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Immigration Museum Tokyo: Sento elegy, sentimental yatai: the fading face of Showa — Kent Dahl's Senju

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  • Visual Art / Media Art ,
  • Exhibition / Screening
Photo: Kent Dahl

Danish-born journalist and Senju resident Kent Dahl is exhibiting a vast amount of photographs he took during the 1990s to 2000s featuring the sento public baths, chimneys, corner shops and bustling bars of Senju. Senju is a town between times: in Dahl’s words, a place with “one foot in the past and one turned to the future”. This nine-day event will function as a journey through the time and space of the past, present and future, as visitors compare the scenes of times past as glimpsed through the viewfinder with today’s gradually-changing landscape. Organizers have taken a variety of approaches to exhibiting the photographs during the event. As well as an exhibition in an old Japanese house, there will be a mobile photography exhibition in yatai street stall form, for example.

Artist

Kent Dahl
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. When he first came to Japan in 1980 he went to Senju, and became resident there from 1986. He currently works as a journalist dispatching Asia stories to Denmark from his base in Japan.

Programs

Main photography exhibition
Sento elegy, sentimental yatai: the fading face of Showa — Kent Dahl’s Senju

Date/Time
Saturday, October 1 – Monday, October 3
Saturday, October 8 – Monday, October 10
Saturday, October 15 – Monday, October 17
Venue
NAKACHO House (29-1 Senju Nakacho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
Access
10 minutes walk from Kitasenju Station (West exit)
Admission
Free

[Talk Sessions]
(1)Saturday, October 1 14:00
Guests: Kent Dahl, Shigeaki Iwai
(2)Sunday, October 2 17:00
Guests: Fumihiko Sumitomo (Director of Arts Maebashi,
Associate professor of Tokyo University of the Arts)
Moderator: Sumiko Kumakura (Professor of Tokyo University of the Arts)
(3)Sunday, October 16 14:00
Guests: Kent Dahl (Journalist), Satoko Funahashi (Editor of Machizasshi-Senju)

*All sessions: Venue is NAKACHO House. Admission free.
Pre-registration recommended(first 20 people)

Photo yatai street stall

For three days during the exhibition’s run, a yatai street stall featuring some of the photographs will be pulled through the streets of Senju. This old-fashioned street stall-style “mobile photography exhibition” will provide local people with easy access to Dahl’s work.

Date/Time
Sunday, October 2
Sunday, October 9
Satureday, October 15
*Times and routes will be given on the official website. In the event of adverse weather, please check daily schedules on the Otomachi social networking sites (Facebook / Twitter).

[Retro photography session]
To be held concurrently with the photo yatai street stall event throughout Senju.
Assistants will take your picture for free against a backdrop of Senju’s retro Showa-era streets. Anyone with Instagram on their phones can take part. Please let photo yatai street stall assistants know if you would like your photo taken.

Venue: Photo yatai street stall route around the Senju area
Admission: Free

Additional exhibition venues

Some pieces from the main exhibition will be shown in a large and much loved old coffee shop in front of Kita Senju station, as well as in a bustling hostel popular with foreign travelers.

Sun Roser coffee shop
Date/Time: Saturday, October 1 – Monday, October 17
During business hours (8:00-21:30 on Friday-Thursday, 8:00-22:30 on Friday-Sunday)
Venue: Sun Roser (3-2 Senju Asahicho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
Access: in front of Kitasenju Station east exit

Emblem Hostel Nishiarai
Date/Time: Saturday, October 1 – Monday, October 17
During business hours (11:30-23:00)
Venue: Emblem Hostel Nishiarai (3-33-6 Umejima, Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
Access: 1 minute walk from TOKYO SKYTREE Line Nishiarai Station east exit

Related program: Showa Songs Party — Club event with American DJ

To coincide with the photography exhibition opening, DJs Dandy and Marie Kimishima will be spinning old-time songs of Showa, recently enjoying great popularity among young Japanese and foreigners. This event at a huge coffee shop outside Kita Senju Station offers you the chance to enjoy familiar music for generations as well as photography.

Date/Time
Saturday, October 1 2016, 19:00-22:00
Venue
Sun Roser coffee shop (3-2 Senju Asahicho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo)
Performers
DJ Dandy, DJ Marie Kimishima
Admission
Free
*Food is not included
Capacity
5o
*Pre-registration recommended
How to reserve
Website: please fill this form.
TEL: 03-6806-1740 (13:00 – 18:00 except Tuesday and Thursday)
E-mail：info@aaa-senju.com
Send an E-mail with the subject line “IMM photo talk session (1)-(3)” or “Showa Songs Party” to the address above, including your name, your phone number, and the number of participants.

*Please ensure that you can receive emails from info@aaa-senju.com.
*Your personal information will only be used in connection with providing details for this event.
*No parking. Please use public transportation.

Contact

Art Access Adachi: Downtown Senju-Connecting through Sound Art Office
Contact Form: Please contact via the contact form on the official website.
TEL: 03-6806-1740 (13:00 – 18:00 except Tuesday and Thursday)
E-Mail: info@aaa-senju.com

Period

Saturday, October 1 - Monday, October 3, Saturday, October 8 - Monday, October 10, Saturday, October 15 - Monday, October 17 2016

Venues

NAKACHO House (29-1 Senju Nakacho, Adachi-ku, Tokyo) etc.

Credit

Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Music, OTOMACHI PROJECT(NPO), Adachi City