Afternote: Artist & Curator Talk Event
Presented by Nobuhiro Shimura & Yu Iseki
September 14, 2024
Join artist Nobuhiro Shimura and curator Yu Iseki in this special talk event, held as part of the Afternote: In the Shade of Cinema exhibition at The Japan Foundation, Sydney. Take a deeper dive into the show as Shimura discusses the story of how the documentary Afternote was born, along with the film’s production process. He will also introduce a number of related items that were exhibited at YCAM, the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, but could not be brought to the Sydney exhibition.
Following the talk, attendees will have the opportunity to ask the speakers questions in a 10-minute Q&A session.
Please note the talk will be conducted in both Japanese and English, with the assistance of an interpreter. The in-person talk event will also be available to view online via livestream on the JPF Sydney Facebook page.
Nobuhiro Shimura
Born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. Currently lives and works in Chiba, Japan.
Completed his master’s degree in Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University in 2007. From 2016 to 2018, he was a visiting researcher at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in Paris under the overseas study program for upcoming artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Shimura has created a number of video installations that employ images of everyday objects and landscapes. In recent years he has been engaging in film works with a documentary approach based on his fieldwork. He has been involved in projects that focus on social issues and histories that are difficult to visualise from a local perspective. His major exhibitions include Afternote: Memories and Archives of Cinema in Yamaguchi City (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi, 2023-24), Mono no ke (solo, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria, 2018).
Yu Iseki
Chief Curator of the Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
After working in the Akiyoshidai International Art Village Planning Department, Iseki became assistant curator of the Yokohama Triennale 2005. He then went on to become a curator for the Shiseido Gallery and coordinator of the Yokohama Triennale 2014, before transferring to Art Tower Mito in December 2014. He has been in his current position since April 2022. Notable projects he has worked on include Rei Naito: On This Bright Earth I See You, Shinro Ohtake: BLDG. 1978-2019 and Sato Masaharu Trace－Absence of Presence / Presence of Absence (these were featured in Art Tower Mito’s Contemporary Art Gallery). Iseki also co-curated Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Polite Existence at the Jameel Arts Centre with Anna Bernice delos Reyes, and was co-curator of the Japan Pavilion at the 2018 La Biennale Di Venezia – Biennale Architettura.
About the Exhibition
Afternote: In the Shade of Cinema is an exhibition focusing on the history of movie theatres in the provincial city of Yamaguchi, Japan. Curated by Yu Iseki (Curator of the Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito), the display includes records and materials related to the city’s cinemas, along with the latest work by Nobuhiro Shimura, a contemporary Japanese artist who produces video installations exploring themes of memory and placeness.
CLICK HERE for more information on the exhibition
EVENT DETAILS
September 14, 2024 (Saturday)
2pm-2:50pm AEST
40min talk + 10min Q&A
Bookings not required
GALLERY HOURS
Mon–Fri: 10am–6pm
Sat: 11am–4pm
Closed Sundays and public holidays
IN-PERSON VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Level 4, Central Park
28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008
ONLINE VENUE
JPF Sydney Facebook
Free; bookings not required
ADMISSION
Free
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Header Image: Nobuhiro Shimura, Afternote, 2024
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