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Events in 2009

2009

November

Stelarc and Oron Catts special lecture at Tama Art University

Stelarc and Oron Catts special lecture at Tama Art University

30 November 2009


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Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love

Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love

28 November 2009 - 28 February 2010

From Saturday 28 November 2009 - Sunday 28 February 2010, the Mori Art Museum will be exhibiting the work of a constellation of artists who have en...
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Sue Healey "As You Take Time: Toki To Tomoni"

Sue Healey "As You Take Time: Toki To Tomoni"

27 November 2009 - 29 November 2009

From 27-29 November 2009, a dance installation entitled "As You Take Time: Toki To Tomoni" by the Australian choreographer Sue Healy and her team (...
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Documentary film "Seed Hunter" screening

Documentary film "Seed Hunter" screening

12 November 2009

The United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa, the Australian Embassy, and the Australian and New Ze...
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Puppetry ensemble "Men of Steel" Japan Tour

Puppetry ensemble "Men of Steel" Japan Tour

7 November 2009 - 14 November 2009

Emergent from a puppetry scene currently enjoying a renaissance in Melbourne, puppetry company The Men of Steel will perform "On Holiday with Men o...
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October

Rosslynd Piggott "several types of flight - letters to the sky"

Rosslynd Piggott "several types of flight - letters to the sky"

27 October 2009 - 7 November 2009


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OPEN STUDIO

OPEN STUDIO

23 October 2009 - 25 October 2009

A Creator-in-Residence, Owen Leong shows his works as part of TWS Open Studio.
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Adam Elliot's "Mary and Max" at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival

Adam Elliot's "Mary and Max" at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival

17 October 2009 - 25 October 2009

The Australian Animation "Mary and Max" will be screened in the World Cinema section at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival. The film has al...
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Aihara Masaaki photo exhibition "SPIRIT: Australia's Plant life"

Aihara Masaaki photo exhibition "SPIRIT: Australia's Plant life"

16 October 2009 - 24 February 2010

Mesmerized by its seductive mystique, Aihara Masaaki continues his photographic travels through the magnificent Australian landscape. Having shot t...
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Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market 2009

Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market 2009

14 October 2009 - 18 October 2009

The most celebrated Sapporo festival of the year and known as the World Cup of short film festivals, the Sapporo Film Festival promises full immers...
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"Living Lens" at the Kobe Biennale 2009

"Living Lens" at the Kobe Biennale 2009

3 October 2009 - 23 November 2009

Influenced by poetry, "Living Lens" is an installation by Australia-Japan multi-media installation at the Kobe Biennale 2009. Set within a shipping...
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September

Bruno Leti's 'Reflections'

Bruno Leti's 'Reflections'

25 September 2009 - 18 October 2009

From the 25 September until 18 October 2009, the oil painter Bruno Leti will hold his exhibition 'Reflections' in Kyoto at the Miyawaki Gallery. Le...
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Australian Jazz Night at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2009

Australian Jazz Night at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2009

4 September 2009 - 6 September 2009

In what promises to be an illustrious constellation of jazz stars, the Australian Jazz Night courtesy of the Tokyo Jazz Festival is on again. In th...
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August

Michelle Park Solo Video Exhibition "Mr Green and the Piano"

Michelle Park Solo Video Exhibition "Mr Green and the Piano"

31 August 2009 - 5 September 2009

Michelle Park, a Sydney-based artist, works with a broad range of mediums, such as woodblock printmaking, video, animation, textile and jewelery ma...
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GOMA at Sukiyaki Meets the World 2009

GOMA at Sukiyaki Meets the World 2009

21 August 2009 - 23 August 2009

From 21 - 23 August 2009 a Japanese didgeridoo musician will be playing at the Sukiyaki Meets the World in Nanto City in Toyama Prefecture. The fes...
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The 12th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo

The 12th World Ballet Festival in Tokyo

1 August 2009 - 13 August 2009

The World Ballet Festival is a triennial ballet gala inaugurated in 1976. The world's top ballet dancers from renowned ballet companies will unite ...
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July

