From Hara Museum, Tokyo
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art will hold a two-day video art festival “VIVA Festival” featuring short films by 34 artists from 16 countries, such as Isaac Julien, Francis Alys, Hans Op de Beeck and Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba.
Ana de Alvear, Chinchia’s Voyage, 2004, 11’11” Spain (video still) Courtesy of the Artist
Because of their long lengths and often inconvenient screening times, video works tend not to be enjoyed in their entirety by the viewers. VIVA was born in Spain to address this situation by presenting only works of relatively short durations, and in sequential order. Most of the featured works range in length from a few minutes to about 10 minutes (the longest being around 15 minutes). We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy video art under ideal viewing conditions. The Spanish curator of the project Macu Morán will speak briefly to the audience at the beginning of each screening.
*Works will be screened only once and without Japanese subtitles.
*VIVA stands for Vital International Video Art.
【Program on Saturday, November 13】
14:00 Greeting by Macu Morán
14:15 Part I (approx. 50 min.)
Francis Alÿs (Belgium) El Gringo (2003) 4’37”
Darya von Berner (Spain) November Boughs (2006) 2’36”
Mit Borrás (Spain) Deafland (2008) 3’40”
Manon Bovenkerk (The Netherlands) Love (2003) 2’15”
Rui Calçada Bastos (Portugal) Same old tune (2005) 1’49”
ChunTeng Chu (Taiwan) Mimi Club (2006) 10′
Martha Colburn (U.S.A) Triumph of the Wild (2008) 5′
Aldo Giannotti (Italy) A Rewinding Journey (2005) 10′
Ana de Alvear (Spain) Chinchia’s Voyage (2004) 11’11”
― Break （approx. 15 min.）―
15：30 Part 2 (approx. 45 min.)
Isaac Julien (U.K.) The Attendant (1993) 10′
Florian Gwinner (Germany) Decoration (2007) 5’22”
Simone Hooijmans (The Netherlands) Saljoetsilo (2005) 2’47”
Concha Jerez （Spain）A Través de Interferencias (2007) 5’45”
Michael Koch （Switzerland） Wir sind dir Treu (2005） 9′
Wolfgang Lehmann (Germany) Route to Cape Town (2005) 5′
Juan Antonio Lleó (Spain) Our (2007) 3′
Sofia Hultén (Sweden) Animal Refusal (2006) 2′
Floris Kaayk (The Netherlands) Parts (2008) 2’32”
【Program on Sunday, November 14】
14:00 Greeting by Macu Morán
14:15 Part III (approx. 47 min.)
Joanneke Meester (The Netherlands) No. 2 (2002) 1’23”
Bjørn Melhus (Germany) No Sunshine (1997) 5’30”
Barbara Lubich (Germany) Uó (2007) 3’50”
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (Japan) The Ground, the Root, and the Air: The passing of the Bodhi Tree (2007) 14’30”
Jan van Nuenen (The Netherlands) Evolizer (2007) 11′
Hans Op de Beeck (Belgium) Determination 4 (1998) 8’30”
Damián Perea (Spain) Locos por el cine (2003) 3’03”
― Break （approx. 15 min.）―
15：30 Part IV (approx. 49 min.)
Manuel Saiz (Spain) Being Luis Porcar (2005) 1′
Otto te Plate (The Netherlands) Oud Licht (2001) 4’36”
Berni Searle (South Africa) Seeking Refuge (2008) 5’56”
Sam Smith (Australia) Passage (2006) 6’30”
Claudia Ulisses (Portugal) Utopia MOD 273/99 (1999) 5′
Andrezza Valentin & Guilherme Marcondes (Brazil) Tyger (2006) 4’30”
Tymen van Vlier & Dave Vriens (The Netherlands) Zadelpijn (2005) 9’36”
Markus Wambsganss (Germany) The Gift (2006) 7’58”
Nesimi Yetik (Turkey) My Mother Learns Cinema (2007) 4′
*For further details of the progarm, please go to the Hara Museum website and click EVENTS.
Viewing fee (per day): Regular 2,000 yen; Students 1,500 yen; Hara Museum members and up to 2 guests 1,000 yen (per person). Fee includes admission to the current exhibition, Jae-Eun Choi—Forests of Asoka.
Reservations are required: For reservations, please send your e-mail to info@haramuseum.or.jp
or call us at 03-3445-0669 with your name, phone number (mobile phone number), number of participants and your membership number if you are a member.
Curator Macu Morán
VIVA FESTIVAL
http://www.viva.org.es/
On Sundays, the BloomBUS! free shuttle bus service operates between Shinagawa Station (Takanawa exit) and the Hara Museum, so please take this opportunity to also enjoy the bus ride on the 14th!
[Bus schedule]
From Shinagawa Station
10:50/11:20/11:50/12:20/12:50/13:50/14:20/14:50/15:20/15:50/16:20
From Hara Museum
11:35/12:05/12:35/14:05/14:35/15:05/16:05/16:35/17:05
Location of bus stop
Turn left at JR Shinagawa station Takanawa exit (west exit), go past the Toei No.96 bus stop to the yellow stand. You will see the staff wearing yellow outerwear.
For more information, Click here.
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Exhibition: Jae-Eun Choi exhibition—Forests of Asoka
Dates: September 11 (Sat.) – December 26 (Sun.), 2010