As part of the dv_vd series, Dazibao and Vidéographe are pleased to dedicate an online screening to Place M, a Tokyo art gallery dedicated to photography. In 2019, Place M added a film component to its activities and, in March 2021, held its second online film festival in which Vidéographe participated.
The idea of this collaboration with Place M began in 2016 when Montreal videographer Guillaume Vallée and Yuka Sato (Place M) met at the EXiS Festival in Seoul. In 2018 the collaboration took shape as a cross-curation between Vidéographe and Place M. Julie Tremble of Vidéographe and Guillaume Vallée put together two programs (Shorts 1 and Shorts 2) from Vidéographe’s collection, which were presented at Place M Festival in 2021. Yuka Sato, for her part, was invited to curate the program for this last dv_vd evening of the season.
Crossing Boundaries Between Photo and Film brings together the work of five of the most dynamic contemporary photographers, filmmakers, and artists of our time: Osamu Kanemura, Shigeo Arikawa, Yuka Sato, Shinya Isobe, and Mami Kosemura. This selection aims to explore both the possibilities of photography and film as well as the creation of innovative expressions at their intersection. Through these artists’ masterpieces, we hope you will enjoy this online exclusive program.
Program Director: Yuka Sato
