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Japan Media Arts Festival
Special Exhibition: tenacious, gracious
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan organizes participation invarious overseas media arts festivals and other events through projects planned andmanaged by NHK international, Inc. The aim is to introduce outstanding works insuch fields as media art, videos, the websites, videogames, animations and comics.
Exhibitions, screenings, presentations and other activities are arranged at foreign
festivals and other venues with their focus on award-winning works from the JapanMedia Arts Festival.
The tenacious, gracious exhibition will be held at the tricky women 2017 international
animation festival, which opens in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday, March 15 th.
Project for Participation in Overseas Media Arts Festival

tenacious, gracious
Venue: Bildraum 07 （Burggasse 7-9, 1070 Wien, Austria）
Period: Thursday, 16th to Thursday 23th March, 2017 Tue-Sat (13:00 – 18:00)
Sat. 18th March (11:00 – 16:00)
Opening at 18:30 on 16th March

Admission: Free
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Organizer: Japan Media Arts Festival / Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Co-organizer: tricky women 2017
Cooperation: Gallery Bildraum 07
Planning Director: OKAMOTO Mitsuko
Project Advisor: FURUKAWA Taku (Animation artist)
MOURI Yoshitaka （Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts）
Administration：NHK International, Inc.

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Venue: Metro Kinokulturhaus （Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Wien, Austria)
Period: Wednesday, 15th to Sunday 19th March, 2017
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Japan Media Arts Festival Special Exhibition

tenacious, gracious
The tenacious, gracious exhibition will be held at the tricky women 2017 international animation
festival, which opens in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday, March 15th.
This year’s tricky women is the fourteenth in the series which began in 2001 and screens only
animated films made by female artists. The annual festival always takes place in Vienna around
International Women’s Day on March 8th. All participants are female and all of the works are
made by women. In addition to the competition, the various events include exhibitions,international forums, and talks by animation producers.
A special Focus in Japan feature has been arranged this time with screenings of many invited
works by female Japanese artists. The four international competition programs will be screened.
The special exhibition is located at a city-center gallery “Bildraum 07” as part of the Agency for
Cultural Affairs’ program for Japan Media Arts Festival participation in overseas media arts
festivals. Its curator is Mitsuko Okamoto, Professor of department of animation, Graduate Schoolof Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, who is also a member of the film festival’sinternational jury. Taking the tenacity and graciousness of women for its themes, the exhibition
has been compiled to disseminate the attractions of works made by Japanese women.

ThemePlanning director: OKAMOTO Mitsuko

However much they may feel oppressed by a social ideology or historical system, or
their lives may be devastated by war or natural disaster, women do choose to live
tenaciously and manage to discover joy and entertainment within their difficult
situations. Women are as gracious as the bamboo, bending but never breaking, and in
this we discover the affirmation and glory of femininity. Their forms are strong andbeautiful.
This exhibition features women artists in the world of Japanese media arts who tackle
the questions of what it is to be female.
Women possess a consistent sense of self and affirm this in their way of life, aesthetic
sense and even destiny. I hope that this exhibition will impart that tenacious, gracious
sensibility.
OKAMOTO Mitsuko
Professor of Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Okamoto entered NHK in 1987 after graduated from Kyoto University. She produced and planned
programs, data broadcasting, and contents for NHK's internet and mobile site. In 2008, she moved to
Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts as aprofessor. She also launched the NHK educational programs, 2355, 0655, TECHNE, as a chief
producer.

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Artists
Exhibition BildRaum 07

KONDOH Akino

KABUKI Sawako[Japan][Japan]Visual artist and a Manga writer. Born in 1980

Born in 1990 in Tokyo. llustrator and animation

Chiba Prefecture. Lives and works in New Yorkartist. Graduated from Tama Art University.

since 2008. http://akinokondoh.com

http://sawakokabuki.wixsite.com/xxxx

KOUNO Fumiyo

KOGUMA ATSUKO

Mangaartist.

[Japan]

Born

in

1968

Hiroshima

Born in Tokushima Prefecture. Animation

Prefecture.

artist.

KWGT

KUGENUMA Ayasa[Japan][Japan]http://koguma.tv/profile/index.html[Japan]Born in 1992 Yamanashi Prefecture. Video

Born in Tokyo. Illustrator. She completed agrapher, animation artist.

master's degree in animation at the School of

http://kwgtms.tumblr.com/

Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the

MIZUSHIRI Yoriko

Arts. http://ayasacream.blogspot.jp/[Japan]Born in Aomori, Japan in 1984. Based in Tokyo.

KUNO Yoko

Filmmaker. http://www.shiripro.com

Born in 1990. Animation artist and manga
artist. Graduating from the Department of

Shinjuko[Japan]Graphic Design at Tama Art University.

