Events

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion is the first
exhibition in Europe to comprehensively survey
avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s
to now. Curated by the eminent fashion historian
Akiko Fukai, Director and Chief Curator of the Kyoto
Costume Institute, the exhibition explores the unique
sensibility of Japanese design, and its sense of beauty
embodied in clothing.
Japanese fashion design made an enormous impact
on the international fashion scene in the late 20th
century and designers such as Issey Miyake,
Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto redefined
the very basis of fashion through their radical formal
language, intellectual approach and ingenious
reinterpretation of tradition. Their works are shown
alongside Kawakubos protg, the techno-couturier
Junya Watanabe, together with the acclaimed
Jun Takahashi, and the new generation of
radical designers including Tao Kurihara, Matohu,
Akira Naka and mintdesigns.
The exhibition is co-organised by Barbican Art Gallery
and the Kyoto Costume Institute.
Tickets from 8 online/10 on the door

Right: Junya Watanabe/Junya Watanabe Comme des Garons, Autumn/Winter 2008/09. Photo Courtesy Comme des Garons
Cover: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garons, Spring/Summer 2007. Photo Anthea Simms

Fashion Lates
Every Thursday evening, the
Gallery opens late until 10pm
to host fantastic nights of talks,
performances, workshops
and to show the best of young
design talent. Enjoy a drink
with friends at the bar!
Tickets
All events are 8 online/10 on
the door, take place in Barbican
Art Gallery and include same day
admission to the exhibition unless
otherwise stated. Location of events
may be subject to change.
Creative Learning
A free family activities sheet is
available from the Ticket Desk.
For an online teachers resource
and details of workshops for
schools, families and adults see
barbican.org.uk/creativelearning

Thu 21
Oct/10
Beauty Party
6.30pm
Gallery Talk With Amy de la Haye,
renowned dress historian, curator and
Senior Research Fellow at the London
College of Fashion.
710pm
Join us for an extravagant evening. Get
your nails painted by Wah Nails, see
a demonstration by internationally
renowned make-up artist Alex Box, talk
style with the Telegraphs Kate Shapland,
listen to music by DJs The Broken Hearts
and be photographed wearing one of
cult hairdresser Charlie Le Mindus
phenomenal hair sculptures.
With thanks to HairDreams.

7.30pm
Design for Performance
Cinema 2
7 online/9 on the door
This fascinating discussion includes insights
from Trevor Carlson, Executive Director
of Merce Cunningham Dance Company;
renowned fashion historian Caroline Evans;
architect Annie Kwon; and Jessica Bugg,
Director of Performance (Programmes) at
the London College of Fashion.
Design for Performance coincides with
Barbican Theatres season celebrating the
work of renowned choreographer Merce
Cunningham, whose 1997 work Scenario
featured costumes by Rei Kawakubo.
Ticket does not include admission to exhibition.

8 &9pm
See Runway Runaway, a new work from
artist comedian Christopher Green that
draws on his experience in the 1980s as a
model for labels such as Yohji Yamamoto.
Featuring a workshop on how to strut
down the catwalk without endangering
your life, this piece is as delicate, spiky and
beautifully formed as a Miyake pleat.

In Praise of Shadows
710pm
Spend an atmospheric evening with Cosey
nightclub in celebration of the duskier sides
of life. With sake tasting, video installation
by Hazel Hill, plus the dark exotic sounds
of DJs Richard Clouston and Pandoras
Jukebox and an exquisite performance
from artist Ana K.
This evening coincides with Complicites
production of Shun-kin in Barbican
Theatre that takes its inspiration from
Junichiro Tanizakis seminal text on
Japanese aesthetics, In Praise of Shadows.

Sat 6
Nov/10

Thu 28
Oct/10
Fashion and Performance
6.30pm
Fashion Spotlight Enter into the psychedelic
world of glittering accessories with
designer Fred Butler, creator of Lady
Gagas telephone hat. Fred will be joined
by special guests including musician and
choreographer Rowdy Superstar.

Thu 4
Nov/10

Photo: Fred Butler (Fashion and Performance)

Sat 30
Oct/10
Future Fashion: Family Workshop
24pm
4 online/6 on the door
Fancy becoming a fashion designer?
Be inspired by the exhibition and
create your own designs with textile artist
Chloe Edwards.