Australia House at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial

Australia House at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial

26 July 2009 - 13 September 2009

The Fourth Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, one of the world's largest international art festivals held in the rustic mountainous Echigo-Tsumari ...
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Anne Graham at Niigata Water and Land Art Festival 2009

Anne Graham at Niigata Water and Land Art Festival 2009

18 July 2009 - 27 December 2009

From 18 July - 27 December 2009, this festival celebrates the unique city of Niigata. Located at the mouth of two rivers, the Shinanogawa and Agano...
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Sapporo City Jazz

Sapporo City Jazz

12 July 2009 - 9 August 2009

For jazz enthusiasts in Japan, the 'Sapporo City Jazz' festival in Hokkaido is the largest of its kind in Japan. In 2008, the event attracted more ...
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Pacific Music Festival 2009

Pacific Music Festival 2009

4 July 2009 - 29 July 2009

The Pacific Music Festival (PMF), founded in 1990 by the premier, conductor, composer and educator of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein (1918-199...
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June

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2009

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2009

4 June 2009 - 14 June 2009

Australian director Renee Webster's short film "Edgar and Elizabeth" will be screening as part of the 11th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2009, ...
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May

Nat Bartsch Trio Japan Tour 2009

Nat Bartsch Trio Japan Tour 2009

9 May 2009 - 16 May 2009

On her debut Japanese tour, young Melbourne jazz pianist Nat Bartsch will collaborate with Japanese bassist Seigo Matsunaga and Dutch drummer Sebas...
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World jazz group "Way Out West" Japan Tour

World jazz group "Way Out West" Japan Tour

2 May 2009 - 7 May 2009

Receiving considerable national and international acclaim with a new CD "Old Grooves for New Streets", the unique and seamless fusion of authentic ...
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April

Stewart Russell solo exhibition "The Aesthetics of Saving"

Stewart Russell solo exhibition "The Aesthetics of Saving"

24 April 2009 - 17 May 2009

The textile artist/designer Stewart Russell creates exquisite works in a multiplicity of overlaid imagery on hand-printed silk screens. His unique ...
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Yoshio Suzuki Trio with special guest Matt Keegan

Yoshio Suzuki Trio with special guest Matt Keegan

20 April 2009

Japanese jazz giant Yoshio Suzuki (bass) featuring Sydney Conservatorium of Music graduates Hakuei Kim (piano) and Ko Omura (drums) will be joined ...
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"A Nest of Cinnamon" by Stringraphy Ensemble & Australian Creators

"A Nest of Cinnamon" by Stringraphy Ensemble & Australian Creators

17 April 2009 - 18 April 2009

Australian artists Angela Costi and Wang Zheng Ting will join Japan's world renowned Stringraphy Ensemble to collaborate on a brand new contemporar...
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March

Vivienne Cleven's "Bitin' Back" by Rakutendan

Vivienne Cleven's "Bitin' Back" by Rakutendan

25 March 2009 - 30 March 2009

Based on Vivienne Cleven's adaptation of her novel Bitin' Back for the stage, initially performed by Brisbane's Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Theatre C...
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Rosemary Hinde at TPAM2009

Rosemary Hinde at TPAM2009

4 March 2009 - 7 March 2009

Rosemary Hinde, Artistic Counsel, Kenneth Myer Asian Theatre Series will be visiting Tokyo from March 1 - 7 to participate in TPAM and meet with ar...
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February

Australia: The Movie

Australia: The Movie

28 February 2009 -

Baz Luhrmann's adventure epic romance. Starring Australian-born International stars, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
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Ros Bandt at 'Mind in Sound' exhibition

Ros Bandt at 'Mind in Sound' exhibition

21 February 2009 - 10 March 2009

In the phenomenological tradition of using sound techniques to transcend human perceptual boundaries, Australian Sound Design Project Director and ...
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January

Slow Art and Australia

Slow Art and Australia

31 January 2009

A challenging and exciting 'Slow Art' project by Japanese born artist Australian resident Chaco Kato, will be introduced at Tokyo's project space K...
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