION Anne Lee
CONTENTS Introduction Exhibition Images Works In conversation with Ryuji Mitani & Tadaomi Yamamoto
Artist Bio List of Works Acknowledgement
COPYEDITING Anne Lee DESIGN Susan Bui EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY Document Photography ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHY Document Photography
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
ARTIST TALK: SEIKATSU KOGEI WITH RYUJI MITANI February 22, 2020 2:30pm–3:30pm VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney SPEAKERS
Ryuji Mitani (Artist) Tadaomi Yamamoto (Gallery yamahon) Visitors deepened their understanding and appreciation of Seikatsu Kogei, or “lifestyle crafts” in this interview with Seikatsu Kogei artist Ryuji Mitani conducted by Tadaomi Yamamoto of Gallery yamahon. Ryuji Mitani provided his perspective on Seikatsu Kogei, background on his works in the Seikatsu Kogei: Objects for Intentional Living exhibition and the beauty of everyday life that informs his practice. After the interview, participants had the opportunity to ask questions.
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KINTSUGI WORKSHOPS: PERFECTION IN IMPERFECTION August 15, 22 & 29, 2020 10am–1pm VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney Participants learned the art of Kintsugi featuring ceramics from Mino, Arita and Australia in three hands-on threehour beginners’ workshops. Foundational techniques of Kintsugi were taught by Yoko Kawada of Art Kintsugi Sydney using modern materials that are easy to source so anyone can apply the technique in their daily life. Participants were then able to bring home their Kintsugi objects and fall in love with their imperfections.
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SERENITY IN JAPANESE LIVING Cancelled due to COVID–19
EVERY DAY A GOOD DAY
WAGASHI: NATURE AND TRADITION IN SWEETS
WAGASHI: NATURE AND TRADITION IN SWEETS (CAC)
April 17, 2020 2:00pm–3:30pm
April 17, 2020 2:00pm–3:30pm
FILM SCREENING
TALK & DEMONSTRATION
TALK & DEMONSTRATION
WAGASHI: NATURE AND TRADITION IN SWEETS (MELB)
EQUINOX FLOWER
April 9, 2020 6:30pm–8:10pm
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
April 23, 2020 6:30pm–8:28pm
April 20, 2020 6:00pm–7:30pm
TALK & DEMONSTRATION
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AUDIENCE SATISFACTION RESULTS
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COMMENTS SEIKATSU KOGEI OPENING NIGHT
ARTIST TALK BY RYUJI MITANI (SK)
KINTSUGI WORKSHOP (MINO)
“The presence of artist is a real bonus” “More! love what you do”
“I enjoy any insight into Japanese life + culture. Thank you for providing the event today”
“It was an excellent workshop! I’d love to attend more and would be interested in follow-up events.”
SEIKATSU KOGEI EXHIBITION
“Very satisfying interview and well displayed, enough space around items”
“All seemed very well put together and planned. Could see myself attempting this on my own for fun”
“Some brillant artistry. makes me want to return to Japan for the next visit” “Lovely to see handcrafted expertise with materials and design”
KINTSUGI WORKSHOP (AUSTRALIAN)
“Amazing course for a beginner like myself :)” “I love your events!”
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OBJECTS FOR INTENTIONAL LIVING
SEIKATSU KOGEI
FEBRUARY 21 - MAY 23, 2020
OBJECTS FOR INTENTIONAL LIVING
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FEBRUARY 21 - MAY 23, 2020
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OBJECTS FOR INTENTIONAL LIVING FEBRUARY 21 – MAY 23, 2020 THE JAPAN FOUNDATION GALLERY
FREE ADMISSION
LEVEL 4, CENTRAL PARK BUILDING, 28 BROADWAY, CHIPPENDALE 2008
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT JPF.ORG.AU
The Japan Foundation, Sydney is proud to present Seikatsu Kogei: Objects for Intentional Living, an exhibition that explores the Japanese craft movement Seikatsu Kogei. Also known as lifestyle crafts, the movement began in the 1990s and re-examines our relationship with the objects in our daily lives. From lacquerware to ceramics, glass to bamboo–see over 50 works by 22 currently-active Seikatsu Kogei artists presented together for the first time in Australia.
EVENT PROGRAM
Full event program to follow! GALLERY HOURS Mon–Thu: 10am–8pm* *10am-6pm from April 10–26 Fri: 10am–6pm Sat: 10am–4pm Closed Sundays and Public Holidays (March 20, April 10, 13, 14, 24)
Doors open 30 minutes before event
OPENING RECEPTION February 21, 2020 (Friday) 6:30pm - 8:00pm (doors open at 6pm)
Join us and artist Ryuji Mitani for our first exhibition opening of 2020. ARTIST TALK: SEIKATSU KOGEI WITH RYUJI MITANI February 22, 2020 (Saturday) 2:30pm - 3:30pm (doors open at 2pm)
Learn about the practice of Seikatsu Kogei in everyday life in a conversation with woodworking specialist Ryuji Mitani. Free, limited capacity. No bookings required.
