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Hi Verina,<BR>
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A good place to start with Shinto would be Ryo Sanada's (<EM>Rackgaki</EM>, <EM>Scratching the Surface</EM>) new creative documentary, <EM>KanZeOn,</EM> about the musical practices associated with Shinto culture. The film consists of several vignettes of contemporary practitioners of Shinto and the varied manifestations of their religious beliefs through music. Not quite as tangible as scriptures or Qu'ran, but if you know a bit about Shinto, the film's approach to music as a text really encapsulates the ephemeral nature of Shinto belief, in my humble opinion. <BR>
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There has been no official release yet, but you may be able to get a screener copy if you explain your project to them. Ryo's production company, SRK productions, is based in London. For trailer and contact info, follow this link - <A href="http://www.kanzeonthemovie.com/">http://www.kanzeonthemovie.com/</A> <BR>
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Or if you contact me offlist, I may be able to get you in touch with one of them directly. <BR>
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Best,<BR>
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Rob Buscher<BR>
MA Japanese Studies<BR> <BR>
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:18:36 +0100<BR>> From: sissu@basicray.org<BR>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>> Subject: display in japanese (film) context<BR>> <BR>> dear Kine Japaners<BR>> <BR>> I am currently involved in a small project which deals with forms of <BR>> display as a medium and content. The research is situated in a <BR>> Japanese context, discourse of media and knowledge, and some on the <BR>> list might have some advice or link to relevant sites. The project <BR>> looks into the increasing rarefaction of print and physical books <BR>> leading to a situation where books are becoming a luxury. Historically <BR>> and conceptually one can perhaps refer to ideas around access to <BR>> knowledge, the book or text as precious object, but also to the <BR>> presentation of sacred versus profane forms, print, or other methods <BR>> of display and presentation. In the Muslim world, for example, they <BR>> use rahlés to display the Qu'ran.<BR>> I am trying to find out more about these devices related to Japan, <BR>> e.g. Shinto religion, Ainu, sacred manuscripts or scriptures, how <BR>> these generate a kind of archive of display, and how they have been <BR>> presented in film respectively. Does anyone know of any Japanese films <BR>> including such devices?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Being fairly new to the list, below a bio.<BR>> <BR>> Thank you very much for any advice / link.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Best<BR>> Verina<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I am an artist and researcher based in London and Tokyo. My interest <BR>> is in the criticality of emerging practices, and the ethics and <BR>> economies of art, with a particular focus on non-linearity, concepts <BR>> of the minor and articulations of democratic, active work. The current <BR>> artistic research takes account of two subjects: the first is the <BR>> incorporation of animation within fine arts; more particularly, my <BR>> actual studies concern the structural coherence between a<BR>> single cultural expression, in this case Japanese animation, and <BR>> geographical, institutional and social ideas. By exploring the ways <BR>> animation maintains its ambiguous status (of film, drawing, concept, <BR>> vocabulary) and how it suggests a peculiar relation to the minor, the <BR>> studies attempt to trace its multiple image and reveal the potential <BR>> of animation theory to contribute to new forms of knowledge that grasp <BR>> current art movements and discourse, locally and globally.<BR>> The second is the ornament. This project, which includes a <BR>> collaboration with architect Merce Rodrigo García, explores the <BR>> construction of vast and full spaces, complex assemblages in <BR>> architecture and technologically informed environments and networks, <BR>> and creative activities that put into practice a resistance to <BR>> regulated forms and a reconstruction of a local common.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ::::::::::::::::::::::::<BR>> Verina Gfader<BR>> Flat 4<BR>> 81 Greencroft Gardens<BR>> London NW6 3LJ<BR>> +44 (0)2073727746<BR>> cell 07906365646<BR>> email sissu@basicray.org<BR>> skype Sissu Tarka<BR>> <BR></DIV> </div></body>
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