Agency for Cultural Affairs secures record funds for 2010, despite stricter budget-making process
Two architects honored in newspaper prizes
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Category: Uncategorized | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: admin
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At the end of last year it was announced that the Agency for Cultural Affairs would be allocated 102 billion yen (AUD$ 1.2 billion) for fiscal 2010 – the highest annual budget it has ever received.
The 25 December announcement was made by Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister, Tatsuo Kawabata, and followed close on [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Two of Japan’s most respected architects were honored by two of its largest newspaper companies recently. On 31 December, the Mainichi Shimbun announced the five winners of its 51st annual Mainichi Arts Award, giving one to architect Kengo Kuma for his job rebuilding the Nezu Museum in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward. A day later the Asahi [...]
Category: Articles | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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11 December, 2009 – 3 March, 2010
It has been a whirlwind decade for the artist Tabaimo. Since bursting onto the scene as the youngest participant in the 2001 Yokohama Triennale, where she stunned viewers with her slightly ominous hand-drawn animation installation titled Japanese Commuter Train, Tabaimo has been shown at the 2002 Bienal de São [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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30-31 January, 2010
Directed by private art collector Toshiko Ferrier, this brand new art fair is aimed at putting a little exclusivity back into the contemporary art world. Participation is limited to just 15 galleries – only the biggest names in the contemporary art world, such as Tomio Koyama Gallery, Gallery Koyanagi and SCAI The Bathhouse. [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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16 January – 4 April, 2010
An ambitious attempt to catalog movements in Japanese painting over the last decade and a half – with particular focus on the rise of what is becoming known as “new figurative painting,” although it could equally be considered “painting under the influence of manga.” Featured are Takanobu Kobayashi, Yoshitomo Nara [...]
Category: What's On | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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The Japan Jewellery Festival will be held 1-3 September, 2010, at Tokyo Big Sight. Last year, 360 exhibitors from 18 countries exhibited for the enjoyment of around 15,000 people. Designers, jewellery makers, wholesalers, exporters and importers, as well as their organizations, are invited to participate. Application deadlines and costs for booth hire available on website.
UBM [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Apply before 26 February, 2010, to be included on the Design Festa pamphlet
2700 booths available in the latest edition of this huge event for anyone with something creative to display. The Festa will be held 15 and 16 May at Tokyo Big Sight.
Design Festa Office, 3-20-18-302 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tel: 03-3479-1433, Fax: 03-3479-1498, E-mail: info_e@designfesta.com
Category: Opportunities | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Entries due 31 March, 2010
Directors from around the world are invited to enter films shot on digital cameras in the “Feature Length Competition” of this annual competition. Films must be 70 minutes or longer and must have been made after 1 January, 2009. Total cash prizes worth $US 110,000.
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival Office, Sai-No-Kuni [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Entries due January 31, 2010
A competition aimed at “improving the culture of lighting design and to develop young new talent.” Entrants must have been students at an institute of learning as of 1 September, 2009. The theme this year is eco-friendly lighting. Judges include architect Kiyonori Kikutake. Gold Award worth 1 million yen.
Office of Koizumi [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
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Applications for the first screening due 1-23 April, 2010
Biennial design competition for un-published designs in any of four divisions: product, spatial, visual communication, other. The theme is “Design to empower tomorrow” and one of many challenging questions posed on the competition website is: “What can design do to preserve our planet, our societies and our [...]
Category: Opportunities | Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Edan Corkill
Permalink: http://jasm.australia.or.jp/2010/01/22/7th-international-competition-nagoya-design-do-2010/
