Upcoming Event Information
Film ‘Blueback’ release in Japan
29 December 2023-
Theatres in Japan
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MAM Screen018:The Karrabing Film Collective
18 October 2023-31 March 2024
Minato-ku, Tokyo (Mori Art Museum)
The Karrabing Film Collective
Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
2018
Video
26 min. 29 sec.
Kristian Bezuidenhout Cembalo Recital
12 October 2023
Nishinomiya City, Hyogo (Hyogo Performing Arts Center Recital Hall)
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photo:Marco Borggreve
Australian Chamber Orchestra Concert
10 October 2023
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Kioi hall)
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Jonathan Zawada’s work at the "DXP (Digital Transformation Planet): Towards the Next Interface" exhibition
7 October 2023-17 March 2024
Kanazawa, Ishikawa (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Jonathan Zawada《Sacrifice, An Act of Permanence》2023
©Jonathan Zawada
"The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes" by Back to Back Theatre
7-15 October 2023
Kyoto (Kyoto Experiment) and Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media)
Kyoto Experiment
7-8 October 2023 Performances
9 October 2023 Workshop
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Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
14-15 October Performances
12 October Workshop
14 October Post performance talk
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Jeff Busby
Isabelle Faust, Kristin von der Goltz & Kristian Bezuidenhout
6-11 October 2023
Osaka-city, Osaka(Sumitomolife Izumi hall), Tokai-city, Aichi(Tokai City Arts Theatre), Mitaka-city,Tokyo (Mitaka City Arts Center), Chuo-ku, Tokyo(Oji hall)
6 October Sumitomolife Izumi hall
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7 October Tokai City Arts Theatre
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8 October Mitaka City Arts Center Concert Hall “Kaze”
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10-11 October Oji hall
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photo:Marco Borggreve
Casus Creation to present "You & I" at the Bird Theatre Festival 16
30 September-1 October 2023
Tottori, Tottori (Bird Theatre)
30 September-1 October "You & I" performances
1 October workshop
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©️Katie Bennet
Gravity & Other Myths to present "Backbone"
29 September-1 October 2023
Kochi, Kochi (The Museum of Art, Kochi)
30 September-1 October "Backbone" performances
29 September workshop
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Maria Fernanda Cardoso at the Oku-Noto Triennale 2023
23 September-12 November 2023
Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Coronata Gumunts Explosion on Wall 2021 Eucalyptus gumunts and metal.
Courtesy of Sullivan + Strumpt Gallery, Photo: Mark Pokomy
Dean Bowen Australia: Land, Sky, Birds and Creatures
16 September-10 December 2023
Tokushima, Toukshima (The Tokushima Modern Art Museum)
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《おとなしいペンギン》Passive Penguin 2010年
油彩、カンヴァス 作家蔵 Collection of the artist
《ハリモグラと仲良しのワライカワセミ》Echidna with Friendly Kookaburra 2022年
ブロンズ 作家蔵 Collection of the artist
"New Owner" in Kyoto
18,20 and 26 August 2023
Theatres in Kyoto city
18 August Kyoto City Kuretake Culture Centre
20 August Kyoto Tobu Cultural Hall
26 August Kyoto City Nishi Cultural Hall Westy
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©Daniel Grant
"New Owner" by the The Last Great Hunt
Ngioka Bunda-Heath to take part in the Saison AIR Partnership 2023 Footscray Community Arts Exchange Project
15 August-11 September 2023
Koto-ku, Tokyo (Morishita Studio) adn Sapporo, Hokkaido (Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio)
Artist Talk:
17 August 19:00-20:30 at Morishita Studio
Workshop:
28 August 19:00-21:00 at Morishita Studio
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Ngioka Bunda-Heath, Blood Quantum
Photo:Michael Jalaru Torres
"New Owner" in Aichi
25 July-13 August 2023
Theatres in Aichi prefecture
25-27 July Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
29 July Hekinan City Arts & Culture Hall
2 August Handa Welfare Cultural Hall (Kariyado Hall)
4 August Kota Chomin Hall Tsubaki Hall
6 August Chita Labour and Culture Hall
