Acte Kobe Project 2001   Fra-Cré-Sol

Producers: Acte Kobe Japan and Acte Kobe France Supporters: Ambassade de France au Japan, Institut Franco-Japonais du Kansai, Japan Foundation, Hyogo prefecture, Kobe city, Hyogo International Association Sponsors: Asahi Breweries, Kobe Digital Lab, Kobe Eco Car Pascal Laboratory Co.,Ltd., Kodak Japan Cooperators: Kobedenshi Computer Technical College, Kobe Yamate College, Syushinkan Furthered by: Kobe 2001, Fondation Franco Japonaise Sasakawa Venues of Activities: CAP HOUSE (3-19-8 Yamamotodori, Chuoku, Kobe) Sonic Hall (Kobedenshi Computer Technical College 1-1-8 Kitanocho, Chuoku, Kobe) and others. Date: Main performance days: July 27 and 28, 2001 Atelier activities: July 2001 Exhibition: July 8-29, 2001 Acte Kobe Japan presentations: once a month from Jan.-June, 2001 Participating Artists: About 60 artists of Acte Kobe Japan and Acte Kobe France. Inquiry: Acte Kobe Project 2001 Office Phone & fax: 078-241-9686 e-mail: tengaku@pure.ne.jp 650-0003 3-19-8 Yamamotodouri, Chuo-ku, Kobe http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~ActeKobe/index.html

･The aim of the project Acte Kobe is a non-profit organization composed of Japanese, French and Swiss artists. It was founded in direct response to the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake. Right after the earthquake, we began to reflect on the nature of cultural events. And we, the artists in Kobe, began to reflect upon the issue of the relation between society and the arts. Is art of any use to people who are suffering? Was our work as artists merely public entertainment or was there something that we could do to help? In Marseille, France, shortly after the earthquake, more than 150 artists got together to do a benefit event for Kobeﾕs artists. We welcomed their support and their message warmed our hearts. Following this event, Acte Kobe, a similar event took place in Bern Switzerland - Acte Kobe 2. Since 1996 we have been engaged in an exchange program with artists in France and Switzerland and members of AKJ have traveled to Marseille and Bern, to participate in various artistic programs produced by Acte Kobe France. Through these experiences we have come to imagine the possibility of a society where we can feel true life and spiritual richness through art. We think that it is worth presenting these ideas to the people in our society. In the summer 2001, with the help of many non-profit organizations and foundations, great artists from France and Switzerland will come to Kobe, as members of Acte Kobe France. Their presence in Kobe will be their first since the earthquake. We plan to organize with them programs of music concerts, dance performances, exhibitions, workshops and talk sessions. And our focus is on Art in Society. We hope that these practical programs will be the opportunity for us and the people in our society to think about art in our everyday lives. The Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake made us think of the meaning of art, what we have been doing in our society. Though we realize that this project alone may not change anything in our society, we still think it is very important to present these ideas as we experienced them in Marseille and Bern .

