Enjoy arts and movies that are held in Shibuya while staying at home

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Cultural facilities such as museums and movie theaters that are temporarily closed and closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Originally, it is time to start new exhibitions and new works in GW from spring, but unfortunately it is difficult to watch art and movies at the facility. Therefore, I will introduce some video contents and websites where you can enjoy the exhibitions and movies that were suspended or postponed in Shibuya while staying at home.

｜ Check the easy-to-understand explanation video by the curator in charge!

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the suspension of the "History of Early Photographs of Japan: Shooting the Meiji Bakumatsu Meiji" exhibition (originally scheduled: 2020.3.3-5.24) will be distributed as a YouTube video with an explanation by the curator. are doing.

The exhibition, which unravels the photography culture of the Kanto region during the Meiji Era of the Bakumatsu period, consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the history and photography techniques of photography originating in Europe until it spread in Japan, and Chapter 2 introduces the activities of photographers and photographers who have visited the Kanto region. The final chapter provides a bird's eye view of Japan's early photography history, including photographs taken in Japan by photographer Elipharet Brown Jr. who accompanied Perry. In the YouTube video, you can listen to the polite exhibition commentary for each chapter with seven video contents from 001 to 007.

● History of Early Photographs in Japan Kanto Hen
https://topmuseum.jp/contents/exhibition/index-3453.html

● Commentary Video 002　 https://youtu.be/vW3sOYIdFtI
● Commentary Video 003　 https://youtu.be/lDaSp69To-o
● Commentary Video 004　 https://youtu.be/BhNga7AI3XU
● Commentary Video 005　 https://youtu.be/iTMHkdVqNGw
● Commentary Video 006　 https://youtu.be/YegyCuFyew0
● Commentary Video 007　 https://youtu.be/oCm4mM-Ral8

｜ Check the video on the museum website!

"Internet Museum," an information site for museums and museums operated by Danseisha (https://www.museum.or.jp/) Also has a lot of videos, so I recommend it. "Ippin, Beppin, exquisite! -Paintings by Utamaro, Hokusai, Ukiyoe artists" at the Shoto Museum, which was suspended and postponed in Shibuya, and "Yoshiki Tsukioka Blood and Bewitching" at the Ota Memorial Museum. Can be seen at.

In particular, the exhibition at the Shibuya Shoto Museum focuses not on prints in Ukiyo-e, but on "Nikubuki Ukiyo-e," created by the Ukiyo-e artists with their individual brushes. In addition to newly discovered and rediscovered works such as Utamaro and Hokusai, it is a valuable project that introduces about 80 works including important cultural assets and important works of art.

● Shoto Museum “Ippin, Beppin, exquisite! -Paintings by Utamaro, Hokusai, and Ukiyo-e artists”
https://www.museum.or.jp/modules/topics/index.php?action=view&id=1297

● Ota Memorial Museum's “Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Blood and Bewitching” coverage report
https://www.museum.or.jp/modules/topics/index.php?action=view&id=1296

｜ Watch movies in the mini theater from home!

At the mini theater "Uplink" in Shibuya, which is closed, the online movie theater "UPLINK Cloud (https://www.uplink.co.jp/cloud/) ”To deliver movie works. A campaign is being held that allows 60 movie works distributed in the past to be viewed as much as you want. There are many high-quality documentary works such as those related to the global environment, nuclear power, and art that you can't find anywhere else, so it's not a bad idea to take a dip in your social work at home. The price is 2,980 yen for 3 months.

● 60 unlimited viewing campaigns List of distribution works
https://note.com/uplink_jp/n/n26233be24e4b

On this site, not only past works but also "Khodorovsky's psychomagic" (4 / 24-5 / 25), which is a compilation of director Alejandro Jodorowsky's postponement due to the influence of the new corona, and 100,000 against racism A music documentary "White Surrender" (4 / 17-5 / 15) that follows people's demonstration process and music festival "Rock Against Racism" will also be screened online.

▲ © SATORI FILMS FRANCE 2019 © Pascal Montandon-Jodorowsky

In particular, for "Khodorovsky's Psycho Magic", a paid online distribution with "donation" will be implemented, and an attempt will be made to evenly distribute the sales to movie theaters nationwide. The price is "Khodorovsky's Psycho Magic" normal plan = 1900 yen, donation plan = 2500 yen, "White Riot" = 1100 yen. In both cases, the stream time is up to 72 hours.

● Movie "White Riot"
http://whiteriot-movie.com/

● Movie "Phodorovsky's Psycho Magic"
https://www.uplink.co.jp/psychomagic/

In addition, the latest work "Spirit 0 ZERO" directed by Kazuhiro Soda, which was scheduled to be shown at the Shibuya Theater Image Forum, will be shown online as a "temporary movie theater" from May 2nd. Speaking of director Soda, a documentary film "Election" that follows the appearance of a classmate who runs in the by-election of the Kawasaki city council, and "Spirit" to stare at various patients gathering at the outpatient psychiatric clinic "Collar Okayama" A director who specializes in observation movies with no narration or BGM. The theme of the new work "Spirit 0" is "retired" by Masachi Yamamoto, a psychiatrist who is one of the protagonists of "Spirit" (2008), which was highly acclaimed at the Berlin International Film Festival. Dr. Yamamoto, who has earned the enormous trust of his patients, retires at the age of 82, but the patients who have long lived for him for many years are confused. What was waiting for Dr. Yamamoto after retirement? Online delivery fee is 1800 yen. Streaming time is within 24 hours.

● Temporary movie theater
http://www.temporary-cinema.jp/seishin0/

● Movie "Spirit 0"
http://www.imageforum.co.jp/theatre/movies/3362/

Many people should not go out and have enough time. Why don't you use it meaningfully as a time to deepen your knowledge, insight, thinking power, personality, and life by touching high-quality culture such as art, watching movies, and reading?