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BUTOH
Butoh is a dance form that emerged in Japan in the aftermath of World War II, inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is no set style, and […]
Always – Sunset on Third Street – 3
Synopsis: The year is 1964. With Tokyo preparing to host the Olympics, buildings and highways are being constructed at a feverish pace, and excitement fills the air. Amidst all the change and commotion, the people of Third Street continue to carry on with their lives, as colorful and vibrant as ever. The novelist Ryunosuke Chagawa […]
Reading Place, Reading Space
The Japan Foundation, New Delhi invites you to “Reading Place, Reading Space – Japan in the eyes of a curator, artist and designer “ The Japan Foundation has held an Invitation Program for Asian Curators in Japan this September, for which it invited two curators and one designer from India. Through the three weeks intensive program, […]
Favourite Movie Of The Year
The Japan Foundation presents – “ Favourite Movie Of The Year – Special film Screening” on the 20th of December at 6 PM at the Japan Foundation. You have all voted for your Favourite Film of the Year and now, it is time to unveil which film of 2013 has gotten the most votes from all of […]
Always – Sunset on Third Street
Setting: Tokyo, in 1958. Synopsis: The year is 1958. The government had declared in 1955 that the “postwar” period is over and Japan is starting a period of tremendous growth. Tokyo Tower is being built as a symbol of a recovered Japan, and not far from it, in the working-class area called shitamachi, people are trying […]
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