image 1:UNWIND Photo: staff TES image 2: UNDERLAND Photo: Jeff Busby image 3: AMATERASU Photo: Mayu Kanamori image 4: IN REPOSE Photo: Mayu Kanamori image 5: UNWIND Photo: staff TES image 6: ELLIPSE Photo: Jeff Busby

recent events In Repose at Space Theatre Incredibly moving, meditative, beautifully layered storytelling 1-2 October 2010 Space Theatre, Adelaide In Repose merges story-telling, photography, soundscape, koto music, and dance inspired by old Japanese cemeteries in Australia. A kuyo – a Japanese term describing an act of ceremonial offering to respect, honour and calm the spirits of the deceased – In Repose also honours the local Australian Indigenous communities who to this day are looking after the graves of these Japanese migrants, buried far away from their native land. Artists Dance/Choreography: Wakako Asano Koto Music: Satsuki Odamura Story-telling/Sound Design: Vic McEwan Story-telling/Photography: Mayu Kanamori Lighting Design: Keith Tucker Video: Shigeaki Iwai and Darrin Baker Music Composition: Mark Isaacs, Rosalind Page, Michael Whiticker and Satsuki Odamura Projection: Lachlan Jackett In Repose at the Japan Foundation, Sydney In Repose merges photography with dance, koto music, and sound installation in an artistic homage to Japanese migrants who lived and died in Australia since the late 1800’s. Whilst exploring the migrant’s connection to their adopted home, In Repose honours the local Australian communities who to this day are looking after the graves of these Japanese migrants, buried far away from their native homeland.   Exhibition Season Thursday 1 April – Friday 14 May 2010 Gallery hours: Monday – Friday, 11am – 4pm Saturday 10 April & 1 May, 1pm – 4pm Closed public holidays and 3 May Full Performances All performances are the same Saturday 10 April, 1pm – 2:30pm RSVP essential by 6th April Saturday 1 May, 1pm – 2:30pm RSVP essential by 27th April Thursday 13 May, 7pm – 8:30pm RSVP essential by 7th May   RSVP (02) 8239 0055 or email: reception@jpf.org.au Venue: Japan Foundation Gallery Level 1, Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney 2000   Free admission www.jpf.org.au More information: http://www.mayu.com.au/folio/inrepose