Born in 1976 Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Artist,[Japan]Illustrator,

Filmmaker,

http://kunoyoko.tumblr.com/

Installation

artist, Performer. She handled the illustrations

MATSUMOTO Sakifor the works of Gwen Stefani, the founder ofAnimator, animation director. Graduated Tokyo

Harajuku Girls. http://www.yan-oki.com/

University of the Art, Graduate School of Film

[Japan]and New Media, Department of Animation.

Shishi YAMAZAKI
Born

in

1989

in

[Japan]Kanagawa

http://37do.main.jp

Prefecture.

Animation artist.

SHIRAISHI Keiko

http://www.shishiyamazaki.com

Born in Tokyo, 1985. Working as freelance[Japan]animation artist and manga artist.
Screening

Metro Kinokulturhaus

ARAI Chie[Japan]Born in 1971. Associate professor, Bunka
Gakuen University

Hu Yuanyuan

WAKAMI Arisa[Japan]Animation director. She made documentary
animation on and directed various animatedfilms. http://www.arisawakami.com/[China]Born in 1986 in Nanjing, China. She completed
a master's degree in animation at the School ofFilm and New Media at Tokyo University of theArts in 2012.

http://keikoshiraishi.com/

YAMADA Naoko[Japan]Born in Kyoto. She joined Kyoto Animation in
2004. She directed K-ON! , K-ON!! , K-ON!

Movie , Tamako Market, The shape of voice.
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EXHIBITION

Venue：Bildraum 07

KONDOH Akino■KiyaKiya, [2012 / Animated short film / 16th Animation Division Jury Selection]
Installation

The title of this work, KiyaKiya , derives from an old
Japanese expression that the artist discovered in an essay,“On Childhood Experiences,” in SHIBUSAWA Tatsuhiko’sbook Introduction to a Collection of Girls . The expression
describes a sense of “inexplicably nostalgic anxiety” or a
kind

of

feeling.

dejavu.

The

film

sets

out

to

examinethis( 6 m i n . 39 s e c . )©Akino Kondoh/ Courtesy of the artist and Mizuma Art gallery©KONDOH Akino『KiyaKiya_painting11』 [2013 / Oil]Oil painting on canvas

KOUNO Fumiyo■In This Corner of the World (konosekai no katasumi ni)[2007-2009 / Manga / 13th Manga Division Excellence Award]
Original drawing, Replication drawing, Related materials

This work is something like a sequel to her outstanding work, Town

of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms . This is the story of afamily set during the Second World War in the city of Kure,
Hiroshima. The heroine is URANO Suzu, who was born in the fishing
town in Hiroshima. She marries HOJO Shusaku, a naval officer
living in the uptown area of Kure city. Though confused by her new
family, new town and new world, she lives with a sense of certainty
and intense effort.
© Fumiyo Kouno / Futabasha■Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms(Yuunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni)[2003-2004 / Manga / 8th Manga Division Grand Prize]

Replication drawing

The setting is Hiroshima in 1955. This work portrays thereality of the A-bomb and the days thereafter, throughthe eyes of a woman. It asks what the war and the A bomb mean to ordinary people.

© Fumiyo Kouno / Futabasha

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Works from KOUNO Fumiyo

Kappa no Neneko [2001-2002]
Sansanroku [2004-2006]
Heibon Club [2009-2010]
boorupen KOJIKI [2011-2012]
Ano toki, Kono hon [2007-2013]
Hi no Tori [2012-2016]

Machikado Hanadayori [1995-1996]
Pippira Note [1997-2004]
Kokko-san [1999-2001]
Nagai Michi [2001-2004]

KWGT■Yukisusumisariyuki[2014 / Animated Short film]

Animation screening

This animatio n is animated by the scro lling scree n. The
wo man w alks to ge the r with the changing scene . The
sp ace s are fuzzy , the colours faint, and little by little thescene s co llapse , patchily , ne ver co mple te ly . There is noe nd in sight fo r as long as the scro ll co ntinue s but the reis a se nse of no stalg ia and lone line ss. (2 m i n . 01 s e c . )©2014 kwgt

■2.5D Mask, KWGT / IWABUCHI Maki / MIYAZAKI Mari
[2014 / Website / 19th Entertainment Division Jury Selection]
Installation

Paper craft masks that can be made by downloading open source patterns from the Internet and printed on a regularA4 printer. By wearing the mask, one becomes “a nobody” or“a nobody character”, and images of people wearing thesemasks can be shared publicly on the Internet. These images,
which capture the act of wearing masks that resemble
animation characters, evoke a “2.5-dimensional” world that©2014 2.5D Mask Project

exists between two- and three-dimensional space.

MIZUSHIRI Yoriko■Futon[2012 / Animated short film / 16th Animation Division New Face Award]

Animation screening

You crawl inside your futon and everything — from thememories in your mind to thoughts of the future, recalled
sensations, sexuality — all melt together into a single
pleasant feeling. In the futon, your body wanders around in
search of sensation. The soft texture of this animated work
was
© MIZUSHIRI Yorikoachievedbydrawing

images

on

paper

and

then

incorporating them into the picture frame via tracing paper.
Futon deals with the relationship between movement andthe senses. (6 min. 02 sec.)『Futon』 [2012 / Acrylic]『Ikura』 [2013 / Acrylic]『Toe』 [2013 / Acrylic]
Acrylic painting on canvas

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Shinjuko■Pray [2012 / Painting on folding screen]
Installation

This is my home town. I found out women's history of my home town.
It is the history about trafficked woman.
Currently I am wearing my art work and play.
This is the photo which my husband took.
Live drawing will be presented from 19：00 on 16th March.

© Shinjuko
Photo: MASUDA Kenichi■Shinjuko world [2011―2016 / Video works]
Video works presentation

This is a video anthology of Shinjuko’s representative
works.

The

wide-ranging

introduction

toShinjuko’s

world includes an animation about how women age, a pop
idol music video, and a “narration performance”.

© Shinjuko

Cherry Chance! [2015 / Music video]
Rumi Shihido [at INOKASHIRA] [2015 / Music video]
Please★DNA [2016 / Music video]
Shinjuko Exercise [2016 / Music video]
The Sister is Ribbon Bow Mad [2011 / Music video]
Shinjuko Performance of narrator in Japanese silent cinema[2011 / Documentary video]

Shishi YAMAZAKI■YAMASUKI YAMAZAKI[2013 / Animated short film / 17th Animation Division Jury Selection]

Animation screening

When you feel delight, your joy feeds into itself making you
forget the reason, and as the feeling passes through yourentire body it embraces even sorrow and madness, before
blossoming… Created as the end of 2013 approaches, thiswork expresses “innocent elation” at the opening of curtains
onto a new year, coupled with the “joy so great that it©2013 Shishi Yamazaki All Rights Reserved.

makes you forget its reason” felt everyday by the creator .
(2 min. 22 sec.)

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SCREENING■Japan Media Arts Festival curation program under the theme of “tenacious, gracious”
Date: Friday 17th March

21:00- /Saturday 18th March

19:00-

Venue：Metro Kinokulturhaus

By me an s o f an im a tio n, a me d ium d iv o rce d f ro m phy si ca l , te mpo r al a nd sp a t ia lco ns t ra in t s, w o me n are se e n to p ra nce w i th tru e fre e do m a cro ss the s cre e n . Th e ir
e x pre ss io n s a re s imu l ta ne o u sl y tho se o f i n no ce n t g ir ls and mi s c hie v o u s l it t le de v i l s w ho
lo v e to p lay tr ic k s o n p e o p le . The se a re w o me n w i th the po w e r t o dr aw o n the div e r si ty
inn a te to the m f ro m b ir th and u se it to re spo n d mo re f le x i b ly to w h a te v e r e x te r na lsi t ua t io n the y e n co u nte r . In th i s pro g r a m, I tr ie d to co mpi l e e x pre ss io n s o f fe m alee x i ste nce a s d e sc ri be d by f e m ale w r ite r s l iv i ng i n Ja pan . I w a nt v ie w e r s to a ppre c i ate
th i s in te n se ly f e m in i ne f re e d o m to t he fu l l .
１ The Evening Traveling, KONDOH Akino, 6th Animation Division Excellence Award (4'00")
２ Papillon Yoshiko, Shinjuko (3'25")
３ YAMASUKI YAMAZAKI, Shishi YAMAZAKI, 17th Animation Division Jury Selection (2'22")
４ Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight, KABUKI Sawako,
Artist selected at 17th Animation Division Jury Selection (2'59")
５ The Blooms, KUGENUMA Ayasa (5'40")
６ Sunset Flower Blooming, HU Yuanyuan, 16th Animation Division Jury Selection (10'19")
７ Spring Sleeper, MATSUMOTO Saki (2'04")
８ Snow Hut, MIZUSHIRI Yoriko,17th Animation Division Jury Selection (5'22")
９ Airy me, KUNO Yoko17th Animation Division New Face Award (5'38")
１０ KiyaKiya, KONDOH Akino, 16th Animation Division Jury Selection (6'39")
１１ Hide-and-seek, SHIRAISHI Keiko (7'52")
１２ Birth ～ Weaving life, WAKAMI Arisa / ARAI Chie / KOGUMA Atsuko, Artist selected at 6th
Animation Division Jury Selection (19'04")■Tamako love story, YAMADA Naoko[2013 / Animated feature film / 18th Animation Division New Face Award]
Date: Saturday 18th March

