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04 APRIL 2024


BASHAMICHI ART VISION / 馬車道アートビジョン


 


In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Minatomirai Line in
Yokohama, The Bashamichi Mirai Project (馬車道みらいプロジェクト) commissioned local artist
Yuichi ITO (伊藤有壱) to do a video installation on the iconic domed ceiling of the
station on weekends during the month of March. Ito is a renowned stop motion
animator, known for his ongoing NHK television series KNYACKI! (ニャッキ!,
1995-present). He has also made animated shorts set in Yokohama such as Harbor
Tale (2011) and Blue Eyes in Harbor Tale (2014). In addition to his team at
I.TOON Ltd, Ito had technical assistance from Yuichi MATSUMOTO (松本祐一), Akimasa
OISHI (大石彰誠). 






Bashamichi Art Vision was designed to honour Yokohama’s deep ties to photography
and film culture. The first commercial photography studio was opened in Yokohama
by Renjō SHIMOOKA (下岡 蓮杖, 1823 – 1914) in 1862, and Shimooka is often called the
father Japanese photography. In more recent history, Tokyo University of the
Arts (aka Geidai) opened its Graduate School of Film and New Media in the
Bashamichi district in 2005. Ito has been teaching at Geidai’s Graduate School
of Film and New Media since they opened their animation department over 10 years
ago. 


When I visited Bashamichi Station with my husband, Stefan Hotes, on Saturday,
March 23, Ito told us that he had been thinking about doing such an installation
for 18 years. Inspired by the design of space created by architect Hiroshi NAITO
(内藤廣), Ito came up with the concept of making a modern version of the 19th
century optical device, the Phenakistiscope (also known as Odoroki-ban in
Japanese) projected onto the domed ceiling. 








 The installation consisted of 5 projected videos that each ran at about a
minute and a half. The themes were as follows:
 
 ①      Minato Mirai Line 20th Anniversary Video 
           みなとみらい線開業20周年アニバーサリー映像 


 A collection of historical images of the port city of Yokohama. 


②     Garden Necklace Yokohama 2024 Sequence 
         ガーデンネックレス横浜2024 イメージムービー 


 Ito is the designer of the Garden Bear character used by the city of Yokohama
to promote its Garden Necklace events (events that take place at the beautiful
city gardens, which have been included by foreign trends in gardening, such as
the English rose garden style). 


③     GREEN EXPO 2027 Sequence 2027
         年国際園芸博覧会 イメージムービー 


Yokohama will be hosting the World Horticultural Exposition in 2027 with the
theme “Scenery of the Future for Happiness” with an estimated participation of
80 countries. The Expo will run from March 19 to September 26, 2027. 


④      Art Video 1: “Phenakistiscope” 
        アート映像1 「フェナキスティスコープ」 


This projection used historic Phenakistiscope discs named horse 「馬」, flower「花」,
and dance「ダンス」, which were really perfect for the location. The place name
“Bashamichi” translates as “horse-drawn carriage way,” as it was the way that
horse-drawn carriages would go on their way to and from the port when it opened.
Professor Emeritus Machiko KUSAHARA (草原真知子) of Waseda University, a
world-renowned collector and researcher, provided the discs for the creation of
the installation. 


⑤     Art video 2: “The Road Leading to the Harbour'” 
        アート映像2 「港へつづく道」 


The last installation was a collaboration between Ito and leading Yokohama
photographer Hideo Mori (森日出夫). The Bashamichi area has long been known as “From
'Isesaki to Bashamichi and Bankoku Bridge to the harbour”
「伊勢佐木から馬車道、そして万国橋が港に連なる」. The theme is how the landscape of the port changes
with the times… which was also the theme of Ito’s animation Harbor Tale, which
they also collaborated on. The 20th anniversary edition of Harbor Tale with Book
can be ordered here.


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15 FEBRUARY 2024


MOVOP ANIMATION SCREENINGS & EXHIBITION



 






MOVOP is a collective of young animators under 30 who want to re-evaluate
contemporary animation practices. The members of the collective include Fukumi
NAKAZAWA (中澤ふくみ), Lina MACHIDA (まちだりな), Nana KAWABATA (川畑 那奈), Riku TAKAHASHI
(高橋李空) / DOKUZEN, MARU AKARI, Hiroki KURASAWA (倉澤 紘己), and Aiko OKAMURA (岡村
あい子). 


 MOVOP is a neologism combing the English expressions ‘move up’ (上にあがる) and
‘move on’ (進む) and the Czech word ‘potok’ meaning brook or stream (小川). The
letter ‘O’ between the letters M/V/P is also meant to evoke the gaps between
frames that create the illusion of movement in animation.


The collective seems to be pushing back against the trend for animation to be
completely online and digital. In their declaration, they talk about making
things with their own hands and to create an archive of their works in physical
form. They also want to create real spaces for young animators to engage in
debate and discussions about animation practices with their peers.
In November, they published the inaugural edition of their e-zine on their
website. I first heard about MOVOP because of physical postcards and flyers
their distributed at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival in
November. The first weekend of March, MOVOP will be holding their first
screenings and exhibition at Digiti Minimi and co-hosted by Tampen. 








