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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…
LOVE Photobook Library from SIGMA Collection – Talk Show with Taka Kawachi
Talk show by Taka Kawachi,－a regular writer of SIGMA’s quarterly magazine “SEIN” and a portfolio reviewer for KYOTOGRAPHIE.Based on his deep insight and wealth of experience of art and photography, he advances his theory of photography. [/column_2] Taka Kawachi Taka Kawachi has extensive international experience, having graduated from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, to then working in New York City as a book editor and curator for 15 years. Returning to Japan in 2011, he held the…
LOVE Photobook Library from SIGMA Collection – Talk Show with Mika Kobayashi
Talk show by Mika Kobayashi－a regular writer of SIGMA’s quarterly magazine “SEIN” and a portfolio reviewer for KYOTOGRAPHIE.With her unique approach to deciphering the message of photograph, she will discuss about the photo collections. [/column_2] Mika Kobayashi Mika Kobayashi is a photo critic and curator who writes for magazines and websites, and has taught at schools and institutions in both Japan and overseas. From 2007 to 2008, she resided in the United States as a grantee of the Asian Cultural…
Touch and Use It, The Tools of Paleolithic Period
When paintings were done in the Grotte Chauvet or Grotte de Lascaux our ancestors were living in a unique time we call the Paleolithic Period. Some authentic tools of this era are kept in the Museum of Kyoto, these tools were gifted to the Paleological Association of Japan, France. In this workshop, we can view these ancient tools and touch them. Participants will also use reproductions of the tools in a special workshop.
帰庵 ― 時を超える茶会
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…
Marihiko Hara Piano Concert
One night only special concert by Hara, the sound designer of Dallaporta’s exhibition. In front of the huge instalation with wondrous images of Chauvet Cave, Hara plays piano and other instruments. Special drinks by Volver will be served as well. *Doors open: 19:00 Volver http://shishikuramegumi.com [/column_2] Marihiko Hara www.marihikohara.com [/column_2] [/column_1] This event is full. Thank you for many applications![/column_2] [Related Exhibition] Raphaël Dallaporta | The elusive Chauvet – Pont-d’Arc Cave [Fee] ¥2,000 *includes entrance fee to the venue [Program…
Photographic Workshop: ‘How I Grew’ presented Reylia Slaby
[/column_1] [/column_1] Everyone has their own story. But more than that, each person has a vast array of experiences, emotions, and thoughts that are trapped, and struggle to be expressed. Be it that this struggle comes from fear, or even something as simple as stress. The aim of the class is to enable students the ability to more effectively express those ideas, and to embrace their own unique way of storytelling through photography. Going step-by-step with a concept, you can…
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]