IMAGE → HARDY © TOKYO • JAPAN (Giclée, Hahnemühle print 1524mm x 1905mm)
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Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto (天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) » goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry in Shinto; the great persuader and the heavenly alarming female. She is the one who lured the sun goddess Amaterasu (天照) out of her self-imposed exile, returning sunlight to the world. Overturning a tub near the cave entrance, Uzume began a dance…
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DANCER 間 HARDY 2020 » LONDON • TEL AVIV • TOKYO • NEW YORK
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LEICA → DESIGNED IN GERMANY • MADE IN JAPAN • SHOT BY HARDY
Dancer is a series of four photographic exhibitions to be held in London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and New York in 2020. All proceeds to UNICEF.
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間 HARDY • ハーディ
London. Photograph Nathan Jones ©
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“And the farther he went, the lovelier the veils of mist became, until for him, whose rank so restricted travel that all this was new, the landscape became a source of wonder” ― Murasaki Shikibu • The Tale of Genji
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間 HARDY • ダンサー
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The last exhibition was Basel, Switzerland in 1998.
WHAT! 何
Like Amatareasu appearing from her cave, after more than 20 years Hardy is back in 2020.
And in full technicolor→
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I exclaim to a friend in Tokyo… “I just left my everything in a cafe and wandered off. Forty minutes later its still there!” “Garry” she replies, “We are Japanese, why would we want your rubbish?”
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And that was my inspiration and challenge. Can I make something they would take. And if I can. Then it will be a very good piece of work. And then, if I can convince the Japanese… I can convince anyone.
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Meanwhile. Enter Miko stage right → “I’m a dancer” said the Japanese girl in Nihonbashi. “Really” said Garry “Yeah watch” and Miko does the splits. “Come to my show tonight” she smiles. Me and Leica front row. And here I had, what I thought might capture how I see Japan – beautiful, elegant, bold and joyful.
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SAATCHI ART • WASHINGTON POST • LINKEDIN
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LONDON • TEL AVIV • TOKYO • NEW YORKL E I C A → D E S I G N E D I N G E R M A N Y • M A D E I N J A P A N • S H O T B Y H A R D Y
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www.dancer.global
間 HARDY • ハーディ
London. Photograph Nathan Jones ©
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“And the farther he went, the lovelier the veils of mist became, until for him, whose rank so restricted travel that all this was new, the landscape became a source of wonder” ― Murasaki Shikibu • The Tale of Genji
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間 HARDY • ダンサー
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The last exhibition was Basel, Switzerland in 1998.
WHAT! 何
Like Amatareasu appearing from her cave, after more than 20 years Hardy is back in 2020.
And in full technicolor→
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I exclaim to a friend in Tokyo… “I just left my everything in a cafe and wandered off. Forty minutes later its still there!” “Garry” she replies, “We are Japanese, why would we want your rubbish?”
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And that was my inspiration and challenge. Can I make something they would take. And if I can. Then it will be a very good piece of work. And then, if I can convince the Japanese… I can convince anyone.
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Meanwhile. Enter Miko stage right → “I’m a dancer” said the Japanese girl in Nihonbashi. “Really” said Garry “Yeah watch” and Miko does the splits. “Come to my show tonight” she smiles. Me and Leica front row. And here I had, what I thought might capture how I see Japan – beautiful, elegant, bold and joyful.
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SAATCHI ART • WASHINGTON POST • LINKEDIN
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LONDON • TEL AVIV • TOKYO • NEW YORKL E I C A → D E S I G N E D I N G E R M A N Y • M A D E I N J A P A N • S H O T B Y H A R D Y
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www.dancer.global