PARTICIPATION IN OVERSEAS MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL ARCHIVE

JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

OVERSEAS PROMOTION

J-FEST AUTUMN 2018


”J-FEST” is a comprehensive festival for introducing Japanese culture organized by the Embassy of Japan in Russia since 2009. The biggest Japanese culture event in Russia, introducing the attractions of everything from Japanese art to fashion, music, videogames, film, animations, traditional culture and food, is being held for its 9th time this year.
Since 2018 was the “Japan year in Russia”, the festival was held twice in Summer (Aug.) and Autumn (Nov.) .

This year, they held screening of ”Tomoyasu Murata Program” from the Japan Media Arts Festival.


Screening

”Tomoyasu Murata Program”

This program comprises award-winning works of Tomoyasu Murata from the Japan Media Arts Festival. Murata employs puppet animation in an expressive way, allowing viewers to experience it with their eyes, ears, sense of touch and even through the air. He has consistently strived to express the idea of “mujo” (impermanence) , which is a very beautiful concept to the Japanese.

Screening works

“Nostalgia”, “Scarlet Road”, “Family Deck Vol.1-6”, “White Road”, “Okinamai / Forest This Flower Bloom”, “AMETSUCHI”, “A Branch of a Pine Is Tied up”


Venue 11.10(Sat): Concert Hall “Cosmos”(Moscow, Russia)
11.11(Sun): Galaktika Hall(Moscow, Russia)
Dates 2018. 11.10(Sat)- 11.11(Sun)

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