Symposion on Japanese Photography at Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

On occasion of the exhibition “Shomei Tomatsu – Skin of a Nation”1 at the Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Museum hosts the symposium
“Photography and Lifestyle in Japan from 1945 until Today”
on Friday October 27.

I am invited to give a lecture on “Contemporary Japanese Photography and Lifestyle” and my talk is schedule just before the party. :-)
By the way, during the party there will be a slide show arranged by the Mariko Takeuchi, Tokyo: “20 new Japanese Photographers”

Program:

• 18.00 – 18.10 Introduction, Thomas Seelig, Curator of Fotomuseum Winterthur
• 18.10 – 18.50 “Japans «zweite Oeffnung»: Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Kultur im Wandel nach 1945″, Prof. Dr. Regine Mathias, Department of East Asian Studies, Section Japanese History, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 18.50 – 19.30 “On Shomei Tomatsu: The Image and Violence of Postwar Japan”, Ryuta Imafuku, Professor for Area and Cultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• 19.30 – 20.10 “«Vivo» and «Provoke»”, Yuko Hasegawa, Head Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
• 20.10 – 21.10 Tokyo Food
• 21.10 – 21.50 “Important Japanese Photobooks from the 20th Century”, Martin Parr, Photographer and Collector, Bristol
• 21.50 – 22.30 “Zeitgenoessische japanische Fotografie und Lifestyle” Ferdinand Brueggemann, Photohistorian, Cologne
• 22.30 – 24.00 Today – Bar, Sounds, Pictures, DJane Hito (Berlin / Osaka)

Languages: German and English
Places are limited and I have been told that the symposium is already booked out.

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Recommended Book:
Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation