Known for her photos and video works, artist Miwa Yanagi is the producer of the "Cafe Rottenmeier", which is open to the public in the weekends and on public holidays. Inspired by Clara's strict housekeeper from "Heidi, Girl of the Alps", all the waiters/dancers of the "Cafe Rottenmeier" are "granny maids"! They have been selected through an open recruitment process seeking people who "see themselves as grannies". The last week they will even perform the "Cafe Rottenmeier" theatre piece directed by Miwa Yanagi herself! Who knows what we are to expect...
Artist
Miwa Yanagi
Visual artist, Kyoto City University of Arts graduate. Yanagi is widely known for the "My Grandmothers" series visualizing the self-perceived notions of several young women when asked to imagine what type of woman they themselves might become fifty years later, "Granddaughters", a video work in which elderly women talk about the memories of their grandmothers, and "Fairy Tale", a photo and video installation thematizing stories featuring young and old women. In 2009 she was the representative artist of the Japan pavilion for the 53rd Venice Biennale. In spring 2010 she wrote the scenario and directed the "Sakura cha-kai" at the Kyoto Arts Center.
Free Admission. 1 drink order required.
Dates: Oct 30/31(Sat/Sun), Nov 6/7(Sat/Sun), Nov 13/14(Sat/Sun), Nov 20/21(Sat/Sun), Nov 23(Wed, Holiday), Nov 27/28(Sat/Sun),
Opening hours: 12:00 - 22:00
In front of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku
Ikebukuro Station on JR Line, Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo Line, and Seibu Ikebukuro Line.
2-minutes walk from Ikebukuro station west exit. (Direct entrance to the theatre from exit 2b)
