VIDEO ART SCREENING

Many people ask me, "Don't you miss Japan when you live abroad?"
Japanese Video Artists Who Live & Work (Have Lived & Worked) Abroad
Curated by Mai YAMASHITA + Naoto KOBAYASHI
http://www.dontyoumissjapan.com/
2nd SCREENING … Künstlerhaus Bethaninen, Oct.7.2010

Today, many Japanese artists live and work (or have lived and worked) abroad, for example in Germany, UK, theNetherlands, USA, and so on. The reasons they stay in a place other than Japan are diverse, such as having studied in
an art collage there, participating in a residency program, or simply finding the place ideal for them to pursue theirartistic career.
What is common, however, is that their identities have undergone some sort of transformation since they left home,becoming different from those of Japan-based Japanese artists, which can be seen from their perspectives and waysof thinking. This transformation is, of course, also embodied in their works, giving them similar characteristics that are
somewhat transnational, and can be called, so to speak, “Hybrid Japonism”.
With a focus on this tendency, the screening program Many people ask me, “Don’t you miss Japan when you liveabroad?” is the continuous project showing video pieces that we, an artist-duo whose own artistic activities started
and still are taking place in Germany, collect from other Japanese artists whom we met/will meet abroad. Moreartists will be continually added.

PROGRAMME

Poh Wang“Voyage” 2008, 5.07 min.

Atsushi KAGA

“Hole” 2006, 0.42 min.

Yu ARAKI“Deep Search” (excerpted version) 2009, 4.02 min.

Atsushi KAGA

“Hole 2” 2006, 0.28 min.

Are You Meaning Company“Island” 2010, 7.08 min.

Atsushi KAGA

“Hole 3” 2006, 0.29 min.

Yuki OKUMURA“Countdown in NYC” 2006, 1.42 min.

Fumiko KOBAYASHI“NestKasten” (excerpted version) 2005, 3.00 min.

Atsushi KAGA

“Hole 4” 2006, 0.32 min.

Mai YAMASHITA +Naoto KOBAYASHI“infinity” 2006, 4.38 min.

Atsushi KAGA

“Hole and Flower” 2006, 0.41 min.

Aki NAKAZAWA“Negai wo hiku/Drawing Wishes” 2006, 4.36 min.

(total running time : 35 min.)THE ARTISTS *bio : experience of living, studying overseas
Poh Wang (Yasuyoshi BOTAN & Hirokichi) (b.1971&1972, lives & works in Tokyo)
20082007Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, UKFoundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Yu ARAKI(b.1985, lives & works in Yokohama)2010 -M.A. Candidate in New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School ofFilm and New Media, Japan
B.F.A. Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts

»Voyage«

2007»Deep Search«

Are You Meaning Company (Established 1999, lives & works in Berlin)
http://www.areyoumeaning.com/
2007&92008
2003

Akademi Schloss Solitude (descipline: Visual Arts), Stuttgart
Japan Cultural Affairs Foundation, Japan
Cittadellarte, UNIDEE International Residency Program, Italy»Island«

Yuki OKUMURA (b.1978, lives & works in Tokyo)
http://www.yukiokumura.com/
2010
2007

»Countdown in NYC«

2006
2000

HIAP, Helsinki
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Laboratoire Village Nomade, La Corbiere
Tapei Artist Village, Taipei
Level-1, Kitakyushu
ACC residency program at Location One, New York
Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

Fumiko KOBAYASHI (b.1977, lives & works in Tokyo)
http://www1.tcn-catv.ne.jp/fumikokobayashi/
2009
2008
2006
2005
2004-5Stiftung Kunstlerdorf Schoppingen, Schoppingen, Germany
Residency at GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES, Melbourne, Australia
Residency at KHOJ KOLKATA, Kolkata, India
Residency at Hwei Lan International Artists Workshop, Hua Lien, Taiwan
Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany»NestKasten«

Mai YAMASHITA + Naoto KOBAYASHI (b.1976&1974, live & work in Germany)
http://www.yamashita-kobayashi.com/
2011
2009
2009
2007
2006

ISCP- International Studio & Curatorial Program, NY, USA (scheduled)
LIA- Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus, Eckernförde
Künstler Atelier AKKU Uster»infinity«

Aki NAKAZAWA (b.1976, lives & works in Cologne/Tokyo)
http://svp2.com/member/Enakazawa.htm
2009
2008
2005

Grant at Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
Maler Video-Kunst-Preis (Special Prize awarded), Germany
The Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists, Japan»Negai wo hiku / Drawing Wishes«

Atsushi KAGA (b.1978, lives & works in Dublin)
http://www.atsushikaga.com/»Hole«

2010
2007
2006
2005
2001

Artists Residency Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council of IrelandInternational Studio, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin
BA in Fine Art Painting, National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin
Diploma at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork