[KineJapan] "Community of Images" Opening Fri June 14 in Philadelphia!

Wed Jun 12 18:46:06 EDT 2024

Below is the message from Ann Adachi-Tasch, Executive Director of
Collaborative Cataloguing Japan!

Best,
Nina

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We are excited that our exhibition, *Community of Images: Japanese Moving
Image Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s
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*will
open after uncertainty last week. We are having to scramble to figure out
how to pay for Philadelphia Art Alliance's gallery operating costs (and we
are fundraising, listed on our site), but relieved that this large-budget
project will be presented in Philadelphia. It should be up (if we manage to
finance security, housekeeping, gallery attendant, etc.) through August 9.

In addition, we have very exciting programs
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lined
up, including a geodesic dome building project at Eakins Oval
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in homage to *Yukihisa Isobe's Air Dome*. This is scheduled around the
closing timing, and we have heard from Isobe that he may be able to come to
Philadelphia, a reunion since his time at University of Pennsylvania
studying under Ian McHarg. We are very excited for this project.

This opening weekend programs are also fantastic, with *Yasunao Tone,
Barbara London, Suzanne Delahanty, Nina-Horisaki Christens, Rebecca
Clemans, Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation, Julian Ross, Go Hirasawa, and
Peter X. Feng* in attendance. On Saturday, there will be a panel event to
discuss the legacy of Kubota's Video Talk Shows
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she
organized at the Anthology Film Archives. On Sunday there are two
screenings! On Monday, there is a symposium at the University of
Pennsylvania
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For those with children, we have *children's workshops* on June 22 (diy
animation making)
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and July 31-Aug 1 (Youth Media Workshop).
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Happy summer!

Ann

Ann Adachi-Tasch, Executive Director
ann_adachi at collabjapan.org
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From: Collaborative Cataloging Japan <Ann_Adachi at collabjapan.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Subject: Update on our Community of Images exhibition
To: <adachi.ann at gmail.com>

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*An update following the closure of the University of the Arts*

On Friday, May 31, 2024, the University of the Arts, a primary presenting
partner for “Community of Images,” abruptly announced its closure, slated
for Friday, June 7, 2024. Not only did its former staff have to find out
through the news that they had lost their jobs, but the closure has had a
ripple effect on the entire Philadelphia creative community, us included.
With the shuttering of the UArts-affiliated Philadelphia Art Alliance, the
status of the exhibition and related programs became uncertain. This show
has been years in the making and the team *is doing everything it can* to
ensure that people are able to experience these incredible works.

We are lucky to be able to confirm that the opening
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 *will go ahead* on June 14 at Philadelphia Art Alliance, but our
solidarity goes out to all the dedicated arts workers affected by this
decision. Other related programs will be presented, but venues are subject
to change. Please check the event pages for accurate information.

Below is a comment from our director and the show’s co-curator,
Ann Adachi-Tasch.

*“With the mission of preserving Japanese avant-garde moving image works,
my colleagues Go, Julian, and I have been steadily contributing our time
and resources to research into the collections and establish relationships
with artists and organizations to save historically important films and
video, sometimes one title at a time. What we are presenting at the
Philadelphia Art Alliance is the culmination of years--even before we began
researching for this exhibition--of hands-on field work. We will continue
this work no matter the outcome of our exhibition, but we hope that the
stories of these Japanese artists that may shed light to uncommon and
unexpected understandings of these histories, can be accessed by a wider
audience.”*

For the latest updates, please refer to the exhibition website.

https://www.collabjapan.org/community-of-images
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