An article about ‘Heavy Light: Recent Film and Video from Japan,’ an exhibition at New York’s International Centre of Photography (ICP). Most works examine the contest between individual and collective identity and the tension between human culture and nature. Kenja Yanobe’s Blue Cinema in the Woods, Asako Narahashi’s Half Awake and Half Asleep in the Water series, Tomoko Sawada’s photographs from her school days, Midori Komatsubara’s Sanctuary series, Miwa Yanagi’s Fairy Tales series, Naoya Hatakeyama’s documentation of limestone quarries, and Hiroh Kikai’s street documentary photographs are all mentioned.
Access level
Onsite
artist
Naoya HATAKEYAMA, 畠山直哉, 
Hiroh KIKAI, 
Midori KOMATSUBARA, 
Asako NARAHASHI, 楢橋朝子, 
Tomoko SAWADA, 澤田知子, 
Miwa YANAGI, やなぎみわ, 
author
publisher
Location code
CLP.08.06.01
Language
English
Keyword
photography,  video art
Publication/Creation date
1 Jun 2008
Source of publication
South China Morning Post, 1 Jun 2008, Section Arts, p. 8
No of copies
1
Content type
clipping
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