9 August Nagoya Bunri University Culture Forum
11 August Gamagori City Hall
13 August Nagoya city Minami Playhouse
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"New Owner" by the The Last Great Hunt
Ken and Julia Yonetani's work at the ‘Agriculture in Art’ exhibition
8 July-3 September 2023
Mito-city, Ibaraki prefecture (The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki)
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Ken + Julia Yonetani
Still Life: The Food Bowl
Made from Murray River Salt, 2012
Dean Bowen Australia: Land, Sky, Birds and Creatures
8 July-27 August 2023
Takasaki, Gunnma (The Museum of Modern Art, Gunnma)
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《コアラ》Koala 2020 年 ブロンズ
作家蔵 Collection of the artist
《黒いカナリア》Black Canary 2015 年 リトグラフ、紙
ギャルリー宮脇蔵 Collection Galerie Miyawaki, Kyoto
Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" in Japan
24 June-31 August 2023
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Imperial Theatre)
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Australian Studies Association of Japan 2023 National Conference
17-18 June 2022
Kanagawa University
17June
13:30 Opening Ceremony
14:00-14:40 Lecture by Prof Nicole Moore ‘Transverse vectors: Tracing Australian literature and culture in the world’
14:50-17:00 Panel Symposium “Australian success story little known: children/YA/fantasy literature
Moderator: Prof Megumi Kato, Meisei University
Speakers: Ms Yuriko Momo (Patricia Wrightson), Ms Yumiko Sakuma (Emily Rodda and Jackie French), Masaru Harada (Garth Nix), Ms Ritsuko Sambe who has translated many British and American titles including Rudyard Kipling and Professor Hiroe Suzuki (Kanagawa University)
18 June
09:30-12:15 Research Presentations - individual presentations
14:15-16:45 AJF Symposium – The AUKUS & its implications
Moderator: Prof Hiroya Sugita, Kanagawa University
Speakers: Emeritus Professor Hugh White, Professor Tim Soutphommasane (joining online) , Professor Frank Bongiorno and Professor Mie Oba (Kanagawa University)
*Simultaneous interpreting available for the above lectures and symposia .
What Do Aboriginal Writers Question in Australian Contemporary Literature?
The Final Volume in the Series of Masterpieces of Contemporary Australian Literature
Commemorative Forum for the Publication of "Odyssey of the Horizon" by Alexis Wright
2 June 2023
Online & Shibuya, Tokyo (Club Hillside Salon)
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The Masterpieces of Australian Contemporary Literature Series
Saison AIR Partnership 2022 Footscray Community Arts Exchange Project report
25 May 2023
Koko-ku, Tokyo (Morishita Studio)/Online
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Archived video (in Japanese)
Australia-related books recently published in Japan
"Odyssey of the Horizon" by Alexis Wright
June 2023-
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"Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women" by Kate Manne
April 2023-
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"Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality Is Sabotaging Democracy" by Carl Rhodes
April 2023-
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"History of the story Australia" (new edition) by Isami Takeda/Takayuki Nagano
February 2023-
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"The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams
September 2022-
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"Brave New Humans: The Dirty Reality of Donor Conception" by Sarah Dingle
September 2022-
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"Alter-Politics: Critical Anthropology and the Radical Imagination" by Ghassan Hage
July 2022-
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"Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture" by Bruce Pascoe
June 2022-
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"Liberty or Death: The French Revolution" by Peter McPhee
June 2022-
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Masterpieces of Australian Contemporary Literature series ‐ Michelle de Krestser's "Questions of Travel" published in Japan
January 2022-
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Archive for past publication before 2021
The Masterpieces for Australian Contemporary Literature Series