Chris Wainwright Exhibition 16 May -10 July
The fantastic exhibition 'A Catalogue of Errors' by Professor Chris Wainwright, Head of Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Art, is now open for public viewing from 9.30-5pm weekdays. Late night openings until 8pm include 21 May, 30 May and 5 June.
Daiwa Adrian Prizes / Small Grants & Awards
Daiwa Adrian Prizes 2013 for UK-Japan Scientific Collaboration; deadline: 7 June 2013
Small Grants and Awards; deadline: 30 September 2013
Grants/ AwardsDaiwa Adrian Prizes
400 Years of Japan-British Relations
Celebrating 400 years of Japan-British relations, Japan400 commemorates the start of diplomatic, trading, scientific and cultural relations between Britain and Japan in 1613. Through a host of exciting events during 2013, it celebrates the spirit of discovery and mutual regard that has inspired many successful collaborations and a remarkable friendship between two societies on opposite sides of the world.
MORE INFOThe Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation – Supporting closer links between the UK and Japan
What's on
Exhibition: 16 May 2013 – 10 Jul 2013
A Catalogue of Errors by Chris Wainwright
Chris Wainwright has been working with semaphore as a semi-obsolete signalling system for a number of years and incorporating it into a series of photographic performances and actions. These works are made at night and sited adjacent to places where there have been natural disasters or at environmentally fragile sites caused by human intervention and exploitation. Much of the work in the exhibition has been made in the Tohoku Region of Japan prior to and after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
Seminar: 21 May 2013
Energy Security in the Middle East and North Africa
The security of energy supply remains the most important objective of current energy policy in the UK, Japan and for countries across the globe. For this reason, nations often work to reduce their reliance on energy imports. Any disruption of energy supplies as a result of political turmoil and/or terrorism in oil- or gas-producing nations can have serious economic, political and security implications for many countries.
Special event: 30 May 2013
Butoh Through the Lens
This film screening and talk, introducing short films about Butoh dance, will be presented by Florencia Guerberof, performer and founder of Asian Performing Arts UK. Firstly, she will show her own film recordings ‘Impressions’ featuring Yoshito Ono and ‘Duration’ which reflect her own impressions during her research on Butoh dance in Japan during 2009. The screening will continue with the documentary ‘Still Move’ by Marieke Schroeder. The film portrays Japanese dancer and choreographer Saburo Teshigawara who creates a fusion of Butoh principles and postmodern elements. The event aims at portraying a different side of Butoh dance.
Talk: 5 June 2013
Sake Tasting and Japanese Canapés
This event brings together Natsuki Kikuya, independent sake sommelier, and Masa Noguchi, Chef at luxurious Japanese restaurant Zuma, London. They will discuss their respective fields, exploring the attraction of the Japanese traditional drink, and discussing life in the kitchen of a top-class Japanese restaurant. After the talk, there will be tasting of specially selected sake and a demonstration of how to make exquisite ‘tsumami’ (Japanese-style canapés) with ingredients easily found in supermarkets in the UK. Rie Yoshitake will also introduce sake and her organisation Sake Samurai. Yosuke Kawakami from Embassy of Japan in the UK will act as M/C.