A couple of days later, the pear tasted like banana!
I guess that the smell of banana had been absorbed in the waxy skin of pear. Amazing! (This happens only with organic fruit perhaps.)
4.3.10
a pear that tastes like banana
I left a pear in a fruit basket to let it ripe. On top of that I left a banana. The banana was ripen and fragrant.
Correlation between perfume and wine
I'm being referred on a wine blog:
Is there Something New about Perfume and Wine?
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“Olfactory preferences are originally locally oriented. They correspond to the evaporating character of aromatic substances. Each culture has its own special smell representation. Nowadays a lot of natural daily-life smells are disappearing because of the drastic changes in lifestyle. The chemically reconstructed smells made by the mass industry are invading us everywhere, and erasing and replacing the natural smells. On a street in Japan you smell Chanel #5 just like you do in Europe. I consider this phenomenon as the nasal globalization.”
We couldn’t agree more, which is why we’ve asked our friend, Burt Frink, to offer us his take on the correlation between wine and perfume – if any such correlation exists.
One of the first ideas the novice wine drinker is introduced to is the opinion that perfume and all of its cousins, eau de toilette, cologne, deodorant and such, are stated enemies of the appreciation of wine. This is unquestioned and one and all move forward to avoid any and all aromas that may conflict with the illusive olfactory properties of wine.
The wine toddler goes on from there to be dunned with the notion of fragrance time after time usually with someone thumping on Anne C. Noble’s wine wheel which is treated like the one true version of the bible. Is it any wonder that as you walk from table to table at a wine tasting you can overhear snippets of conversation that make you feel that you have heard that one before? These are often echoes rather than insights regarding the descriptions of the wines being poured. (Flickr photo by PaulJacksonArt.com)
Describing sensual experience is a thorny task. Let me give you a test. Describe the difference between an orgasm and a sneeze. You can tell it to yourself; no need to write. Sensation often eludes description. That is the wonder of sensual experience. This mélange of impressions are more than terminology. The glories of wine surpass the mountains of words that have been written regarding its appreciation. Nonetheless we try. Words are our tool of sharing. I am recommending some unusual writing that may expand the way you talk about wine. Or maybe it will not. But I suggest it has the potential to influence the way you experience wine. It is an opportunity for you to become better at expressing yourself by getting away from the wine press and into a world of others who are charged with the task of being sensory describers.
Language has two high profile functions: to express and to impress. The wine world is filled with a lingua franca that people use to impress others. Expression, that personal thing that makes each of us unique, can get easily squashed. Consider this scene; four burly wine geeks at a tasting or a social gathering form a circle each with a glass of a white that I am sure you will recognize. Near the edge of this séance hangs a fifth to the party. One baritone speaks up: Grapefruit he declaims. All eyes turn to the alpha in the group to see if there is any dissent. Note: the alpha is not always the first to speak. Then all but one join a unified chorus of Grapefruit agreement and then play a game of can you top this in adding minutiae. The newest taster in the group listens and unpretentiously, not knowing she is only supposed to concur and add one word descriptors says: it reminds me of the gooseberries at my Grandmothers place up north. They were so tart and impossible to eat from the bush but they made great pies. They would only last about two and half weeks each summer. When the last pie was finished we would have to wait until next year. But the sense memory lasted through the entire time. The geeks grimace. She’ll learn. Nobody wants to be the object of the wine geek grimace. Toughen up girl. Trim those words. Read your Parker. Two pages a night before you go to sleep. (Flickr photo by Mr.Tu)
This is a business book and a superb one at that. If you have read enough books about the business of wine you will feel right at home here. It portrays the same outsized egos this time without the outsourcing of grapes. Amazon in their notes for the book describes the international perfume industry as insular, glamorous, strange, paranoid, idiosyncratic, irrational and lucrative.
Sound familiar? Sounds like wine to me.
