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Saturday,
October 18th, 2009
Hello there!
Thanks for visiting my web!
How are you all?
I’m fine in Belgium after traveling in 3 countries, Germany,
Czech, and Switzerland, this month!
Well, I’m having a solo show in Cheb, Czech Republic now, and
I was so happy to have the opening reception which was nicely held
on October 5th. I would like to say great thanks to Mr. Zbynek
Illek, the director of Gallery 4. Also,
many thanks to the gallery staff - Hana, Janila,
Petra, Pavlina, Alenka
who helped my show.
Also, thanks a lot to Erwin Staeheli and Evelyne
Staeheli from Basel, Switzerland, who visited my opening.
And also, many thanks to Viktor Fischer and Alena
Dvoráková from Prague, and many thanks to Mr.
Pitor Borkowski and his wife from Wloclaw, Poland
as well. And, yes,I would like to say THANK YOU to
the people in Cheb, who visited the show and the opening!! It was
really great to meet and talk with the wonderful locals of the town!!
I will report about the show with "snap shots" next time
in the Web NEWS. So, please look forward to it!
Well, if you haven’t visited the current show in the Czech Republic,
here is the info of the show for YOU;
* * “Dreamtime” exhibition
by REIKO IMOTO
Dates: until October
31st (Saturday)
Place: Galerie 4, galerie fotografie
Kamenná 2
350 22 Cheb
Czech Republic
Tel./Fax: +420
354 422 838
E-mail: galerie4@galerie4.cz
Website: http://www.galerie4.cz/en/node/302
Gallery Hours:
Tue – Fri; 10:00 – 18:00
Sat. 11:00 – 17:00
Sundays and Mondays are closed.
* Galerie 4 is a Czech’s state gallery for
photography in Cheb. The city is located near the border between the
country and Germany, and the gallery is located in the old part of
Cheb where the area was built in the 12th century. Galerie
4 was established in 1985, and it is the largest photo gallery
in the Czech Republic, holding 4 rooms for exhibitions inside. 10
to 12 shows of national and international photographers are usually
held in the gallery every year.
* The “Dreamtime” exhibition contains
3 photo series of my works; “Time Traveler’s Diary”,
“Dreams of the Amnesiac”, and “Dreamscapes”.
This is my first time to have an exhibition in the Czech Republic
and also to have these 3 series together! Please visit the show if
you live in Czech or you are planning to travel the country this month.
Thanks!
The next NEWS is a “photo report”
of my last show at “Kobe Watakushi Bijutsukan”
(Kobe Private Museum) in Japan, which was held from
July 1st to Sept 25th , 2009. Please enjoy the report!
Click the image below to view (26 pics);
Autumn is my favourite season, and walking into nature is one of the
best things to do this season, isn’t it? This month after visiting
the Czech Republic, I visited friends in Switzerland and walked into
a hilly forest. On the way over the hill, I heard the most beautiful
music with many tones of bell sounds from nowhere, and soon I found
out that the music came from lots of cows! Walking cows with "cow
bells" made such wonderful music which sounded like “gamelans”
from Indonesia. I guess that I’m a “city person”,
who has never heard or seen something like that before in nature.
Anyway, it was a really meditative and memorable experience with cow
bells… In the evening, I have also saw 4 bambies (baby deers)
running in one line, crossing in front of our way. It was so sudden
and fast, but I was so excited to experience the surprising moment!
Hope that YOU
have a good season in your city.
I’m going to visit Cheb (Czech) again at the beginning of November…
I hope it’s not too cold there yet!
Eat well, walk well and sleep well! Take care, to you all :)
See you soon!
Best wishes,
Reiko
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Hello there!
Thanks for visiting my web!
How are you all? How was your holiday? I’m back in Belgium now
and I’m fine, thanks. Well, the calendar season is already autumn
now!
I had a great summer in Japan in July, having a show in my hometown
and meeting lots of people there! Thanks a lot to everyone who came
to my show. I could meet old friends from my high school and a teacher
from my junior high school… they all came to my show and it
was wonderful for me!
Thanks so much to Mr. Tohru Miura and Mrs. Hideko
Miura of Kobe Watakushi Bijutsukan (KobePrivate
Museum), who have been helping the show and looked after me and the
visitors so well everyday!!
This exhibition is still open until September 25th, so please don’t
miss it.
Here are the details of the show;
* * “The World of REIKO IMOTO”
exhibition
Dates: until Sept.
25th (Fri)
Place: Kobe
Watakushi Bijutsukan (Kobe Private Art Museum)
Address: 2-7-5, Nishi Maruyama-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, 653-0874 Japan
The nearest station: Maruyama station (Kobe Dentetsu - Arima Line)
Phone/Fax: 078
621 0366
Map (in Japanese): http://www.wa-nokai.com/hyogo.html
Museum Hours:
10 am – 5 pm with an appointment to visit.
Website of Watakushi
Bijutsukan (Private Museums) in Japan (in Japanese): http://www.wa-nokai.com/activity1.html
* Kobe Watakushi Bijutsukan is a private art museum,
which is in a traditional Japanese house of the art collector -Mr.
Tohru Miura, and his wife, Mrs. Hideko Miura.
* The museum organizes 4 exhibits every year, and “The
World of REIKO IMOTO” exhibition has been selected
to be organized for this special year; “the 10th anniversary”
of the museum.
* Please call the museum to make an appointment at
least a day before your visit. Thank you!
In this show,
I’m showing selected photographs from my series of works, including
“Dreamscapes” and “Dreams
of the Amnesiac” in frames, and also tiny print portfolios
from other series, including “Time Traveler’s
Diary”, “Another’s Hand”,
and a new photo collage series about
flying!
Please come to
visit the show if you are in Kobe or around the city this September!
Thanks.
The next NEWS is…
My upcoming show is coming in Cheb, Czech Republic
in October!
Here are the details of the show;
* * “Dreamtime”
exhibition by REIKO IMOTO
Dates: October 2nd – November 2nd
Opening Reception: October 2nd, from 6pm
Place: Galerie
4, galerie fotografie
Kamenná 2
350 22 Cheb
Czech Republic
Tel./Fax: +420 354 422 838
E-mail: galerie4@galerie4.cz
Website: http://www.galerie4.cz/en/exhibition/reiko-imoto
Gallery Hours: Tue – Fri; 10:00 – 18:00
Sat. 11:00 – 17:00
Sundays and Mondays are closed.
* Galerie 4 is a Czech’s state gallery
for photography in Cheb. The city is located near the border between
the country and Germany, and the gallery is located in the old part
of Cheb where the area was built in the 12th century. Galerie
4 was established in 1985, and it is the largest photo gallery
in the Czech Republic, holding 4 rooms for exhibitions inside. 10
to 12 shows of national and international photographers are usually
held in the gallery every year.
* The “Dreamtime”
exhibition is going to contain 3 photo series of my works; “Time
Traveler’s Diary”, “Dreams of the
Amnesiac”, and “Dreamscapes”.
I’m excited to think about the show and the trip to the Czech
Republic! I must try to learn some Czech language as well. Let’s
see...!
Please visit the show if you live in Czech or you are planning to
travel the country this autumn! Thanks, I Look forward to seeing YOU
all!
Well, I moved around the world a lot this summer… went to Japan
in July for my show in Kobe and went to Hokkaido (which is the most
north prefecture in Japan) to see my friend there. From Sapporo to
Otaru in Hokkaido where I visited has wonderful landscape with the
sea and mountains. The weather was cool and all the food in Hokkaido
was so fresh and so good! I loved the trip.
I came back to Belgium in August, but soon after it, I traveled to
east part of Germany. (You know, Germany is just next door of Belgium,
so it was pretty easy to visit there more than visiting my home country
;) Anyway, I’m looking forward to stopping in Germany on the
way to Czech Republic in October. Weimar in Germany is the city I
always stop on the way to Eastern European countries. (Weimar had
so many musicians, artists, and literary people in history. It’s
so interesting to feel the air of artistic spirits in the city.) Of
course, I’m mostly excited to visit Cheb in the Czech Republic
to have a show and to meet people there soon! It will be my first
show in the country, and the first experience is always memorable,
isn’t it?
