New 5-part lecture series by Miro Ito begins on 6th Aug 2023 at the Nara Historical Park
Ancient Nara — A Tale of Three Cities:Asuka-kyō/Fujiwara-kyō/Heijo-kyō This new 5-part lecture series by Miro Ito begins on 6th Aug 2023 at the Nara Historical Park’s Mitsuki-kan Hall: Ancient Nara: Tales of three cities （Asuka-kyō/Fujiwara-kyō/Heijo-kyō） Lecture in Japanese with cinepoetry screenings pertaining to Ancient Nara. To register, please follow the link below: https://www.suzakumon-heijokyo.com/news/16948/ The first 50 people that register will receive an intricate bamboo pop-up card of a Kentōshi-ship*. *.ships that the Japanese envoys to Tang China sailed on Complete…
Miro Ito film shown at Sense for Beauty Across Two Countries exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum (Sept-Dec 2022)
Miro Ito film screened at Sense for Beauty Across Two Countries exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum from Sept. to Dec. 2022 Miro Ito & Media Art League created a 33 min-long film: Nara, Japan’s first imperial capital and the eastern terminus of the Silk Road – a cultural corridor to 1400 years of spiritual tradition, commissioned by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs for the cluster project: Ikasu-Nara Regional Council in Spring 2021. This film is now being presented at the…
Launching Japan Authentic Heritage Initiative— Weaving Japan’s 1400-years of cultural legacy into a tapestry for the future
Launching Japan Authentic Heritage Initiative— Weaving Japan’s 1400-years of cultural legacy into a tapestry for the future The main objective of our new initiative is to ascertain how we can enable Japanese culture that has benefitted from the countries along the Silk Road, throughout its 1400-year history, to in turn contribute to the future of the world. Our initiative aims to establish an art foundation in the medium term while creating our own media = art + message, recruiting likeminded individuals…
ONLINE Presentation: New short film premiering 30th – 31st Jan (in Japan) at the Nara Otateyama Festival
ONLINE Presentation: New short film premiering 30th – 31st Jan (in Japan) at the Nara Otateyama Festival Miro Ito’s new short film can now viewed online: Japanese National Treasures from the Tenpyo to the Kamakura Era: The Four Heavenly Kings – Magnificent Figures Epitomising Valour at the Todai-ji, Toshodai-ji, Daian-ji and Kofuku-ji Temples in Nara As an integral component of the Four Heavenly Kings Symposium at The Nara Otateyama Festival, this short film is now viewable at the below URL (only in Japanese language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bP_Cvo8KKw (Miro Ito’s film (and…
Our exhibition “Road of Light and Hope” commemorates 120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru in Lima (5-28 Nov. 2019)
From the 5th November 2019, our globally touring “Road of Light and Hope” launches in Lima, Peru to commemorate 120 years of Japanese immigration to Peru. It is the 12th venue in the 10th country! The opening ceremony will commence at 7:00 PM at Asociación Peruano Japonesa and Miro Ito will speak about the ideals of co-existence and co-prosperity that are valid more than ever: transcending race, colour and creed. Reference will be made to how ancient Eurasian wisdom arrived…
Miro Ito’s joining Nara Silk Roads Symposium as a panelist, Heijo Palace, 19th October 2019
Nara Prefecture is hosting the 2019 Nara Silk Roads Symposium on Sat. 19th October, co-organized by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs as well as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. As a panelist, Miro Ito is joining this symposium whose key note speakers are invited from the Byzantine and Christian museum in Athens; Father Periandros Epitropakis, Director of Exhibition, Communication and Education as well as Ms. Effie Meramveliotaki, Curator of East Asian Collection, followed by…
Miro Ito speaks on “Hellenistic culture and Nara” at Tokyo’s Nara Mahoroba kan on 13 October 2019
As a guest lecturer Miro Ito is invited to speak on “Hellenistic culture and Nara – on occasion of the Annual Shosoin Exhibition” at Nara Mahoroba kan, Tokyo on 13th October 2019. Address: 1 Chome 6−2 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (+81 3-3516-3931) Talk time: 11:00 – 12:30 & 13:30 -15:00 Language: Japanese (admission Free) Advance reservation required: https://www.mahoroba-kan.jp/course.html
“Road of Light and Hope” arrives in Africa with Bardo Museum in Tunis on Sept. 21 2019
Our globally touring exhibition, Road of Light and Hope (La Route de la Lumière et l’ Espoir) now arrives on the African continent, with the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, as the 10th venue in the 8th country! To commemorate 50-years of the Japanese Embassy in Tunisia, it will start on 21st September 2019. Presenting 50 scroll format photographs (by Miro Ito), of select 8th century sculptures owned by the Tōdai-ji Temple and of 4 ancient masks of Tunisia and Greece, Road…
“Edo/Tokyo — Seen through it Edifices” participated in the Chicago Japan Fest, 16 June 2019
On behalf of Japan Camera Industry Institute, Media Art League, as a co-organizer, presented the compact version of our last exhibition: “Edo/Tokyo — Seen through its Edifices” at the Chicago Cultural Center on occasion of the Japan Festival Chicago, 16th June 2019. This event was hosted by the Chicago Japanese American Council and the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago). http://japanfest-chicago.org/special-galleries/photo-exhibition-edo-tokyo-seen-through-its-edifices/