卒展:お疲れさまでした。

Haruka Mitani (三谷悠華 ) and Moe Hayami (速水萌) at the reception desk.

Mami Ueta (上田真実) answering questions after the screening of her film Setouchi.

Sasagu Ota (太田献) answering questions after the screening of his film Three Minutes of Thought.

Congratulations to everyone on a successful graduation show and thanks for all your effort!

おめでとうございます!皆さん、よく頑張りました。

Izis is at Isetan

Israëlis Bidermanas, nickname Izis, was born in Lithuania in 1911, and moved to Paris to study painting and escape anti-semitism. Bidermanas survived a Nazi prison camp and was a member of the French resistance during WWII. After the war he was active as a photojournalist making humanist street photos mainly in Paris and other locations, such as the debris of London in the aftermath of WWII. He seems to have been fascinated by the circus and his portfolio includes many photographs of circus performers and audiences.

The show at Isetan, in the Kyoto station building, ends on February 26th and is well worth seeing.

イジス写真展 -パリに見た夢- IZIS PARIS DES RÊVES

2月2日(木)~2月26日(日)[会期中無休]
開館時間:午前10時-午後8時(最終日は午後5時閉館)
入館締切:各日閉館30分前<最終日:午後5時閉館>
入館料:一般 800円(600円)/高・大学生 600円(400円)/小・中学生 400円(200円)

 

cagefest

This year marks the 100th birthday of John Cage, who is a kind of patron saint of this seminar. I’ve just noticed that Prof. Clark Lunberry, University of North Florida, is organizing cagefest in celebration of the John Cage centenary. The festival runs from March 24th  – 29th in Jacksonville, Florida with a full program of concerts, performances, and exhibitions. Dutch sound artist Jaap Blonk will perform at the Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the festival.

Clark was a guest speaker in the seminar in July 2011. Atsushi Nishijima, who was a guest speaker in May 2011, has been organizing John Cage centenary count-down events for the past few years, in Kyoto and elsewhere in Japan. You can see Nishijima-san on rainstick in a video from one of the countdown events held at the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, in November 2011.

March should be a very nice time to visit Florida, but unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be attending the Jacksonville cagefest.

Kohei Suzuki Solo Exhibition

Congratulations to 4th year student Kohei Suzuki on the successful opening of his first solo exhibition held at the Gallery LABORATORY in the Kiyamachi district, Kyoto.

The exhibition will end this week on February 19th. Better hurry up if you want to see Suzuki-san’s work.

Information and access:

鈴木孝平  FEEDBACK 2010 – 2012  無意識と暗黙 ー日常性の開拓に向けてー

日時:2012年2月10日(金)-2月19日(日) 13:00-19:00
会場:LABORATORY(京都市中京区恵比寿町531-13 RAD bld. 3F)
tel/ 075-241-9126    web/alter-laboratory.tumblr.com/
入場無料