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2007–2008 Season
For more info about any of the following events, please contact Kristen at kristen at dkam.ca or 604.683.8240.
Merge / Frozen–Melt: Contemporay clay and glass exhibition (BC/Japan)
May 3–June 1, 2008
Numen Gallery
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 detailed info here or download the press release
Tiny Lines For Smaller Movements
Lucky’s Gallery, 3972 Main Street
June 7–July 3 (opening Friday, June 6 at 8 pm)
Curated by Lyndsay Sung
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 detailed info here or download the press release
Spatial Poetics VII exhibition/performance
OPENING Saturday, July 12th, 2008 with performances at 7:30pm at Hunt and Gather, and at 8:00pm at Nouvelle Nouvelle
Hunt & Gather, 225 Carrall Street
Nouvelle Nouvelle, 209 Abbott Street
Various poster-boards around Gastown
More information: 604.683.8240
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 detailed info here or download the press release.
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
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 detailed info here or download press release.
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
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 detailed info here or download press release.