LATES: Barbican Cosplay

Extravaganza
6pm1am
Barbican Foyers/Free
Prepare to party with giant foxes, magical
princesses and superheroes.The fantastical
world of Japanese Cosplay (costume
play), in which participants make eyecatching costumes based on characters
from anime and manga, is coming to the
Barbican! Featuring Cosplay parades, a
Goth Loli fashion show, talks, Kamikaze
Girls in Barbican Cinema, live music,
stalls, video game tournaments, DJs and
performances, plus a special intervention
by artist David Blandy.

Age guidance 5+

Photo: Jasmine Lily (Barbican Cosplay Extravaganza)

Thu 11
Nov/10

Thu 25
Nov/10

Future Fabric
6.3010pm
Explore the convergence of fashion and
technology with Philip Delamore,
best known for his work around digitally
printed textiles and direct manufacturing
as pioneered by Issey Miyake. The evening
showcases works from Delamores studio
including collaborations with designers,
and student projects.
7.30pm
What Future Fashion Fabrication?
Cinema 2
7 online/9 on the door
Join Bradley Quinn, author of Techno
Fashion, as he investigates technologys
meetings with fashion, design and fabrics.
With Jane Harris and Carole Collet
of the University of the Arts Textiles
Futures Research Group, and author
Suzanne Lee. Organised with Textiles
Futures Research Group.
Ticket does not include admission to exhibition.

Photo: A Shaded View of Fashion Film: Fritz Stolberg,

Of This Men Shall Know Nothing (Black)

Tradition and Innovation

6.30pm
Gallery Talk frightening!
Find out how the fashion media viewed
some of the works in the exhibition when
first presented in the early 1980s, with
acclaimed journalist Marion Hume.
710pm
DesignMarketo commission five of
their most interesting designers to create
a limited edition series of containers for
tasting traditional Japanese teas. Make
sure you try some in the relaxed, sociable
setting that they create.

Photo: Morgan White for Noki, 2009 (Reinvention)

Thu 18
Nov/10
Black
6.30pm
Fashion Spotlight Cult blogger Diane
Pernet joins menswear design duo Blaak
(Sachiko Okada and Aaron Sharif)
in conversation. Blaak was formed as
a contemplation on the colour black in
culture, fashion and history.

7.30pm
East Meets West
Fashion Crosses Continents
Cinema 2
7 online/9 on the door
An illuminating look at the enormous
impact that Japanese aesthetics has had
on western fashion and culture and vice
versa. Panel discussion with Barbara
Vinken, author of FashionZeitgeist!,
scholar Nicolas Cambridge and Toshio
Watanabe, Director of the Transnational
Arts, Identity and Nation research group.
Organised with the University of the Arts
research group TrAIN.
Ticket does not include admission to exhibition.

710pm
Sipping on a specially created cocktail,
take the rare opportunity to see a very
special selection of black-themed films
presented by Diane Pernets fashion, style
and beauty film festival A Shaded View
of Fashion Film.

Thu 2
Dec/10
Reinvention
6.30pm
Fashion Spotlight Join cult artist and
designer Noki as he prepares for the
future with his new fashion house The
NHS (Dr Nokis House of Sustainability).
710pm
Let East Londons most glamorous
haberdashery Prick Your Finger help
you create new outfits from the old clothes
youve left at the bottom of the wardrobe.
Learn how to pink and shrink, darn, and
turn your old jumpers into socks!

Thu 9
Dec/10
The Fabric of the City
6.3010pm
Join The Architecture Foundation for a
look at Japanese fashions close dialogue
with architecture. The night includes a
rare screening of Mr Smith Takes a Short
Trip to Tokyo, a journey through the citys
idiosyncratic modern architecture, a
structural intervention commissioned from
London-based Japanese architects, and
live VJing from Designers Republic.

7.30pm
Framing Fashion and Architecture
Cinema 2
7 online/9 on the door
A look at the reciprocal relationship
between Japanese fashion and
architecture in structure, display and desire.
With architect and designer of Future
Beauty Sou Fujimoto, Design Museum
director Deyan Sudjic and acclaimed
architects Ab Rogers and Sophie Hicks.
Ticket does not include admission to exhibition.

