Eye Opener Discussion
Wed 22 Feb, 1.30pm. FREE
. Join in with an informal discussion about the exhibition in the gallery

'David Blandy - Passage of the Soul'
Exeter Phoenix 
Bradninch Place Gandy Street
Exeter EX4 3LS

www.exeterphoenix.org.uk

'Confessions of an Otaku', David Blandy in conversation with Japanese manga artist Inko
Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street 
W1G 7LP London
www.asiahouse.co.uk

Video artist David Blandy unravels his obsession with Chinese and Japanese popular culture. From philosophical conversations with Bruce Lee to the quandary caused by loving Anime and being the grandson of a veteran of the Japanese concentration camps, Blandy will discuss the misrecognitions, mistranslations and revelations in Kung-Fu flicks, Manga and computer games. 

Blandy uses video, performance and comics to address how identity is constructed, investigating our relationship to the mass media and cultural heritage. 

Blandy won the Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough Award in 2010. Inko was born in Kyoto, Japan, and has been working as a Manga artist, and as a culture and language ambassador with SOAS. 

Book online: http://confessionsofanotaku.eventbrite.com 

£10 / £8 concessions  Asia House Friends £6    (Includes free wine)