We are happy to present a workshop on the theme of “trees” centering around books and calligraphy. The workshop will be led by Kasetsu, a noted calligrapher whose activities include exhibitions, book covers and workshops, and by ECRIT, a publisher of quality books with a focus on poetry, art and other subjects.
During the workshop, participants will have the chance to exercise their creativity writing the Chinese character for “tree.” Inspiration will be provided by a selection of books from the ECRIT Collection with trees as their subject and a lecture by Kasetsu. The atmosphere will be free and easy, so please come and join the fun.
Kasetsu Workshop + Performance: Write “Tree”, Create a Forest
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012
Place: The Hall at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 〒 140-0001
Organized by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Planned by: ECRIT
Workshop: Writing the Character for “Tree”
Participants will choose a picture book from among the various provided on the subject of “trees.” Based on their impressions taken from their selected book, they then produce a calligraphic rendition of the character for “tree.” The results are collected together to create a single forest.
Time: Morning session: 11:00 to 12:00 / Afternoon session: 13:00 to 14:00
Workshop fee: 600 yen
Limit: 12 people per session (reservation required)
*Pre-school age children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
For reservations or inquiries, please contact the Hara Museum at:
Tel: 03-3445-0669 / Email: info@haramuseum.or.jp
Please indicate your name, age, number of participants, desired session and contact phone number.
Performance and Talk: Write a “Tree,” Create a Forest
The world evoked by the poem The Battle of Trees by the 6th-century Welsh bard Taliesin is the entry point for a performance by Kasetsu during which she creates the character for “tree” on multiple sheets of paper that gradually develop into a forest within The Hall. The performance will be followed by a talk by ECRIT president Minoru Suyama on the poem by Taliesin.
Time: 15:00 to 17:00
(No charge or reservation required for viewing (please enter the venue at any time during the workshop).
Kasetsu
Calligrapher. Born in Kyoto in 1975. Has held regular exhibitions (mainly solo) since 1992. Her books include ATO (2009) published by between the books, a private press directed by photographer Takashi Honma, Sho no Sumika Calligraphies by Kasetsu (2006) published by Akaakasha, a printer of art and poetry books, and Ishi no Asobi (2003, Heibonsha), a serialized work that appeared in the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper. She conducts calligraphy workshops throughout the country. Her work has appeared on the cover of many books, including Korekushon Senso x Bungaku (Shueisha) and Ishihara Shintaro no Bungaku (Bungei Shunshu). She resides in Tokyo.
http://www.kasetsu.info
ECRIT
ECRIT is a editing/publishing office that releases mainly collections of poetry at a rate of two volumes a year. The Battle of the Trees, the book that inspired the present event, is the third volume that takes up the subject of trees, following Under the sky, over the trees (text by Hiroshi Osada, illustrations by Rieko Hidaka) and Ki to kotoba (a volume that interweaves words about trees of all places and times). The picture books used in the workshop are selected from ECRIT’s Kirin Bunko Collection. http://www.e-ecrit.com/