[HIROSHIMA TSUTAYA BOOKS] Somewhere? Genbi Poster EditionVol.3 "Yuichi Ito Animation Exhibition I.TOON CAFE"
Fairs and Exhibitions
Building 2, 1F Art Slatwall 2022年07月02日(土) - 08月03日(水)
"Somewhere? Genbi Poster Edition" is a project by the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, which is currently closed for renovations, to display posters from past exhibitions in various locations.
The posters on display in Vol. 3 are from the Ito Yuichi animation exhibition "I.TOON CAFE" held in 2006. Yuichi Ito's most famous work is "Nyakki!"
When I ask people, "Did you watch Nyakki?" I notice that many of them smile and answer, "Of course I did!" They instantly recall the fun memories of watching Nyakki when they were young.
When I ask people, "Did you watch Nyakki?" I notice that many of them smile and answer, "Of course I did!" They instantly recall the fun memories of watching Nyakki when they were young.
This time, in addition to introducing the exhibition from that time, we will hold a fair with books related to animation. We will also be selling "All about Harbor Tale: The Tale of Harbor Tale" by Yuichi Ito, which comes with a DVD. What kind of encounters will the main character, Renga-kun, have and what will he discover?
(The Yuichi Ito fair will be expanded to Magazine Street on the first floor of Building 2 from July 26th to August 21st.)
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■ Yuichi Ito Talk Event
Saturday (Sat)
Talk event 14:00 - 14:40
Autograph session 14:40 - 15:00
Learn more
Talk event 14:00 - 14:40
Autograph session 14:40 - 15:00
Learn more
We have received a message from Yuichi Ito regarding the fair.
We are honored that our poster was selected for the "Ito Yuichi Animation Exhibition I.TOON CAFE."
It's hard to believe it was 16 years ago! There was a sofa and a palm tree at the entrance to the venue. The three-dimensional title on the wall had animated bubbles like a spotlight moving, which made me think, "What? Is this an art exhibition?" It was a fresh introduction. At the time, I was at the busiest period as a commercial animation director, so the offer from the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art was like a dream come true, and I think it was also a challenging project for the then chief curator, Takuo Komatsuzaki. I break out in a cold sweat remembering all the unreasonable requests, but thanks to the patient and cheerful support of the curator in charge, Yu Fujikawa, and many other staff members, it was realized, and the smiles of the many Hiroshima people who visited the venue remain as happy memories.
To explain what "I.TOON CAFE" is, "I.TOON" is the name of my animation studio. "CAFE" is an abbreviation of Contemporary Animation Factory Exhibition. For me, "animation" started with TV cartoons, but I have been participating in the "Hiroshima International Animation Festival" since 1990, and thanks to the opportunity to encounter so many new works and artists from around the world that I have forgotten how many times I have lost my sense of scales, Hiroshima has become my second home as a creator. During the workshop of Peter Lord of Aardman Animations (famous for "Shaun the Sheep"), who was visiting the festival, my image of clay as a dirty and nostalgic medium changed. I quit my job to go to the UK (lol), and when I returned, I started "Nyakki!". While struggling with unfamiliar clay, I continued to create with excitement every time, fusing new and old animation techniques, as if it were an experiment, and before I knew it, I had been broadcasting for 27 years.
Currently, I am based in Yokohama, where I grew up, and I am involved in animation education at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School, where I continue to explore the appeal of animation. By the way, at the end of the exhibition, there was a corner where you could create your own clay animation using the clay animation software "CLAYTOWN", and I was overwhelmed when an elementary school student who used to come to play there every day became a graduate student and came to my seminar.
Even though time has passed, I am still fascinated by stop-motion animation that interacts with materials that are in contact with the hands. I hope that you will take this opportunity to learn about "Harbor Tale," which I created in Yokohama over the course of five years.
