I will be participating in a screening and talk program at the Sendai Short Film Festival 2025, which is organized by a group of volunteers, mainly working adults and students from Sendai City! September 20th, 13:45 – 15:45 | Program B: “Looking to the Future from Animation” https://www.shortpiece.com/B.php This program will feature three films by director Ryo Hirano and two films by director Sakichi Watanabe. What do we see in these mysterious worlds? For those aspiring to create animation, a talk session will be held after the screening where we will dive deeply into the world of animation, listening to and learning about the behind-the-scenes stories of the creation process from both directors. Films to be screened: Ryo Hirano “The Kappa’s Arm” “Holiday” “Paradise” Sakichi Watanabe “The Princess of Raspberry Jam #1” “Tulip-chan” There will be a talk with Director Sakichi Watanabe to delve into the world of animation! I am really looking forward to it. I don’t often have screenings of my student works, so if you are in the area, please come and join us. I will be participating online!!

Ryo Hirano Amigurumi Exhibition 🌲YARN FOREST🌲 October 19th (Sat) – October 20th (Sun) 14:00-19:00 Location: Hachimise 2 minutes from the South Exit of Sakurajosui Station After moving from Tokyo to Nagano, I started attending knitting classes during the long, cold winter. I found it exciting to bring strange creatures to life in the real world through crocheting. I became so absorbed in knitting during breaks, while traveling, and while waiting for someone. Before I knew it, many creatures had been born, so I decided to showcase them under the title “YARN FOREST.”   ＊YARN FOREST＊ YARN FOREST is a small forest that no one can ever reach. It is home to mysterious creatures who live together, sharing joy, feeling jealousy, and embracing solitude. Each one is part of an original amigurumi series, presented with its own small story. There will also be original amigurumi and sketches of the creatures available for purchase.   For more details, visit: https://83shop.blogspot.com/2024/09/1019-10-20-yarn-forest.html

A short animation film “KRASUE (2021)” will be screened and exhibited at “14th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions” under the theme of “AFTER THE SPECTACLES”. The pandemic, an event that none of us had ever experienced before, has caused significant changes in everyday life. The visual media that are increasingly penetrating our daily routine, have become familiar tools for reflecting the various transformations in the realms of society, politics, economics and culture. In this day and age, easy access to visual media on multiple levels and dimensions, through communication on social media platforms in particular, has made information on any kind of event – be it a festive occasion, a war or a natural disaster – come across as a spectacle of sorts.* The term “spectacle” is commonly used for describing a magnificent landscape or scenery, and often also some kind of show event. Being partly an optical technical term, the original Latin word “spectaculum” referred at once to such extraordinary natural occurrences as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. With the emergence of modern states in the 19th century, our perception of natural disasters was transformed by expositions, photographs and movies, through visual recreations of such events as great spectacles and magnificent sights. Themed “After the Spectacle,” the 14th edition of the Yebisu International Festival for Art & […]

Sorry, this entry is only available in 日本語. 「再：生成 相原信洋 Re:GENERATION Nobuhiro Aihara」 精緻なドローイングとサイケデリックな色彩によって世界の混沌を描き出した、日本を代表する個人アニメーション作家・相原信洋［1944〜2011］は、アニメーションの世界にとどまらず、実験映画にも通じるアヴァンギャルドな映像世界により数多くのクリエイターに影響を与えて来ました。彼の70本に及ぶその膨大な作品群は、2016年よりフィルム整理とデジタル化が進められて来ましたが、このたび全ての作業が完了し、渋谷アップリンクにて一挙上映されることが決定いたしました。 ひらのりょうはアニメーション研究の土居伸彰さんと共に初日 2月10日（土）にトークゲストとして登壇します。是非ご来場下さい 「再：生成 相原信洋 Re:GENERATION Nobuhiro Aihara」 日時：2月10日（土）～2月16日（金） 料金：1回券1,500円／会員1,000円　※特別興行の為パスポート会員使用不可、サービスデー適応外 【トークショー開催決定！】 2月10日（土）19:30～Bプログラム上映終了後 登壇者：ひらのりょう（アニメーション作家）、土居伸彰（ニューディアー代表／新千歳空港国際アニメーション映画祭） 2月11日（日）19:30～Dプログラム上映終了後 登壇者：木下小夜子（広島国際アニメーションフェスティバル）、阪本裕文（NPO法人戦後映像芸術アーカイブ／稚内北星学園大学教授） 2月12日（月）19:30～Eプログラム上映終了後 登壇者：牧野惇（P.I.C.S.／映像ディレクター）、阪本裕文 2月14日（水）19:30～Bプログラム上映終了後 登壇者：石田尚志（美術家・映像作家）、西村智弘（美術・映画評論家） http://www.uplink.co.jp/movie/2018/50105

10月7日〜9日まで開催される第9回下北沢映画祭にて 『タナカカツキと“ととのう”会 〜アートを日常に翻訳する〜』 に参加させていただきます。 マンガ家、映像作家、サウナ大使、水中園芸家として活躍するタナカカツキ氏の作品上映に合わせ、 9日の13:30よりしもきた空間リバティにて対談が行われ、そのゲストとして呼んでいただきました。 みなさま是非ご来場ください！ イベントHP http://shimokitafilm.com/event/9thsff/gallery 下北沢映画祭公式サイト http://shimokitafilm.com/