Photo: Amandine Alessandra for DesignMarketo, 2010 (Tradition and Innovation)

Thu 20
Jan/11

Thu 16
Dec/10
Fashioning the Self
6.30pm
Gallery Talk With fashion historian
Christopher Breward, Head of Research
at the V&A and Visiting Professor at the
London College of Fashion.
710pm
Join Make Lounge to explore a popular
Japanese trend create a doll thats your
lookalike! Cant afford that dream Comme
des Garons outfit? Dress your miniature
self in your ideal Future Beauty look.
Plus award-winning filmmaker Saam
Farahmand VJs his Videoportraits in
the gallery. These films feature people such
as Cassette Playa and The Klaxtons dancing
with abandon to their favourite songs.

Thu 13
Jan/11

Street Fashion & Kawaii

6.30pm
Fashion Spotlight With Carri Mundane,
cult streetwear designer, stylist and founder
of globally successful label Cassette Playa.

Photo: White Mischief (Fashion Looks Back)

Sat 15
Jan/11
Future Fashion: Family Workshop
24pm
4 online/6 on the door
Fancy becoming a fashion designer?
Be inspired by the exhibition and create
your own designs with textile artist
Chloe Edwards.
Age guidance 5+

Fashion Looks Back

6.30pm
Gallery Talk An introduction to Victoriana
in contemporary Japanese and global
fashion with Catherine Spooner,
Senior Lecturer in English Literature
at Lancaster University and author of
Contemporary Gothic.

710pm
Kawaii cuteness has become a major
feature of Japanese popular culture.
Follow the craze with souvenirs from artist
Rachael Houses PetTastic. Plus, have
you ever wondered how to make your
food cuter? Heres your chance, with a
workshop on Kawaii Bento Boxes!
7.30pm
Kawaii, Japan and the West
Cinema 2
7 online/9 on the door
Join academic and Kawaii-specialist
Sharon Kinsella to explore the way in
which Japan presents itself to the West,
through the lens of this unique term
Kawaii. With Helen McCarthy, curator
of Barbican Cinemas GirlsWorld season,
and Kiki Kudo, Tokyo based writer and
cultural theorist.

Thu 27
Jan/11
Flatness and Form
6.30pm
Fashion Spotlight With Matohu designers
Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko
Sekiguchi all the way from Tokyo!
Featured in the exhibition, their designs
represent the best of young Japanese
fashion talent.
710pm
Join award-winning designer Shelley Fox,
renowned for her radical approach to pattern
cutting and design, in conversation with
acclaimed fashion historian Alistair ONeill.
Plus, watch Julian Roberts demonstrate
his unique and revolutionary pattern
cutting method Subtraction Cutting live,
a technique that focuses on the hollow
spaces between the garment and the body.

Ticket does not include admission to exhibition.

Sat 22
Jan/11

710pm
Conservatory
Londons premiere steampunk club
White Mischief presents an alternative
view of the future as seen through the
prism of the Victorian age. Bustles, top
hats and clockwork innards jostle against
sci-fi visions such as rayguns and steam
cannons. Expect vintage music, steampunkthemed cabaret, and the chance to create
your own DIY steampunk look.

Future Fashion: Family Workshop

24pm
4 online/6 on the door
Fancy becoming a fashion designer?
Be inspired by the exhibition and create
your own designs with textile artist
Chloe Edwards.
Age guidance 5+

Photo: Matohu, Autumn/Winter 200910. Matohu

Photo: Carri Mundane by James Pearson Haves (Street Fashion and Kawaii)

Sat 29
Jan/11
Disruption: A Fashion Performance
6pm
Foyer, Level1
Fashion, film, photography and music are
woven together for this spectacular
fashion in motion performance realised
by pupils in East London schools
working alongside professionals from
London College of Fashion,
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
and Dazed & Confused magazine.

Sat 5
Feb/11
Design Class: Flatness and Form
11am5pm
Redgrave Room
20 online/22 on the door
Led by designer and five-time winner of
London Fashion Weeks New Generation
Award Julian Roberts. This class
provides an opportunity to work intensively
on the design process, focusing particularly
on innovative pattern cutting techniques
that encourage a new way of looking at
cutting garments for the body.
Suitable for those studying or working in
fashion design related fields.

Cinema
To complement the exhibition
Future Beauty: 30 Years
of Japanese Fashion,
Barbican Film presents three
Directorspectives focusing
on the work of Japanese film
directors Kenji Mizoguchi,
Takeshi Kitano and Akira
Kurosawa, plus a special
series of films including
Japanimation, GirlsWorld
and a Halloween Shlockfest
Double Bill.
Tickets
See back page for ticket prices.
All films in Japanese with English subtitles, and
take place in Cinema 1 unless otherwise specified.
#awaiting classification
*local classification

Thu 21
Oct/10
6pm
Nana PG
A delightful coming of age tale of
friendship, this fashion-rich buddy movie
set in Tokyos rock music scene has been
adapted from the sh jo manga series written
and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. Introduced
by season curator Helen McCarthy.
Japan 2005 Dir. Kentaro Otani 113 min.

Sun 24
Oct/10

Photo: London College of Fashion (Disruption: A Fashion Performance)

Thu 3
Feb/11

Thu 21 OctSun 14 Nov

GirlsWorld
Women in Contemporary
Japanese Cinema
A series of films featuring
different styles of storytelling
and design, and debut films
from two female directors
pure visual vogue.

Photo: Julian Roberts (Flatness and Form)

1pm
Instant Swamp PG
A fabulously quirky comedy, sees the newly
redundant Haname Jinchoge (Kumiko Aso)
trace her real father, and in doing so
embarks on a wild journey of self-discovery.
Japan 2009 Dir. Miki Satoshi 120 min.

Pigeons & Peacocks PechaKucha

6.3010pm
Originally conceived by Tokyo-based
architects Klein Dytham, a PechaKucha is
a chance for young designers to present
their work in an informal setting. Hosted
by Pigeons & Peacocks magazine,
this very special PechaKucha provides
a fantastic and unusual opportunity for
audiences to get a sneak preview of
fashions newest generation.

Photo: Nana (GirlsWorld)

Photo: Instant Swamp (GirlsWorld)

Thu 4
Nov/10
8.45pm
Lala Pipo: A Lot of People 18
A vibrant romp through the gutters of
Tokyos sex industry, first time director
Masayuki Miyano uses surreal humour
to investigate the rise of pornography from
a screenplay by award-winning director
Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls).
Japan 2008 Dir. Masayuki Miyano 93 min.

Sat 13
Nov/10
2pm
Memories of Matsuko 15
Billed as the Japanese Amlie, in which a
teenager unravels the heart-breaking story
of his Aunt Matsukos life, a tale of recurring
mistreatment at the hands of a string of
unsuitable boyfriends.
Japan 2006 Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima 130 min.

Sun 24
Oct/10

Sat 6
Nov/10
11pm
Kamikaze Girls12A
(Shimotsuma Monogatari)
With cult status in Japan, this dazzling
onslaught of images, special effects, live
action and animation is a fantasy-laced
joyride that follows the relationship of two
mismatched girls.
Japan 2004 Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima 103 min.
A Cosplay special event as part of
LATES: Barbican Cosplay Extravaganza

Photo: Memories of Matsuko (GirlsWorld)

Sun 14
Nov/10
2pm
Sakuran18*
Brimming with costume eyecandy, this
adaptation of Moyoco Annos manga
series sees the spirited, rebellious young
girl Kiycha (Anna Tsuchiya) on a journey
to become an oiran courtesan of the
house of Tamakiku. Featuring an eclectic
soundtrack from pop diva Ringo Shiina.
Japan 2006 Dir. Mika Ninagawa 111 min.

Photo: Kamikaze Girls (GirlsWorld)

Sun 24 OctWed 3 Nov

The Directorspective
Kenji Mizoguchi
Internationally respected
as one of the greatest film
directors of all time, Kenji
Mizoguchis work often
revealed his sympathy for the
exploited and was famed for
opposing themes.

4pm
The Water Magician PG
(Taki no Shiraito)
Introduced by Tony Rayns, accompanied
by a benshi, the traditional form of
Japanese silent film narration, with live musical
accompaniment by Melissa Holding. One
of the masterpieces of Japanese silent
cinema. Legendary actress Takako Irie
stars as a water juggler in a troupe of
travelling circus performers, who falls in
love with a coach driver, ultimately leading
to tragedy.
Japan 1933 Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi 98 min.

