Matsuri「Through Multi-sighted Photographies」
A Photo Exhibition by Lucile Druet and Steven C. Fedorowicz

祭り「多視点からの写真を通して」
ルシル ドルーエとスティーブン C. フェドロウィツによる写真展

This project is a collaboration that explores Japanese matsuri through the intersections of social science research and visual representation. Fedorowicz's field sites are autumn danjiri festivals in his own neighborhood in Osaka. His research-based art is long-term, community-based, participatory, reflexive and informed by sensory ethnography and multimodality. Druet's field sites are Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and Jidai Matsuri. Her art-based research examines vernacular photography, spectacle, iconicity and the performative presence of the Kyoto geisha as dancers and models. Meshing their visions and what they captured together, the photographers want the images they took in these clearly separate loci to be features in a duo exhibition, juxtaposing 40 photos of the Kyoto and Osaka matsuri they engaged in with their cameras and embodied positions as researchers. The photographers hope that the visitors to this exhibition will participate in the research by supplying ideas and opinions through surveys, interview and informal discussions.

Lucile Druet is Associate Professor of Japanese Arts and Culture at Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka. Her teaching covers literature, painting traditions, theatrical performances, film and Japanese fashion. Interested in the visual and aesthetical intersection of clothing and embodiment, she researches how kimono is practiced nowadays in Kyoto and how it appears in works of fiction and poetry. See more of her photographic work at: https://somosomo.co

Steven C. Fedorowicz is a cultural anthropologist, visual anthropologist and Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Asian Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka. He has lived in Japan for over 25 years. His research interests include deaf communities, sign language, religion, ritual, performance, B-kyu gourmet, drinking establishments and ethnographic photography. See more of his work at: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/

2024 February 10 (Sat) ~ 13 (Tues)
2024年2月10日(土) ~ 13日(火)
11:00 - 18:00
(last day / 最終日は 11:00 - 16:00)

JARFO Art Square
Kyoto, Japan
Gallery Info: https://jarfo.jp/jarfo

Link to accessibility/barrier-free information: https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2024/02/matsuri-photo-exhibition-accessibility.html

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Steven C. Fedorowicz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Asian Studies Program
Kansai Gaidai University
Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan