ROMANTIC GEOGRAPHY: May. 2011
MAY 7-22, 2011
at Vacant Harajuku Tokyo
Lectures series including a talk between architect Jun Aoki and fashion critic Take Hirakawa on the topics of architecture in Japan after the disaster of March 11th and on functionality and decoration. (In Japanese only).
A workshop with photograph Taro Hirano, and a talk on Ai Weiwei by gallery owner Misa Shin (English/Japanese).
To book and get information contact booking@n0idea.com
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May 7 Sat.
11 a.m. Photo workshop with Taro Hirano
Fee: 5,000 yen
Language: English / Japanese
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May 7 Sat.
6 p.m. Cities and Fashion by Take Hirakawa x Jun Aoki
Fee: 2,000 yen
Language: Japanese
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May 8 Sun.
5 p.m. Cities and Art
RELEASE AI WEIWEI by Misa Shin
Fee: 1,000 yen
Language: English / Japanese
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May 8 Sun.
2 p.m. Cities and Photograph
Workshop on Japanese prewar photo books with Nakaokashoten and Takehiko Nakafuji
Fee: Free
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May 13 Fri.
8 p.m. Cities and Coffee
Coffee seminar by NOZY COFFEE
Fee: 2,000 yen
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May 15 Sun.
1 p.m. / 4 p.m. Cities and Honey
Beeswax workshop with Libro por Mielo
Fee: 1,400 yen
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May 17 Tue.
8 p.m. Cities and Coffee
Coffee seminar by NOZY COFFEE
Fee: 2,000 yen
VACANT
3-20-13 Jingumae Shibuya Tokyo (Map )
TEL: 03-6459-2962
www.n0idea.com
2011.5.7 Sat.
Taro Hirano Photo Workshop "Xerox and the City"
2011.5.7 Sat.
start 18:00
Take Hirakawa / Jun Aoki Mode and the City
2011.5.8 Sun.
start 17:00
Shin Misa RELEASE AI WEIWEI
On April 3rd, artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at the airport of Beijing, and no one knows what's happening to him since then. Ai Weiwei's critical art has always upset the Chinese authorities, and even if Ai Weiwei is now internationally acclaimed, that didn't stop them from incarcerating him. International art institutions and human-rights groups have been requesting for his release. In different places of the world, manifestations took place outside the Chinese embassies to show protest.
His friend and gallery owner Mrs. Misa Shin will give a talk on his situation along with art and freedom in China. We will be more than happy to have you with us to discuss all together the possibilities of our actions for his release.
The talk will be translated into English.
Entrance fees (including a drink) are 1,000 yen in advance and 1,300 yen at the door.
To book and get information: booking@n0idea.com
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VACANT
ADDRESS: 3-20-13 Jingumae Shibuya Tokyo 渋谷区神宮前3-20-13 (Map )
TEL: 03-6459-2962
WEB: www.n0idea.com
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Organized by TOO MUCH magazine
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ROMANTIC GEOGRAPHY: Nov. 2010
'Does Your Soul Have a Cold?' will be screened for the first time in Japan on November 20 at (LLOVE THEATER, Daikanyama) during Romantic Geography Biannual, the festival organized by TOO MUCH magazine.
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Date: November 20 Sat.
1st screening: 3 p.m. (opens at 2.30p.m.)
2nd screening: 6 p.m. at (opens at 5.30p.m.)
Fee: 800yen
Venue: LLOVE THEATER (access)
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
To reserve your seat email your name, phone number and screening time at
Topic: Screening November 20
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In his documentary from 2007 Mike Mills was interested in how the USA company GlaxoSmithKlin was able to make it to the Japan market, he took an individual approach by following 5 Japanese persons struggling with depression and taking antidepressants. Mills' s visual and sensitive touch makes of this documentary an unique work.
You can find an interview with Mike Mills on this matter in TOO MUCH magazine and here is a very interesting article from the New York Times on the matter of antidepressants in Japan.
Below is an extract of Mike Mills's interview in TOO MUCH magazine Issue 1.
In ‘Does Your Soul Have a Cold?’ we can feel that you care for the
people you're filming. What was your relationship with them like?
Mike Mills: It was kind of a long relationship, firstly my Japanese producer put out the initial invitations to a lot of online depression chatrooms. There were a lot of responses and some people were willing to come in for an interview. Initially I thought that Japanese people wouldn’t talk about their sadness. But all the people who came in, they seemed to have a kind of mission. They feel so misunderstood, so erased and so kicked out of society that they are practically activists; they want to come in and prove that they're not horrible people; they want to prove they have a real problem, you know. That's what everybody said. There were even people who haven't left their house for long time who came down to Shibuya for the interview, and even people that didn't really want to be in the film who came just because they felt that they had to, as though they had a responsibility. From the beginning we had a really open response. We focused on a few specific people and went to their houses with cameras just to meet them, so they could start to trust me and understand what I was trying to do, that I woulnd't turn the issue one way or another. I just tried to ask questions and accept their answers. We picked seven people out of this group and started filming. It was very simple.
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Organized by TOO MUCH magazine and Sakumotto
Supported by Chairless by Vitra
Special thanks to Aya Muto
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