Takatani est diplômé du département de design de l'environnement, Faculté des Beaux Arts de la ville de Kyoto. Il rejoint Dumb Tyoe en tant que membre fondateur en 1984 et a depuis été impliqué dans la production de spectacles de type Dumb et installations, travail en vidéo, éclairage, design graphique, scénographie et en tant que photographe. Takatani a collaboré avec de nombreux artistes tels que Ryuichi Sakamoto, Fujiko Nakaya, Gisèle Vienne.
Kyotographie is a novel international photography festival which brings kyoto City, a city of history, together with photography, an art form which records history as well as sketches the future. This festival aims at triggering new synergies and will explore the contemporary trends of this city of arts and culture through the art medium of photography.
© Marie Sommer
Kyoto, City of Culture
Kyoto City was, from 794, the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years. kyoto City has more than two thousand historic sites, including shrines, temples and Japanese gardens: it is the cultural capital of Japan. The skills of traditional craftmanship have been passed down for generations, and the ethos of respecting kyoto’s amazing cultural heritage continues to beat like a graceful pulse in everyda...