24 May 2012
Yesterday’s ‘PechaKucha for Japan’ event at Logan Hall, Institute of Education brought together an exciting, talented and eclectic mix of presenters and an audience of 500, according to the host and additional speaker for the evening, Michael Johnson (johnson banks).
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On 23 May there will be an event at Logan Hall in Bloomsbury, London, called PechaKucha: Japan. Just over a year after the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, in conjunction with D&AD, a collection of the design and communication world’s greatest stars are being gathered to share stories about Japan.
Read on26 April 2012
It was a cold, wet and miserable day in London yesterday, and with storms threatening I have to say I wasn’t overly keen to spend my evening in a crypt. Fortunately, the artists and designers who are a part of LOOCHOO ‘Time’ which was opening at The Crypt Gallery in London brought all of the warmth of Okinawa with them, along with music, dancing and live painting.
Read on20 April 2012
We had a very well-attended event this afternoon at which Dr. Noriko Ohtake shed light on the music of Japan’s best-known 20th century composer, Tōru Takemitsu.
Read on10 April 2012
At any one time, somewhere around the globe, a Shakespeare play is being performed. Recognising that Shakespeare is not just a poet and playwright for London or the UK but for the entire world Tom Bird, Festival Director of Globe to Globe, has been on a whistle-stop tour of the world in search of Shakespeare.
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Mr Nobuhiko Ariga, a journalist with the Chunichi Shimbun, has written an article in Japanese about Mr Satoshi Hasegawa’s recent talk at Daiwa Foundation Japan House: The Appeal of Mino Washi.
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Direct from Japan to attend Mr Punch’s 350th birthday celebrations, two masters of kugutsu – Shiro Ito and Eimei Katami – will be appearing at the Little Angel Theatre in London on Thursday, 10 May, to present an evening of puppetry, including a Japanese-style Punch and Judy show.
Read on28 March 2012
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting the Ruthin Craft Centre’s Japanese Style: Sustaining Design, a season of exhibitions rooted in sustainable design, due to run from 1 April to 24 June 2012. The Ruthin Craft Centre, the Centre for the Applied Arts was originally established in 1982. Rebuilt and re-opened in 2008, it boasts
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Extra Sensory Performance, an international symposium and related workshops led by the International Curators Forum (ICF) will take place during the Yokohama Triennial 2011, exploring the legacy and future of performance internationally.
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