Reflections

Australian Artists Living in Tokyo

by Sachiko Tamai


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 30/04/2019

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 112
ISBN : 9781504317573

About the Book

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Tokyo served as a host city for a vital community of Australian artists, many of whom worked in the Australia Council’s Artist-in-Residence Studio, which opened in 1987. Upon that studio’s closure in 2016, Sachiko Tamai and Emiko Namikawa, who had served as managers and consultants at the time, realized it held an important history that should be preserved. Reflections: Australian Artists Living in Tokyo presents a series of essays by artists, curators, and organisers involved in international art exchanges between Australia and Japan. It documents the history of more than three decades and includes contributions by contemporary Australian artists who lived in Japan between the 1980s and the opening of the twenty-first century, such as Stelarc, Caroline Turner, Emiko Namikawa, Noelene Lucas, Anna Waldmann, and many others. This timely and culturally relevant collection documents those artistic exchanges between Australia and Japan through the voices of those involved, including artists and curators.


About the Author

Sachiko Tamai was born in Tokyo. She has worked as an announcer and translator for the Japanese Section of Radio Australia (Melbourne) and has freelanced for the Australian Tourist Commission and Australian Meat Board, among others. She was previously the senior cultural officer of the Australian Embassy, Tokyo. Now retired, she serves as a volunteer art coordinator. She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1999 for developing cultural links between Australia and Japan.