Burr made a real contribution with his writing. So much so that he has been canonized and elevated to the throne of Perfume Critic of the New York Times no less. He can make this complex topic clear which is no mean feat for a man who is not a fragrance professional. With an MA in International Economics and Japan Studies Burr has written on epidemiology and public health. In the course of his journalistic writing in his second book he profiled a French-Italian scientist who originated the theory of the functioning sense of smell. That was none other than…..you guessed it…..Luca Turin: the same Luca Turin who joined efforts with Sanchez. Well, the fact is white smoke rose from the chimney at the New York Times and a new pope was on his fragrant throne. And a good writer this one is too. The breadth of his intelligence and the gift of his craft make him a joy to read and we are lucky to have him. I recommend that you can read him either sitting or reclining.
So I suggest for the improvement of your tasting skills you step out the wine world for a stroll in another serious environment of sensory evaluation. You won’t be slumming. Along with wine perfume is a luxury product that is considered an artful achievement by many worldwide. You will be led to identify your personal experience and apply a descriptive language to that event with a glossary of terms that give you different insights into the language of evaluation. I know this is a challenge to the wine writers franchise but for me too often I am hearing more mantra than expression. And don’t fret. You know the difference between an orgasm and a sneeze even if you don’t have the words to express it.
Burt Frink
In respond to this post, I've commented about my impression correlations between perfume and wine:
In Japan we drink sake occasionaly with a cup that is made of fragrant wood called Hinoki. It smells similar to Cedar. Alcohol property of sake carries the volatile fragrant moleculues of the wooden cup. As a result, you can both smell and taste Hinoki. It seems to me as if I'm enjoying a perfume when drinking sake.
Choosing wine is always a difficult job for me, because it's more about creating a [world] or [experience] around a table than just choosing a right one that matces a dish. The same as perfume. It's more about composing a situation of what and how other people feel and experience when they are are around me.
Once you zoom out like this, you would notice that you are a script writer or a composer for a moment when you are selecting wine or perfume. There are a lot of possibilities open in my perspective. I hope more and more interesting experiments to be done.
23.2.10
Olfactory game - final presentation
Final presentation of mini-project
Smell and Art
Art Science, Interfaculty of Royal Conservatory and Royal Academy of Art, The Netherlands
Theme: olfactory game
Please enjoy the great works by the students!
14.2.10
workshop 'Smell and Art'
It's been two weeks since I've started the workshop / lecture at Art Science Faculty of Royal Academy of Art, The Netherlands. Our progress can be followed at this site:
Smell and Art
http://smellart.blogspot.com
Students are working on mini-project "Olfactory Game". The final presentation is on the next Thursday. Please feel free to come and experience the works by the students.
2010.2.18. (Thu)
13:00-16:00
Royal Academy of Art
Prinsessegracht 4
2514 AN Den Haag
location: PB301 (the room of Art Science)
Take the stairs nearby the entrance up to the 2nd floor, and then to the left. There's a door at the end, and if you take the stairs up that's PB301.
Smell and Art
http://smellart.blogspot.com
Students are working on mini-project "Olfactory Game". The final presentation is on the next Thursday. Please feel free to come and experience the works by the students.
2010.2.18. (Thu)
13:00-16:00
Royal Academy of Art
Prinsessegracht 4
2514 AN Den Haag
location: PB301 (the room of Art Science)
Take the stairs nearby the entrance up to the 2nd floor, and then to the left. There's a door at the end, and if you take the stairs up that's PB301.
30.1.10
Smell and Art
I'll give a course with a theme "Smell and Art" at ArtScience Interfaculty, Royal Academy of Art & Royal Conservatory, The Hague, The Netherlands.
period: Feb 1 - 18
total: 27 hours
Further activities in this course could be followed at this blog site:
blog - Smell and Art
http://smellart.blogspot.com
period: Feb 1 - 18
total: 27 hours
Further activities in this course could be followed at this blog site:
blog - Smell and Art
http://smellart.blogspot.com
14.1.10
Smell Association Denominator
An interesting project regarding smell and memories ...
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http://sril.wordpress.com/
Smell Association Denominator
S.R.I.L. (Smell Reminiscence & Inquiry Lab) Is an art project initiated by Jan Uprichard as part of the MA Art in Public at University of Ulster.
