HORROR MANGA JAPAN
October 18, 2019 – January 24, 2020
From October to January, The Japan Foundation, Sydney presents HORROR MANGA JAPAN, an event program exploring hidden corners of the horror manga genre through an exhibition, talks and more. The program is being run in parallel with the Japan Supernatural exhibition at The Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Presented in cooperation with the Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Museum of Art and Subcultures, Meiji University, Japan.
EXPLORE THE PROGRAM
OCT 18, 2019 – JAN 24, 2020
RETRO HORROR:
Supernatural and the Occult in Postwar Japanese Manga
Exhibition
Japan Foundation Gallery
PAST EVENTS
Oct 18, 2019
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Opening Reception
RETRO HORROR Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Oct 19, 2019
11:30am & 12:30pm
(日本語版あり)
Gallery Talk:
Inside Retro Horror
RETRO HORROR Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Oct 24, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Possible Afterlives:
The Buddhist Concept of Hell and the Next World
Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Oct 31, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Masters of Monsters:
The Tradition of Horror in Japanese Folklore & Manga
Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Nov 6, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Meet Ochazukenori:
A Horror Manga Artist, On All Things Horror Manga
Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Nov 7, 2019
6:30pm – 8:30pm
The Dark Arts:
How to Draw Horror Manga
Masterclass
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Nov 29, 2019
6:15pm (English) &
7:30pm (日本語/Japanese)
Retro Horror Radio:
Live Ghost Story Readings
Performance
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Dec 5, 2019
6:30pm
Rampo Noir
(MA 15+)
Film Screening
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Jan 8, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm
Tattoo:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Talk & Demonstration
Art Gallery of NSW
Jan 15, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm
Cosplay:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Talk & Demonstration
Art Gallery of NSW
Jan 16, 2020
6:30pm
Tokyo Ghoul
(MA 15+)
Film Screening
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Jan 8, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm
Anime & Manga:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Talk & Workshop
Art Gallery of NSW
PRESENTED BY
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Programming: Elicia O’Reilly and Yurika Sugie
RELATED EVENTS AT ART GALLERY OF NSW
Nov 2, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020
Japan
Supernatural
Exhibition
Art Gallery of NSW
Nov 2 – 30, 2019
Saturdays, 2pm – 4pm
Phenomenal
Beings
Lecture Series
Art Gallery of NSW
Nov 27, 2019
6:30pm
Art After Hours:
Retro Horror Radio
(Note: content differs from JF program on Nov 29)
Performance
Art Gallery of NSW
Oct 2 – 23, 2019
Grief and Vengeance:
Otherworldly Tales
JFF Classics Film Screenings
Art Gallery of NSW
DETAILS
Click on program tiles for related event information.
VENUE
The Japan Foundation, Sydney*
Level 4, Central Park
28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008
*except co-produced Art After Hours events in January 2020, which run at the Art Gallery of NSW
ENQUIRIES
(02) 8239 0055
Top image from Doll Hell (Ningyo Jigoku), © Tsunezo Murotani.