Cover image: Ryuji Mitani, Pitcher “HAKUBOKU”, cherry tree, lacquer, 2019 © Image courtesy of Ryuji Mitani
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HIROSHI NAGAI PAINTINGS FOR MUSIC
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EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music surveyed the relationship between Japan’s city pop music and the paintings of esteemed illustrator Hiroshi Nagai. Held at The Japan Foundation Gallery from September 25, 2020 to January 23, 2021, it was the first international solo exhibition of Nagai, whose cover art for Eiichi Ohtaki’s A Long Vacation and numerous other iconic record jackets spearheaded Japan’s city pop music culture. The exhibition explored an era that encapsulated the new young urban lifestyle in Tokyo through the lens of Nagai’s paintings. His dreamy visual palette and associated city pop hits epitomised the cultural reverberations of Japan’s economic boom, providing a soundtrack and aesthetic for young urbanites lusting after endless summers by the poolside and an indulgent city nightlife. On display were 20 of the illustrator’s original works spanning his career, as well as a collection of record jackets made for a variety of music styles from Japan and around the world, including soul, funk, pop, reggae, boogie and more.
DATE September 25, 2020 - January 23, 2021
VENUE The Japan Foundation Gallery
ORGANISED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney Yurika Sugie, Simonne Goran, Susan Bui, Anne Lee, Aurora Newton
IN COLLABORATION WITH FMCD Gallery Studio
SUPPORTED BY Light in the Attic Records Asahi Premium Beverages CHOYA UMESHU CO., LTD.
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Hiroshi Nagai Eleki on the Beach Ventures Medley, 1984
Hiroshi Nagai Uptown Sunset, 2013
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Hiroshi Nagai Downtown Sunset - Poolside Red Flower, 2006
Hiroshi Nagai Uptown Poolside - Architecture, 2000s
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Hiroshi Nagai Reimen de Koiwoshite, 2001
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ONLINE CATALOGUE
CATALOGUE
AUTHORS
PUBLISHED BY
EDITORS
PUBLISHED ON December 5, 2020 68 pages
TRANSLATION
Texts comissioned by The Japan Foundation, Sydney on the occasion of the Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music exhibition The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Toshiyuki Ohwada Hirofumi Mizukawa Mark "Frosty" McNeill Yurika Sugie and Simonne Goran Alexander Brown COPYEDITING
CONTENTS
Foreword Introduction A Message from Hiroshi Nagai City Pop’s America by Toshiyuki Ohwada
How Did City Pop Picture the City? On Phantom and Reality by Hirofumi Mizukawa
City Pop—A Return to Pleasure by Mark “Frosty” McNeill
Gallery Installation Paintings List of Works Biographies Credits
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Nina Serova DESIGN
Daryl Prondoso EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY
Document Photography
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Hiroshi Nagai Except pages 38, 46, 50, 52, 56: Document Photography
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W E A C K N OW L E D G E T HE GA D I GA L P E O P L E O F T HE E O RA N A T I O N , T HE T RA D I T I O N A L C U S T O D I A N S O F T H E L A N D O N W HI C H T HE JA PA N FO U N DA T I O N , S Y D N E Y N OW S TA N D S . W E PA Y O U R RE S P E C T S T O E L D E RS PA S T, P RE S E N T A N D E M E RG I N G .
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City Pop’s America
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How Did City Pop Picture the City?
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City Pop—A Return to Pleasure by Mark “Frosty” McNeill
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A MESSAGE FROM HIROSHI NAGAI アーティストメッセージ
For my first overseas show here in Sydney, Australia I have made a special selection spanning my career as an illustrator from the end of the 1970s through to my most recent work. Recently, the music and culture of Japanese artists who were deeply influenced by AOR and West Coast Rock has been getting attention as ‘city pop’. As this style grows in popularity internationally, it is being imported back into Japan, and as an artist who has been associated with it since the beginning, I have been getting support from overseas fans on Twitter and Instagram. I find myself bemused but at the same time intrigued by the fact that, without meaning to, I can collaborate with creators who are two generations younger than myself.
