Events category: Special event

18 January 2024

[Last Chance] Gallery Tour: Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa

Last chance to join us for a free lunchtime tour related to our exhibition, Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa, led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. The tour focused on a series of works titled, Drawings on Newspapers, and the concepts behind them, along with a new piece derived from these installations. Kanazawa uses a black 10B pencil to obliterate printed words and images in newspapers, except for those that appeal to her, either for a reason or intuitively. The remaining content is thus excised from its context to weave new stories. For Kanazawa, the erasure of context is a liberating experience, pointing up the discrepancy between an individual’s sense of time and that regulated by society. We explored Sumi’s artistic practice, ideas, and inspiration.

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21 November 2023

Gallery Tour: Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa

Join us for a free lunchtime tour related to our exhibition, Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa, led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. The tour will focus on a series of works titled, Drawings on Newspapers, and the concepts behind them, along with a new piece derived from these installations. Kanazawa uses a black 10B pencil to obliterate printed words and images in newspapers, except for those that appeal to her, either for a reason or intuitively. The remaining content is thus excised from its context to weave new stories. For Kanazawa, the erasure of context is a liberating experience, pointing up the discrepancy between an individual’s sense of time and that regulated by society. We will explore Sumi’s artistic practice, ideas, and inspiration. As the number of participants is limited, we urge you to sign up quickly.

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13 October 2023

Special Video Screening: 'See Art through the Body' and '1001' by Fukiko Takase

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to present two dance video works by Fukiko Takase – ‘1001’ and ‘See Art through the Body’. These pieces use dynamic dance performances to interrogate human cognition and physicality in modern society.

‘1001’ explores the idea of technology and humanity and mind-body dualism, the notion that humans have a mind with free will and a body that excites mechanical movements, both existing independently and interacting with each other. In ‘See Art through the Body’, in which Fukiko collaborated with sculptor Meg Shirayama and singer and vocal performer Hatis Not, the work is a highly experimental and playful multi-disciplinary creative idea which brings together an immersive gallery experience by collaboration with an artist in gallery and museum space.

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10 October 2023

Gallery Tour: Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa

Join us for a free lunchtime tour related to our exhibition, Erase and See by Sumi Kanazawa, led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. The tour will focus on the work Drawings on Newspapers and the concepts behind this work, along with a new work derived from Drawing on Newspaper. Kanazawa uses a black 10B pencil to obliterate printed words and images in newspapers, except for those that appeal to her, either for a reason or intuitively. The remaining content is thus excised from its context to weave new stories. As the number of participants is limited, we urge you to sign up quickly.

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7 September 2023

Special video screening: AMA-Perlentaucherin by Yoriko Maeno

AMA – the women of the sea, who use no diving equipment as they submerge their bodies into the ocean. Themed on the past and present of these mermaid women who form a cultural heritage unique to the East Asian region, this dance artwork fuses dance, music, art and video projection. This work poses serious questions to us who live in an age in which climate change and ocean pollution have become major issues. The approximately 4000 Ama who worked in Mie Prefecture’s Shima Peninsula 50 years ago have decreased in number by 7/8, with only about 500 left. There are fears that the Ama tradition may die out in the next ten to twenty years.

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20 July 2023

Gallery Tour: TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa

Join us for a free lunchtime tour related to our exhibition, TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa, led by the Foundation’s staff. Bikky Sunazawa was one of Japan’s most prominent post-War sculptors. Born in Asahikawa on the island of Hokkaido, he was self-taught, developing a practice that was concerned essentially with self-expression through capturing the spirit of human and animal subjects. He is most renowned for his woodcarving, sometimes for public sculptures, but also made abstract paintings and drawings, accessories and furniture. The tour focused on Bikky Sunazawa’s art practice, his humanity, and his true nature.

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22 June 2023

Special Video Screening: Okinawa Islands by Naoko Hentona & Cocco

Utahai (‘song-prayer’) was initiated in Okinawa as a prayer for peace through music, visual arts and dance in 2015, expanding to Tokyo in 2018. The musical form cuts across the genres of Ryukyu traditional music, folk songs and pop and to reflect a spectrum of expression by performers. This screening showcases an edited version of Okinawan Utahai from 2022, performed and filmed in Tokyo. The piece, Time, takes the viewer from the present day back to the Battle of Okinawa (1945) in which many civilians lost their lives. The music was written and played by Hentona herself. The works by Naoko Hentona and Cocco cause us to pause and see Okinawa both in the light of its rich history and the scars in its shadows. The works thus seeks to invoke a sense of connection with other countries and cultures through performance.
22 June – 24 July 2023,
Monday–Friday 9:30am–5pm;
Admission free, no booking required

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19 June 2023

Gallery Tour with Ryoko Sunazawa: TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa

Join us for a free lunchtime tour related to our exhibition, TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa, led by Ryoko Sunazawa. Bikky Sunazawa was one of Japan’s most prominent post-War sculptors. Born in Asahikawa on the island of Hokkaido, he was self-taught, developing a practice that was concerned essentially with self-expression through capturing the spirit of human and animal subjects. He is most renowned for his woodcarving, sometimes for public sculptures, but also made abstract paintings and drawings, accessories and furniture. The tour focused on Bikky Sunazawa’s art practice, his humanity, and his true nature.

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16 June 2023

Gallery Tour and Workshop: TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa

Join us for a free lunchtime tour and workshop related to our exhibition, TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa, led by Ryoko Sunazawa and Satomi Igarashi.  
TENTACLE by Bikky Sunazawa explores how the artist developed a practice that was concerned essentially with self-expression through capturing the spirits of human and animal subjects. The tours will focus on Bikky Sunazawa’s art practice, his humanity, and his true nature. In the workshop that follows, the participants will have an opportunity to make an artwork called 樹頭を持つ女 (Woman carrying the treetop) out of willow sticks, which will be displayed in the gallery. 

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22 March 2023

An Evening with Takashi Kikuchi, Viola Player

For this special event, we screened the compelling short documentary about award-winning blind Japanese viola player Takashi Kikuchi, as he overcomes his fear of movement through dance and imagination. This special screening was accompanied by a solo performance on viola by Takashi and the opportunity to ask Takashi and film director Cécile any questions in the Q&A chaired by Jason James, Director General of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. Takashi was commissioned by the Baluji Music Foundation, and is part of a triptych of films about blind musicians in the Inner Vision Orchestra.

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