Former Junpu Elementary School - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Former Junpu Elementary School. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
-
Carlos Gonzalez “Contemplation”
“Contemplation” is displayed in the former Junpu Elementary School, a work that focuses on the moment humans and nature connect through meditation. * This exhibition is part of KG+, Kyotographie’s satellite...More »
-
Kenryou Gu “Utopia”
Kenryou Gu finds inspiration in things human and natural, recording these relationships through the visual expression of emotional scenes in his photography. This series explores the landscape of a modern...More »
-
Yuichiro Higashiji “A=A A≠A(mountain)”
Yuichiro Higashiji tries to record the vague outer layer of what we call “unconsciousness” by actualizing subconscious awareness. This exhibition features the result of one photograph copied 2000 times....More »
-
Hitomi “M”
“Images change every day, but there are also things that remain unchanged. They might be real or they might be an illusion.” Hitomi captures how unchangeable things are the root of how we form ourselves....More »
-
Naotatsu Kaku “Choreography by Choreography”
A video as an extension of a photograph, a photograph cut out from a video. This work presents the choreography of changing from video to photograph and back again. There exists a quest for a sense of...More »
-
Gabriel de la Chapelle “Tokyo Solo”
Gabriel de la Chapelle shines a light on what many people going back and forth in Tokyo might be waiting for. A taxi driver stops to wait for his next customer; strangers move about. These two portrait...More »
-
Zhou HanShun “Frenetic City”
Time in the city flows fast, and memories slowly fade. After living in Hong Kong, Zhou HanShun’s project aims to document the overabundance of the world’s population. In this exhibition, Zhou stands still...More »
-
Surfing on the Resonance
Presenting works by third-year students of Kyoto Seika University’s film course. Works include documentaries, video installations, and animations, and more. How will they find resonance with each other?...More »
-
Exhibition: Mitate and Imagination – Homage to Rikyu and Duchamp
2017 is the 100 year anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s readymade work “Fountain”. Duchamp took a ready-made men’s urinal, added a title and submitted it using a false name to a public art exhibition, causing...More »
-
Leo Pellegatta “The Ark, The Crane & The Turtle”
Kagome is an ancient traditional Japanese song. What the lyrics express is shrouded in mystery. One interpretation is that the term “kagome” can be referred to its shape, the six-pointed star. Certain...More »
-
Shinichiro Uchikura “Baby”
“Into this world my child was born. He breathes on his own, and without even being told he craves for milk, and when he cries no tears fall. He smiles sweetly, but there is no scientific proof of his smiles.”...More »
-
Yuju Chen “War Song and Love Song”
From 1895 to 1945, Taiwan was under Japanese colonial rule. In 1937 Kōminka education, or Japanization, was enforced and ethnocide began. With footage from Taiwan and Japan, War Song and Love Song is a...More »
-
Mako Mizobuchi “FuR_Feuer und Rauch/ Fire and Smoke”
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011 shed light on the separation of society’s convenient ways of life from the natural environment. Mako Mizobuchi asks, “What would people’s life styles be like...More »
-
Tomomi Morita “Two Rivers”
The Minamata River and Watarase River are symbols of Japan’s environmental pollution. With a large-format camera in hand, Tomomi Morita walked along these areas with the aim to document their current landscapes....More »