I'm very happy to be participating in this exhibition and informal talk on Sunday 9th February. From the programme:
Speakers and topics include:
·
Official
Opening, introduction to and brief history of the kimono
Barbara Hartley, University
of Tasmania
·
Indigo
Garments and Garments from a Country at War
Jan Ochi, Wafu-Works,
Kingston
·
Kimono
Undergarments and Women Re-claiming Kimono
Sheila Cliffe, Jumonji
University, Saitama
·
Dressing
in Kimono
Minako Stewart, Bujinkan
Tasmania Dojo
The exhibition is in conjunction with a conference on 'Technologies of Gender: Shaping Women's Bodies through Kimono and Costume in Post-Meiji Japan.' being held on the 10th - 11th Feb by the University of Tasmania and the Japan Foundation. This is open to the public and there is no cost. Please let me know if you would like to attend.
Conference
Program
Monday,
February 10, 2014
Venue:
Room 312, UTAS Sandy Bay Campus
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Time
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Name/Event
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Topic
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9.00-9.30
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Coffee and croissant
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Panel 1
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Technology,
Costume and Visual Imagery 1
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9.30-10.00
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Rio OTOMO,
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
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Working Women on the Silver Screen: In Search
for Monpe Eroticism
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10.00-10.30
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Andrea GERMER,
Kyushu University
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A Visual Chronopolitics of Dress in Wartime
Japan
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10.30-11.00
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Michael FURMANOVSKY,
Ryukoku University, Kyoto
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Yearning
for Yôfuku: Women’s Fashion Culture in pre-War Japan as Precursor of
the post-War Clothing Revolution
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11.00-11.30
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Morning Tea
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Panel 2
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Japanese Techno-Dress Goes Global
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11.30-12.00
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Sheila CLIFFE, Jumonji University, Saitama
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Gender and the Kimono
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12.00-12.30
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Emerald KING,
Victoria University, Wellington, N.Z.
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More than Meets the Eye:
Cosplay and Technology
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12.30-1.00
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Olivia MEEHAN, Australian National
University
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A Body of Work:
Isogawa Akira, Second-hand Obi and Vintage Kimono Fabric in Contemporary
Australia
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1.00-2.00
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LUNCH
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Panel 3
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Technology, Costume and Visual Imagery 2
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2.00-2.30
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Vera MACKIE,
University of Woollongong
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Taisho Bohemia: Transnational Style in the
Tokyo Art World
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2.30-3.00
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Helen KILPATRICK,
University of Woollongong
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Technology, Nature
and Costumery in the Illustrated Literature of Awa Naoko (1943–1993)
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3.00-3.30
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INUI Yoshiko,
Tokai University, Sapporo
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War Images in Japanese
Modern Kimono
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3.30-4.00
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Afternoon Tea
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Panel 3 cont.
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Costume and Visual Imagery 2
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3.30 – 4.00
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Barbara HARTLEY, University of Tasmania
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Technology, Textile and Tone: Subverting
Hegemonic Desire and the Images of Takehisa Yumeji
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Post-graduate workshop
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Content and participants to be advised
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Venue:
Room 312, Sandy Bay Campus
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8.45-9.15
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Coffee and croissant
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Panel 4
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Technology Meets Weaving, Decoration and
Costume
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9.15-9.30
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Formal Opening
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Speaker
TBC
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9.30-10.00
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Carol Hayes,
Australian National University
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Sashiko
Needlework Reborn: From Functional Technology to Decorative Art
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10.00-10.30
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Tomoko Aoyama, University of Queensland
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Akaiko and Arachne: The Techne of Weaving
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10.30-10.45
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Brief coffee break (refreshments provided)
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10.45-11.15
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Yasuko Claremont, University of Sydney
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The Impact of Western Technology on Women’s
Clothing and Bodies in post-Meiji Japan
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11.15-11.45
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Jenny Scott,
Shujitsu University, Okayama, Japan
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The Representation of Women Through Kyogen
Costume
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11.45-12.15
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Summing up then move to lunch
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12.30-1.30/2.00
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Lunch
(Lazenby’s, Sandy Bay Campus)
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All participants
Continue summing up and “where to from here.”
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