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Today I was invited to speak about my work and experiences as an S-AIR artist in residence to students and staff at Sapporo City University. The talk is part of a lecture series organised by S-AIR, the ICC and the university and was filmed by the media art students of the filmmaker duo Nina Fischer and Maroan el Sani. It was great to be able to present my work to a non-Western audience and respond to their questions. A big thank you for the invitation and also to my untiring interpreter Rie Watanabe, without whose linguistic expertise I would have been quite lost.

Full of new impressions from our three-week journey through Japan we arrive in Sapporo. A cold drizzle hits us as we step off the plane, quite a change from the subtropical warmth of Iriomote and bright autumn sunshine in Kyoto. The city is getting ready for snow and we are getting ready to set up the final exhibition of the three-month art residency.
It is good to be back.

Sapporo snow shovels – function meets fashion

A view along the river on our way to the studio.

The installation concept begins to take shape…

…and materials start to pile up in my S-AIR studio.

The steel-blue skies and heavy downpours in Kyoto provide a dramatic backdrop for the many temples and gardens in the north-east of the city. Like many other visitors we decide to brave the weather and explore the area until nightfall.

Today Mari for the ICC and I took a stroll through the grounds of Hokkaido University, a large complex of buildings set in beautiful parklike landscape. I took these pictures there, please click on the image to enlarge it, if you want to pass it on to friends feel free to do so.