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‘Plastic Love’ stood at an eye-popping 40,379,094 and counting. While far from a hit when originally released, Takeuchi’s infectious, saccharine jam has since served an oversized role in the popularisation of city pop. It has also helped spawn contemporary genre tributaries such as vaporwave and future funk, which incessantly scrub the song’s anatomy in order to create new clones from its DNA. ‘Plastic Love’ is only part of the city pop story though, and a consideration of the full genre is a slippery exercise. Like most music classifications, city pop is a critical and economic construct attempting to fence in a more fluid aural landscape. To gain a wider understanding of this genre, it’s best to run headfirst into the facade of hermetic cyberspace and open up the scope through real world listening. Up a narrow staircase off a sleepy street in Tokyo’s Kōenji neighborhood, there’s a record bar named Grass Roots. Feeling more like a clubhouse than an official establishment, it’s a few square meters of eager ears smooshed closely together. The tiny room resembles a Jamaican beach shack that has been blasted into orbit by the power of its hi-fi stereo boosters. Grass Roots is a gathering place for DJs and musicians seeking the outer realms—a braintrust that’s a bonafide breeding ground for the next wave of emergent music. On one particular night in 2013, I stood in the cozy room as musician Shintaro Sakamoto was DJing. The former Yura Yura Teikoku frontman had recently released his debut solo album How to Live with a Phantom and its spectral compositions had struck a chord with me. His gauzy revisitations of ‘70s and ‘80s Japanese pop aesthetics were shrouded in a mist of his own invention. On this night, Sakamoto tossed on platter
after platter of Japanese heat and had everyone’s heads swaying in magnetic unison. It was at this moment that I knew city pop was destined to reach the wider population, its fate sealed by the firstwave whisperers assembled in the room. These tastemakers would scatter the seeds that would eventually grow into the millions of listeners now scanning YouTube for tracks that hit their pleasure centers, in the way Takeuchi’s famed single did. In 2018, I hosted a public conversation with Kunihiko Murai, founder of the legendary Japanese record label Alfa Music, which is home to Yellow Magic Orchestra, amongst others. During our chat he dropped this jewel: “I believe in the theory that everything starts from the avant-garde. If it’s for everybody that’s for nobody. If it’s for you, it’s the real thing.” The notion that the underground largely informs the mainstream as opposed to the inverse, resonates with me. Bright minds operating outside of the spotlight are the vanguard that eventually imprint wider culture. City pop reached a level of mainstream status during its original era largely due to the boundless minds who built its foundation. Japan’s prosperous bubble economy of the 1970s and 1980s created the conditions that allowed for an environment of experimentation. State of the art studios stocked with the latest electronic instruments helped drive audio advances while plentiful funding allowed artists to make music outside of normal channels. Bespoke soundtracks were commissioned to accompany everything from air conditioners to architecture to perfume. This environmental view of audio bred an exploratory mentality and none took it further than Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono. His works foresaw
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future sound-art movements and helped evolve the form of Japanese pop itself. Hosono’s innovative framework emphasised lyrical Japanese tonguetwisting and a reversal of Oriental exoticisation through witty satire, while his sonic architecture was informed by a multi-culti stew of sounds. Looking to Los Angeles for some seasoning, Hosono’s band Happy End sought out composer/arranger/lyricist Van Dyke Parks and the band Little Feat to give their music that ‘Burbank sound’. While that moniker might have existed solely in the minds of Hosono and his crew, the energy they sought was a real commodity made by artists brewing a distinctly West Coast sound—psychedelia-laced earthy elegance that catapulted rock music into imaginative realms. Many other city pop artists would follow suit and engage collaborators in palm-shaded Los Angeles studios. The desire to beam beyond oneself is a natural instinct. Even if life is delightful, fantasising can always make it better, and in the midst of Japan’s miraculous bubble economy, creative minds often gazed across the ocean to pursue idyllic essences from distant shores. Hiroshi Nagai’s art embodies this escapism. His works are hazy California daydreams suspended in paint. It’s a style perfectly suited for the city pop sound and his designs adorn some of the genre’s preeminent titles, including Eiichi Ohtaki’s A Long Vacation. Nagai’s art completes a circle of sound and vision that, when absorbed as a full package, is intoxicating. If you drop the needle on the right song, you can lean into Nagai’s artwork and tumble into its bucolic embrace—where palm trees sway in the warm breeze to smooth sounds floating from open-topped convertibles. City pop seems to
embody the transcendent sense of nostalgia that the Japanese call natsukashii. It opens a portal to brighter possibilities, like awakening with the memory of a delightful dream still sitting on the edge of your subconscious. I think this is one of the greatest drivers for the music’s current resurgence. In a world gripped by a pandemic and mired in sociopolitical chaos, city pop transports us to better times and imbues us with the impermeable optimism to push on through to paradise.
Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai, album cover of Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986, courtesy of Light in The Attic
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LIST OF WORKS リスト・オブ・ワークス VINYL 21
Various Artists Light Mellow Sealine 2017 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Sea Boys Eleki On The Beach Ventures Medley 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Onra Nobody Has To Know 2018 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Naoya Matsuoka and Wesing The Wind Whispers 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Air Supply Strangers in Love 1980 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Niagara Fall of Sound Orchestral Niagara Song Book 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Sunny Day Service Dance To You 2016 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Naoya Matsuoka and Wesing Majorca 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Breeze - AOR Best Selection 2002 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Pictured Resort Southern Freeway 2017 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various artists The Twist (The Best of Oldies But Goodies) 1977 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Naoya Matsuoka and Wesing The Show 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Hawaiian Dream (soundtrack) 1987 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Anders & Poncia Anders ‘N’ Poncia Rarities 1988 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Kay Ishiguro Purple Road 1983 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Naoya Matsuoka and Wesing Son 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Ikkubaru Brighter 2017 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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AAA No Way Back 2017 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Max Romeo Loving You 1983 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Sing Like Talking Reveal (Sing Like Talking On Vinyl Vol.1) 2000 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Battle of Groups Vol.1 1977 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Eiichi Ohtaki A Long Vacation 1981 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Air Supply The Whole Thing’s Started 1980 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Hiroshi II Hiroshi Hiroshi II Hiroshi Vol. 1 1993 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Battle of Groups Vol.2 1977 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986 2019 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Boo Smile In Your Face 2002 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
The vinyl display will be rotated throughout the duration of the exhibition. Sept 25, 2020 - Nov 25, 2020 34-50 Nov 26, 2020 - Jan 23, 2021
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Bronze East Shore 2019 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Various Artists Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986 2020 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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Naoya Matsuoka and Wesing September Wind 1982 Artwork by Hiroshi Nagai
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PUBLIC PROGRAM City Pop: Inspired Nostalgia
NIGHT TEMPO LIVESTREAM DJ SET BRINGING RETRO CULTURE TO YOU! November 12, 2020 6:00pm–8:00pm AEDT VENUE
Zoom | Admission Free Viewers joined in a 2-hour exclusive livestream DJ set with South Korean producer Night Tempo featuring lesser-known city pop tracks. Night Tempo’s 2019 album, 夜韻 Night Tempo, features original cover art by Hiroshi Nagai. ABOUT NIGHT TEMPO
Jung Kyung-ho, who goes by the name of Night Tempo, has been creating music since 2015. Describing his music as future funk, a subgenre of vaporwave, Night Tempo samples 1970 and 80s Japanese music from cassettes with the desire to evoke warm fuzzy feelings of nostalgia. His love for 1980s retro culture, especially Japanese city pop, has helped propel the genre into the contemporary music landscape. One of his most notable contributions to the recent resurgence of city pop is his 2016 remaster of Mariya Takeuchi’s Plastic Love which, to this day, has over 40 million views on YouTube.
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ONLINE CATALOGUE LAUNCH & TALK EVENT December 5, 2020
11:00am–12:00pm AEDT VENUE
JPF Sydney Facebook| Admission Free SPEAKERS
Toshiyuki Ohwada (Professor, Harvard-Yenching Institute) Mark McNeill (Founder, dublab) To celebrate the launch of the Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music Online Catalogue, viewers gained insight on the city pop music genre from this talk between contributors of the catalogue Toshiyuki Ohwada and Mark ‘Frosty’ McNeill. Professor Ohwada shed light on the influence of American music on the city pop genre, and Mark “Frosty” McNeill shared his curatorial experience of putting together the two Pacific Breeze compilations featured in the Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music exhibition. The two contributors also discussed Hiroshi Nagai’s connection to city pop and the genre’s recent surge in international popularity. After the 45 minute interview, there was a 15 minute audience Q&A. The talk was conducted via Facebook livestream on the JPF Sydney Facebook, and a recording of the livestream was made available for viewing on the event page and Youtube afterwards.
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CITY POP: INSPIRED NOSTALGIA FILM SCREENINGS
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NO SMOKING (NO SMOKING) October 21, 2020 6:30pm–8:06pm
Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
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OCEAN WAVES (海がきこえる) November 18, 2020 6:30pm–7:42pm
Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
MIRAI (未来のミライ) December 19, 2020 11:00am–12:38pm
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Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
AUDIENCE TOTAL GALLERY VISITORS
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SATISFACTION RESULTS (EXHIBITION)
DID THIS EVENT DEEPEN YOUR INTEREST IN JAPAN? (EXHIBITION)
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COMMENTS HIROSHI NAGAI EXHIBITION
“Fantastic exhibition—well curated”
ONLINE CATALOGUE LAUNCH & TALK EVENT
“This was a very special experience. Thanks for bringing Hiroshi Nagai’s artwork over to Sydney”
“Wonderful exhibit, as I've come to expect from JPF”
“Wonderful talk - listening in from Los Angeles!”
“Excellent space, very well organised.” “Very good and detailed booklet for the exhibition and it is convenient and easy to access it :)” “Loved the music playing in the background during the exhibition and the QR code to view additional content and resources as well as the Spotify playlist” “I love the hiroshi nagai exhibition thank you for bringing it to Sydney” “It was excellent!”
“amazing” NIGHT TEMPO LIVESTREAM DJ SET
“It was so good! Please do more.” “Super awesome event. Night Tempo was really interactive and the tunes were great. More DJ/Music events in future!” “Love it! Thank you so much for hosting! Would love to hear more from creators in the Japanese music and art scene :)”
FILM SCREENINGS
“I found out about the film from my partner, and he found out through the Paintings for Music exhibition advertising. We are excited to go to the exhibition as well. Thank you!!” “Do it again, love it” “Thanks sim that was fun and interesting !! Mb x” “We loved it! A hidden gem from ghibli!” “Thank you very much for organising this event.” HIROSHI NAGAI: PAINTINGS FOR MUSIC
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The first international solo exhibition of esteemed illustrator Hiroshi Nagai is ON NOW at The Japan Foundation, Sydney! "Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music" surveys the relationship between Nagai’s work and the city pop music genre through 20 original works from the 1980s to present, along with a collection of record jackets.
