For those of you in Tokyo, NY-based Japanese artist Akino’s first solo exhibit “KiyaKiya” is being held at Mizuma Art Gallery in Tokyo from Oct 11 to Nov 12.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Her beautiful drawings can be seen in a new animation movie with music by John Zorn and I actually worked on the music and the sound design for this film with Zorn.
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<\/span>The present exhibition includes Kondoh’s new animation work “KiyaKiya” as<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>well as drawings, oil paintings and sketches. The term “KiyaKiya” comes from<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>the old Japanese expression “mune ga kiyakiya suru.” Kondoh first<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>encountered it in Shibusawa Tatsuhiko’s \u201cIntroduction to the collection of<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>girls\u201din the chapter written about “childhood experiences.” This expression,<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>which describes \u201can enigmatic, nostalgic, disturbing feeling,\u201d or an<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>impression of \u201cdeja-vu\u201d, is at the origin of the “KiyaKiya” series.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>In the animation, a girl is performing “kamishibai” (a traditional Japanese<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>picture-story show). When the artist noticed the time gap between the front<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>and the back of the illustration cards (the episode of the story the<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>audience is listening to is written on the back of the previous card; that<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>is to say there is a 1 page difference between the front and the back of the<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>“kamishibai” cards) she says she felt the possibility of a different<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>dimension hidden right behind the everyday life.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>Three worlds simultaneously develop in the work. The same girl, who exists<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>in the three of them, lives all three different times. These tracks curve<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>slowly, eventually colliding and switching directions and she continuously<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>circle these orbits in an endless repetition.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>In the present exhibition, you will experience a uneasy and nostalgic<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>feeling, as if you had long forgotten an important something and were about<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>to remember it. Some memory locked down in your heart might very well<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>resurface.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>At the exhibition, her first catalog “KiyaKiya” will be presold at the<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>gallery.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>Title:Akino Kondoh Sketch Collection “KiyaKiya”<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Book design:Bunpei Yorifuji<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Release Date:2011\/10\/25<\/a><\/span><\/span>
<\/span>ISBN:978-4-904292-16-7<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Product Dimensions:deformed A5\/paper back\/single-side\/4 color\/rounded<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>corners<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Page:402page<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Price:2,300JPY(no tax included)<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>It’s the first catalog by KONDOH Akino<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>with 200 sketches for new animation “KiyaKiya”.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Book designed by very popular designer Bunpei Yorifuji.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>recreated original drawings with 4 color on a sheer paper<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>is beautifully overlapped as one book.<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>Exhibition information<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>KONDOH Akino \u201cKiyaKiya\u201d<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>October 11<\/a> (tue) – November 12 (sat)<\/a>, 2011 (closed on Sun., Mon. & Holidays)<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Opening Reception: October 11<\/a> (tue): 18:00-20:00<\/a><\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>Mizuma Art Gallery<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>2F Kagura Bldg.<\/a>, 3-13 Ichigayatamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843<\/a> JAPAN<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>tel: +81.3.3268.2500<\/a>\/fax: +81.3.3268.8844<\/a><\/span><\/span>
<\/span>http:\/\/mizuma-art.co.jp<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>http:\/\/mizuma-art.co.jp\/gallery_info\/index_e.html<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/span>
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<\/span>KiyaKiya
<\/span>2010-2011<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>single channel animation video<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>6 min. 39 sec.<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery<\/span><\/span>
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