Japanese culture and life in Berlin
Arriving in Japan without any knowledge of the language, I lived in a world without words, where, almost like a baby, I had to learn everything from scratch. I think the experience of being illiterate and then slowly growing back into society has made me a better designer. When you can’t read or write and […]
Read MoreIn this, Sono’s evocatively but misleadingly titled “Guilty of Romance” resembles Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” which also treated sexual desire as dark, mysterious and dangerous, in a setting placeless and timeless. The film begins, though, as a “Silence of the Lambs” take-off. Called from an assignation with her lover, Detective Yoshida (Miki Mizuno) investigates […]
Read MoreThe 2nd edition of the summer design workshop “DESIGN GYMNASTICS@Berlin 2012” directed by Masayo Ave will take place in 16-20 July 2012 in Berlin. The 5 days concentrate workshop will be held in the institute’s new workshop atelier in the historical masterpiece architecture designed by Pier Vago, which is deeply hidden in Berlin Tiergarten – […]
Read MoreRare Super 8 footage of Kaneto Shindo on location during the filming of Onibaba, which was shot in Chiba Prefecture’s Inba Swamp in the summer of 1964.
Read MoreAmidst the in-between — Documentary films from Japan [PDF] Screening and conversation – Eduardo Thomas with Günter Nitschke OV, English subtitles Eduardo Thomas will present a fragment of his ongoing research into the Japanese concept of “ma” (a structuring absence), screening short films by Matsumoto Toshio and Ito Takashi and a feature film by Kawase Naomi. In conversation with Günter […]
Read MoreThe Digital Concert Hall is actually reserved for concert broadcasts by the Berliner Philharmoniker. Occasionally the orchestra makes exceptions, especially when youth orchestras are invited to perform. This season, we are broadcasting several concerts by such ensembles. In addition to the National Youth Orchestra of Germany and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, you can now hear […]
Read MoreMuseum für Fotografie Fri 9 March – Sun 17 June 2012 Metamorphosis of Japan after the War. Photography 1945 – 1964 An exhibition organized by the Japan Foundation in cooperation with the Art Library – National Museums in Berlin, kindly supported by the Japanese-German Center Berlin. In the years following the Second World War in […]
Read MoreDanger zone Japan – One year after Fukushima Opening with Hans-Thies Lehmann and Jürgen Schmid 18.00 – 23.00 – admission 20/9 € Opening with Hans-Thies Lehmann and Jürgen Schmid Lectures by Akira Takayama and Chiaki Soma Polylog Texts from Japan by Nis-Momme Stockmann After the catastrophe a personal report by Sachiko Hara Party with DJ […]
Read MoreKatsura Imperial Villa. Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro 18 January – 12 March 2012 Katsura Imperial Villa, which was constructed in the 17th century and is located in the environs of Kyoto, held great fascination for many European architects who travelled to Japan, including Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut. Ishimoto Yasuhiro numbered among the very few […]
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