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Performing at “JAPAN! culture + hyperculture” festival
January 14, 2008
Koji Kakinuma will perform at the Millenium Stage in the Kennedy Center, Washington DC as part of “JAPAN! culture + hyperculture festival”. The Kennedy Center has broadcast the Millennium Stage performances live on the web. And it also broadcast performance archives. Performance “Trancework – the world of BAKE-MOJI” Feb.12,2008 (Tue) 6:00pm-7:00pm at Kennedy Center : [...]
World Cultural Forum 2007
November 6, 2007
Koji Kakinuma appeared in the opening session of World Cultural Forum 2007. Kakinuma performed for creating the artwork titled “Bun-Ka-Ryoku(the power of culture, 180x360cm)”, and the shot image of the performance was screen on the opening session. The artwork “Bun-Ka-Ryoku” is displaying at the traveling exhibition of World Cultural Forum 2007. For more details, please [...]
Performance at the Kennedy Center
September 1, 2007
Koji Kakinuma will perform on the Millenium Stage in the Kennedy Center, Washington DC as part of “JAPAN! culture + hyperculture festival”. The Kennedy Center has broadcast the Millennium Stage performances live on the web. And it also broadcast performance archives. Kakinuma presents one of his trademark innovations, Trancework, in which he paints countless repetitions [...]
Artist-in-Residency Program at Lehigh University
April 20, 2007
Koji Kakinuma will be at Lehigh University as part of the Artist-in-Residency Program of ArtsLehigh, Apr. 23-27. For more information, visit ArtsLehigh website (http://www.artslehigh.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29) artslehigh “EATART” T-shirt promotion Video (Youtube) Lehigh Artist in Residence – Koji Kakinuma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMe4C91BpgU News Article ‘Calligraphic Jackson Pollock’ coming to Lehigh http://www3.lehigh.edu/News/V2news_story.asp?iNewsID=2177 schedule April 23 at 4:30 PM Opening [...]
Guest Artist of KODO Live
March 4, 2007
Japan’s premiere taiko (drum) ensemble KODO, taken out of the concert hall setting for series of rare intimate performances spearheaded by former member, New York based Kaoru Watanabe. Kodo will display all the physical athleticism, rhythmic intricacy and visceral power they are known for with an added chamber music-like sensitivity. In the vein of their [...]
Performance at Philadelphia Museum of Arts
March 2, 2007
Koji Kakinuma performed for the event “Japan Night” Friday, Mar 2nd as a part of “Art After 5″series. “Art After 5″ is a unique blend of entertainment held every Friday from 5:00 p.m.–8:45 p.m. in the Great Stair Hall. Performer: Masayo Ishigure(Japanese Koto), Koji Kakinuma(Japanese Calligrapher) The performances were scheduled for 5:45 p.m.–6:45 p.m. and [...]
Provided art work image to AJLS website
February 13, 2007
Kakinuma provided the photo image of “Cloud & Moon”, one of his representative art works, to the webpage of AJLS (the Association for Japanese Literary Studies) 16th Annual Meeting hosted by Princeton University in November 2007. Association for Japanese Literary Studies 16th Annual Meeting http://www.princeton.edu/ajls/ AJLS http://www.cla.purdue.edu/fll/AJLS/ AJLS 14th Annual Meeting http://www.dartmouth.edu/~damell/AJLS_2005/
interviewed from NHK world news program
January 11, 2007
Kakinuma was interviewed on the NHK world news program ”News Today 30 Minutes”, broadcasted on Jan 11th, 2007. title: Samurai spirit calligrapher http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/
Performace: TYGERS
November 10, 2006
East Asian Studies Department Presents A performance by Visiting Research Calligrapher and Artist Koji Kakinuma Performing: Tygers Exhibiting the Japanese art of Shodo, Mr. Kakinuma createa banner measuring 65 feet by 20 feet with brushes the size of mops, weight 100lb at the maximum with Sumi ink. Accompanied by musician Mr. Kaoru Watanabe, a [...]
WORKSHOP at PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
October 1, 2006
Koji Kakinuma,Visiting Research Calligrapher 2006 held workshops for members of the Princeton University Community Date & Time: Tuesday.Octobor3, Wednesday,October4 and Thursday,October5 12:00-1:30 p.m. Place: Room 218, 185 Nassau Street Sign up for a workshop on the bulletin board outside the Main Office at 185 Nassau St. Sign ups begin September 25. Sponsored by Princeton University [...]
A Fellow of Forbes College 2006
September 9, 2006
Koji kakinuma was permitted to be a fellow of Forbes College. Forbes is one of the five residential colleges at Princeton University. http://web.princeton.edu/sites/forbes/