Looking forward to it!
Ok, I hope you all are well and have a nice season in your city!
Hope to see YOU
soon!!
Best wishes,
Reiko
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
Hello
there!
Thanks for visiting my web!
How are you all?
I’m well and I’m back here! Yes, it’s already the
beginning of summer here in
Belgium! How is it in your city?
I had a great time in Tokyo with lots of cherry blossom
in April… and it was great to see everybody in Japan. It’s
too many to name… but, thanks a lot to everyone who I met there!
Hope to see you all soon!
In May, I visited Hanamaki and Tohno
in Iwate prefecture, North Japan. It was so nice
to see the beautiful countryside of this prefecture… and it
was a real pleasure to visit many places and museums in Hanamaki
where I could see works of Kenji Miyazawa (my very
favourite Japanese author!).
I was also so
impressed by the people in Iwate prefecture, they
are so kind and relaxed… I loved the peaceful atmosphere of
the places… Hope to go back there someday! Well, I am actually
going to go back to Japan soon again…
Alright, here is the first NEWS !
*
My solo show is planned to be held in Kobe,
Japan from this summer until early autumn! The information
for the show is below;
* * “The
World of REIKO IMOTO” exhibition
Dates: July. 1st (Wed) - Sept. 25th (Fri)
Place: Kobe Watakushi Bijutsukan (Kobe Private Art
Museum)
Address: 2-7-5, Nishi Maruyama-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, 653-0874 Japan
The nearest station: Maruyama station (Kobe Dentetsu
- Arima Line)
Phone/Fax: 078 621 0366
Map (in Japanese): http://www.wa-nokai.com/hyogo.html
Museum Hours: 10 am – 5 pm with an appointment
to visit.
Website of Watakushi Bijutsukan
(Private Museums) in Japan (in Japanese): http://www.wa-nokai.com/activity1.html
* Kobe Watakushi Bijutsukan is a private art museum, which
is a traditional Japanese house of the art collector -Mr. Tohru
Miura, and his wife, Mrs. Hideko Miura.
* The museum organizes
4 exhibits every year, and “The World of REIKO IMOTO”
exhibition has been selected to be organized for this special year;
“the 10th anniversary” of the museum.
* Please
call the museum to make an appointment at
least a day before your visit. Thank you!
In this show, I’m going to show selected photographs from my
series of works, including “Dreamscapes”
and “Dreams of the Amnesiac” in frames,
and also tiny print portfolios from other series, including “Time
Traveler’s Diary” and “Another’s
Hand” and a new photo collage series
about flying!
Please visit the show if you are in and around Kobe between July and
September. Thanks! I’m excited to have my first show in my home
town, Kobe soon! Hope to see some of YOU there!
The next NEWS is…
* * Another solo show will be held in Czech
Republic from early October until early November. The details
of the show will be posted later!
Ok, that’s all for the moment…
I hope that you all are well and doing well!
Have a great summer soon!
(or, have a great winter soon if you live in the southern hemisphere
;)
Take care and see YOU then!
Best wishes,
Reiko
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Hello
there!
Thanks for visiting my web!
It’s
already “spring” on the calendar! How are you all? Belgian
weather is getting milder nowadays. How is your city now?
OK, I have finally updated the “photo reports”
from my last solo shows which were held in Provence, south France
until last December. The first report is about the “Time
Traveler’s Diary” show at Galerie Pfriem
in Lacoste… well, before starting it, I would like
to say “Thanks a lot” to the following people who supported
the show; Laurie Farrell (Savannah College
of Art and Design, Executive Director of Exhibitions), Mary
Scarvalone (SCAD-Lacoste Director), Laetitia
Martin (Gallery Pfriem, Cordinator), the
professors and staff (SCAD-Lacoste). Thanks so much
also to everybody who visited the show, and thanks a lot to the students
who attended my lecture with slide shows as well!
