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Tonko House Exhibition: The Dam Keeper’s Journey
Creation Gallery G8
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Daisuke Tsutsumi, Robert Kondo
Tonko House is an animation studio founded in California in 2014 by Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo. The pair were originally art directors at Pixar Animation, where their credits included “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters University.” They decided to strike out on their own to find a challenging new environment that would allow them to get maximum enjoyment from their creative art.
Tsutsumi and Kondo completed work on their first independent short animated film, “The Dam Keeper,” in 2013. The work has been highly acclaimed everywhere, and has been shown at numerous film festivals worldwide, including the Berlin International Film Festival. To date “The Dam Keeper” has won more than 20 awards, and in 2015, was nominated for an Academy Award.
This exhibition, titled “The Journey of the Dam Keeper,” will introduce the various elements of the artwork that evoke the worldview expressed in “The Dam Keeper.” These include designs and maquettes of its featured characters as well as clues that led to the film’s story. Also on display will be new work , including collaborations created especially for this show: one made with the Japanese stop-motion animation studio, Dwarf, and another with miniature diorama artist Satoshi Araki. In addition, Tonko House’s works to date and projects currently in the pipeline will be introduced in a space recreating the interior of their studio in California.
Tsutsumi and Kondo get to the essence of what they truly want to create by repeatedly asking themselves “Why?” – why they want to create animation, why they settle on a particular story, why their story is set the way it is, and so on. Their works, meticulously crafted over many hours, are cherished and admired by fans of all generations, from children to adults. This will be Tonko House’s first exhibition.
Tsutsumi and Kondo completed work on their first independent short animated film, “The Dam Keeper,” in 2013. The work has been highly acclaimed everywhere, and has been shown at numerous film festivals worldwide, including the Berlin International Film Festival. To date “The Dam Keeper” has won more than 20 awards, and in 2015, was nominated for an Academy Award.
This exhibition, titled “The Journey of the Dam Keeper,” will introduce the various elements of the artwork that evoke the worldview expressed in “The Dam Keeper.” These include designs and maquettes of its featured characters as well as clues that led to the film’s story. Also on display will be new work , including collaborations created especially for this show: one made with the Japanese stop-motion animation studio, Dwarf, and another with miniature diorama artist Satoshi Araki. In addition, Tonko House’s works to date and projects currently in the pipeline will be introduced in a space recreating the interior of their studio in California.
Tsutsumi and Kondo get to the essence of what they truly want to create by repeatedly asking themselves “Why?” – why they want to create animation, why they settle on a particular story, why their story is set the way it is, and so on. Their works, meticulously crafted over many hours, are cherished and admired by fans of all generations, from children to adults. This will be Tonko House’s first exhibition.
Schedule | Mar 25 (Fri) 2016-Apr 30 (Sat) 2016 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/g8/exhibition/g8_exh_201603/g8_exh_201603.html?lang=en | ||||||
| Venue | Creation Gallery G8 http://rcc.recruit.co.jp/g8/en | ||||||
| Location | 1F Recruit Ginza 8 Bldg., 8-4-17 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 | ||||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 5 at Shimbashi Station on the Ginza line. 3 minute walk from the Ginza exit of Shimbashi Station on the JR line. 7 minute walk from exit C3 at Ginza Station on the Ginza, Hibiya and Marunouchi lines. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6835-2260 | ||||||
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