Wed 3
Nov/10
6.30pm
Ugetsu Monogatari PG
This film is a searing portrait of two couples
in 16th century Japan, damning in its
depiction of the societal patriarchy of the
time. A chilling tale, simultaneously historical
drama and a truly scary ghost story.
Japan 1953Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi 94 min.
8.30pm
Sansho The Bailiff PG
(Sansh day)
A hauntingly graceful filmabout
amedieval Japanese familys brutal
separation, self realisation and discovery.
Mizoguchis trademarkjuxtaposition
of humanity with natureexplores our
transitory suffering and lack of control,
without judging our frailties.
Japan 1954 Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi 124 min.

Sun 31
Oct/10
6pm
The Story of the Late
Chrysanthemums PG
(Zangiku Monogatari)
A young man tries to follow in the steps
of his famous actor father, but lacks the
necessary focus and discipline. He falls in
love with his brothers nurse, but when she
is sacked, he defies his family and follows
her to a far off place.
Japan 1939 Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi 142 min.

Photo: Sansho The Bailiff (The Directorspective: Kenji Mizoguchi)

Tue 19 OctSun 7 Nov

Japanimation
Barbican Films monthly
anime fix.
Tue 19
Oct/10
8.30pm
XxxHOLiC The Movie
A Midsummer Nights Dream PG*
Invited to a very strange auction in a
mysterious mansion, guests begin to
disappear one by one Japanimation
visits the sweeping universe of CLAMP
as anime expert Helen McCarthy
introduces a double bill of tales created
by the successful all-female Japanese
mangaka group.
Japan 2005 Dir. Tsutomu Mizushima 60 min.
+
Tsubasa The Movie: The Princess in
the Birdcage Kingdom PG*
A virtual paradise trembling on the edge
of existence, an evil king who seeks the
end to light and happiness and a princess.
Adapted from CLAMPs Reservoir Chronicle,
one of the most popular manga ever created.
Japan 2005 Dir. Itsuro Kawasaki 35 min.

Sun 7
Nov/10
2.15pm
The Great Adventure of Hutch
the Honeybee U*
The original anime series graced British
television sets in the early 1970s when
Hutch became an international star.
Now this beautifully animated featurelength story introduces the cute little bee
to a new generation. With simultaneous
translation. Limited headsets are available
for original Japanese dialogue.
Japan 2010 Dir. Tetsuro Amino 101 min.
Part of the London Childrens Film Festival.

Fri 29 Oct
Japanese Halloween
Shlockfest Double Bill
Our spooky Halloween double
bill presents two new shock
horror titles straight from
Japan, introduced by writer
Jasper Sharp, curator of the
new Zipangu Fest. Join us
for a feast of blood, guts and
late-night cocktails in the
Barbicans basement.
Fri 29
Oct/10
7.30pm
RoboGeisha18
A laugh-out-loud feast of bad taste,
RoboGeisha reveals a mind-boggling array
of surgically added weaponry complete
with a Giant Castle Robot and buildings
that bleed. This unashamedly over-the-top
blood-fest boasts special gore effects from
master of the genre Yoshihiro Nishimura
(Tokyo Gore Police).
Japan 2009 Dir. Noboru Iguchi 102 min.
9.30pm
Kyony doragon18*
(Big Tits Zombie 3D)
Exotic dancers battle cheesy zombies armed
only with samurai swords, a chain saw
and wasabi paste! Peppered with 3D set
pieces this tongue in-cheek-take on the
Western/zombie genre Japanese style sees
strippers versus the undead in the live film
adaptation of Rei Mikamotos cult manga.
Japan 2010 Dir. Takao Nakano 73 min.

Sun 14Mon 15 Nov

The Directorspective
Takeshi Kitano
Stand-up comedian, gameshow host, actor, writer, film
critic, painter, poet, cartoonist
and one of Japans leading
contemporary film directors,
Takeshi Beat Kitano is a
household name and a
national celebrity in Japan.

Mon 15
Nov/10
6.30pm
Dolls12A
Highly stylised, with gorgeous costumes
from Yohji Yamamoto and richly
saturated colour as the film moves through
the four seasons, Dolls weaves together
three narratives of spurned love.
Japan 2002Dir. Takeshi Kitano 113 min.

