Event

colloquium

Avant-garde and Typography

YOKOTA TOKYO holds the exhibition "ARCHIVE - Rare Books from the Collection of Annely Juda Fine Art" from October 30 to December 1, 2023, featuring rare books on Dada, Russian Constructivism, and Bauhaus. London-based gallery Annely Juda Fine Art have been collected these books for over half a century.
YOKOTA TOKYO and the JCRI co-host a talk event "Avant-garde and Typography" in conjunction with the exhibition.
Prominent scholars talk about the expressions and techniques found in the books produced by avant-garde artists in the early 20th century, mainly in Europe.

Date｜2023.11.4 Sat 13:30–15:30（open at 13:00）

Venue｜YOKOTA TOKYO

Fee｜Free

Reservation｜Required（Please make a reservation through Peatix or send your name and contact information to info@jcritokyo.org.）

*Exhibition “ARCHIVE – Rare Books from the Collection of Annely Juda Fine Art”
　Period：2023.10.30 – 12.1
　Supported by Annely Juda Fine Art

【Speakers】

Aya Kawamura, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Institute for Liberal Arts, Tokyo Institute of Technology

　From Hand to Typography: Words and Images in Russian Avant-garde Books

Yuri Komatsubara, Ph.D. Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of German Literature, Sophia University

　Dada meets Constructivism: About Kurt Schwitters’ Typography-Märchen “Die Scheuche”

Toshino Iguchi, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University Graduate School

　About Two Exhibitions in 1929: “die Neue Typographie” and “Film und Foto”

【Moderator / Facilitator】

Tomoko Kakuyama, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cross-Cultural and Japanese Studies, Kanagawa University

Co-hosted by YOKOTA TOKYO
Co-hosted by The Japan Cultural Research Institute
Supported by Annely Juda Fine Art

Contact Information｜The Japan Cultural Research Institute
Contact Information｜TEL：03-3433-1389　Email：info@jcritokyo.org