In addition to the above there will an opening of the on campus exhibition.
Tuesday 19th January 2010, 6.30-9pm
Foyer Belfast Campus, University of Ulster, York St.
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http://sril.wordpress.com/
Smell Association Denominator
From 9th until the 21st of January the Smell Association Denominator is inviting the public of Belfast to record their smell memories and associations.
Junction of North St. and Bridge St. Belfast
Evening Reception on Monday the 18th from 6 - 8pm.
Open daily from 12 - 4pm
S.R.I.L. (Smell Reminiscence & Inquiry Lab) Is an art project initiated by Jan Uprichard as part of the MA Art in Public at University of Ulster.
In addition to the above there will an opening of the on campus exhibition.
Tuesday 19th January 2010, 6.30-9pm
Foyer Belfast Campus, University of Ulster, York St.
30.11.09
Artists Summit Kyoto 2009
I'll be in Kyoto for artist-in-residence in this December.
What I'll develop in Kyoto (new work):
I'll study the Japanese traditional art of smelling ceremony called "Kohdo", and from there on I'll develop an original olfactory game under the theme of Artist Summit Kyoto: Jumping toward Tomorrow. It's a game with an essence of performance.
wikipedia: Kōdō (香道 - (Way of Incense) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Kōdō includes all aspects of the incense process - from the tools (香道具 kōdōgu), which, much like tools of the tea ceremony, are valued as high art, to activities such the incense-comparing games kumikō (組香) and genjikō (源氏香). Kōdō is counted as one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement (kadō/ikebana/flower arrangement, kōdō/incense, and chadō/tea ceremony), but it is relatively unknown amongst modern Japanese people.
At the same time, I'll show:
eau de parfum PERFECT JAPANESE WOMAN (2008)
Here below is the 3 programs that I'll participate.
Artists Summit Kyoto 2009 HP
Venue: Kyoto Zokei Art University
How to access
---
(1) ARTISTS SUMMIT KYOTO 2009
Conversation with Future
ASK2009 Artists in Residence
Duration: Monday December 7 to Friday December 18
Place: Galerie Aube, KUAD and places in Kyoto City
ASK2009 Artists in Residence is a new challenging program. Six artists from the world stay in Kyoto for about two weeks and organize performances, lectures or workshops with university students, high school students or citizens, while keeping each specialized field alive. They tie the experiences to the suggestion of the problem solution.
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(2) ASK2009-Conversation with Future
Date:13:30-18:40 Saturday December 19
Place: Shunjyu-za, Kyoto Art Theatre
Capacity: 860 people
Fee: Free, no advanced booking
Interpretation: Consecutive (English, Thai)
Time Table 13:30-13:40 Opening Greeting: YOKOUCHI Toshihito(Vice President, KUAD)
13:40-15:40 Presentation1 “Reports from ASK2009 Artists in Residence"
16:00-16:40 Presentation2 "Possibility of Art and Design Proposed by Young Generation"
16:40-17:00 Break
17:00-18:30 Open Discussion "Can Artists Change the World?"
18:30-18:40 Closing Greeting: OONOGI Hiroto（Dean of Faculty of Art and Design, KUAD）
Presentation1 "Reports from ASK2009 Artists in Residence"
ASK2009 artists report what they have done during Artists in Residence period and the results. ASK2009 Artists: Harvey BOUTERSE Pichet KLUNCHUN, Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE, Khen SHALEM, UEDA Maki, Marjet WESSELS BOER
Presentation2 "Possibility of Art and Design Proposed by Young Generation"
9 high school students from 3 high schools selected in the 16th Japan Senior High School Design Championship and Students Artists studying art and design in universities propose plans to make society better and transmit the possibility of art and design from the view points of young generation.
Open Discussion Can Artists Change the World?
After the presentations, ASK2009 artists and high school and university students gather together to discuss about whether artists can change the world. The audiences are invited to join the discussion.