It's hard to believe it was 16 years ago! There was a sofa and a palm tree at the entrance to the venue. The three-dimensional title on the wall had animated bubbles like a spotlight moving, which made me think, "What? Is this an art exhibition?" It was a fresh introduction. At the time, I was at the busiest period as a commercial animation director, so the offer from the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art was like a dream come true, and I think it was also a challenging project for the then chief curator, Takuo Komatsuzaki. I break out in a cold sweat remembering all the unreasonable requests, but thanks to the patient and cheerful support of the curator in charge, Yu Fujikawa, and many other staff members, it was realized, and the smiles of the many Hiroshima people who visited the venue remain as happy memories.
To explain what "I.TOON CAFE" is, "I.TOON" is the name of my animation studio. "CAFE" is an abbreviation of Contemporary Animation Factory Exhibition. For me, "animation" started with TV cartoons, but I have been participating in the "Hiroshima International Animation Festival" since 1990, and thanks to the opportunity to encounter so many new works and artists from around the world that I have forgotten how many times I have lost my sense of scales, Hiroshima has become my second home as a creator. During the workshop of Peter Lord of Aardman Animations (famous for "Shaun the Sheep"), who was visiting the festival, my image of clay as a dirty and nostalgic medium changed. I quit my job to go to the UK (lol), and when I returned, I started "Nyakki!". While struggling with unfamiliar clay, I continued to create with excitement every time, fusing new and old animation techniques, as if it were an experiment, and before I knew it, I had been broadcasting for 27 years.
Currently, I am based in Yokohama, where I grew up, and I am involved in animation education at the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School, where I continue to explore the appeal of animation. By the way, at the end of the exhibition, there was a corner where you could create your own clay animation using the clay animation software "CLAYTOWN", and I was overwhelmed when an elementary school student who used to come to play there every day became a graduate student and came to my seminar.
Even though time has passed, I am still fascinated by stop-motion animation that interacts with materials that are in contact with the hands. I hope that you will take this opportunity to learn about "Harbor Tale," which I created in Yokohama over the course of five years.
With gratitude to Hiroshima
Yuichi Ito
■ Profile
Yuichi Ito(Yuichi Ito)
Representative of I.TOON Ltd. Animation Director
Born in Tokyo in 1962. Graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts. After working in visual effects and computer video production, he founded I.TOON Ltd. in 1995. He is the company's representative. In 2007, he received the Yokohama Culture Award and the Culture and Arts Encouragement Award.His representative works include NHK Educational TV's "Nyakki!" (winner of the Excellence Award in the Animation Division at the 1st Japan Media Arts Festival organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs), "Mister Donut's Pon de Lion", the short film modeled on Yokohama, "Harbor Tale" (winner of the Best Animation Award and Audience Award at the Czech Republic's ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL), and "Garden Bear (official character of the National Urban Greening Yokohama Fair 2017)". He is a professor at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, and a director of the Association of Japanese Animations.
Director of ASIFA-JAPAN.
<Special Exhibition> Yuichi Ito Animation Exhibition I.TOON CAFE
This was the first solo exhibition to bring together all the works of animation artist Yuichi Ito, known as the creator of the popular NHK Educational TV pop-pop animation "Nyakki!", featuring a cute caterpillar character. In addition to "Nyakki!" and "Grasshopper Story," as well as video works such as TV commercials and promotional videos, the exhibition also featured recreations of the animation production process and filming sets, introducing the world of Yuichi Ito, who challenges the possibilities of expression.
Exhibition viewⓒY.ITO, NHK, NEP
Dates: Saturday, January 28, 2006 - Sunday, April 9, 2006
Venue: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Exhibition Room A
■ Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art's closed project
Somewhere? Genbi Poster
Project Overview
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is currently closed for renovations (scheduled to reopen in March 2023). During the museum's closure, posters from past exhibitions at Genbi are on display in various locations. You might come across these elaborate exhibition posters in the city, at cafes, restaurants, shops, and more that you just happen to pop into!
Project participating store map (google map)
■ Organizer
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The museum is currently closed for renovation work. Activities are conducted outside the museum during the closure. The museum is scheduled to reopen in March 2023. https://renovation2023.hiroshima-moca.jp/
Past "Somewhere? Genbi Poster Edition HIROSHIMA TSUTAYA BOOKS" can be found here
- period July 2 (Sat)- August 3 (Wed)
- place Building 2, 1F Art Slatwall
