The Darkroom has finally reached a membership of 800 people! Those who’ve passed through these doors have ranged in age from their teens to their 80s, and have pursued a variety of professions. Naturally, this has resulted in a great variety of read more »
Sakura
by Kondo Hiromitsu
2012 marks the 100-year anniversary of when Japan presented the U.S. with cherry trees (sakura). The sakura, intended as a show of goodwill, arrived in Washington D.C., where they were planted along the Potomac River—they read more »
It is Merely a Means
This year’s “Photo Yokohama” photo festival that began in January and runs through this month was held at venues across the city. Have you managed to get out and see one of the programs yet? The largest of the programs read more »
Yokohama Art Department
Where artists display their work is quite important to most of them. Those who appreciate art always enjoy encountering new genres of work they might not otherwise take an interest in. In that spirit, Yokohama will soon host read more »
Localism
by Kondo Hiromitsu
Our exhibition at Naritasan Yokohama Temple has begun and in addition we are holding photographic exhibitions at six locations, including a gallery, bar, vacant building and the Noge zoo. This exhibition called read more »
Matsui Fuyuko
Matsui Fuyuko’s work does not intimate in any obvious way that the history of Japanese art might change with a woman. Instead, its message seems grimmer: life is full of insanity, violence, pain, death. read more »
Yokohama Photo Festival 2012 ヨコハマ フォトフェスティバル 2012
by Kondo Hiromitsu
The Yokohama Photo Festival’s goal is to demonstrate the power of photography both domestically and globally from its venue in Yokohama, while also creating a cultural platform for the advancement of photography. read more »
The Wealth of Our Minds
by Kondo Hiromitsu
Day by day, autumn deepens. How are you spending your time this season? I suspect there are probably those who went to one of the Yokohama Triennale events or perhaps downed some delicious beer at Oktoberfest. Enjoying fine art and read more »
Art is Long, Life is Short
by Kondo Hiromitsu
The hot summer is over. Cool mornings and nights have moved in. The autumn of arts. The autumn of sports. The autumn of appetites. In this season after the searing heat, it seems like the pace of the world finally picks up. But with something read more »
Hostel Zen
Art takes many forms. The Yokohama Triennale is a citywide celebration of those forms, with major venues like the Yokohama Museum, BankArt and Yokohama Creativecity Center (YCC) hosting an array of artist talks, workshops and read more »
Three Young Artists
From the “Artists of Today Exhibition” (1964 to 2005) through the “New Artists Exhibition” (2006 to 2010), the Yokohama Civic Art Gallery has been showcasing an array of work from modern artists to support the discovery and appreciation of read more »
The Potential of Photography
by Kondo Hiromitsu
I recently talked about “Encountering Arles through Photography” with a Dark Room International member who visited the festival in the French town of the same name. This festival was a pioneering event 40 years ago, and paved the way for read more »
Yokohama Triennale 2011 – Our Magic Hour
How Much of the World Can We Know?
The Yokohama Triennale 2011, entitled “OUR MAGIC HOUR,” will present art works at two main venues: the Yokohama Museum of Art and NYK Waterfront Warehouse (BankART Studio NYK). The exhibition will include works that respond to read more »