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(3) ASK2009 Jumping toward Tomorrow
Date:10:00-18:30 Sunday December 20
Place:Galerie Aube
Capacity: 200 people
Fee: Free, no advanced booking
Interpretation: Consecutive (Dutch, English, Sinhalese, Thai)
Time Table
10:00-12:00 Core Meeting Phase1
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:20 Greetings from Organizers
KADOKAWA Daisaku（Mayer of Kyoto City）
SENJU Hiroshi（Nihonga Painter, President of KUAD）
13:20-15:20 Core Meeting Phase2
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-16:40 Invited Lecture: Krzysztof WODICZKO
16:40-16:50 Break
16:50-18:20 Panel Discussion “Possibility of Kyoto International Art Festival”
18:20–18:30 Closing remark: TOKUYAMA Shochoku（Chairperson of the Board, KUAD）
Overall host: ASADA Akira (Dean of Graduate School, KUAD)
ASK Core Meeting
In Phase 1, six young artists from around the world in a wide range of expression of art and design make presentations of their own solution plans for global issues they are concerned. In Phase 2, based on their presentations, they make discussion toward the problem solutions in the world with audience.
ASK2009 Artists: Harvey BOUTERS, Pichet KLUNCHUN, Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE, Khen SHALEM, UEDA Maki, Marjet WESSELS BOER
Chairperson: MIYAJIMA Tatsuo
Krzysztof WODICZKO
Born in 1943 in Poland, currently lives in New York, the U.S.A.
He took his master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1968. He subsequently emigrated to Canada and from there to the United States. In 1997, he appointed a professor of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since 1980, he has produced artworks dealing with such social issues as war or homeless people which have been shown at biennales in Venice, S醇Io Paulo or Gwangju. He participated in “Project for Survival” at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in 1996, and “Yokohama Triennale 2001”. In 1998, he received the Fourth Hiroshima Art Prize. He was the representative of Poland in Venice Biennale in 2009. ARTISTS SUMMIT KYOTO 2007 participant.
Panel Discussion “Possibility of Kyoto International Art Festival”
Under the theme of "the earth reproduction through art and design", the possibility of organizing "the Kyoto International Art Festival" which can be a radical cultural dispatch from Kyoto is discussed and investigated.
Panelists: HORIBA Atsushi(Chairman and President and C.E.O, HORIBA, Ltd.), KITAGAWA Fram (Art Director), SENJU Hiroshi (Nihonga painter, President of Kyoto University of Art and Design), SHIN Misa (Executive Director of Art Fair Tokyo, Representative of Misa Shin&Co.)
Moderator: ASADA Akira (Dean of the Graduate School, KUAD)
ASK 2009 artists:
Harvey BOUTERSE
Born in 1981 in Netherland, living in Belgium
Fashion Designer
Originally South-American, Harvey Bouterse left Holland at the age of 18 after studying fashion and settled in Antwerp, Belgium to start work as Belgian designers. After that, he launched the label HrVi to start the work outside the field of fashion using different projects as a platform for his work. He always uses clothing to create silhouettes that portray an atmosphere with a message rather than a collection. His fascination to protect the fragile body began at a very early age. His personal interest in African and South-American culture led to intensive years of studying their cultures to later create silhouettes that not only read but most importantly protect the human body. With exhibitions mainly in Holland and Belgium, he is now collaborating with international projects.
Pichet KLUNCHUN
Born in 1961 in Thailand, living in Thailand
Dancer/Choreographer
Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance with contemporary sensibility. He trained in Thai Classical Mask Dance, Khon, from age 16. After receiving his degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, while he pursued theatre both as dancer and choreographer, he also worked with contemporary dance. He has participated lately in several intercultural performing arts programs as a Thai representative and as an international dancer-choreographer in Asia and Europe. In 2008, he received the Princess Margriet Award from European Cultural Foundation.
Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE
Born in 1978 in Sri Lanka, living in Sri Lanka
Film Director
Nalin Chaminda Meemanage is currently a film director, script writer and trainer attached to INGO. He has been involved in Eco-friendly farming system program. He is a skilled facilitator and a coordinator. He started his work practice with eminent directors Fabrizio Costa (Italian) and Deepa Mehｔa (Canadian). He produces number of TV commercials, documentaries and short films. He has more than six years experience in the film industry. For his credit “SAPATHTHU KUTTAMA (Pair of Shoes)” one of his short feature, won MERIT, AUDIENCE and STATE award National & International Level.