With the re-emergence of city pop in the 2010s, the work of Hiroshi Nagai has received renewed attention. Learn more including about the related Inspired Nostalgia events online:
www.jpf.org.au/events/hiroshi-nagai-paintingsfor-music/ Listen to a city-pop playlist curated by Japan Foundation Sydney at https://open.spotify.com/ playlist/43q6oU1vV7rwWxj1zwUcWw
The Japanese Film Festival is going online for 2020 with a 100% free selection of films streaming in Australia and New Zealand from 4-13 December. The Japanese Film Festival Australia (JFF) is now one of the largest celebrations of Japanese films in the world. Last year, the Festival’s 23rd year, the JFF audience was more than 30,000 Australia-wide. JFF Plus will continue the Festival’s practice of presenting newly released titles. And JFF Classics, a program of rare 35mm and 16mm films screening for free with partners returns to JFF 2020—in Sydney at the Art Gallery of NSW. Sign up to the JFF newsletter to be the first to know the latest JFF Plus news! www.japanesefilmfestival.net/newsletter/
LIVE AND WORK IN JAPAN! Applications are OPEN NOW for the 2021 Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Programme Download the application pack from the Embassy of Japan in Canberra’s website: www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/ education_jet_en.html All entries MUST arrive to the Embassy in Canberra by post BY THE DEADLINE Contact cginfo@sy.mofa.go.jp to learn more!
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SPONSORS Our sponsors offer invaluable support to The Japan Foundation, Sydney programming and fostering cultural exchange between Japan and Australia. We believe in tailored partnerships that meet the needs of each organisation, resulting in meaningful collaborations. To this end, the Hiroshi Nagai: Paintings for Music exhibition included event activations*, prize giveaways and more.
LIGHT IN THE ATTIC RECORDS An American record label that has produced records featuring Japanese city pop music, resulting in a valuable partnership for the exhibition. They provided the exhibition with two vinyls (Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976–1986 and Pacific Breeze 2: City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972–1986) with designs painted by Hiroshi Nagai to put on display, and Mark ‘Frosty’ McNiell, the co-curator and producer of the featured vinyls contributed to the exhibition catalogue and was a guest speaker at the catalogue launch event. Additional promotional materials were provided for a giveaway in the monthly J-Central newsletter to create buzz for the catalogue launch event. HARVEST INDEX This Melbourne-based tea company provided tea that unfortunately could not be served at any events, but was offered instead to the first 150 attendees of the exhibition. ASAHI PREMIUM BEVERAGES & CHOYA UMESHU CO., LTD. Ongoing beverage sponsors of The Japan Foundation, Sydney. While Asahi and CHOYA beverages are usually served at in-person events corresponding to the sponsored exhibition, due to COVID-19 no drinks were able to be served. Their logos featured on all exhibition and public program collateral. *cancelled due to COVID-19
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EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath plunges into the world of sento—the history of the public bath, the importance of its preservation and the future of Japanese communal bathing culture. Through a diverse selection of works including historical artefacts, retro-pop ephemera, mural painting, contemporary photography, illustration, and local community art, Steam Dreams presents an introduction to the multifaceted sento culture of Japan.
DATE February 12 – May 22, 2021
VENUE The Japan Foundation Gallery
ARTISTS Honami Enya, Toshizo Hirose, Kotaro Imada, Mizuki Tanaka
CURATORS Eloise Rapp and Simonne Goran
ORGANISED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney Yurika Sugie Simonne Goran, Susan Bui, Anne Lee, Aurora Newton, Annabelle Gorga, Isabella Abelardo
IN COLLABORATION WITH Bunkyo Youth Society of Architecture Duits Katsura-yu Mosaic Tile Museum, Tajimi
SUPPORTED BY CHOYA UMESHU CO., LTD.
*This exhibition is ongoing. As a result, the report remains incomplete.
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ONLINE CATALOGUE
CATALOGUE
Texts comissioned by The Japan Foundation, Sydney on the occasion of the Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath exhibition PUBLISHED BY
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
AUTHORS
Eloise Rapp Simonne Goran Haruka Kuryu Nodoka Murayama Stéphanie Crohin EDITORS
PUBLISHED ON March 13, 2021 120 pages
Yurika Sugie Simonne Goran TRANSLATION
CONTENTS
Foreword Local Sento, A Surviving Tradition by Eloise Rapp and Simonne Goran
The Preservation of Sento, an Urban Communication Hub by Haruka Kuryu
Japanese Tile Culture Cultivated in Sento by Nodoka Murayama
The Art of Bathing in Japan by Stéphanie Crohin
Excerpt from How To Take A Japanese Bath by Leonard Koren
Exhibition Images Works List of Works Biographies Acknowledgements
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Nina Serova DESIGN
Daryl Prondoso PHOTOGRAPHY
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Last day of Tsukino-yu in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
The elderly people who visit every day as their daily pleasure, the familiar neighbours who seem a part of the family, the students with no local relatives who have made sentō a second home . . . when sentō close down, where will they go? The problem of sentō’s decline can be perceived as the loss of urban communication hubs. We might even say that to preserve a sentō is to preserve an area’s community and to revitalise a sentō is to revitalise a community. Tokyo is being rebuilt according to the logic of economics. Large blocks taken up by sentō are being converted into more profitable apartment buildings and paid parking lots. Again and again, we have seen situations where the closure of sentō is followed by local shops vanishing, old tenement houses with no baths becoming vacant, and the distinctive look of the area changing completely. If we could avoid reaching this wretched ending, by
Survey drawing of Otome-yu in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo
creatively preserving and making practical use of the more than 500 sentō still in business, Tokyo would be sure to become an even more fascinating city. It is some small consolation that through our activities, we have worked hard to make use of items rescued from closed down sentō that share the history of their regions and continue the local
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The hanko (stamps) I designed for my sentō pilgrimage have been mounted onto square panels. The original hanko are actually 30mm square in size, but for this display I enlarged them and added colour at random. Please enjoy the ambience of the stamp collection made by this sentō pilgrim.