16:00-

Venue：Metro Kinokulturhaus

All third-year high school student KITASHIRAKAWA Tamako everthinks about is mochi rice cakes. On the way home from school one
day, Tamako talks with her friends about what they will do after
graduation. While her friends are uncertain ab out their futures,
Tamako is apathetic: She will take over her family's mochi shop.
Just as she is starting to have premonitions of change around her,Tamako is told by her childhood friend OJI Mochizo that he will goto university in Tokyo. To Tamako, who has spent all her childhoodside by side with Mochizo, this is unthinkable. And then Mochizo
tells her that he loves her. The young girl is suddenly thrust down
the path to becoming an adult by the appearance of love in her life.
This tale of youth is a sequel to the animated TV series Tamako

Market . (83 min. 50 sec.)©Kyoto Animation/Usagiyama Shopping
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Related Event■Opening Performance
Performer: Shinjuko
Date: Thursday 16th March

19:00-

Venue: Bildraum 07

Shinjuko will perform, including live drawings, at the opening event.

■Curator’s Talk

“tenacious, gracious”

Guest: KOUNO Fumiyo
Date: Friday 17th March

Moderator: OKAMOTO Mitsuko, Planning director

15:30-

Venue: Bildraum 07

Planning director Mitsuko Okamoto will talk about the tenacity and graciousness of Japanesewomen in the works of Fumiyo Kouno, considering the themes of each work, the people who arefeatured in them, anecdotes from the production process, and her distinctive ways of seeing andthinking.

■Workshop
Lecturer: Shinjuko

Up to 8 participants each session

Date: Friday 17th March

18:00- & 19:30-

Venue: Foyer, Metro Kinokulturhaus

Advanced registration till March 13: office@trickywomen.at

Shinjuko’s pictures have their roots in Japanese calligraphy. The workshop will introduce her novel
script.

Co-organizer Event■Special Screening: In This Corner of the World
Date: Thursday 16th March

21:00- / Sunday 19th March

11:30-

Venue: Metro Kinokulturhaus

tricky women is a festival of works by women but there will also be a special screening of In This

Corner of the World, an animation by the male film director, Sunao Katabuchi.
*Greeting of KOUNO Fumiyo, Original author of Manga at the screening venue.

■Lector: In This Corner of the World
Guest: KOUNO Fumiyo
Date: Friday 17th March

Moderator: Jaqueline Berndt, PhD, Kyoto Seika University

13:00-15:00

Venue: Metro Kinokulturhaus

Professor Jaqueline Berndt of Kyoto Seika University talks with Fumiyo Kouno, author of theoriginal In This Corner of the World manga.

tricky women 2017
tricky women 2017, the fourteenth in the series, has a special focus on Japan. Three shortanimation programs by Japanese artists are featured in the festival’s animation program and thediverse attractions also include a workshop, lecture and live performance. The various Japanrelated exhibitions include a special exhibition at two centrally located gallery organized as part of
the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ program for Japan Media Arts Festival participation in overseas
media arts festivals. Two Japanese artists have been nominated for the competition section.
Mitsuko Okamoto, planning director at the exhibition will also serve on this year’s internationalfilm festival jury. http://www.trickywomen.at/en
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REFERENCE

JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
The Japan Media Arts Festival is a comprehensive
festival of Media Arts (Japanese: Media Geijutsu) that
honors outstanding works from a diverse range of
media - from animation and comics to media art andgames. The festival gives awards in each of its four
divisions: Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga.
It also provides a platform for appreciation of theAward-winning and other notable works. Since its
The 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, 2015
inception in 1997, the festival has recognizedsignificant works of high artistry and creativity and in
addition to a yearly Exhibition of Award-winning Works has held other events, such as
symposiums, screenings, and showcases. The 20th Festival received 4,037 entries from 87
countries and regions around the world, demonstrating is continuing evolution as anestablished annual international festival. Award-winning Works are exhibited both within
Japan and abroad through various projects and events organized by The Agency of Cultural
Affairs, Government of Japan which aims to develop and promote the creation of Media Arts
by focusing primarily on the new generation of artists.

■Project for Participation in Overseas Media Arts Festivals
The aim is to introduce outstanding works in such fields as
media art, video, the websites, videogames, cartoons andcomics. Exhibitions, screenings, presentations and so on arearranged at overseas media arts festivals and other facilities
with their focus on award-winning works from the JapanMedia Arts Festival.
Exhibition View of the Madrid, Spain, 2016

20th Japan Media Arts Festival
Announcement of Award-winning Works: 16th March 2017
Awards Ceremony / Exhibition of Award-winning Works: September 2017
Venues: NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

Website:http://festival.j-mediaarts.jp/en/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JapanMediaArtsFestival
Twitter: @JMediaArtsFes_e
NHK International, Inc. is responsible for planning and running the events for the Projectfor Participation in Overseas Media Art Festival.
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