[KineJapan] Berlinale Forum series—>documenta & Tokyo Reels
sissu tarka
sissu at basicray.org
Tue Jan 17 09:23:37 EST 2023
Thank you so much, Markus, for your important clarifications.
But where and how can I see Adachi Masao's Revolution+1 then?
And to say, despite it all, R 21 aka Restoring Solidarity was-is brilliant.
sissu
Quoting Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>:
> Hi Sissu,
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>
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> ---
>
> MARKUS NORNES
> PROFESSOR OF ASIAN CINEMA
>
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> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 3:50 AM sissu tarka
> <sissu at basicray.org> wrote:
>
>> _dear Markus, all,
>> I saw Adachi's Revolution +1 at documenta, and it was fabulous and
>> one of the key reasons to be in Kassel at the time.
>> Totally impressive and important --- a document time machine.
>> verina
>>
>> The Last Resident[1]
>> animate assembly[2]
>> AAA resident[3]
>> Academy business[4]
>>
>> Quoting Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>:_
>>
>>> _Also, the Critic's Week is showing Adachi's Revolution +1. They
>>> are admirably courageous after the ridiculous ruckus at documenta
>>> last summer. Good for them. _ _ _
>>> _Markus_
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _--- _
>>>
>>> __
>>> _MARKUS NORNES_
>>> _PROFESSOR OF ASIAN CINEMA_
>>>
>>>>> _Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian
>>>>> Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design_
>>>
>>>>> _ _
>>>
>>>>> __HOMEPAGE: HTTP://WWW-PERSONAL.UMICH.EDU/~NORNES/[5]_
>>>>> DEPARTMENT OF FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA
>>>>> 6348 NORTH QUAD
>>>>> 105 S. STATE STREET
>>>>> ANN ARBOR, MI 48109-1285_
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>>>
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>>> _ _
>>>
>>> _On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 8:20 AM Eija Niskanen via
>>> KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:_
>>>
>>>> _Berlinale Forum series, the more indie/experiemental geared film
>>>> program, has announced films. Here are the Japanese films: _
>>>> _ _
>>>> _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._
>>>> _ _
>>>> _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._
>>>> _ _
>>>> _Forum Expanded has:
>>>> 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 W_
>>>> _ _
>>>> _--_
>>>> _Eija Niskanen_
>>>> _+358-50-355 3189_
>>>>
>>>> _ _
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Links:
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[1] https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/the-last-resident/
[2] https://www.animateassembly.org/
[3] https://aaa.org.hk/en/programmes/programmes/residency-verina-gfader
[4]
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/malmo-art-academy-welcomes-professor-verina-gfader
[5] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/
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