Avalon

Pecha Kucha U. + Avaron Screening & Talk + Hip Hop Party
Sponsored by Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tokyo

Pecha Kucha University vol.1

Pecha Kucha U. is "the sound of conversation" in a marketplace of ideas outside the classroom: undergrads, postgrads, and nograds too solving this equation: 20 slides for 20 seconds and something worth saying. It's not only an academic exercise: even those too-cool-for-school can play.
Organized by The Wakai Project through Temple University Japan Campus's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Pecha Kucha U. is the kohai of Klein Dytham Architecture's Pecha Kucha Night, a concept that since 2003 has developed a world-wide network of artists, designers, architects, and culture-producers in over 80 cities.
Pecha Kucha U. is an opportunity to network and talk about issues in not just serious ways. No tests, no grades, just a conversation about ideas.

What is Pecha Kucha Night?
Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. (Admittedly, it was also a way to get more people to visit SuperDeluxe - their then newly opened multimedia event space in Tokyo).

Temple University, Japan Campus
ICJS: Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies
Dedicated to fostering study and research on contemporary Japan and Asia, the ICJS hosts lectures, seminars and symposia that provide a forum for Japan scholars to present their work on Japanese social, cultural and political issues. It also organizes movie showings and culture events. The Institute embodies TUJ's commitment to offering research and study programs linking Japan and other countries, fostering greater overseas understanding of Japan, and presenting innovative forms of international education in Japan.

Organized by Temple University, Japan Campus
ICJS: Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies
WAKAI Project
Co-organized by Klein Dytham Architecture
Supported by SuperDeluxe

JAPANESE CINEMA ECLECTICS

A Multi-part Series Devoted to Unexplored Tangents of the Japanese Film

"Avalon" (106mins.)
Directed by Oshii Mamoru, written by Ito Kazunori 2001.
A road not taken. Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) Mamoru's brilliant and beautiful live-action anime about the perils of alternate reality games. Set in ruined Europe, it shows us our Polish heroine's finding a hidden level in the Game. Involving and involved, the film won foreign prizes but no imitators - the experiment was never repeated.

Curated by Donald Richie
Hosted by SuperDeluxe
Sponsored by The Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies

Donald Richie
Named by TIME magazine, "the dean of Japan's art critics," and acknowledged as the foremost authority on Japanese cinema, Donald Richie has also written widely - some forty books in all - on other aspects of the country and its people. The Inland Sea has been called a classic and its film version has won prizes at international film festivals as well as the National Geographic Earth Award. His Public People, Private People has been called "unforgettable" by Tom Wolfe and of his two collections of essays, A Lateral View and Partial Views, Susan Sontag has said: "Donald Richie writes about Japan with an unrivaled range, acuity, and wit." In addition to writing a column for The Japan Times, lecturing around the world, and continuing to lend his distinctive voice to Japanese studies, Donald Richie teaches film at Temple University's Japan Campus.

Language:
Introduction by Donald Richie in English
Film in Japanese with English subtitles
(film to be followed by a Q&A moderated by Donald Richie)
(c)2000 Mamoru Oshii and Avalon Project.All Rights Reserved

Hip Hop Afterparty

Rinpa Eshidan
light walker
Zulu Nation Japan

Timetable
20:45-21:00 "Avalon" Introduction by Donald Richie in English
21:00-22:50 "Avalon" screening and Q&A discussion
23:00-02:00 Hip Hop Afterparty w/ Rinpa Eshidan, light walker, Zulu Nation Japan

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ZONI video exhibition!

Throughout the month of July, SuperDeluxe is featuring ZONI's video works.