Sun 14
Nov/10
6.15pm
Hana bi #
(Firework)
Winner of 21 international awards, Hana bi
sensitively navigates rage, love, brutal
violence and aching tenderness through
the eyes of an outwardly impassive,
inwardly guilt-riddled ex-cop. Written,
directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.
Japan 1997 Dir. Takeshi Kitano 103 min.
8.15pm
Brother18
Kitanos first film made outside of Japan
and his first collaboration with the fashion
designer Yohji Yamamoto, Brother is
the story of a deposed Tokyo Yakuza who
travels to Los Angeles to set up a drugs
empire with his half brother.
Japan 2000 Dir. Takeshi Kitano 113 min.

Photo: Dolls (The Directorspective: Takeshi Kitano)

8.40pm
Zatichi 18
Full of the finest fight choreography,
dappled with moments of sublime humour
and boasting another of the directors
collaborations with the designer Yohji
Yamamoto this is one of Kitanos most
visually arresting works.
Japan 2003 Dir. Takeshi Kitano 115 min.

Photo: Zatichi (The Directorspective: Takeshi Kitano)

Wed 3Sun 19 Dec

The Directorspective
Akira Kurosawa
Curated by Japanese film
expert Helen McCarthy, the
season demonstrates this
master filmmakers thrilling
artistry and marks the
centenary of Kurosawas birth
on 23 March 1910.
Fri 3
Dec/10
6pm
Throne of Blood 12A (Kumonosu jo)
Kurosawas unforgettable transposition of
Macbeth to the ghostly forests and grim castles
of medieval Japan in the Age of Warring
States. Introduced by Helen McCarthy.
Japan 1957 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 109 min.

8.30pm
Rashomon 12A
Set in feudal Japan, Kurosawas masterwork
is a compelling exploration of the nature
of truth, as various witnesses present their
diverse accounts of a rape and murder in
12th century Kyoto.Presented on a newly
restored digital print.
Japan 1950 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 87 min.

Wed 8
Dec/10
6pm
Drunken Angel PG (Yoidore tenshi)
A feast of striking imagery, this intense
and powerful thriller initiated Kurosawas
rewarding collaboration with actor
Toshiro Mifune.Mifunes flashy gangster
outfits and the Western dress of the
other characters form a stark contrast
toKurosawas historical breadth of work.
Japan 1948 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 98 min.

Theatre
4 13
Nov/10

Photo: Drunken Angel (The Directorspective: Akira Kurosawa)

8.30pm
The Hidden Fortress PG
(Kakushi-toride no san-akunin)
A light-hearted romp in war-torn feudal
Japan. Kurosawas first experiment with the
Tohoscope widescreen format which was an
inspiration for George Lucass Star Wars.
Japan 1958 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 139 min.

Thu 9
Dec/10
7pm
Kagemusha PG
(The Shadow Warrior)
A convicted robber with a striking
resemblance to a mortally wounded warlord
is spared execution in order to impersonate
the ruler after his death. This vividly
colourful epic uses 5000 extras for the final
battle sequence.
Japan 1980 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 181 min.

Sun 19
Dec/10
2.30pm
Seven Samurai PG
(Shichinin no samurai)
In 16th century Japan seven samurai
warriors defend a village from a marauding
band of ruthless outlaws. Kurosawas epic
achievement is a cornerstone of world cinema.
Japan 1954 Dir. Akira Kurosawa 198 min.

7.45pm (2.30pm, 13Nov)

Complicite
Shun-kin
Barbican Theatre/1640
Enter the mysterious world of blind Shamisen
player Shun-kin and her devoted servant
Sasuke in this startling performance based
on the texts bycelebrated Japanese author
Junichiro Tanizaki. Exploring the
connections between beauty and violence,
this powerful production directed by
Simon McBurney brings to life a haunting
love story. Performed by a Japanese cast,
including film actress Eri Fukatsu and
celebrated actor Yoshi Oida.

Photo: Sarah Ainslie

Shun-kin coincides with Barbican

Art Gallerys exhibition
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion,
which takes inspiration from Tanizakis
In Praise of Shadows.

Fri 12
Nov/10
6.15pm
Free Pre-Show Concert
Barbican Theatre
Honjoh Hidetaro: The Shamisen.

