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| Workshops for Experiencing Photography＆Drawing/Exhibition in Vietnam, 2007 Produced by George HASHIGUCHI and APOCC (Aug 10－Sep 3, 2007) |
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Experiencing Photography & Drawing Workshop
in Vietnam, 2007
Aug 13～16 at Children’s Palace, Tuy Hoa City
Experiencing Photography Workshop Part 2,
for Working Children:
24 Participants of Photography Workshop Part 1
10 Participants of Photography Workshop Part 2
George HASHIGUCHI is a Japanese photographer. He has published many books of documentary photographs so far, and especially these couple of years, he has devoted most of his spare time to the social activities through method of art. In 2003, HASHIGUCHI has established a nongovernmental organization APOCC, which literally means Artistic Peace Operation for Connecting Citizens, and whose motto is Respect the Difference, to continue his activity all over the world. HASHIGUCHI was appointed Special Advisor for Cultural Exchange by the Appointment of the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in 2004. Here we are pleased to announce that we are going to have Workshops for Experiencing Photography and Drawing in Vietnam in Aug. This project is organized and produced by George HASHIGUCHI and APOCC, subsidized by Japan Foundation, supported by Embassy of Japan (Hanoi), JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Canon Marketing Japan The Aim of Our Workshops: The age groups around 15-to-20, are the participants of the photography workshop. They use cameras which are all brought from Japan, and take photographs of what they are fond of, what they are attracted by, and what makes them stop to look at. When people have cameras in their hands, the instruments will stimulate their senses, and the emotions, which remained hidden within them and even themselves have not noticed, will come out. The purpose of this workshop is not to teach the students how to take nice looking photographs, but to help them find their own characters and talent through photography, to help them find dignity, and even more, to share the pleasure “to express” with them. Considering the possibility for more children to join the workshop regardless of their age, we reached the idea as doing drawing workshop, in parallel with the camera workshop. The aim of this workshop, as same as photography workshop, is not to teach how to draw the drawings, but to confirm their feelings or interest, or to find out the difference between "myself" and "others", or to share the pleasure "to express" with them through the drawings. People in Vietnam and Japan live in completely different cultures and different circumstances, of course. However, we are sharing the same period of time on earth. To connect people who live in completely different places is another important purpose of our workshops. After the workshops and exhibitions in Vietnam In addition to above workshops, we will also show Still Movie “A Journey to Know Our Contemporaries”. Still Movie is HASHIGUCHI’s original method of showing photographs combined with monologue and music, just like a movie. HASHIGUCHi, as a photographer, has been taking portraits of ordinary people in Japan and interviewing them. The characters that appear in the Still Movie are Japanese citizens, and talk about their dreams, personal worries, family problems, occupational conflicts, love and so on. You may surprisingly find the universality that emotions of Japanese people and Vietnamese people are similar, regardless of their race, nationality and culture. Still Movie is going to be shown in cooperation with students and faculty of Department of Japanese Language, Foreign Trade University, Ho Chi Minh City. Photography Workshop : 13-18 Aug at Children’s Palace / Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province Drawing Workshop : Exhibition: 25-26 Aug at Children’s Palace / Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province Still Movie: 1 Sept at Vietnam-Japan Human Resources Cooperatin Center,Foreign Trade University / Ho Chi Minh City Producer: George HASHIGUCHI Co-producer: Hiromi HOSHINO Project Planner : Hozumi HASHIGUCHI Coordinator: Shozo TSUKADA（Japan Overseas Coordinator: Yukari USUKI(Japan Overseas Staff : Miho MATSUO Interpreter : DO Than Dan Art Director: Satoshi MACHIGUCHI |
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| What is APOCC? | |||||
| We have held the camera workshop for teenagers
in India and Japan since 2000. Unlike
the
activity such as sending necessities
to the
certain area, the aim of our workshop
is
to share the pleasure to experience
culture
or art and pleasure to live with the
people
who rarely have such opportunity, through
the “expression”. At the same time, we tried different approach in the area where people can experience culture and goods in their daily life. Surrounded by plenty of information and knowledge, people unconsciously wear too many things for fear of being eliminated from the community they belong to (e.g. family, friends, personal relationship and school). Is it possible to remove such armors and discover each one’s original emotion by the “expression”? Hoping that our workshop would be some help, we have continued our activity. We believe that the pleasure “to express” is very important feeling that cannot be taken away from anybody. Although it may not be indispensable for life, it can make people feel dignity for their existence, enrich their emotion, and make their feeling free in the hard daily life. Therefore, we kept our workshop not as self-satisfied way like just sending goods or letting people experience something new, but for sharing emotion and confirming the dignity of each other. To continue this workshop in a certain way, we established a non-governmental organization APOCC in May 2003. Our motto is “Respect the Difference” and the name APOCC, Artistic Peace Operation for Connecting Citizens, literally represent our activity and desire. Today, our world is divided by various elements ―― such as religion, nationality, thought, generation, class and wealth and poverty. In all aspect, no one is exactly same as others. There is the expression like “one world” or “all human are brothers”. But, we think, such idea become the cause of forcing one’s sense of value on others and brings about war and oppression. Is it possible to remove the obstacle to communication by “expression”? Though it is not so easy to understand each other, is it possible to give the chance to make them just stop and look at each other? Let’s start by recognizing the differences of each other and respect it. We started our workshop with such desire. Traditional cultural exchange tends to be just for very limited people. We, on the contrary, have continued our activity for the people with little opportunity to experience art and culture to make them feel close to the “expression” and share the pleasure “to express” with them. By continuing our activity regularly, we expect that it will not only help the aim of our workshop penetrate into the area, but also let people there know about the Japanese and its culture. Finally, we would like to refer to the uniqueness of our workshop. Many media or writers, including us, have visited many places in the world, took picture and reported what they found. But no matter how hard we try, we can not go beyond one’s own perspective based on one’s own sense of value. However, the photos taken by the participant of this workshop is the world they actually look at based on their own sense of value. It is not too much to say that it is the world that we have never seen or experienced before. This is, actually, really important. In parallel with the workshop, we will hold the exhibition of their photography and do the report of our activity. Like this, we would like to keep on connecting to the people and places all over the world. Biography of Workshops: |
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| Workshops in India, 2004 “Experiencing Photography / Drawing” Project in India, 2004 Produced by George HASHIGUCHI and APOCC (Jul 1 - Aug 1, 2004) |
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