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There are a number of events associated with the Festival that occur before, after and during the Festival that take place off-site.
2008 Festival Events
MERGE / Frozen–Melt:
Contemporary glass & ceramic exhibition by
Naoko Takenouchi, Miyuki Shinkai, HiDe Ebina
May 3–June 1, 2008
Numen Gallery
120-1058 Mainland St, Yaletown, Vancouver
Gallery hours: Tue–Sat 11–6, Sun 12–5. Closed Monday.
Info: 604 630 6927 / info at numengallery.com
www.numengallery.com
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The three artists in this show, Miyuki Shinkai, Hidenori Ebina and Naoko Takenouchi, are searching for a way to navigate the waters of both Western and Eastern philosophies. This functional art exhibition will give the artists an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate their Japanese identities, to honour the roots they have grown in Canada, and to encourage the next generation to merge, with sensitivity, the aesthetics from their respective cultures. Read more…
Tiny Lines For Smaller Movements exhibition
Lucky’s Gallery, 3972 Main Street
June 7 to July 3
opening Friday, June 6 at 8 pm
Curated by Lyndsay Sung
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The card you made for Grandma and Grandpa for their anniversary, the handmade paper greeting card bought from Tonari Gumi (Japanese Community Volunteers Association) seniors, the paper cut-out of Mariah Carey, the drawing you made on a take-out menu. This exhibit will present works that highlight the smaller, quieter movements of handmade design and artwork, including handmade cards, drawings and paper art. Conflating simple birthday cards and quiet drawings into artwork, the show will exhibit commissioned works from several generations of Japanese Canadian and Asian Canadian artists, highlighting the art and design of everyday life. Curated by integrated media artist Lyndsay Sung, commissioned artists will include Maiko Tanaka (Ontario), Rafael Tsuchida (BC), Yuriko Iga (BC), Cindy Mochizuki (BC), Madoka Hara (BC), Lynda Nakashima (BC), Kathy Shimizu (Manitoba/BC). Tonari Gumi seniors will also be invited to contribute their work. Read more…
image by Cindy Mochizuki
Spatial Poetics VII exhibition/performance
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Hunt and Gather gallery & two other venues, tba
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Spatial Poetics is an interdisciplinary event that celebrates collaboration and innovation in the use of text, visuals, music, and performance by an eclectic mix of Asian Canadian artists. Artists are commissioned to create new work that may be beyond their suggested discipline and are encouraged to speak from multiple spaces/places, both new and revisited. The end result will be a diverse collection of works by established artists and emerging artists. Contributing greatly to the SENSU Festival theme, this edition of Spatial Poetics will present a series of durational installations in the form of a walking tour between several storefronts in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Curated by Miko Hoffman, participating artists are Natalie Purschwitz, Vanessa Kwan and Madoka Hara. Read more…
Powell Street Festival Society presents
Commercial na Art! Ocean Fresh!
Exhibition: August 1st to 15th, 2008
Helen Pitt Gallery
102–148 Alexander Street
Tuesday–Saturday, noon–5 pm
OPENING: August 1, 2008 @ 8 pm
Artists from Japan will be in attendance
ARTIST’S TALK: August 2, 2008 @ 2 pm
Artist Erika Kobayashi with Curator Aya Takada
More information: 604.683.8240
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Commercial na Art! Ocean Fresh explores Japanese mass culture and commercialism through the works of five emerging Japanese artists using photography, illustration, video, sculpture, painting, and comics. Curated by Aya Takada, the Artistic Director of Birdo flugas project and birdo space in Shiogama, Japan, the exhibition features works by video artist Chikara Matsumoto, photographer Itaru Hirama, visual artist Yusuke Gunji, comic book artist Erika Kobayashi, and rock art illustrator Toru Morooka. Read more…
Powell Street Festival Society presents
Shugo Tokumaru & Mia Doi Todd
Saturday, August 2, 2008 @ 8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova Street)
TICKETS @ THE DOOR: $15/$10 (students, seniors and PSF members)
More information: 604.683.8240
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Performing solo on guitar, saw, stringed instruments, percussion, toys and more, Shugo Tokumaru is a quiet and talented force to be reckoned with. Known for his atmospheric, poppy, psychedelic-folk songs fronted by lovely vocals, he has released two albums internationally and has been acclaimed in such prestigious publications as The Wire and Rolling Stone. The Powell Street Festival welcomes this emerging artist to the main stage in his debut performance in Canada. Read more…
Baseball Game
August 4th, 11:00am
Oppenheimer Park
Come take part in a fun slow-pitch ballgame—a tribute to the Asahi at Oppenheimer Park in the team’s home “Powell Street Grounds.” Fans and friends are welcome!