Program A 


 Kukkiri to Boyata / くっきりとぼやけた 
 dir. Lina MACHIDA / まちだリな, 5’23”, 2024 New work! 


 w_lk 
dir. Riku TAKAHASHI / 高橋李空 / DOKUZEN, 2’58” 


 The Day It was an Excursion / えんそくだったひ 
 dir. Hiroki KURASAWA / 倉澤紘己, 5’49”, 2023 


 Deforming after Transforming (変形して奇形する) 
 dir. Fukumi NAKAZAWA / 中澤ふくみ , 8’47”, 2021 


 lier 
dir. MARU AKARI, 1’, 2024　New work! 


 The Ship of Synapse 
Riku TAKAHASHI / 高橋李空 / DOKUZEN, 2’, 2023 


 Weather Map 
dir. Nana KAWABATA / 川畑那奈 ,9’09", 2021






Program B 


Mimimi and the Aliens (みみみとうちゅうじん) 
dir. Hiroki KURASAWA / 倉澤紘己, 5’55”, 2024　New work! 


 kagra 
dir. Riku TAKAHASHI /高橋李空 / DOKUZEN, 2’58” 


 melt 
dir. MARU AKARI, 30”, 2020-2023 


 Carrots Don’t Wait (ニンジンは待ってくれない / Ninjin wa Matte kurenai) 
dir. Lina MACHIDA / まちだリな, 7’36”, 2023


 The Point of Permanence (永久点 / Towa-ten) 
dir. Nana KAWABATA / 川畑那奈, 10’04”, 2024 New work! 


 #_ hashtag underber 
dir. MARU AKARI, 6’, 2022 






 Exhibition 


Aiko OKAMURA (岡村あい子) 
Yume-utsutsu 『夢現』 
Jiga『自我』　New work! 


Fukumi NAKAZAWA (中澤ふくみ) 
Kandokoro wo Zurasu『勘どころをずらす』　New work! 
New work! Tadaka ga Yonde iru『ただかが呼んでいる』 




On the Saturday at 14:00 there will be a Guest Talk Event with Yū ISEKI (井関悠),
the curator of the Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, artist Hirotoshi
IWASAKI (岩崎博俊), and dancer / choreographer Nobunashi KON (のばなしコン). On Sunday at
14:00 there will be a Talk Event with member of MOVOP.


Tickets are available via the Peatix app: 
https://movop-event.peatix.com/view  
 For more information visit the MOVOP website / social media:
https://movopanimation5.wordpress.com/ 
https://www.instagram.com/movop_ 
https://twitter.com/movop_




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08 JANUARY 2024


NIAFF 2023 ARCHIVE/アーカイブ: DWARF STUDIOS’ TALK /「ドワーフ」トーク



 






In addition to its feature film competition, the Niigata International Animation
Film Festival (NIAFF) also shines a spotlight on the latest trends in the
animation industry. One exciting development in the past two years has been the
production journey of the innovative stop motion animation Hidari (2023), which
has taken social media by storm. One of the stop motion studios involved in its
production, Dwarf (Domo-kun, Komaneko, Pokemon Concierge), was also celebrating
its 20th anniversary in 2023. 


At the centre of the Hidari project is director Masashi KAWAMURA (川村真司) of
Whatever Co, an ambitious entrepreneur who grew up watching the words of
creators Ray Harryhausen, Kihachirō Kawamoto, and Phil Tippett. He had a dream
of creating a feature length stop motion samurai epic, so he partnered with
Dwarf and Tecarat (Gon, the Little Fox, Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest)
to take his creative vision to the next level. The stop motion is done at Dwarf
and Takeshi YASHIRO (八代健志) of Tecarat designs and carves the wooden puppets.


They completed a short film as a pilot for the feature film project and this
screening at NIAFF helped them get the word out about their crowdfunding
campaign to get the funds to make the dream of a full feature length tale a
reality. Check out the official YouTube channel to set how they made it. The
pilot has gone on to win awards at festivals around the world.


 


The story is the legend of Jingorō Hidari (左 甚五郎), the Japanese equivalent of a
Renaissance man who was a sculpture, carpenter, painter, architect, storyteller,
and artist. As he name, “Hidari” (left) indicates, he was lefthanded and had a
missing right arm. There are many tales as to how he lost his right arm, often
involving jealous rivals. Yashiro’s puppet of Hidari has a giant, wonderfully
intricate left hand that the animators use in many creative ways for fight
scenes. 


The Talk Event at NIAFF 2023 featured Kawamura, Yashiro, and the acclaimed Dwarf
Studios director Tsuneo GŌDA (合田 経郎) and producer Noriko MATSUMOTO (松本紀子). They
also brought the puppet of Hidari for audiences to see the amazing detail that
went into its design. The NIAFF archive clip starts with a slideshow of the
Hidari event, then shows excerpts from the Dwarf Studios discussion about the
magic of the technique of stop motion (komadori in Japanese) with two of the
studios most well known original characters, Domo-kun and Komaneko on the
display table. If you do not understand Japanese, please use the captions
auto-translate function on YouTube for the language of your preference.




 


In the run up to the second instalment of NIAFF in March 2024, the festival is
sharing highlights of last March’s festival every Tuesday on its YouTube
Channel. Subscribe to see more. 


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