Khen SHALEM
Born in 1977 in Israel, living in the U.S.A
Film Director
Growing up in Kibbutz Nir-David in northern Israel, Khen Shalem joined the Israeli Defense Forces and served in a bomb squad patrol unit, but was badly wounded in a battle in Lebanon. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics at Bar-Ilan University and a Master of Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, but gradually became aware of his wish to further develop his interest in human feelings and artistic creation. He received a scholarship from the Florida-Israel Institute and completed a Master in Film Production at Florida State University and completed “On the Road to Tel-Aviv" just before graduating. It played in numerous major film festivals around the world and won several international awards such as the Audience Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
UEDA Maki
Born in 1974 in Japan, living in Netherland
Artists using smell as a medium
Maki Ueda is an artist who in her current practice incorporates the olfactory sense in art. She is one of the few artists in the world using smell as a medium. She studied media art at Keio University, Japan (B.A. Environmental Information 1997, M.A. Media and Governance 1999). She also attended a course at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery in France in 2007. She received grants from Ministry of Cultural Affair Japan in 2000 and from POLA Art Foundation in 2007. She is based in The Netherlands and showing various olfactory works all over the world.
Marjet WESSELS BOER
Born in 1978 in Netherland, living in Netherland
Product Designer
Marjet Wessels Boer started her studio in 2001, after graduating from the Rietveld Academy. Originally she designed and produced original multiples that play with their function. Like thick doors with storage space, lap lights that warm you while reading or hangers that dance in your closet. Recently she designs for the public space, which gives her the possibility to create unique works, yet accessible to everyone. In 2007 the 'Sunk table’ was realized. The ‘Shadow floor’ followed in 2008, which makes the dark building always sunny. At the moment she works on several projects for the city of Amsterdam.
Moderator
MIYAJIMA Tatsuo
Born 1957 in Tokyo. Received his MFA in painting from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Miyajima began the artistic career in 1980, and ever since his invitation to show at Aperto '88 (the young artists" section of the 43rd Venice Biennale) his work has been shown at major exhibitions. He is known for the speculative works using the digital counter of the light emitting diode (LED). He is currently also a guest professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design, International Research Center for the Arts, a vice president and a chief of school of design at Tohoku University of Art & Design.
What I'll develop in Kyoto (new work):
I'll study the Japanese traditional art of smelling ceremony called "Kohdo", and from there on I'll develop an original olfactory game under the theme of Artist Summit Kyoto: Jumping toward Tomorrow. It's a game with an essence of performance.
wikipedia: Kōdō (香道 - (Way of Incense) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Kōdō includes all aspects of the incense process - from the tools (香道具 kōdōgu), which, much like tools of the tea ceremony, are valued as high art, to activities such the incense-comparing games kumikō (組香) and genjikō (源氏香). Kōdō is counted as one of the three classical Japanese arts of refinement (kadō/ikebana/flower arrangement, kōdō/incense, and chadō/tea ceremony), but it is relatively unknown amongst modern Japanese people.
At the same time, I'll show:
eau de parfum PERFECT JAPANESE WOMAN (2008)
Here below is the 3 programs that I'll participate.
Artists Summit Kyoto 2009 HP
Venue: Kyoto Zokei Art University
How to access
---
(1) ARTISTS SUMMIT KYOTO 2009
Conversation with Future
ASK2009 Artists in Residence
Duration: Monday December 7 to Friday December 18
Place: Galerie Aube, KUAD and places in Kyoto City
ASK2009 Artists in Residence is a new challenging program. Six artists from the world stay in Kyoto for about two weeks and organize performances, lectures or workshops with university students, high school students or citizens, while keeping each specialized field alive. They tie the experiences to the suggestion of the problem solution.
