<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Sissu, <div><br></div><div>Actually, that was not Adachi Masao's Revolution+1, but Mohanad Yaqubi and Reem Shilla's R21. Last summer the German press made great hay about Adachi starting or organizing a program at documenta, he actually had nothing to do with it. Considering the situation in Kassel, this was egregiously sloppy journalism. And it created endless headaches for everyone, including Adachi. </div><div><br></div><div>I've long meant to write about what happened for KineJapan, but the crisis was constant and sucked up all my time for months on end. </div><div><br></div><div>For those who missed all the ruckus, documenta (the largest art exhibition in the world) was rocked by accusation after accusation of anti-Semitism. One of the artworks most definitely had anti-Semitic caricatures. But the others did not. I participated in one of the collectives rocked by charges of racism. It is called Tokyo Reels and the documentary R21, a centerpiece of the project, is making the festival rounds right now. TR explores a unique archive of Palestinian papers and films discovered in a home in Suginami-ku. </div><div><br></div><div>As someone who teaches anti-Semitism and fascist cinema, I found the German discourses bewildering. I'm writing a long essay on the archive, but will write a bit about it on KineJapan in the near future. </div><div><br></div><div>For now (I have a busy day ahead of me), suffice to say, Adachi's only connection to Tokyo Reels and documenta was the donation of one print and a background interview conducted by Yaqubi———in other words, no connection. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img width="55" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpadRRhHYSz0N5UbUflm2YEIclCcg0bTCCBEh81fkJ8isCMwomHpMoky49pEF7xzc4MTMR-PM"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Film, Television and Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><u><span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">Homepage: <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/" target="_blank"><font color="#ffffff">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/</font></a></span><font color="#6aa84f"><br></font></u></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Film, Television and Media<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street<br></b></font><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 3:50 AM sissu tarka <<a href="mailto:sissu@basicray.org">sissu@basicray.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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dear
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all,<br>
I
saw <span style="font-size:medium">Adachi's
Revolution +1
at
documenta,
and
it
was
fabulous
and
one
of
the
key
reasons
to
be
in
Kassel
at
the
time.<br>
Totally
impressive
and
important
---
a
document
time
machine.</span><br>
verina </span><br>
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animate
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<a href="https://aaa.org.hk/en/programmes/programmes/residency-verina-gfader" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family:"courier new",courier,monospace;font-size:12px" target="_blank">
AAA
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<a href="https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-art-academy-welcomes-professor-verina-gfader" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family:"courier new",courier,monospace;font-size:12px" target="_blank">
Academy
business</a><br>
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Quoting
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via
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the
Critic's
Week
is
showing
Adachi's
Revolution +1.
They
are
admirably
courageous
after
the ridiculous
ruckus
at
documenta
last
summer.
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for
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Department
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Television
and
Media</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">,
Department
of
Asian
Languages
and
Cultures,
Penny
Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School
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Film,
Television
and
Media</b></font><br>
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Quad</b></font><br>
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105
S.
State
Street</b></font><br>
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Ann
Arbor,
MI
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On
Mon,
Jan
16,
2023
at
8:20
AM
Eija
Niskanen
via
KineJapan
<<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
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Berlinale
Forum
series,
the
more
indie/experiemental geared
film
program,
has
announced
films.
Here
are
the
Japanese
films:
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Ishi
ga
aru
(There
Is
a
Stone)
by
Tatsunari
Ota
|
with
An
Ogawa,
Tsuchi
Kanou
Japan
2022
Forum
|
International
premiere
A
young
woman
spends
a
day
in
some
non-place
between
town
and
countryside,
has
random
encounters
and
watches
stones
skip
over
the
surface
of
the
river.
Tatsunari
Ota’s
film
explores
a
world
without
productivity
and
finds
joy
in
idle
time
and
playfulness.</div>
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Subete
no
Yoru
wo
Omoidasu
(Remembering
Every
Night)
by
Yui
Kiyohara
|
with
Kumi
Hyodo,
Minami
Ohba,
Ai
Mikami,
Guama
Uchida,
Tadashi
Okuno
Japan
2022
Forum
|
International
premiere
A
visit
to
the
employment
office,
practicing
dance
steps,
making
music
with
friends:
several
women’s
everyday
lives
are
captured
in
long
shots
and
with
a
superb
sense
of
place.
A
film
like
a
summer’s
day,
bright,
friendly,
with
the
occasional
chill.</div>
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Forum
Expanded
has:<br>
Time
Tunnel:
Takahiko
Iimura
at
Kino
Arsenal,
18.
April
1973
by
Takahiko
Iimura
Japan
/
USA
1973
Forum
Expanded
Exhibition
As
a
preview
of
the
60th
founding
anniversary
of
the
Freunde
der
deutschen
Kinemathek
(today:
Arsenal),
the
installation
of
videos
by
the
Japanese
avant-garde
pioneer,
who
died
in
July
2022,
commemorates
a
screening
at
the
Arsenal
cinema
on
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