Above: Toshizō Hirose, Stamp ‘Sydney-yu’, 2020 Right: Toshizō Hirose, Sentō Stamp Panels, 2015-2020
I’m also delighted to share with you the Sydney-yu hanko I created especially for this exhibition. Sentō and hanko are both enjoyable parts of Japanese culture.
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the forces of Nature. In the West, one
empress did not hesitate, and upon
works to avoid sin and to attain God’s
bathing him immediately her aura
glory in the next life. In Japan, spiritual
returned.
dirt is something that attaches to us all—
or sento—was built in the 1590s, and
smoke—in the course of living, and can
entrepreneurs throughout the country
be easily removed by a daily bath.
soon were opening up their own
Records shows that Buddhist temples in the 8th century maintained steam
bathhouses. Food, conversation, games, and sexual pleasures became a part of
baths, sponsored in part by donations
the bath scene. Water replaced steam.
from wealthy nobles hoping to gain
In the late 19th century the government
spiritual merit. The wealthy would
banned mixed-sex bathing. But the sento
personally assist in the bathing of the
remained the equivalent of the medieval
poor and sick, urged on by the example
European well—the place where the
of the beautiful Empress Komyo. The
community gathered to see and be
empress was said to have a light
seen, to exchange news and gossip.
emanating from her, indicating her high spiritual advancement. One day the light went out. She attributed this to her own lack of devotion and swore to bathe one thousand of the imporverished and infirm of all ages and sexes. The last person who came to her was a leper—or perhaps the Buddha disguised as a leper. But the
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The first commercial public bath—
like the reek of hair pomade or tobacco
With the construction of modern housing, the sento is disappearing at a rapid rate from urban Japan. But over 12,000 still exist. Many have attached laundromats, so that your clothes can soak at the same time you do. Public baths are generally open from four in the afternoon until midnight. In their
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
OPENING RECEPTION February 12, 2021 6:00pm–8:00pm VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney | Admission Free SPEAKER
Someone
The first exhibition opening able to be held since COVID-19 hit was a great opportunity to reconnect with The Japan Foundation, Sydney's audience in person. Sponsor CHOYA umeshu was served along with other light refreshments, and exhibition co-curators Simonne Goran and Eloise Rapp introduced the exhibition to an intimate group of attendees.
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CATALOGUE LAUNCH WITH ELOISE RAPP March 13, 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney | Admission Free SPEAKER
Eloise Rapp (Co-curator) Visitors celebrated the launch of the Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath exhibition catalogue with a talk by co-curator Eloise Rapp. In this talk event, Eloise Rapp gave a comprehensive overview on the culture and traditions behind bathing in Japan, from its inception to what it has become today. The in-person talk event was made available via Facebook livestream on the JPF Sydney Facebook, with a limited run of free exhibition catalogues exclusively available for attendees on the day in addition to the public online version.
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TILE PAINTING WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS April 9 & 10, 2021 10:00am–12:00pm VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney | $15 + Booking Fee DEMONSTRATOR
Mary MacDougall (Artist) Children designed and painted their own murals on porcelain tiles to take home in a step-by-step workshop with artist Mary MacDougall. Taking inspiration from Mizuki Tanaka’s Japanese Public Bath Mural featured in the Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath exhibition, participants learnt how to paint their own murals on porcelain tiles as well as the history of mural tile paintings in sento.
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FILM SCREENINGS
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THERMAE ROMAE February 24, 2021 6:30pm–8:18pm
Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
HER LOVE BOILS BATHWATER March 24, 2021 6:30pm–8:35pm
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MELANCHOLIC April 22, 2021 6:30pm–8:23pm
Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
MIO ON THE SHORE May 19, 2021 6:30pm–8:01pm
Palace Cinemas Central Admission Free
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EXHIBITION OVERVIEW Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke was an innovative travelling Japanese craft exhibition co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney, and the Consulate General of Japan in Brisbane. The exhibition presented works by contemporary carvers and artisans of the netsuke - a traditional Japanese non-slip toggle used to secure small personal items such as money pouches and inro (medicine containers), which is worn suspended from the obi (a sash worn with the kimono).