---
(2) ASK2009-Conversation with Future
Date:13:30-18:40 Saturday December 19
Place: Shunjyu-za, Kyoto Art Theatre
Capacity: 860 people
Fee: Free, no advanced booking
Interpretation: Consecutive (English, Thai)
Time Table 13:30-13:40 Opening Greeting: YOKOUCHI Toshihito(Vice President, KUAD)
13:40-15:40 Presentation1 “Reports from ASK2009 Artists in Residence"
16:00-16:40 Presentation2 "Possibility of Art and Design Proposed by Young Generation"
16:40-17:00 Break
17:00-18:30 Open Discussion "Can Artists Change the World?"
18:30-18:40 Closing Greeting: OONOGI Hiroto（Dean of Faculty of Art and Design, KUAD）
Presentation1 "Reports from ASK2009 Artists in Residence"
ASK2009 artists report what they have done during Artists in Residence period and the results. ASK2009 Artists: Harvey BOUTERSE Pichet KLUNCHUN, Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE, Khen SHALEM, UEDA Maki, Marjet WESSELS BOER
Presentation2 "Possibility of Art and Design Proposed by Young Generation"
9 high school students from 3 high schools selected in the 16th Japan Senior High School Design Championship and Students Artists studying art and design in universities propose plans to make society better and transmit the possibility of art and design from the view points of young generation.
Open Discussion Can Artists Change the World?
After the presentations, ASK2009 artists and high school and university students gather together to discuss about whether artists can change the world. The audiences are invited to join the discussion.
---
(3) ASK2009 Jumping toward Tomorrow
Date:10:00-18:30 Sunday December 20
Place:Galerie Aube
Capacity: 200 people
Fee: Free, no advanced booking
Interpretation: Consecutive (Dutch, English, Sinhalese, Thai)
Time Table
10:00-12:00 Core Meeting Phase1
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:20 Greetings from Organizers
KADOKAWA Daisaku（Mayer of Kyoto City）
SENJU Hiroshi（Nihonga Painter, President of KUAD）
13:20-15:20 Core Meeting Phase2
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-16:40 Invited Lecture: Krzysztof WODICZKO
16:40-16:50 Break
16:50-18:20 Panel Discussion “Possibility of Kyoto International Art Festival”
18:20–18:30 Closing remark: TOKUYAMA Shochoku（Chairperson of the Board, KUAD）
Overall host: ASADA Akira (Dean of Graduate School, KUAD)
ASK Core Meeting
In Phase 1, six young artists from around the world in a wide range of expression of art and design make presentations of their own solution plans for global issues they are concerned. In Phase 2, based on their presentations, they make discussion toward the problem solutions in the world with audience.
ASK2009 Artists: Harvey BOUTERS, Pichet KLUNCHUN, Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE, Khen SHALEM, UEDA Maki, Marjet WESSELS BOER
Chairperson: MIYAJIMA Tatsuo
Krzysztof WODICZKO
Born in 1943 in Poland, currently lives in New York, the U.S.A.
He took his master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1968. He subsequently emigrated to Canada and from there to the United States. In 1997, he appointed a professor of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since 1980, he has produced artworks dealing with such social issues as war or homeless people which have been shown at biennales in Venice, S醇Io Paulo or Gwangju. He participated in “Project for Survival” at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in 1996, and “Yokohama Triennale 2001”. In 1998, he received the Fourth Hiroshima Art Prize. He was the representative of Poland in Venice Biennale in 2009. ARTISTS SUMMIT KYOTO 2007 participant.
Panel Discussion “Possibility of Kyoto International Art Festival”
Under the theme of "the earth reproduction through art and design", the possibility of organizing "the Kyoto International Art Festival" which can be a radical cultural dispatch from Kyoto is discussed and investigated.
Panelists: HORIBA Atsushi(Chairman and President and C.E.O, HORIBA, Ltd.), KITAGAWA Fram (Art Director), SENJU Hiroshi (Nihonga painter, President of Kyoto University of Art and Design), SHIN Misa (Executive Director of Art Fair Tokyo, Representative of Misa Shin&Co.)
