THE COOLEST APRIL FOOL EVER!
SiCKL presents
"Video Art from Japan: A Screnning & Discussion"
Wednesday, 1st April 2009 @ 8pm
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Katsuyuki HATTORI and SATO Hiroaki will appear in person at SiCKL for a discussion about their artworks and a Malaysia + Japan exchange program that they are initiating.
Venue:
SiCKL (Studio in Cheras, KL)
No. 75, 3rd Floor (top floor),
Amber Business Plaza, Jalan Jelawat 1,
Cheras 56100, Kuala Lumpur.
(1 minute walk from Cheras LRT Station, Star Line)
FREE ADMISSION, DONATION WELCOME
Contact:
Siew Wai: kokbuffalo@yahoo.com
Sow Yee: truely_au@hotmail.com
For driving directions: Yandsen 012-9198031
http://emacm.blogspot.com
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Katsuyuki HATTORI, (B. 1973) is a Japanese video artist based in Tokyo. Hattori, who graduated from San Francisco Art Institute, co-founded several important video art organizations in Tokyo such as Tokyo: Spread Video Art Project, Art Lab, Goldenshit and Video Art Center. He has collaborated with choreographers, contemporary dancers, poets and musicians. Hattori’s work has been shown in Spain, Canada, Ireland, Australia, France, Mexico, China and Indonesia, amongst many other coutries.
SATO Hiroaki, (b.1962) is a video artist cum musician who graduated from Nihon University, College of Art. He is also active in teaching video making and theory of image technology at the Nippon Engineering College and Nihon University College of Art, Department of Cinema. Sato also writes, mostly on video art.
Kotaro TANAKA, (b. 1979) in Tokyo, Japan. Tanaka is a filmmaker, involves in the VJ Bysexual Team and a part-time film lecturer. Tanaka is the representative for Tokyo Eizo Brig and a member of SVP2 (Spread Videoart Project 2). He exhibits his works at home and abroad. Tanaka’s main theme in his works is "gazing". He is trying to expand the meaning of it and the concept of it. Tanaka is also interested in narrating "stories" without common scripts, by just vision and audito.
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