<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"visual philosophy salon" vol. 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">at the Apple Store Ginza<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><What a Sensation! A Space-Time Trip to a New Visual and Sound Landscape><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">featuring Taka iimura & Haruyuki Suzuki and Masayuki Kawai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Experience something entirely new when you join us for an avant-garde "visual and sound landscape."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As the light transforms, the moving image reveals structures that are buried within the landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The sound invites your imagination, the landscape shows its colors and breathes, and you drift into a mysterious time-space... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">At the Visual Philosophy Salon held regularly at Tokyo’s Ginza Apple Store, Masayuki Kawai invites the audience to dynamic new movements in visual art with his fast-paced yet down-to-earth introductions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For this meeting of the Salon, we’re delighted to welcome a pioneer of experimental visual art, Taka iimura, and his collaborating composer, Haruyuki Suzuki.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You're invited to witness for yourself the past/present of an avant-garde "visual and sound landscape." You’ll see the work of the guests and the host and enjoy their interaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">screening program: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"Junk" <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">directed by Taka iimura, sound by Takehisa Kosugi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1962/B&W/8 and 16mm (screening from video)/10 min. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">This legendary work is known as Taka iimura's debut and his first collaboration with the great composer Takehisa Kosugi. Junk and dead animals that have been washed up on the shore of Tokyo Bay are animated through surreal imagery and noise music. This violent improvisation of the visual and the musical remains an edgy piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Made 46 years ago, it presciently anticipates today's environmental problems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"A Rock in the Light" (from DVD "AIR'S ROCK" 1985-2008)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">directed by Taka iimura, sound by Haruyuki Suzuki<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1985+2008/Color/video/18 min.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">This work is a conceptual video piece about "Ayers Rock" which rises up above<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Australian desert. The landscape reveals its structure as a process of light in time. In 1985, this piece was a surprising hit on the laser disc market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In 2008, Suzuki composed a new score and iimura completely re-edited it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"Tokyo Color Scene"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">direction and sound by Masayuki Kawai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1998/Color/video/18 min. (clip)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In the sea of colors, you hear the sound of the city. Listening to the sound of color, and looking at the color of sound. Color and sound unfold various scenes of the city and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of your mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This video art piece is composed of color and sound without image. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"Niagara Hot Spring" <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">direction and sound by Masayuki Kawai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2008/Color/video/5 min. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dawn at the Niagara Falls: as the sky brightens, a colorful vapor rises from the darkness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">date: 2008/09/21 (Sunday) 6:00pm - 7:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">fee: free <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">venue: Apple Store Ginza 3F Theatre (84 seats) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">3-5-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (opposite the Matsuya Ginza department store)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">tel: 03-5159-8200 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.apple.com/jp/retail/ginza/map/index2.html">http://www.apple.com/jp/retail/ginza/map/index2.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Takahiko iimura (flim/video/media artist) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">iimura has been a pioneer artist of Japanese experimental film and video, working in film since l960 and with video since 1970. He is also a widely established international artist, having numerous exhibitions in Japan, USA, and in Europe. One of his early films, "Onan", was awarded Special Prize at the legendary Brussels International Experimental Festival in l964. Recently he has been active with computer-based projects, publishing multimedia CD-ROMs/DVDs combining film, video, graphics, text, and animation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Haruyuki Suzuki (composer) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In 2000, Suzuki was awarded Mainichi Film Competition Music Prize for his music for the film, "M/OTHER". He has been producing numerous musical events for more than 20 years. Also a critic, he often writes about music, fine art and film, and he enages in collaborative work in the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>theatre, fine art and video. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.25pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.3pt 141.6pt 170.05pt 198.35pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.75pt 340.1pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Masayuki Kawai (video artist/organizer): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 252.0pt 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">"Masayuki Kawai is one of Japan's most exciting video artists" (David Elliott). His video-oriented work has a worldwide reputation, and his video pieces have been screened in over 25 countries, winning numerous nominations and prizes. Kawai's work is now included in many collections. Kawai lives and works in New York and Tokyo, and has been trying to establish a new cultural scene based around the concept of "visual philosophy".<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">--------------------------</span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">organizer: REF lab. </span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">web: <a href="http://www.ref-lab.com">www.ref-lab.com</a> </span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">contact: <a href="mailto:info@ref-lab.com">info@ref-lab.com</a></span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">collaboration: Taka Iimura, Harvest Firm Inc.</span><!--EndFragment-->
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