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Published: July 31 2009 |
The fifth ASK? Image Festival is opened with the following program; Part 1 (27th July - 1st Aug.); screening the work of the grand prize winner, Masanori OKAMOTO Part 2 (3rd - 8th Aug.); screening the work of the prize winners, Keita ONISHI, Hiroko ICHINOSE, and Youki HIRAKAWA Part 3 (24th - 26th Aug.); screening the work of ASK? Image Festival |
Last Updated on July 27 2009 |
It is the fifth “ASK? Image Festival” and the first exhibition shows the grand prize winner of “ASK? Image Festival Competition” in 2008. This is Masanori OKAMOTO’s animation, including “Pank-naoshi” (puncture repairer) (2008) and “Ba-a-chan” (grand-mom) (2007) and the original cutouts and materials. “Pank-naoshi” is an image with a scene in which someone is seen repairing a bicycle puncture, and it was made into an animated cartoon as its name suggests. At first, I was not sure why he had devised such a scene. However, there is a thorough elaborateness in the work, resulting from the detailed observation of the "Puncture repair" work, and it has the power to drag those who see it into the screen with a jerk.