30 March 2011
FOREST - by Atsuo Okamoto - A Japanese Sculptor in London
“Stone keeps huge memories inside, since the planet came into existence. I feel that stone is the most romantic and intellectual object on the earth.” – Atsuo Okamoto, 2011
Past Events
17 March 2011
MOKUME | Private View
Introduction by Brian Chalkley, Course Director of the MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design.
14 March 2011
Seven Angels
Tadasu Takamine, Artist, in discussion with Jonathan Watkins, Director of Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery and John Fulljames, Artistic Director of The Opera Group.
10 March 2011
Modern Photography in Japan
Tom Jacobson and Kaori Hashimoto discussed with Tate Modern’s Simon Baker their collection of classic Japanese photographs.
2 March 2011
What the State Provides: Social Security and the Welfare State
This second seminar in the 2011 series, Uncertain Futures: The Individual, Society and the State in the UK and Japan, explored the concepts and issues surrounding social security and welfare provision in the UK and Japan. The speakers considered current arrangements in both countries in the context of longstanding debates on trust and responsibility and what the State should provide to support social needs.
22 February 2011
Photographing Cities: The Diorama Map
Sohei Nishino is a young Japanese photographer whose body of work is centred on the ‘Diorama Map’ project. Supported by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, he came to London last year to take thousands of photographs of the city. His ever-evolving ‘Diorama Map’ project currently includes the ten cities of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Shanghai, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Istanbul and London.
17 February 2011
Artist talk
Tokyo Story | Meet the Artist
British Artist Emily Allchurch was in conversation with Laura Noble, Writer and Director of Diemar Noble Gallery.
15 February 2011
How Family Norms are Reinforced across Generations in Japan: The Case of Single Mothers and Their Parents
This lecture investigated the relationship between marriage and childbearing in contemporary Japan. Family studies in the industrialised world in the post-war period have come to see the dissociation of marriage and childbearing as a virtually unavoidable consequence of industrialisation, modernisation and the concurrent change in social mores. Yet there is one industrialised country where almost
4 February 2011
Private view
Echoes through Nature: Woodcuts by Katsutoshi Yuasa
A Private View was held to announce the first major solo exhibition in London by Katsutoshi Yuasa with an introduction by Chris Orr RA.
1 February 2011
Japanese Prints during the Edo Period
Japanese woodblock prints have long been appreciated in the West for their graphic qualities but their content has not always been fully understood. In recent years, publications by scholars in Japan, Europe and the United States have made possible a more subtle appreciation of the imagery encountered in them.
27 January 2011
Managing Public Debt and Social Challenges
This first seminar in the 2011 series, Uncertain Futures: The Individual, Society and the State in the UK and Japan, explored the challenges facing Britain and Japan as government spending reviews address fiscal deficits and seek to determine priorities for the future. As the opening event of the series, this seminar looked ahead to some of the themes to be covered during the year from healthcare and education provision to work and pension arrangements, opportunities for youth and the burden of ageing societies.
20 January 2011
Private view
Tokyo Story | Private View
Tokyo Story opened at Daiwa Foundation Japan House. Tim Clark gave some opening remarks.