Serendipity:
Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia

Exhibition

This was the first exhibition organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center in the 2000s and the first to deal predominantly with the medium of photography and video art. As noted in the exhibition pamphlet, the featured photography and video art by Asian artists (from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) were selected as examples of works that “capture the shadows of things not yet on screen, pass through marks left on paper, and manifest bygone light.” Moreover, through the Indonesian shadow puppetry tradition of wayang kulit, the exhibition examined the state of video and film art at the start of the 21st century.

Data

Dates & Venue (Tokyo)	January 15–February 19, 2000
	The Japan Foundation Forum
Curators	Minato Chihiro (Associate Professor, Tama Art University)
Artists	China Wu Xiaojun, Zhang Dali, Zhao Shaoruo (Hong Kong) Mark Chan, Rita Hui India Ashim Ghosh, Ram Rahman Indonesia Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo Japan Hatakeyama Naoya, Ito Takashi, Suzuki Risaku Korea Kim Hae Min, Kim Yun Tae, Park Hwa Young Philippines Alex Baluyut, Ting-Ting Calzo, Auraeus Solito Thailand Atipat Kamonpech, Pimpaka Towaira Vietnam Nguyen Bao Nguyen
Organizers	The Japan Foundation Asia Center
Related Programs	Symposium “Video / Photography / Film in Asia Ⅰ: Through Photography” January 14, 2000 / The Japan Foundation Conference Hall / Panelists: Ashim Ghosh, Hatakeyama Naoya, Minato Chihiro, Park Hwa Young, Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo Symposium “Video / Photography / Film in Asia Ⅱ: Through Photography” January 28, 2000 / The Japan Foundation Conference Hall / Panelists: Ito Takashi, Christoph Janetzko, Minato Chihiro 16mm Film Screening January 29 and February 5, 2000 / The Japan Foundation Asia Center Lecture Room

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Catalogue

Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko

• Publisher:
  Tokyo: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
  
• Year:
  2000
  
• Total Number of Pages:
  160
  
• Size:
  26 cm
  
• Language:
  Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
  
• NCID:
  BA45293233
  

[Contents]

p. 4	Foreword
	The Japan Foundation Asia Center
p. 11	見えないものが棲むところ
	港千尋
p. 25	Plates
p. 27		1. The Territory of Shadows
p. 30		2. Séance Time
p. 36		3. A Site of Comings and Goings
p. 46		4. Serendipity, or Alternative Histories
p. 52		5. Invisible City
p. 62		6. Foreshadowing of Metamorphosis
p. 70	アジアにおける実験映画ワークショップ
	クリストフ・ヤネツコ
p. 76	タイにおける実験映画、およびヴィデオ・インスタレーションのあり方
	クリッティヤー・カーウィーウォン
p. 84	韓国のヴィデオ・アートとシャーマニズム
	李元坤|イ・ウォンコン
p. 88	集団的記憶のシステム、国家の肖像─CASAドキュメンテーション・センター
	アシム・ゴーシュ
p. 93	中国現代美術における写真
	冷林|ロン・リン
p. 97	空間の挑戦：インドネシアの写真 1841–1999
	ユディ・スルジョアトモジョ
p. 105	出品作家略歴
p. 114	Where the Invisible Lives
	Minato Chihiro
p. 123	Experimental Film Production Workshops in Asia
	Christoph Janetzko (Cinematographer; Film Editor; Film Producer)
p. 128	Experimental and Art Film and Video Installation in Thailand
	Gridthiya Gaweewong (Director & Founder, Project 304)
p. 133	Korean Video Art and Shamanism
	Yi Won Kon (Critic; Independent Curator)
p. 137	A System of Collective Memory, Projecting an Image of the Nation: The CASA Documentation Centre
	Ashim Ghosh (Artist)
p. 140	Photography in Contemporary Chinese Art
	Leng Lin (Art Critic; Independent Curator)
p. 143	The Challenge of Space: Photography in Indonesia, 1841–1999
	Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo (Artist)
p. 149	Artists' Biography
p. 153	List of Works / 出品作品リスト
p. 157	Notes on Contributors / 執筆者