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The Continuing Allure of Hayao Miyazaki With film screening of "The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness"
Go inside one of the most celebrated animation studios, Studio Ghibli in this documentary directed by Mami Sunada. The film follows the the three men who are the lifeblood of Studio Ghibli- diretor Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the influential director Isao Takahata- over the course of a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's The Wind Rises and Takahata's Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Friday, September 25, 2015 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
University Park Campus
Leavey Library Auditorium
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If you have been thrilled by the images and touched by the heart-warming stories of Hayao Miyazaki’s feature-length animated works, you may count yourself among the vast numbers of fans of this revered filmmaker. Yet Miyazaki’s legions of fans include not only his viewing audience, but also many manga and animation professionals, both in Japan and around the world. Miyazaki is also one of the founders of Japan’s famous Studio Ghibli, where, along with his fellow director, Isao Takahata, and long-term producer, Toshio Suzuki, he has created one hit after another. To the shock of fans, in 2013, Miyazaki announced his retirement, creating many questions about the future of not only Studio Ghibli, but of Japan’s entire feature-length animation industry. Miyazaki has announced his retirement several times before, and rumors always persist of a comeback, but in Japan today the lack of an apparent successor is of great concern.
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Here is another event that sounds interesting.
Rengapoi: Hyper-Arts Innovation Japan Style
Like Japanese linked verse (Renga) poets of old, four artists insprie and riff off of one other in unexpected ways. Enka superstar Jero, video animator Yuriko Mizushiri, legendary illlustrator Katsuya Terada, and creative genius Matt Fargo share a single stage.
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
University Park Campus
Tutor Campus Center
Grand Ballroom
3607 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Tickets are free!
2138214365
The USC Renga-poi event will showcase a diverse group of artists, including a including Jero, an African American superstar in the Japanese classical enka music world; Yoriko Mizushiri, one of Japan’s leading female animators and video artists; Katsuya Terada, manga (or Japanese-style comic book) artist, well-known for his “live drawing” performances and his illustrations for Nintendo and Playstation; and Matt Fargo, translator and author of numerous books on Japanese contemporary art and society and lead programmer at Tokyo-based design and technology company, Creative Lab PARTY.
Japanese linked verse, called renga, is a collaborative art form in which members of a group, each in turn, compose a poetic link. Every link riffs off what came immediately prior to it, but also moves things forward, creating a space for the next impromptu link by someone else. Participants and audience together look on as the links gradually come to form a chainlike poetic sequence - a rich and unexpected composite artistry that goes beyond what a solo artist can do. Our concept, renga-poi (literally “Renga-like” or “Renga-ish”) takes a cue from renga's collaborative spontaneity wherein during a single event, multiple artists work together in turn, taking inspiration from their predecessor while also inspiring the one who comes next. The USC Renga-poi event will showcase a diverse group of artists, including a including Jero, an African American superstar in the Japanese classical enka music world; Yoriko Mizushiri, one of Japan’s leading female animators and video artists; Katsuya Terada, manga (or Japanese-style comic book) artist, well-known for his “live drawing” performances and his illustrations for Nintendo and Playstation; and Matt Fargo, translator and author of numerous books on Japanese contemporary art and society and lead programmer at Tokyo-based design and technology company, Creative Lab PARTY.
edited by malvarenga on 9/9/2015
