Storymakers: Curators Talk Event

Join curators Emily Wakeling and Mayako Murai in this special talk event, where they will discuss the Storymakers in Contemporary Japanese Art exhibition at The Japan Foundation, Sydney.

This exhibition evokes imagery from traditional fairy tales across cultures including The Little Match Girl and stories of interspecies relationships and transformations, revisiting old familiar stories in new forms to transcend the anthropocentric worldview

Wakeling and Murai will delve into the conceptual framework behind the show, the participating artists and the significance of storytelling in Japanese contemporary art. Furthermore they will discuss how the fairy tale, a genre of narrative that has long told stories about non-human beings and non-living things, can give us clues to imagining a more-than-human world that transforms the way people perceive and experience life.

Please note that the in-person talk event will also be available via Facebook livestream on the JPF Sydney Facebook.

For more information about the Talk event, the artists and the exhibition, please visit The Japan Foundation website.

Header image: Maki Ohkojima, The Forest Eats Me, 2015
Fuyuhiko Takata, Dream Catcher, 2018
Tomoko Kōnoike, Original Illustrations for Mimio, 2001