The Festival of Japan Video Highlights
By ARTSEDGE: The Kennedy Center's Arts Education Network
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Podcast Description
This is your passport to the arts and culture of Japan as experienced through the Kennedy Center's Japan! culture + hyperculture festival (February 2008). This series will help you learn about some of the major art forms in Japan—art, theater, dance, music, manga, anime, robots, and visual art installations.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CleanVideoRobotopia Rising: Asimo, Actroid and More | Robotopia Rising was a robot extravaganza that highlighted the science and culture of Japanese robotics. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | CleanVideoMatt Alt: Jumbo Machinders, part 2 | Matt Alt walks you through his extensive collection of Japanese jumbo machinder toys, which were on display in the Kennedy Center's South Gallery. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoMatt Alt: Jumbo Machinders, part 1 | Matt Alt walks you through his extensive collection of Japanese jumbo machinder toys, which were on display in the Kennedy Center's South Gallery. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | CleanVideoOki Dub | Oki’s contemporary approach, fusing Reggae, African and Electronica with Ainu folk melodies, has won him praise in Japan and around the world. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoMaywa Denki | Maywa Denki is a performance art troupe with a unique style. Besides exhibitions and live stage performances, they produce music, videos, writing, toys, stationery, and electronic devices. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | CleanVideoShin Tanaka: Papercraft | Paper toy creator Shin Tanaka presented the art of paper toy making in Paper Toy Live! | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoShigeo Kawashima: Wa | Shigeo Kawashima's sculptures take bamboo as an artistic medium to a new level. His work WA ("Ring") was commissioned for the festival and constructed on site. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | CleanVideoKoji Kakinuma: Trancework | For the festival, calligraphy artist Koji Kakinuma presented one of his trademark innovations, Trancework, in which he paints countless repetitions of a simple, powerful phrase, producing a giant calligraphic work. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoKoji Kakinuma: Otsukimi | JAPAN! culture + hyperculture was marked by a festive Otsukimi (Japanese moon-viewing) evening featuring a special Millennium Stage performance of “Trancework” and “Eternal Now” by shodo performing artist Koji Kakinuma, accompanied by the taiko gr | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | CleanVideoTadao Ando: Four Cubes to Contemplate Our Environment | The world-renowned architect Tadao Ando presents this world-premiere glass installation, which explores sustainability and the environment. It was constructed on-site specifically for the festival. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Robots!
I can't believe how lifelike some of those robots are. And the giant calligraphy was so cool. Thanks so much for this great Podcast!
Can't Get Download
Have been trying to download it for a few days, with no success. I hope it gets fixed because this sounds like it will be a very interesting podcast! (I gave it 3 stars because you have to rate the podcast to post a comment. The 3 stars is based on nothing.)
- Free
- Category: K-12
- Language: English
- © 2006 ARTSEDGE, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