Photo: Tsukasa Aoki

Events Calendar
Gallery

Cinema

October/10

Theatre

14 Sun

2pm
6.15pm
8.15pm

Sakuran18*
Hana bi # (Firework)
Brother 18

15 Mon

6.30pm
8.40pm

Dolls 12A
Zatichi 18

18 Thu

6.30pm
710pm

Fashion Spotlight: Diane Pernet and Blaak

Black

6.30pm
710pm
7.30pm

Gallery Talk: Marion Hume

Tradition and Innovation
East Meets West: Fashion Crosses Continents

2 Thu

6.30pm
710pm

Fashion Spotlight: Noki

Reinvention

3 Fri

6pm
8.30pm

Throne of Blood 12A (Kumonosu jo)

Rashomon 12A

8 Wed

6pm
8.30pm

Drunken Angel PG (Yoidore tenshi)

The Hidden Fortress PG (Kakushi-toride no san-akunin)

9 Thu

6.3010pm
7pm
7.30pm

The Fabric of the City

Kagemusha PG (The Shadow Warrior)
Framing Fashion and Architecture

16 Thu

6.30pm
710pm

Gallery Talk: Christopher Breward

Fashioning the Self

19 Sun

2.30pm

Seven Samurai PG (Shichinin no samurai)

13 Thu

6.30pm
710pm

Gallery Talk: Catherine Spooner

Fashion Looks Back

15 Sat

24pm

Future Fashion: Family Workshop

20 Thu

6.30pm
710pm
7.30pm

Fashion Spotlight: Carri Mundane

Street Fashion & Kawaii
Kawaii, Japan and the West

22 Sat

24pm

Future Fashion: Family Workshop

27 Thu

6.30pm
710pm

Fashion Spotlight: Matohu

Flatness and Form

29 Sat

6pm

Disruption: A Fashion Performance

19 Tue

8.30pm
8.30pm

XxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Nights DreamPG*

Tsubasa The Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom PG*

21 Thu

6pm
6.30pm
710pm

Nana PG
Gallery Talk: Amy de la Haye
Beauty Party

25 Thu

24 Sun

1pm
4pm

Instant Swamp PG
The Water Magician PG (Taki no Shiraito)

December/10

28 Thu

6.30pm
710pm
7.30pm
8&9pm

Fashion Spotlight: Fred Butler and Rowdy Superstar

Fashion and Performance
Design for Performance
Runway Runaway

29 Fri

7.30pm
9.30pm

RoboGeisha18
Kyony doragon18* (Big Tits Zombie 3D)

30 Sat

24pm

Future Fashion: Family Workshop

31 Sun

6pm

The Story of the Late ChrysanthemumsPG (Zangiku Monogatari)

3 Wed

6.30pm
8.30pm

Ugetsu Monogatari PG
Sansho The Bailiff PG (Sansh day)

4 Thu

710pm
7.45pm
8.45pm

In Praise of Shadows
Complicite: Shun-kin
Lala Pipo: A Lot of People18

5 Fri

7.45pm

Complicite: Shun-kin

6 Sat

6pm1am
7.45pm
11pm

LATES: Barbican Cosplay Extravaganza

Complicite: Shun-kin
Kamikaze Girls12A (Shimotsuma Monogatari)

7 Sun

2.15pm

The Great Adventure of Hutch the HoneybeeU*

8 Mon

7.45pm

Complicite: Shun-kin

9 Tue

7.45pm

Complicite: Shun-kin

10 Wed

7.45pm

Complicite: Shun-kin

11 Thu

6.3010pm
7.30pm
7.45

Future Fabric
What Future Fashion Fabrication?
Complicite: Shun-kin

February/11

12 Fri

6.15pm
7.45pm

Free Pre-Show Concert: Honjoh Hidetaro: The Shamisen

Complicite: Shun-kin

3 Thu

6.3010pm

Pigeons & Peacocks PechaKucha

13 Sat

2pm
2.30pm
7.45pm

Memories of Matsuko15
Complicite: Shun-kin
Complicite: Shun-kin

5 Sat

11am5pm

Design Class: Flatness and Form

November/10

January/11

For more information: barbican.org.uk

Admission Prices
Event and exhibition tickets
from 8 online
Film tickets from 8.50 online
Photography is not permitted
in the exhibition

The exhibition is coorganised

by Barbican Art Gallery and
the Kyoto Costume Institute

Filming and photography

will be taking place at all
gallery events

Supported by Wacoal Corp.

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Opening Hours
Open daily 11am8pm
(except Tue and Wed until 6pm)
Late night every Thu until 10pm
Address
Barbican Art Gallery
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
u Barbican/Moorgate
barbican.org.uk/artgallery

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