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)

Guardian Guide Saturday 11 February - Friday 17 February
Exhibitions: Pick of the Week

Museum Show: Part Two Arnolfini, Bristol
Off the wall things happen when artists make their own museums: from museums of danger, to humankind and non-participation.

David Blandy Exeter Phoenix
Brilliantly fusing his passion for hip-hop culture, manga cartoons and kung fu, Blandy's fashioned an army of revealing alter-egos over the years. His new arcade game pits them against one another.

James Iverson Outpost Gallery
The young artist's deliciously-hued abstract canvasses explore painting's seductive power and libidinal charge.

Come to a film Screening of Barefoot Gen and Akira at Exeter Phoenix this Thursday 9 Feb, 6 & 8pm 
Anime classics that have influenced Blandy's work

Exeter Phoenix 
Bradninch Place Gandy Street
Exeter EX4 3LS

As part of Animated Exeter Feb 11th-19th
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
www. animatedexeter.co.uk

Talk and Screening  Thursday 16th February, 18:45
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    

Image: A new incarnation of the 'Crossroads' shack being built in the gallery space at Kiasma. 

To see the film 'Crossroads', which will be screening alongside the shack, click here:  www.vimeo.com/12643165

The exhibition artists: Adel Abidin (Finland), Petri Ala-Maunus (Finland), Eduardo Balanza (Spain), David Blandy (UK), Candice Breitz (South Africa), Susanne Bürner (Germany), Graham Dolphin (UK), Rose Eken (Denmark), Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard (UK), Fabien Giraud (France), Jenni Hiltunen (Finland), Jani Hänninen (Finland), Katarzyna Kozyra (Poland), Petra Lindholm (Finland), Liisa Lounila (Finland), Sophie MacCorquodale (UK), Maria Stereo (Finland), Rauha Mäkilä (Finland), Kalle Nieminen (Finland), Anneli Nygren (Finland), Pink Twins (Finland), Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Bojan Sarcevic (Serbia) and Terhi Ylimäinen (Finland).