Minatomachi Orai Project #09 Pre-event "HIbikiau Hajimari"

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Artists

Julien Blaine, Marilyn Arsem, Jason Lim, Roddy Hunter, Bae Sunok, Om Joosoo, Sakiko Yamaoka, Yoshinori Niwa

The Minatomachi Orai Project #09 will be held in the autumn of 2009 to welcome the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port of Yokohama, inviting artists from port cities around the world along with Japanese artists to exhibit their work at several living spaces in the harbor districts of Yokohama. A pre-event will be held in October 2008, along the themes of "International Artist Network", "Immigration and Cultural Hybridity", and "Performativity". These events and exhibitions will be held at newly-built galleries hidden and tucked away in the hilly sections of the city.

Venue: Yokohama ZAIM Cafe Annex

Exhibition is organized along the following three themes:

1. International artist network
Visual poetry network with works from Japan and abroad
Julien Blaine, Tomomi Adachi, Shigeru Matsui, Shin Tanabe, Helen White

2. Performative
Photography, video and installation works tackling the concept of public-ness and issues of space by artists like Marilyn Arsem, Jason Lim, Sumiko Nogi, Sakiko Yamaoka and Yoshinori Niwa.

3. Immigration and cultural hybridity
Installation by a duo of third-generation nikkei (ethnic Japanese) Korean artists living in Japan, Bae Sunok and Om Joosoo.

Events:
Performance by Sumiko Nogi "Sheep Stroll" + DVD presentation of foreign artists
October 12th (Sun) 14:00-16:00
Reception party 18:00-

Talk and discussion "Theories on Japanese cultural hybridity"
October 13th (Mon/national holiday) 15:00-18:00
Fee ¥1500
Aki Sagawa will speak on her research concerning poetry by Koreans living in Japan, while Reiichi Noguchi will speak on nihonga as a form of modernist painting. After the two presentations, there will be an open discussion with the audience.
Moderated by Hiroyuki Arai

Workshop + Performance "Poetry-Action: While Waiting for Julien Blaine"
October 18th (Sat) - 19th (Sun) 15:00-18:00
Fee: One day ¥1500, both days ¥2500
Introduces the appeal of cross-genre expression through the live performance and acting out of poetry through props and sounds. Blaine explores the very attitude of being alive, its parallel possibilities. Also features a lecture by composer and performer Tomomi Adachi.
Lecture: Tomomi Adachi
Performance: Tomomi Adachi, Hideya Fujie, Nonko Ono, Mari Tanigawa, Sakiko Yamaoka

To attend, see website for more details.

Schedule

Oct 7 (Tue) 2008-Oct 19 (Sun) 2008