Our artistic interests here at Atelier Furusato have a wide range from working with washi paper for wearable sculptures to intercultural case studies on how we construct our private memories in different societies. For Anita analogue photography remains a big value as she learned this craft early on. The focus in Manuel’s artistic research mainly relates to his doctoral thesis on the influence of Western art on the creation of Japanese cultural identity.
私たちの芸術的関心は、和紙を使った身につけられる彫刻から、異なる社会で私的な記憶をどのよう
に構築するかという異文化間のケーススタディまで、多岐にわたります。アニタは、アナログ写真を
早くから学んできたため、アナログ写真には大きな価値があります。マニュエルの芸術的研究は、
主に日本文化のアイデンティティーの創造における西洋美術の影響に関する博士論文に関連している。
PhotoArchive
写真デポ
We collect and compare historical photographs from private sources, mainly from Europe and Japan.
Darkroom
暗室
In collaboration with Shiro Oni Artist Residency, we may start to host analog photography workshops this year.
We rebuild our traditional townhouse in Onishi, Gunma, and learn some traditional Japanese carpentry techniques.