IHJ Artists’ Forum

IHJ hosts the IHJ Artists Forums series to provide a venue for the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program Fellow to present their works and meet other artists. The I-House also produces occasional concerts and artistic events to promote mutual cultural understanding between Japan and the rest of the world.

 

[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Live Performance and Artist Talk]
In My Father’s Footsteps

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  • Tuesday, August 8, 2023 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
  • Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
  • Speaker: Mark de Clive-Lowe (Composer/Musician; U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program Fellow)
  • Language: English and Japanese
  • Co-sponsored by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
  • Admission: Free (reservations required)

In this Artists’ Forum, Mark de Clive-Lowe, a fellow musician of the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program, will share some of his reflections and experiences in Japan and perform pieces set to visuals from his journey following his father’s footsteps.

My father, a New Zealander, came to Japan 70 years ago in 1953. He was 22 years old, and what was intended to be 3 months teaching English turned into 20 years living in Hiroshima, Kyoto, Tokyo, and Kamakura, coming of age in a country that was rebuilding itself at the same time. Before he died, my father wrote his memoirs and along with letters he wrote from Hiroshima and photographs, I have used these to retrace his journey, visiting places he wrote about, and getting to know the man he was many years before I was born. Along the way I’ve also learned and reflected on much about myself and will be taking inspiration from my own experiences throughout these four months, filtered through the lens of my father's experiences from 1953-1973, to create new music and further evolve my artistry.   Mark De Clive-Lowe

Mark will play a set of solo piano and electronics with field recordings, performing music including compositions inspired by his experiences and reflections on Japan and his Japanese roots.

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[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Artist Talk]
Memory Landscapes

  • Friday, July 14, 2023 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
  • Venue: Lecture Hall, International House of Japan
  • Speaker: Robert Hutchison (Architect; U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program Fellow)
  • Language: English (with consecutive interpretation)
  • Co-sponsored by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
  • Admission: Free (reservations required)

In this Artists’ Forum, Robert Hutchison, a fellow of the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program, will talk about his project ‘Memory Landscapes,’ which he undertook while researching the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

‘Memory Landscapes’ is a conceptual project that explores the power of collective memory in designing for certain futures resulting from natural disaster. Focusing on two distant yet interconnected regions—eastern coastal Japan, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and rural coastal communities in the U.S.’s Pacific Northwest, which are reckoning with inevitable similar events—the project considers how lessons learned in the act of remembrance in one community can inform the process of future construction in another, with the goal of a more inclusive community infrastructure that protects lives while reconnecting communities with the Sea. Through a close photographic study of existing sociological, geological, and constructed conditions, ‘Memory Landscapes’ will propose a series of parafictional architectural proposals for inclusive emergency infrastructure in coastal communities facing inevitable disaster.

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[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Live Performance and Artist Talk]
In My Father’s Footsteps
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Artist Talk]
Memory Landscapes
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Animation Screening & Artist Talk]
Life Touching Life
[IHJ Artists’ Forum/ Artist Talk]
Telephone Game
KATA -World Premiere and Live Performance-

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