I really appreciate all of you!
“Time Traveler’s Diary” show at
Galeria Pfriem in Lacoste, France. (Sept. 10th –
Dec.20th, 2009). Please click the image below ! (16 pics.);
Alright, the next report is about my “Dreaming Spirals”
show at Atelier d’art Fernand Bourgeois in
Apt. First of all, I would like to say “Thanks a lot”
to the following people and institutes who supported the show; Audrey
Enjalbert (Gallery Director), Mairie d’Apt
(Service des affaires culturelles), SCAD-Lacoste,
Erwin Staeheli, Yves Muller, and
also Motoyuki Kubo and Yumiko Kubo
(The PRINTS). Thanks so much also for everyone who
visited the show and who attended my lectures / workshops! Big thanks
to the teachers and students of the “Classe de 1st littéraire
du lycée d’Apt” – (all of the students
created really wonderful triptych / diptych photo art!!) Thanks also
to the lovely children at the primary school in Apt and “Centre
Social Maisen Berhomme” as well!! Everyone made excellent
works of art!
“Dreaming Spirals” show at Atelier
d’art Fernand Bourgeois in Apt, France (Nov. 7th –
Dec. 20th, 2009) Please click the image below ! (34 pics.);
In April, there will be a photo show “Longing for Buenos
Aires” by Erwin Staeheli (from Switzerland)
at Gallery Tosei in Tokyo, Japan. I will participate
as a translator in a Talk Show (Erwin Staeheli
with Satoru Watanabe) at the Gallery. The details
are here; http://www.tosei-sha.jp/
The show will be a great one for sure, so please come to visit it!
Well, we have quite a lot of sunshine in Belgium nowadays, and spring
seems to have already arrived here! Yah, it feels nice to take pictures
outside in the milder temperature… I have been taking a lot
of pictures outside this month, and I’m looking forward to taking
pictures of cherry blossoms around Mt. Fuji in April, and I will make
sure to eat some "Soba" and "Tempura" in Tokyo.
I’m excited.
Ok, looking forward
to seeing you all soon!
Take care, and have a nice spring time!!
Best wishes,
Reiko
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Thursday,
February 5th, 2009
Hello there!
Thanks for visiting my web!
How are you all? I'm well and
I have been working on my projects well this winter!
Well, I haven't updated my "photo reports"
from my solo shows in France yet, but I will do it bit by bit later
on :) Let's see!
Here is NEWS!
Recently, I wrote a photo review in a photographer's new book, “PONTE
25 DE ABRIL” by SAYURI NAITO.
Her book was completed and published last month, and the brand-new
book was sent to me by Sayuri Naito herself! What
a beautiful cover image the book has! I feel so honored that I could
participate in this wonderful publication as a reviewer of her photography.
Thanks a lot to Sayuri!
Please check out the details of this book in my web's "Link"
page. I wrote the info of “PONTE
25 DE ABRIL by SAYURI NAITO" in the
"RECOMMENDATION" section on the
"Links"
page.
Please take care,
and See YOU all soon!
Best wishes,
Reiko
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Happy New Year
to you all!
Thanks a lot for your support and kindness last year!! Thanks so much
to those of you who visited my show(s)! Thanks to those of you who
have been visiting my web so often!!
I really appreciate all of you!! I hope to see YOU all soon this year!
New Year in Belgium
is freezing cold, but luckily I haven't caught a cold for almost 4
years. So, I'm well and working on some projects at home this winter.
This year, I'm palnning to visit Japan / Asia quite often after this
winter for my shows and some projects and events. I'm looking forward
to the trips! I will update the details / dates whenever they come
up more clearly in spring. Before that, I hope to update some "photo
reports" about 2 of my shows which were held until last December
in the south of France (Provence).... Oh, I miss Provence! The blue
sky, the landscapes, the warm weather, and the wonderful people....
The photo in my new year card below was taken in Lacoste in Provence
last autumn. Please enjoy!
Have a great holiday season! Please take care and keep warm.
Looking forward to seeing YOU soon!!
R .
