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Sandra Schaefer
Open Lecture
In the presentation TrAIN/Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral artist in residence Sandra Schäfer will discuss hers and Elfe Brandenburger’s film Passing the Rainbow. The film deals with performative strategies to undermine the rigid gender norms in Afghan society: on the level of cinematographic stagings, in political work and in everyday life. Life and character collide and overlap, as do playfulness and activism. The protagonists adjust the production of the film to their own conditions in order, within that framework, to participate in a public statement. They act as co-producers of the image, shaping the content of scenes and moving in and out of the role of director. Sandra Schäfer will show clips from the film and explain their working methods. Passing the Rainbow is part of an ongoing cooperation with theoricians, filmmakers, actresses and activists in Afghanistan, as well as Iran, Spain and Germany including installations, film festivals, books and exhibitions.
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Dr Noriko Onohara
Open Lecture
‘Japan as Fashion, Contemporary Reflections on ’Being Fashionable’
Dr Noriko Onohara is an associate professor at University of Hyogo, Japan, and a visiting research fellow at Victoria & Albert Museum, UK (2009 – 2010). She got Ph.D. in 2004 from Kyoto University with the dissertation entitled ‘Semiotic Studies of Fashion and Clothes’. Her forthcoming book focuses on the poetics of Vivienne Westwood, Gothic Lolita and underwear, and visual performance of Japanese girl pro-wrestlers.
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Artist Talk: Nihonga and the Recent Site-specific Works of Toshiyuki Higashi
TrAIN Recommends (external event)
Toshiyuki Higashi, one of Japan’s prominent masters of Nihonga (Japanese traditional painting style) will visit the Japan Foundation to explain the characteristics of this historical and unique style of art through a very special illustrated lecture, including discussion of the techniques and tools used. As well as explaining the Nihonga style, and practical techniques used, Mr Higashi will take time to talk about his recent major commissions, completing Nihonga works on the ceilings of Ryozen-ji Temple and Kensho-ji Temple, Tokushima and Soken-ji Temple, Tokyo. There will also be an explanation and DVD presentation of Mr Higashi’s current work producing Nihonga screen paintings.
Mr Higashi will be introduced at this event by Professor Toshio Watanabe, Chelsea College of Art & Design -
Screening "Passing the Rainbow"
TrAIN Recommends (external event)
On Sunday 27 May from 19:00 TrAIN/KSB artist in residence Sandra Schaefer will be showing her film “Passing the Rainbow” at no.w.here, First Floor, 316-318 Bethnal Green Road, London.
The film deals with performative strategies to undermine the rigid gender norms in Afghan society: on the level of cinematographic stagings, in political work and in everyday life. Life and character collide and overlap, as do playfulness and activism.
For more information please visit the no.w.here website
