[AnimeClub] Japan+NYC= Spring 2008

Thu Apr 24 11:10:02 EDT 2008

Here is a bunch of anime related content!

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 ASIA SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
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EXHIBITION
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Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings,
1680-1860 
Through May 4
Escape to Japan's "floating world" of theater districts and pleasure
quarters. A dazzling exploration of the fascinating intersection of art,
literature, fashion, patronage, and commerce in Japan. 

FILM SERIES
Gamblers, Gangsters, and other Anti-Heroes: The Japanese Yakuza Movie
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Jingi Naki Tatakai (Battles Without Honor and Humanity) 
Thursday, April 17, 7:00 pm
Battles Without Honor and Humanity shows a break from the usual noble
gangsters struggling with questions of conscience and duty. There is nothing
noble left in Director Kinji Fukusaku's world of greedy businessmen and
brutal killers. Followed by discussion with film series curator Ian Buruma
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and Japanese film scholar Kyoko Hirano. 

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BROOKLYN MUSEUM
At 200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington Avenue), Brooklyn

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PANEL DISCUSSION
Envisioning Japan: Consuming Art in Japan/America
Saturday, April 19, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
How have mass markets, consumerism, and the rise of popular culture created
challenges and possibilities in Japan and America since the eighteenth
century? With
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Utagawa curator Laura Mueller,
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Japanamerica author Roland Kelts, Artforum's Scott Rothkopf, and Chad
Phillips of Kidrobot. 

FILM SERIES
>From Samurai to Superhero
Saturday, April 26
1:00 pm Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise
3:30 pm Dreams
The Museum presents fantastical cinematic visions of Japan, as we look at
films that influenced Takashi Murakami
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and films that depict traditional and contemporary popular culture in Japan.
The series continues in May and June. 

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JAPAN SOCIETY
At 333 East 47th Street (between First & Second Aves.), Manhattan

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EXHIBITION
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The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin 
Through June 15
Discover history's greatest lacquer artist, recognized worldwide for his
exquisitely detailed lacquered boxes, panels, sword mounts, and other
objects, as well as scrolls painted in both ink and lacquer. "Dumbfoundingly
gorgeous"-The New York Times. 

DISCUSSION
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East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability
Tuesday, April 22, 6:00 pm
Professors Kent Calder and Francis Fukuyama examine the geopolitical and
economic implications of shifting alignments in East Asia and assess
prospects for deeper regional cooperation from the US and Japan. 

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NOGUCHI MUSEUM
At 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City, Queens

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EXHIBITION
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Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi
Through May 25
The two Isamus collaborated on a similar mission: to create and design a
universally exceptional object, with an intrinsic beauty of simplicity that
is grounded in the knowledge of natural materials but also combined
experimental techniques and materials. 

SECOND SUNDAYS
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Dialogues on Art, Architecture, and Design: Jene Highstein
Sunday, May 11, 3:00 pm
Join world-renowned experts in various fields of the arts, architecture, and
design in a dialogue. Jene Highstein leads this afternoon of discovery. 

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