Reports

New Stages: Approaches to Performing Arts Projects Beyond the Theatre
Recent examples from Japan
12 July 2010
Japan Foundation, London

Organised in conjunction with the British Council, this event featured three performing arts professionals from Japan talking about their respective arts organisations and the ways in which they are working to present performing arts projects.
Speakers:
Yumina Kato (Steep Slope Stusio)
Hiromi Maruoka (Japan Centre , Pacific Basin Arts Communication / PARC)
Hisako Yamaura (Museum of Art, Kochi)

Hearing Kabuki
The Enchanting Sound of Kuromisu Music
5 June 2010
Japan Foundation, London

Acclaimed hayashikata (musical accompanist), Tasaku Mochizuki III, visited the Japan Foundation to talk about the role and function of kuromisu music in kabuki. He also demonstrated some of the common sounds of kuromisu music and their meanings using actual kuromisu instruments as well as videos of performances.

Artist Talk: Nihonga and the Recent Site-specific Works of Toshiyuki Higashi
26 May 2010
Japan Foundation, London

One of Japan’s most prominent Nihonga artists, Toshiyuki Higashi, spoke about the techniques involved in creating Nihonga works and the processes behind some of his recent site-specific works at various temples in Japan.

Explosion of Energy: Japanese Contemporary Theatre from the 1980s to the Present and Future
A Talk by Akihiko Senda
25 May 2010
Japan Foundation, London

The highly regarded veteran theatre critic, Akihiko Senda visited the Japan Foundation to talk about how contemporary Japanese theatre has progressed in the past thirty years and what the future might hold.

• Artists Open Doors: Japan/UK, 26th and 27th September 2008
• Artist Talk – Yukio Fujimoto, 10th July 2008
• Japanese Cinema for Busy People II, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th July 2008
• Japanese Cinema: Up Close and Personal, 11th July 2008
• A Playreading of Uchiya Matsuri,16th June 2008
• Japan Foundation Organised Event at The British Museum: Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan
• Japanese Art Collections in the UK Event, co-organised by The Japan Foundation and The V&A

Appendices

• Handout for Rebecca Hill’s Presentation
• Online resources for the British Museum’s collections
• Handout for Tim Clark’s Presentation
• Schematic Plan for new Japanese Galleries at the British Museum
• Buddha of Infinite Light (World Museum Liverpool)
• Nicole Rousmaniere’s Presentation
• Japanese Lantern (Ulster Museum)
• Institution Details for Attendees

Online map of Japanese art collections in the UK, please click here

• Japan Foundation Supported Project Mikio Naruse Season at the BFI Southbank
• Japan Foundation Supported Project Alvar Aalto – Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban
• Japan Foundation Supported Project Wild Japan: Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film at the National Film Theatre
• Japan Foundation Supported Project Funeral Parade of Roses – Part of Wild Japan at the National Film Theatre
• Japan Foundation Supported Project Makoto Shinkai Triple Bill – Part of Japan on Film at the Barbican
• The Cruel Beauty of Masumura Yasuzo
• Out of the Ordinary/Extraordinary: Japanese Contemporary Photography
• Karakuri!
• Miyagi Dance: Asterisk
• Japanese Mask Dance: Hongawa Kagura
• Japan's Artists Today (Bracknell Gallery)
• Counter–Photography:Japan's Artists Today (Oriel Davies Gallery)
• Japanese Theatre from Modern to Contemporary and its Prospects
• Contemporary Art and the Museum in Japan
• 12th Raindance Film Festival
• Tsugaru-Shamisen 2004
• Jellyfish Eyes: Takashi Murakami at Liverpool Biennial 2004
• Instal. 04: Brave New Music
• Manga Live! Manga Masterclass
• Makoto Nomura: His Most Unconventional World of Art Talk and Workshop

• Reports from Study Support Programme Recipients, Yew Meng Lai and Jessica Bush
• Interview with Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the institute of Contemporary Arts
• An Interview with Hideki Noda
• Japan's Visual Arts continue to stimulate