VOLUME II: JAPAN VISIONS
Featuring Yokoo Tadanori, Saeki Toshio, Ishiuchi Miyako, Tokyo Rumando, Kobayashi Shinichiro, Nishino Sohei, Ikeuchi Kowa, Ohtake Shinro, Azuma Makoto and Goto Yumi.
Japan Visions explores some of Japan’s most striking contemporary artists in a series of 10 portraits, questioning what it means to be human today.
Spanning different generations and mediums, these artists all share certain preoccupations: the meaning of existence, the cycle of life and death, Eros and Thanatos, the shadow and the light, the weight of memories and the uncertain future of mankind, forming a poetic and philosophical evocation of contemporary Japan.
Discover hundreds of never-seen-before artworks: black-and-white photographs from the post-war era, psychedelic illustrations, large-scale installation works, intricate collages, painted scrapbooks, imaginary Diorama maps, blooming flower sculptures, handmade artist’s books, paintings and illustrations.
Directed by Amélie Ravalec
Produced by Circle Time Studio
Co-produced by Mucho Mas Lab Inc. / Maaserhit Honda
Supported by The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Steve Finbow.
DIRECTOR
Amélie Ravalec is a London-based Parisian film director, producer, photographer and publisher. She directed documentaries on avant-garde, underground and experimental art and music, focusing on Japanese avant-garde art and photography (Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers and Japan Visions), the history of art and madness (Art & Mind), industrial music (Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay) and underground techno music (Paris/Berlin: 20 Years Of Underground Techno).