Moderator: ASADA Akira (Dean of the Graduate School, KUAD)
ASK 2009 artists:
Harvey BOUTERSE
Born in 1981 in Netherland, living in Belgium
Fashion Designer
Originally South-American, Harvey Bouterse left Holland at the age of 18 after studying fashion and settled in Antwerp, Belgium to start work as Belgian designers. After that, he launched the label HrVi to start the work outside the field of fashion using different projects as a platform for his work. He always uses clothing to create silhouettes that portray an atmosphere with a message rather than a collection. His fascination to protect the fragile body began at a very early age. His personal interest in African and South-American culture led to intensive years of studying their cultures to later create silhouettes that not only read but most importantly protect the human body. With exhibitions mainly in Holland and Belgium, he is now collaborating with international projects.
Pichet KLUNCHUN
Born in 1961 in Thailand, living in Thailand
Dancer/Choreographer
Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance with contemporary sensibility. He trained in Thai Classical Mask Dance, Khon, from age 16. After receiving his degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, while he pursued theatre both as dancer and choreographer, he also worked with contemporary dance. He has participated lately in several intercultural performing arts programs as a Thai representative and as an international dancer-choreographer in Asia and Europe. In 2008, he received the Princess Margriet Award from European Cultural Foundation.
Nalin Chaminda MEEMANAGE
Born in 1978 in Sri Lanka, living in Sri Lanka
Film Director
Nalin Chaminda Meemanage is currently a film director, script writer and trainer attached to INGO. He has been involved in Eco-friendly farming system program. He is a skilled facilitator and a coordinator. He started his work practice with eminent directors Fabrizio Costa (Italian) and Deepa Mehｔa (Canadian). He produces number of TV commercials, documentaries and short films. He has more than six years experience in the film industry. For his credit “SAPATHTHU KUTTAMA (Pair of Shoes)” one of his short feature, won MERIT, AUDIENCE and STATE award National & International Level.
Khen SHALEM
Born in 1977 in Israel, living in the U.S.A
Film Director
Growing up in Kibbutz Nir-David in northern Israel, Khen Shalem joined the Israeli Defense Forces and served in a bomb squad patrol unit, but was badly wounded in a battle in Lebanon. He then completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics at Bar-Ilan University and a Master of Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, but gradually became aware of his wish to further develop his interest in human feelings and artistic creation. He received a scholarship from the Florida-Israel Institute and completed a Master in Film Production at Florida State University and completed “On the Road to Tel-Aviv" just before graduating. It played in numerous major film festivals around the world and won several international awards such as the Audience Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival.
UEDA Maki
Born in 1974 in Japan, living in Netherland
Artists using smell as a medium
Maki Ueda is an artist who in her current practice incorporates the olfactory sense in art. She is one of the few artists in the world using smell as a medium. She studied media art at Keio University, Japan (B.A. Environmental Information 1997, M.A. Media and Governance 1999). She also attended a course at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery in France in 2007. She received grants from Ministry of Cultural Affair Japan in 2000 and from POLA Art Foundation in 2007. She is based in The Netherlands and showing various olfactory works all over the world.
Marjet WESSELS BOER
Born in 1978 in Netherland, living in Netherland
Product Designer
Marjet Wessels Boer started her studio in 2001, after graduating from the Rietveld Academy. Originally she designed and produced original multiples that play with their function. Like thick doors with storage space, lap lights that warm you while reading or hangers that dance in your closet. Recently she designs for the public space, which gives her the possibility to create unique works, yet accessible to everyone. In 2007 the 'Sunk table’ was realized. The ‘Shadow floor’ followed in 2008, which makes the dark building always sunny. At the moment she works on several projects for the city of Amsterdam.
Moderator
MIYAJIMA Tatsuo
Born 1957 in Tokyo. Received his MFA in painting from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Miyajima began the artistic career in 1980, and ever since his invitation to show at Aperto '88 (the young artists" section of the 43rd Venice Biennale) his work has been shown at major exhibitions. He is known for the speculative works using the digital counter of the light emitting diode (LED). He is currently also a guest professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design, International Research Center for the Arts, a vice president and a chief of school of design at Tohoku University of Art & Design.
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