･ Programs ･ Main performance "Fra-Cré-Sol" at Sonic Hall: Friday 27 Open(exposition) 17:30 Performance 18:30-21:30 Saturday 28 July Open(exposition) 15:00 Performance 17:00-21:00 Tickets will be sold at the price of 1000 yen per person per day. A theater piece, solo projects and collaborations will be presented. ･ Workshops, talks, presentations, lectures.....at CAP HOUSE: On Monday July 23 and Tuesday 24 a special period for small presentations such as workshops and lectures to the public at CAP HOUSE. 500yen plus each expence of material per workshop. Introduction of Japanese traditional music and experiment of its musical instruments: By KITAGAWA Machiko (musician) Introduction of shakuhachi (including AB rosin one for children) and shamisen. The participants are also expected to play them. Available for kids and adults. For begginers. Free music workshop for kids and adults - "Widening Our Horizons Through Listeneing"〜"Stretch Your Limits to the Clouds" 2 hours Presented by Lionel GARCIN Bring your own instruments. Dance workshop for Dancers - 2 hours By Geneviéve SORIN Available for dancers Artist Presentation By Alain PAPARONE (painter/CD-ROM) Available for gen. public. Magali Latil's Children's Art Project - Making corage using polaroid camera Presented by Magali Latil - 2 hours - Available for Children 8 years and older. A Lecture on Improvisation - 1hour30 minutes - Presented by Barre Phillips Available for Adult Musicians, Dancers and Other Performing Artists - ･ Atelier Activities at CAP HOUSE: Ateliers in CAP HOUSE will be prepared for artists of Acte Kobe France and Acte Kobe Japan. These ateliers will be open to the public. ･ Exhibition at CAP Gallery in CAP HOUSE: Will be held from Sunday July 8 through Sunday July 29. There will be an opening reception on the 8th and a closing party on the 29th. Free Entrance. Works by AK artists including the pieces from AK expositions in the past will be shown. And of course new works produced in the ateliers will be added during the show. ･ Symposium 'Art and Society (draft idea)' : will be held at CAP HOUSE on the Sunday, July 29 evening. AKJ and AKF members plus the public may join in this symposium. Subjects relating the aims of AK activities will be discussed in this symposium.

CAP HOUSE: The building of the CAP HOUSE was originally built as the first national immigration center in 1928. Today it is owned by an organization of Kobe City government, and rented to a non-profit organization of contemporary artists - C.A.P.(Conference on Art and Art Projects) . CAP HOUSE is an art space in Kobe and is highly esteemed not only by the citizens of Kobe but also by many art lovers in Japan.

Perticipating AK members: from France Claude ABAD Painter Alain DIOT Painter Olivier HUARD Painter Magali LATIL Graphic, sculpture, installation artist MAKI composer, musician, improviser, photographer and radio artist Alain Paparone Painter, CD-ROM production Alexandre DIOT Student, sculptor Yasha AGINSKY Film maker Carrie AGINSKY Musician Yvette BOUSQUET Documentarist Claudette Marlin Peinter Sylvie Senechal Artist Richard LÉANDRE Musician, classic, improvisation, contrabassist Barre PHILLIPS Musician, contrabassist, composer, improviser Geneviéve SORIN Choreographer, musician (accordion) Françoise BASTIANELLI CD label: Producer of Emouvance Jean-Pierre JULLIAN Musician (percussion), composer, improviser Stefano FOGHER Musician, Actor Sylvie KUNIECOW Dancer, choreographer, improviser Claude TCHAMITCHIAN Contrabassist, composer, improviser Lionel GARCIN Musician, Saxophone player Margrit Rieben (from Bern) Percussion player

Japanese WIYANTARI Java, Indonesian Dancer, Choreographer Emi MAKINO Dancer Sunao INAMI Sound designer Nobuhisa SHIMODA Bassist Masayuki SUMI Dancer Hitomi KAMANAKA Film maker Hisako HARA Art program director HACO Musician Kiyotoshi TAKASHIMA Photographer Shin SAKUMA Java dancer, dance collaborations Shunji MIKI Concert master for Mitake Royal Gourd Orchestra Takashi KOJIMA Musician Nobuko MORI Concert producer Kimiko SHINDO Writer Tomoko SUGIYAMA Artist ISHIGAMI Kazuya Computer, noise musician-creator Atsuko ISHIDA Dancer, performer Yoshihiro KAWASAKI Sound designer, sound artist, radio director, sound technician Sumiko NAKANISHI Art fan Hironori NAKANISHI Desk of Kobeshinbun press HIROS Indian music, concert producer Koji NAKAJIMA Garden planner Kenichi HIGASHINO Painter Harumi UCHIDA Interior coordinator Hiromi SHIRAI Artist Machiko KITAGAWA Director of Tsubakikai, Susano-club (Japanese traditional music) Etsuko RYUJIN Graphic artist Sari HAYASHIGUCHI Assistant director of P3 (art space) Akio SUZUKI Sound artist Isao TOSHIMORI Artist

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