 Tatsumi Orimoto - A Cosmic Chaos - David Bickerstaff |  Sachiko Abe - Cut Papers |  Hyung S Kim - Haenyeo: Women Of The Sea |  The Astrologer Who Fell Into A Well - CAS |
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 Kirico Tanikawa - 24th April |  Short Notes - Hiromi Nakajima |  Tamaki Kawaguchi - Painting Day By Day In The Anthropocene |  Anti-cool - Echo Tides |
 LEAFF - Tate Modern |  Victoria Pomery & Iain Sinclair - All The Devils Are Here |  Sachiko Abe - Cut Papers |  Hiromi Nakajima - Pump Prax |
 Sharon Norwood - Hair Stories |  The Astrologer Who Fell Into A Well - CAS Osaka. |  #airedeturner - Venice Agendas |  Tatsumi Orimoto - Grandmothers Lunch. |
 Hiromi Nakajima - Pump Prax |  @johnhns - To Be It has Nice. |  Tatsumi Orimoto - I Make Up And Become Art Mama - Venice. |  |
 LEAFF at Tate Modern London. |  Hiromi Nakajima - Short Notes. |
Waugh Office was established in 2011 by Julia and Mark Waugh.
A hybrid platform. working with curators, writers, theorists and artists to smudge
cultural differences and attitudes across physical and national borders.
. Pushing the programme, exploring the traffic in ideas that are nomadic,
with a focus on perceptions rather than stereotypes and assumptions.
We come to play, escape prejudice and shout for renegade
values of the unfixable, broken and unhomely.
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© Waugh Office 2024.
"Really pleased that ’TATSUMI ORIMOTO: A Cosmic Chaos’ has been selected for the Mirada Corta film festival (Mexico), in the ‘Visiones Únicas’ section. Program 4, from January 24th to 28th exclusively online.
You can find the complete program here: https://miradacorta.com/es/visiones-unicas/. Thank you Mirada Corta for your support." - David Bickerstaff
Filmed and directed by David Bickerstaff
Produced by David Bickerstaff, Julia Waugh and Mark Waugh
HD video | 16:9 | 30 min
This film is a personal portrait of the controversial Japanese artist Tatsumi Orimoto who is globally famous for his 'Breadman' performances and a series of deeply intimate works made with his elderly mother Odai, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Orimoto is constantly making new work and thinks of daily life as art itself. Told in his own voice, Tatsumi's extraordinary story raises difficult questions about what art can be and how we respond to it. Through his highly individual and thought provoking work, he uses the power of drawing, sculpture and performance to challenge the fine line between private life and public action.
In the early 70s Orimoto spent time in New York taking part in the Fluxus movement along side with other artists such as John Cage, Yoko Ono and Joseph Beuys. The performances of Orimoto that follow his return to Japan are a translation of ideas from these international origins but they speak intimately to the local post war context of Japanese culture. When his father died, Tatsumi took on the responsiblity of caring for his elderly mother who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Over a period of 22 years, he collaborated with his mother to make a series of powerful photo and video works called 'Art Mama'.
With unique access to record Tatsumi at work in his studio and at home in Kawasaki City, this film gives an unique insight into one of Japan's most enduring and inventive, contemporary artists.
Contributions byTatsumi Orimoto, Odai Orimoto and Noritoshi Motoda.
All images courtesy of Art Mama Foundation with special thanks to Aoyama Meguro Gallery, Marq Bailey, Port Eliot Estate, and Julia Waugh.
15th January 2024
FACT LIVERPOOL
88 WOOD STREET
LIVERPOOL
L1 4DQ
The premiere of Tea and Sugarcane a film that follows the lives of three people, two of whom are victims of human trafficking in the UK, revealing the stories of these situation.
Through visual montage and interviews, we share their upbringings, families and childhood dreams and discover the triggers that makes for such a risky path.
Alongside Tea and Sugarcane, Anti-cool also presents two recent experimental audio-visual works: Echo Tides and Wind, Land and Sea. This event includes a discussion with Anti-cool and Mark Waugh, plus a Q&A with the audience.
Anti-cool is a Liverpool based artist, is originally from Japan, whose work with film explore social systems and the influence of globalisation on people whose lives are marginalised, revealing borders that separate histories intrinsic to landscapes.
Recent exhibitions/screenings include Directory at The Wrong Biennale (Online, 2023-24), HOME (Manchester, 2023), International Day for Monuments and Sites at Aveiro City Museum (Portugal, 2022), Toynbee Studios at Artsadmin (London, 2019)
The event is supported by Arts Council England.