Jodaiko Concert
Saturday, August 9, 2:00 pm
The Roundhouse
Tickets are $15–20 sliding scale
PSFS and Pride in Art co-sponsor a taiko performance by Jodaiko at the Roundhouse. Tickets available from July 10 at Little Sisters, Rhizome Café and Full Bloom and as of July 24 at the Pride in Art Festival. For more information check www.tttaiko.com/jodaiko.
For more information about any of these events, please contact Kristen at kristen at dkam.ca
COMMUNITY EVENTS by Festival Partners
Tanabata (Star) Festival
Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall
487 Alexander Street (at Jackson)
Saturday, July 5, 10:30 am–1 pm
Do you know the story of star-crossed lovers Princess Orihime and Prince Hikoboshi who meet every July 7th on the Milky Way? Come and hear this romantic tale and enjoy a family event with performances, delicious food, and children’s crafts. You’ll also have the opportunity to make your wishes come true in the traditional practice of writing them on tanzaku (pieces of paper) and hanging them on bamboo. Bring your family and friends and don your yukatas for this popular summer festival! Free admission. Call 604.254.2551 for more information.
8th Chinatown Arts & Cultural Festival
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Park Courtyard
578 Carrall St
Saturdays in July starting July 5
Art and culture enrich the heart of historic Chinatown! Enjoy four colourful and diverse cultural showcases on July 5 (Asia Day – co-programmed by PSFS!), 12 (Africa Day), 19 (Drums Around the World), and 26 (Traditions of Old Russia). This festival enhances Chinatown’s role as the host of arts and cultural events in the City, promotes the diversity of art forms, and strengthens neighborhood collaborations. www.vancouverchinesegarden.com
Hataken (Tokyo), Gunshae (Vancouver),
Connect_icut (Vancouver)
Blim
197 east 17th Avenue
Friday, July 11, 8 pm $7
The Konspiracy Group with support from PSFS presents “a little night music” for your summertime listening pleasure. In anticipation of this year’s Powell Street Festival, we open a cross cultural dialogue between Vancouver and Tokyo. Join us for an evening of electro acoustic collaboration with Pacific Rim ambienteers, Hataken (Tokyo), Gunshae (Vancouver), and Connect_icut (Vancouver).
Storigami/Origami Time Workshop
National Nikkei Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Saturday, July 19, 1–2 pm
Come and learn to create origami pieces step-by-step and through STORIGAMI, a form of storytelling that uses paper folding. Featuring origami storyteller Yukiko Tosa and origami artist Lisa David, members of PALM (Paperfolders Around the Lower Mainland). For families ages 6 to adult. Free. Pre-registration is advised. Email museum at nikkeiplace.org or call 604.777.7000 ext.109. Presented by the Japanese Canadian National Museum and Pangea Arts.
Origami: The State of Art
National Nikkei Heritage Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Saturday, July 19, 3 pm
Origami artist Joseph Wu discusses the recent development of origami from children–s pastime into fine art. Examples of modern origami art will be shown. For adults and teens. Free event! Presented by the Japanese Canadian National Museum and Pangea Arts.
No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema
Pacific Cineématheèque
1131 Howe Street
July 31–August 4
Nikkatsu akushon! No Borders, No Limits: 1960s Nikkatsu Action Cinema is a series that will give Vancouver audiences their first exposure to an often artistic, always entertaining subgenre of Japanese cinema. Nikkatsu action films evoked a cinematic world neither foreign nor Japanese. It was a mix of the two – where Japanese tough guys had the swagger, moves, and even the long legs of Hollywood movie heroes. It was a place where the Tokyo streets, Yokohama docks, and Hokkaido hills took on an exciting, exotic aura, as though they were stand-ins for Manhattan, Marseilles, or the American West. www.cinematheque.bc.ca
20th Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
August 14–24
Vancouver’s second largest film festival brings film lovers and filmmakers together to celebrate the best in independent queer cinema. Flirt, chat and get a little wild at the hottest parties, galas and cinematic spectacles this side of the Pacific. PSFS is proud to be a sponsor of Love My Life. For more information, visit www.queerfilmfestival.ca.