On Saturday the 12th of October, OKADA Hiroko’s video work will be shown as part of the one-day AICOT (Art in Country of Tokyo) 2024 Screening event “Abortion and the Never-Ending War” held at Gekkasha in Jimbocho. After the screening, there will be a discussion between Sung Nam Han and Okada Hiroko.
“In the fall of 2024, the U.S. presidential election will be held, and “acceptance” or “opposition” to abortion is one of the key issues. Historically, in many countries, abortion has been illegal and punishable as an abortion crime for religious and ethical reasons, but this has changed worldwide in terms of women’s rights or the right to self-determination. We would like to discuss life and death, ethics, religion, rights, and gender differences through three works: a work involving a demonstration movement and the individuals in it in a country where it is still illegal, a work questioning the image of abortion, and a science fiction work about male pregnancy and childbirth.
In addition, there will be a special screening of a short documentary film by Deann Borshay Liem, a longtime director of gems on Korean adoption and herself raised in the United States as an adopted child.
Except for Hiroko Okada’s film, all of the other films were video works that we encountered at nemaf 2024 and were invited to the festival, which led us to this screening. I would like to express my gratitude.”
– Sung Nam Han (copied from the AICOT website)
Program:
Hiroko Okada / The Delivery by Male Project / digital / 17min. 48sec. / 2022-2019 / Japan
Daniela Prado Sarasua / 8mm / super-8 / 5min. 50sec. / 2024 / Chile
Franzis Kabisch / getty abortions / digital / 21min. 45sec. / 2023 / Germany, Austria
[Special screening]
Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem / Memory of Forgotten War / digital / 38min. / 2013 / USA
Date: Saturday 12th October 2024
Time: 19:00-21:00
Venue: Gekkasha, Jimbocho
Entry fee: Advance sale 1,800 yen/on the door 2,000 yen (+ one drink)
Advance reservations will be accepted via the official website. Early reservations are recommended.
