2015年11月20日金曜日

Open House - Takahashi Family, Onomichi ( Press-release by AIR Onomichi)

Open House (Takahashi Family)   
Naho Yokoya

Artist Naho Yokoya started her project, "A Story about Takahashi Family" in 2013 and since then has conducted intense research into the historical background and stories connected to Takahashi House. She has attempted to rediscover and reconnect the fragmented memories and narratives of the family history through uncovering artifacts of everyday life left at Takahashi House. Her emotionally engaging examination of these artifacts including letters and notebooks is an ongoing work. In "Open Takahashi House", Yokoya will exhibit a selection artifacts and invites you to set foot in the house and narrative experiences of the family. This event is concurrent with a related exhibition at Komyojikaikan. We recommend visiting Komyoji-kaikan prior to "Open Takahashi House". (The exhibition at Komyoji-kaikan opens Thursday – Monday, between 14th Nov to 6th Dec)


Takahashi House
Genyo Takahashi (a famous TV screenplay writer now living in Saitama) grew up and lived there until 19?? when he turned twenty years old. Genyo’s father was the owner of the house and the family lived there for 40 years. It had been empty for 30 years and was badly ruined when Yokoya first visited there.



Naho Yokoya (b. 1975, Tokyo) completed her Ph.D. in Fine Art at Tokyo National Art University. Subsequently she stayed in London and Pompeii between 2009-2011. Her activities included research on the ruins of Pompeii and learning bookbinding. Between 2012-13, she lived and worked in Naples for her ongoing, collaborative project "Between Art and Science" She also visited Burkina Faso and Italy in 2014 for the same project. She currently lives and works in Tokyo.

Free admission


[Time & Date]
SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 11:00-16:00 

SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 11:00-16:00 
SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 11:00-16:00 
SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 11:00-16:00

Organized by: Naho Yokoya, AIR Onomichi Committee
Grants from: the Agency for Cultural AffairsFukutake Foundation, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation, Asahi Art Festival 2015

For further information, please contact Komyoji-kaikan on +81 (0)50-1537-5353 or Email: aironomichi@ybb.ne.jp (Natsuko Kamei)
Komyoji-kaikan: 2-1 Higashitsuchido-cho, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima, Japan. (http://aironomichi.blogspot.jp/) 

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