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MUSIC
EXHIBITION
WORKSHOP
LECTURES
ANIMATION
SUNDAY CINEMA
SUSHI
TEXTILE
ARCHITECTURE
VIDEO ART
1 1 TOKYO
13.06.09–13.07.09
ENCOUNTER JAPAN
IN THE NORDIC HOUSE REYKJAVÍK
Thursday 18th 20–22
Saturday 20th 18–20
Zokei Animations:
Professor Masaaki Mori from Tokyo Zokei University
will give a lecture on Japanese animation focusing
on student works.
“Japanese style” and product design:
Design Consultant and Cultural Engineer, Professor
Tadanori Nagasawa from Musashino Art University,
will give a lecture on contemporary Japanese design.
Saturday 27th 17–19
Japanese-Icelandic Music Collaboration:
Musicians and composers from Tokyo University of the
Arts (Geidai) and the Icelandic Academy for the
Arts will perform a new classical/ultra-modern joint
composition at the Nordic House.
Thursday 25th 20–22
Thursday lecture 1:
Architects Sami Rintala,
Dagur Eggertsson and Ryo
Yamada show recent
architecture projects and a
work in progress which
highlights Japanese and
Nordic building traditions
and bathing culture.
Friday 26th
Ceremony TOPOS
Sunday 28th 16–18
Sunday cinema: The Burmese Harp
Sunday 4th 16–18
Sunday cinema: Kikujiro
Sunday 12th 16–18
Sunday cinema: Always: Sunset on Third Street
Wednesday 1st 20–22
Shugo Tokumaru
with Amiina:
The young and multi-talented
Shugo Tokumaru and his band
visit Reykjavik before performing
at the famous Roskilde Festival
in Denmark. Icelandic Amiina
will join as guest-performers on
selected songs.
Thursday 2nd 20–22
Thursday lecture 2:
Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir, architect, head of
arch.dep. at Reykjavik Art Museum, reflects on the
influence of landscape and culture on
contemporary architecture in Japan and Iceland.
Thursday 9th 20–22
Thursday lecture 3:
Leif Høgfeld Hansen, architect and lector at the
Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark, lectures
on the influence of traditional Japanese architecture
on Alvar Aalto´s work.
PROGRAM:
Friday 10th 17–19
Saturday 11th 14–16
Sunday 12th 14–16
Tea ceremony:
Kanako Hatanaka, master of Japanese tea
ceremonis (Ura sengei school) and 11 assistants
from Japan will introduce Chado – the way of tea.