DATE February 12, 2021 - March 14, 2021
VENUE Caloundra Regional Gallery
ARTISTS Tomoe Ikeda, Takeshi Inoue, Muhou Ishii, Tadatsuna Ito, Tomoyuki Iwata, Mansei Uehara, Zanmai Onosato, Shion Omagari, Mitsukuni Kagami, Asuka Kajiura, Rumine Kandachi, Ryo Kitazumi, Dosai Kudo, Motomasa Kurita, Akira Kuroiwa, Ryushi Komada, Masahiro Saito, Bishu Saito, Masami Sakai, Hideyuki Sakurai, Kouen Sawai, Rin Suzuki, Bokusen Takagi, Toshiki Tanaka, Tetsumi Dannohara, Yuzan Tatara, Shokou Terato, Douho Michiura, Mabu Nakakaji, Tadamine Nakagawa, Tohei Nakagawa, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Shinya Nagashima, Taisei Nakahata, Kazuaki Nakamura, Koma Hitomi, TanetoshiI Hiraga, Kazu Shogen, Yoka Mukaida, Mokuchu Yatsugi, Mushu Yamazaki, Yoji Yamada
CO-PRESENTED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney Consulate General of Japan in Brisbane
ATTENDANCE Exhibition 1236 Opening night 45 (maximum capacity due to COVID-19) Public programs 393
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OVERVIEW Issho Editions is a new online program from The Japan Foundation, Sydney developed during the COVID-19 pandemic with the intention to bring people together through experiencing Japanese arts and culture across the digital landscape. The program consists of pre-recorded videos and livestreams based on sharing creativity, knowledge and connectivity. Comprised of our-part series, this program showcased Japanese cultural practices including pop culture, craft, music and dance from local and international artists. With these four areas of focus, Issho Editions aspires to initiate a shared experience between family, friends and the greater online community, forming closer ties with one another whilst engaging with new work from a pool of creators.
DATE June 30 – August 1, 2020
VENUE The Japan Foundation, Sydney YouTube & Facebook
ARTISTS Emerald L King, Cinohrui (aka Cinoh), Miyukiko, Ebony Bizys (Hello Sandwich), Asako Kasai (Achahanko), Nobuhiko Chiba (aka Sanpe), Hikari Shirafuji and Kanami Takeda / Ki&Ki (KiKi), Masae Ikegawa and Graham Hilgendorf (YuNiOn), Lauren Eiko, Yumi Umiumare
ORGANISED BY The Japan Foundation, Sydney
SUPPORTED BY Harvest Index
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ISSHO EDITIONS Issho / 一緒 / Together
FLUID FORMS
BLENDING TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DANCE Immerse yourself in vibrant practices of Japanese dance and expressions of the body! Fluid Forms: Blending Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Dance features artists Lauren Eiko, David Huggins and Yumi Umiumare in a three-part series that focuses on techniques and ideologies rooted in Japanese performance and dance movements.
The Japan Foundation, Sydney is proud to present its brand-new online program, Issho Editions. In Japanese, “issho” means “together”, and this free program themed around pop culture, crafts music and dance was developed with the intention of bringing people together by experiencing Japanese arts and culture through the digital landscape.
This series is part of The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s new online event program, Issho Editions.
Join us from June 30 - August 1, 2020 for pre-recorded videos and livestream workshops by local and international artists that will have the whole family crafting, dancing and more - all from the comfort of your home.
VIDEO PREMIERE Thursday, July 30 @ 11am AEST The Art of Butoh from Japan to Australia with Yumi Umiumare
Find out more at jpf.org.au/events/issho-editions
SERIES DETAILS VIDEO PREMIERE
Tuesday, July 28 @ 11am AEST Online de Odorō (Let’s dance online) with Lauren Eiko & David Huggins
LIVESTREAM WORKSHOP Saturday, August 1 @ 11am AEST Butoh: An Introduction to an Inclusive Approach to Movement with Yumii Umiumare Find out more at jpf.org.au/events/fluid-forms/ See the full program jpf.org.au/events/issho-editions
Image: Courtesy of Hello Sandwich
Image: Courtesy of Yumi Umiumare
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MAKE LIKE JAPAN
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POP JAPAN!
INSPIRED CRAFTS AT HOME
AUSTRALIAN EXPERTS ON COSPLAY
Get creative with these cute Japanese-inspired craft activities! Make Like Japan: Inspired Crafts at Home is a video and livestream series that incorporates a range of crafts originating in or inspired by Japan. led by famed Tokyo-based creators Hello Sandwich and Achahanko, these cute, fun and easy to make crafts can be enjoyed by the whole family using materials found around the home!
Learn the ins and outs of cosplay from superstars of the Australian cosplay community in Pop Japan! Australian Experts on Cosplay. This three-part series consists of two prerecorded videos and a livestream workshop. This free program will introduce you to the Australian cosplay scene with Dr Emerald L King, as well as guide you through the steps it takes to get in to character with cosplayers Cinohrui and Miyukiko.
