Studio Equis presents Eikoh Hosoe: Theatre of Memory, an exhibition inspired by Hosoe's notion that Butoh is a modern form of ukiyo-e. The exhibition will be showing at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut in Cologne, Germany from 20 March to 22 May 2010.

This exhibition brings together photographs of the two giants of Butoh dance, Tatsumi Hijikata in the series Kamaitachi and Kazuo Ohno in the series Butterfly Dream, with Hosoe's recent Ukiyo-e Projections series. Theatre of Memory highlights Hosoe’s ability to manipulate time and place to bring memory to life through the intersection between photography a...

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Miwa Yanagi represents Japan at the 53rd Venice Biennale with her installation entitled Windswept Women: The Old Girls' Troupe.

For this installation, Yanagi will take the Takamasa Yoshizaka-designed Japan Pavilion built in 1956 and cover its exterior with a black, membrane-like tent. Invoking the original idea of a "pavilion" as a free standing or temporary structure, the fluidity and mobility of the tent form will turn the Japan Pavilion into a temporary playhouse. Inside, Yanagi will install giant 4m high photograph stands containing portraits of women of varied ages. A new video work and series of small photogr...

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