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April 2015
Photo call out: Le Rêve (The Dream)
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY! Be a model or just watch the artist shoot for his latest series Le Rêve. Held in an iconic Kyoto location (to be announced on Facebook and the official website). Please note not all people who attend will be photographed. In French, English and Japanese. Space is limited, please make a reservation to get a seat! [Speaker] Baudouin Mouanda >Exhibition information [Venue] Gion area – location to be announced on this page [Fee] Free [Program name for reservation]…
In Conversation with Louis Jammes and Pascal Beausse
Join us in an intimate conversation with Louis Jammes and Pascal Beausse. Looking at motivation, experiences and the desire to build a bridge between art and the press. In French and Japanese. Space is limited, please make a reservation to get a seat! [Speaker] Louis Jammes & Pascal Beausse (Head of Photographic Collections at the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) Paris.) >Exhibition information [Venue] SferaExhibition [Fee] Free [Program name for reservation] In Conversation with Louis Jammes and Pascal Beausse…
reallyGood, murder with Suntag Noh and Tetsuya Ozaki
Join Suntag Noh and Tetsuya Ozaki while they explore the complex issues and themes of arms trading, war, and the human condition though Suntag’s incredible series reallyGood Murder. In Korean and Japanese.Space is limited, please make a reservation to get a seat! [Speaker] Suntag Noh Tetsuya Ozaki – Publisher/Chief Editor at “REALTOKYO” and “REAL KYOTO” [Venue] Gallery SUGATA >Exhibition information [Fee] Free [Program name for reservation] reallyGood, murder with Suntag Noh and Tetsuya Ozaki Time to be confirmed Suntag Noh…
In Conversation with Oliver Sieber and Mariko Takeuchi
Join Oliver Sieber and Mariko Takeuchi as they explore subcultures, portraiture and publication. Bring your questions! In English and Japanese.Space is limited, please make a reservation! [Speaker] Oliver Sieber and Mariko Takeuchi (Photography critic / an independent curator and associate professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto.) >Exhibition information [Venue] ASPHODEL [Fee] Free [Program name for reservation] In Conversation with Oliver Sieber and Mariko Takeuchi Oliver Sieber Born in 1966, in Düsseldorf, Oliver Sieber’s work usually takes the…
ICP Lecture / Portraiture: from Cavemen wall paintings to the Selfie.
This lecture is aimed at professional and amateur photographers, agents, gallerists and thinkers of all kind who want to challenge the notion of portraiture. Through a slideshow of images picked at different periods of the history of art and through analizing real life situations of photographing people, we will explore the relationship between the artist and the sitter and try to understand the wide mystery of what makes a portrait. In English and Japanese. [Speaker] Stephanie de Rouge (The International…
In Conversation with RongRong, inri & Dr. John L. Tancock
John Tancock, an expert on Chinese contemporary art, discusses RongRong & inri’s work. This is followed by a conversation between the artists and Tancock which further explores their motivations and practice. [Speaker] RongRong & inri John L. Tancock – advisor to Chambers Fine Art, New York and Beijing/freelance curator [Venue] Ryosokuin (Kenninji temple) >Exhibition information [Fee] Free [Program name for reservation] In Conversation with RongRong, inri & Dr. John L. Tancock RongRong, inri RongRong was born in 1968, in Zhangzhou city,…
Artist talk & Book signing
In this retrospective talk Roger Ballen discusses his life and photography, from his early work to the present. This talk is followed by a book signing of ‘Asylum of the Birds’ and the April re-release of ‘Outland’, originally published in 2001 and named Best Photographic book of the year at PhotoEspaña 2001, Madrid, Spain, a new and expanded edition of Outland, featuring 45 previously unpublished pictures from Ballen’s archive and a new essay by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator and Sondra Gilman Curator…
Floor talk: Martin Gusinde & the people of Tierra del Fuego
Join Christine Barthe as she explores the photographs of Martin Gusinde, his background, trips to Tierra del Fuego, and the people he photographed. Learn about the Hain ritual and its mysteries and understand how and why this impressive photographic archive was realized into a book and exhibition. Space is limited, please make a reservation to get a seat! [Speaker] Christine Barthe (Head of the photographic collection at the musee du quai Branly, Paris.) [Venue] Kyoto City Hall open square >Exhibition information…
A Camera that Has Been to Space—The Techniques of Nikon Revealed
Since the Apollo Program, Nikon has created a number of cameras for space. Some aspects considered for such a camera include the selecting of special materials that can endure the space environment to the psychological state of astronauts, the constraints of their spacesuits, and so on. On this occasion, some cameras that have actually been to space will be shown and introduced by a Nikon fellow, Tetsuro Goto, who has developed the Nikon Space Camera and can talk about their…
THE JAZZ IMAGE AND THE BLUE NOTE SOUND Presenting the 10 Best Blue Note tracks, selected by Michael Cuscuna.
Join us for an afternoon of photography, conversation and music. Listen to the stories behind Wolff’s images, the covers & Reid Miles design. While getting to know the Blue Note collection a little more through Michael Cuscuna’s personal favorite jazz tracks!Space is limited, please make a reservation to get a seat! > Same event different date 4/19 13:00 – 14:30 [Speaker] Michael Cuscuna & Hiroshi Namekata – Record Producer [Venue] SHIMADAI GALLERY KYOTO >Exhibition information [Fee] Free [Program name for…