This series is part of The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s new online event program, Issho Editions. SERIES DETAILS
This series is part of The Japan Foundation, Sydney’s new online event program, Issho Editions. SERIES DETAILS VIDEO PREMIERE
VIDEO PREMIERE
Tuesday, July 7 @ 11am AEST Handmade Notebook with Hello Sandwich
Tuesday, June 30 @ 11am AEST Okay, Let’s Go (豪)! A Brief History of Cosplay in Australasian Popular Culture Conventions with Dr Emerald L King
VIDEO PREMIERE Thursday, July 9 @ 11am AEST Making Hanko (Stamps): Japanese Summer Motifs with Achahanko
VIDEO PREMIERE Thursday, July 2 @ 11am AEST Princess Mononke Cosplay Transformations with Cinohrui
LIVESTREAM WORKSHOP Saturday, July 11 @ 11am AEST Eraser Stamp-Making with Traditional Japanese Motifs with Achahanko
LIVESTREAM WORKSHOP Saturday, July 4 @ 11am AEST Get Into Character! Lio Forita from Promare with Miyukiko
Find out more at jpf.org.au/events/make-like-japan/ See the full program jpf.org.au/events/issho-editions
Find out more at jpf.org.au/events/pop-japan/ See the full program jpf.org.au/events/issho-editions
Image: Courtesy of Achahanko
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POP JAPAN! AUSTRALIAN EXPERTS ON COSPLAY
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OKAY, LET’S GO (豪)! A BRIEF HISTORY OF COSPLAY IN AUSTRALASIAN POPULAR CULTURE CONVENTIONS
MIDDLE IMAGE COURTESY OF CINOHRUI
June 30, 2020 11am AEST
Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
PROGRAM HERO IMAGE PLACE IN THIS BOX
PRINCESS MONONOKE COSPLAY TRANSFORMATIONS WITH CINOHRUI
BOTTOM IMAGE COURTESY OF MIYUKIKO
July 2, 2020 11am AEST
Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
GET INTO CHARACTER! LIO FORTIA FROM PROMARE July 4, 2020 11am AEST
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Livestream workshop on Facebook Admission Free
TOP IMAGE COURTESY OF HELLO SANDWICH
MAKE LIKE JAPAN: INSPIRED CRAFTS AT HOME
PROGRAM HERO IMAGE PLACE IN THIS BOX
HANDMADE NOTEBOOKS WITH HELLO SANDWICH Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
MIDDLE & BOTTOM IMAGES COURTESY OF ACHAHANKO
July 14, 2020 11am AEST
PROGRAM HERO IMAGE PLACE IN THIS BOX
MAKING HANKO (STAMPS): JAPANESE SUMMER MOTIFS July 9, 2020 11am AEST
Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
ERASER STAMP-MAKING WITH TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MOTIFS July 11, 2020 11am AEST
Livestream workshop on Facebook Admission Free
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LIVING ROOM TUNES: TRADITION AND RHYTHM IN JAPANESE MUSIC
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AINU TRADITIONS THROUGH MUSIC
MIDDLE IMAGE COURTESY OF KI&KI
July 21, 2020 11am AEST
Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
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KI&KI: BLENDING OLD AND NEW SOUNDS WITH SHAMISEN July 23, 2020 11am AEST
Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
JAPANESE RHYTHM AND SOUNDS AT HOME July 25, 2020 11am –12pm AEST
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Livestream workshop on Facebook Admission Free
FLUID FORMS: BLENDING TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DANCE
PROGRAM HERO IMAGE PLACE IN THIS BOX
ONLINE DE ODORO (LET'S DANCE ONLINE) Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
MIDDLE IMAGE COURTESY OF MIFUMI OBATA
June 28, 2020 11am AEST
PROGRAM HERO IMAGE PLACE IN THIS BOX
THE ART OF BUTOH FROM JAPAN TO AUSTRALIA Video premiere on YouTube Admission Free
BOTTOM IMAGE COURTESY OF VIKK SHAYEN
July 30, 2020 11am AEST
BUTOH: AN INTRODUCTION TO AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO MOVEMENT August 1, 2020 11am –12pm AEST
Livestream workshop on Facebook Admission Free
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JURASSIC PLASTIC DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE March 30, 2021 6:00pm AEDT VENUE
JPF Sydney YouTube | Admission Free CO-PRESENTED BY ArtsPeople Viewers celebrated the online launch of the Jurrasic Plastic documentary on YouTube! This mini-documentary, coproduced by The Japan Foundation, Sydney and ArtsPeople, introduced contemporary Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji and ArtsPeople’s production Jurassic Plastic with Hiroshi Fuji.
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HAYABUSA: THE LONG JOURNEY HOME FILM SCREENING November 19, 2020 6:30pm AEST VENUE
National Film and Sound Archive | Admission Free
CO-PRESENTED BY Embassy of Japan in Australia Japan Teaching and Exchange Alumni Association Canberra Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre Australian Space Agency ATTENDEES 63 An evening to celebrate the aerospace cooperation between Japan & Australia in anticipation of the return to Earth of the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 to Woomera, South Australia in early December 2020.
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