Events category: Artist talk

Meiro Koizumi in Conversation with Professor Anselm Franke

To mark the opening of Meiro Koizumi’s solo exhibition, we are delighted to host an artist talk by Meiro Koizumi. He will discuss with Franke Anselm the ideas and inspiration behind his work.

Koizumi is internationally acclaimed for video installations that explore socio-political issues through re-enactment. Touching on themes of collective memory, war and psychological impact, he is concerned “to capture the forms of the violent rituals that support rational modern civilisation at a deep level”.

Is AI Really Taking over Art?

Generative AI has rapidly been implemented across many fields, including the art sector. It has become much easier for people without any artistic or technical background to create their own ‘art’. From image generation to interactive installations, AI is transforming how art is created, experienced and perceived. In this seminar, new media artists Akane Hiraoka and Adam Wadey explored how artists use AI in contemporary art practice and shared insights into their multi-layered workflows. They also presented selected artworks while reflecting on the current possibilities and limitations of AI, and how these may evolve in the near future.

Hikaru Fujii in Conversation with May Adadol Ingawanij

To mark the opening of Hikaru Fujii’s solo exhibition, we are delighted to host an artist talk by Hikaru Fujii, one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary artists, primarily working with film to explore the role of artistic practice within today’s social and political conditions. Hikaru will discuss with Professor May Adadol Ingawanij the ideas and inspiration behind his work.

Artist Talk by Ishiuchi Miyako

To mark the opening of the exhibition, ‘ひろしま/hiroshima’, at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, we are delighted to host an artist talk by Ishiuchi Miyako, one of Japan’s most prominent post-war photographers. Ishiuchi will be in conversation with Jonathan Watkins, discussing her artistic practice and the photography she has produced over the years, with a particular focus on the series ‘ひろしま/hiroshima’, which breathes new life into personal belongings, reviving the individual memories of those who once lived in Hiroshima.

Tomoko Yoneda in conversation with Melanie Pocock

This webinar will take place at 12:00 pm (US time – BST) / 8:00 pm (Japan – JST) on Wednesday 30th April 2025.

In this webinar, Tomoko Yoneda was in conversation with Melanie Pocock, curator of her exhibition, discussing her artistic practice and the photography she has produced over the past thirty years, including the seminal series Scene, that revisits sites of historic conflict and unspoken trauma, and DMZ, in which the artist captures the quiet beauty of native flora in Korea’s demilitarised zone, as well as her series Between Visible and Invisible.

Tomoko Yoneda in conversation with Melanie Pocock

This webinar will take place at 12:00 pm (US time – BST) / 8:00 pm (Japan – JST) on Wednesday 30th April 2025.

In this webinar, Tomoko Yoneda will be in conversation with Melanie Pocock, curator of her exhibition, discussing her artistic practice and the photography she has produced over the past thirty years, including the seminal series Scene, that revisits sites of historic conflict and unspoken trauma, and DMZ, in which the artist captures the quiet beauty of native flora in Korea’s demilitarised zone, as well as her series Between Visible and Invisible. Please note that the booking system for this webinar will close at 5pm BST on 8th April 2025. If you would like to sign up after this time, please contact events@dajf.org.uk.

Sayuri Ichida in conversation with
Fiona Rogers

To mark the closing of the exhibition ‘transiənt (“transient”)’ by Sayuri Ichida at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, we are delighted to host an artist talk, ‘Sayuri Ichida in conversation with Fiona Rogers’. In this event, Ichida will introduce her works, particularly highlighting key aspects of her production, such as her early life, artistic motivations, and long-lasting relationship with photography across Tokyo, New York, London, and Margate. A discussion moderated by Fiona Rogers will follow the presentation, framing her practice in a broader context, including the two series featured in the exhibition: ‘Absentee’ (2020-2021) and ‘Ctrl Shift + J’ (2023-), through which she explored the ephemeral nature of life and existence.

Noguchi Rika in conversation with
Jonathan Watkins

In this event, Noguchi Rika will be in conversation with Jonathan Watkins, curator of her exhibition Life on Planet Earth, putting the work shown into the context of her practice overall. In particular, they will discuss the representation of alienness, a theme that has been evident in Noguchi’s work since she emerged as an artist in the 1990s. She encourages us to see the visible world as if for the first time – with a sense of wonder – while conveying a kind of melancholy derived from an understanding that human perception is strictly limited. In this vein, recent photographs and films of insects and birds exemplify a proposition that is as aesthetic as it is philosophical.

New Horizons for Japanese Traditional Crafts

Japanese traditional crafts have a rich history and utilise a wide variety of beautiful materials and techniques. But many Japanese people still perceive traditional crafts as a mere expression of the “classical” culture featured in social studies textbooks, overlooking their contemporary richness and diversity. In this talk, Dr Hideki Yoshimoto will share his perceptions of the current situation for traditional crafts in Tohoku. He will then present his Craft x Tech initiative which explores new horizons for traditional crafts by integrating them with contemporary design and technology, along with unique artworks produced through collaborations between Tohoku’s master craftsmen, artists and designers.

[Online] Maya Erin Masuda in conversation with Johnny Golding

To mark the opening of ‘Sleep, Lick, Leak, Deep….’ by Maya Erin Masuda at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, we are delighted to have an online artist talk, ‘Maya Erin Masuda in conversation with Johnny Golding’. In this event, Maya Erin Masuda and Professor Johnny Golding will discuss Masuda’s artistic motivation while exploring her recent projects, in which Masuda takes an intimate look at contemporary ecological traumas and biopolitics seen in particular chemical infrastructures or nuclear catastrophes.

This is an online webinar. Advanced booking is essential.