As part of the current exhibition MAKING NUNO Japanese Textile Innovation from Sudō Reiko, Japan House London invites visitors to the exhibition in the Gallery to enjoy a series of short films featuring exclusive footage of the making of Nuno textiles, produced in collaboration with family-run factories and craftspeople all around Japan.
Filmed by Saitō Seiichi, Director of Panoramatiks (formerly Rhizomatiks) in textile factories located in various regions of Japan, these videos show the day-to-day operation of machinery by factory workers and technicians giving an immersive experience enhanced by the intense sound of the machinery and the dynamism of the technology behind NUNO’s production processes.
The films showing textile mills in the prefectures of Gunma, Yamagata, Fukui, Shiga and Yamanashi were featured as part of the successful show in 2019 at the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) in Hong Kong, while the videos filmed in Wakayama and Kyoto are screened for the first time at Japan House London.
Videos featured
Textile Mills in Gunma (00:00-04:58); Textile Mills in Yamagata (04:59-09:18); Textile Mills in Fukui and Shiga (09:19-14:14); Textile Mills in Yamanashi (14:15-19:48); Textile Mills in Wakayama (19:49-26:49); Textile Mills in Kyoto (26:50-36:05)
A viewing of all six films lasts approximately 40 minutes.
Programme
Saturday 10 July
10:00; 10:45; 11:30; 12:15; 13:00; 17:00; 17:45; 18:30, 19:15
The films will be additionally shown in the Library and on the Ground Floor at the following times: 13:30, 14:15, 15:00, 15:45
Sunday 11 July
12:00; 12:45; 13:30; 17:00
The films will be additionally shown in the Library and on the Ground Floor at the following times: 14:00, 14:45, 15:30, 16:15
Supported by 5 supporters.
