Basho to Spun Steel
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Basho to Spun Steel
Film by Cristobal Zañartu
54min, 1998
DVD
Basho to Spun Steel gives a glimpse into the amazing world of contemporary Japanese textile design. From new textile production in modern factories to the traditional banana fiber weaving (basho-fu) of Okinawa, the essence of Japanese spirit and culture is a woven dialogue between the past and the future.
20km DOUBLE WEAVE SHAWL, Kaori Maki, malda silk, dye/Indigo, 78Ó x 30Ó, 1998, $420
Basho to Spun Steel features eleven of Japan's most famous and influential textile designers who have contributed their vast talents to creations by Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Jack Lenor Larsen. This film inspired the Structure and Surface exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1999 and has been broadcast on PBS.
Contemporary Japanese textile design by:
| Michiko Uehara Toshiko Taira Kinsei Ishigaki |
Akiko Ishigaki Chiaki Maki Kaori Maki |
Eiji Miyamoto Reiko Sudo Katsuhiro Inoue |
Yoshiki Hishinuma Junichi Aria |