Organiser’s blog LDN ’10 – Day 3
Share Improvisation is the name of the game, not just for the artists who start from improvised ideas and develop them into a full show in the space of a few days but also for us at the level of organisation. Even the best laid plans require a degree of flexibility and this time round [...]
Editors’ blog LDN ’10 – Visual arts workshops
Share By Cristina Balma Tivola I met Alessandro (one of the Original Cultures organisers) at Dalston Kingsland train station at noon on the second day of the London event. Laurent, the organiser with whom I have until now maintained contact via email regarding Original Cultures, will arrive later. My interest in the project comes from [...]
Organiser’s blog LDN ’10 – Day 1
Share And so it starts again. The second original cultures event. We’ve swapped the heat of summer and the historic streets and old buildings of Bologna for the less scenic streets, though still inspiring in their own ways, of a rainy London in early spring. That’s the beauty of this project, being able to transport [...]
Hiraki Sawa
Share Hiraki Sawa was born in Ishikawa, Japan. He currently lives and works in London. His work focuses on the use of video projections and installations. Recent exhibitions include Experimenta Playground, International Biennal of Media Arts, Melbourne, Australia and 12e Biennale de l’ Image en Mouvement, Centre Pour l’Image Contemporaine, Saint Gervais, Geneve. Sawa has [...]
Original Cultures 2009-2010 – Visual Artists
Share Original Cultures focuses on two specific strands of modern performing arts: music and visual arts. Within these two strands Original Cultures works with both established and upcoming artists from the UK, Italy and Japan. The 4 artists chosen to represent the visual arts strand for the first year of Original Cultures activities (2009) are: [...]
