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2014.02.03 Monday
3 Picture Book writers in Koganei 〜小金井の絵本作家たちー3人の作家を招いて〜
On Saturday night (1st February) I was invited to give a book-reading and take part in a talk show with two other picture book creators who live in Koganei - Kuroki Osamu and Miyamaeito, at the Chateau Art cafe.
Chateau Art cafe is an open and friendly cafe/bar that holds all kinds of events connected to art, music and storytelling. It is one of my favourite places to hang out.
It was really interesting for me to watch and listen to the performances of Kuroki-san and Miyamaeito.
Kuroki-san gave a riveting performance as he told some local stories connected to the history and mythology of Koganei with his beautiful water colours in traditional kami-shibai style and perfectly timed Japanese percussion.
Miyamaeito, the illustrator of "Tom and Jerry's Trip to London" took a totally different approach and made a hand-drawn 3D park scene on the spot with the children present (see the work in progress in the picture below.)
I did my usual storytelling in English using two of my stories (Blue Mouse, Yellow Mouse and Lily and the Moon) with games geared for the smaller members of the audience.
In the evening the cafe turned into a bar and people enjoyed a drink while the three of us "storytellers" were asked questions by the MC.
All three of us answered differently to the question - what is the process of creating your stories? What comes first - the art or the story? For Miyameito it is the art. For Kuroki-san it is the story. For me, it is the message, something I want to convey comes before the story and the art always comes last.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to come to this event. You were a great audience!
2月 1日(土):東京都小金井市シャトー2Fカフェ 特別企画 絵本カフェ&ナイト
〜小金井の絵本作家たちー3人の作家を招いて〜
黒木修『星になった銀治郎さん』Patricia Daly Oe「Lily and the Moon」みやまえいと『トムとジェリーのたびのえほん』
主催:アートフルアクション/シャトー2Fカフェ お問い合わせ:090 9345 2407 (担当:木村)
Chateau Art cafe is an open and friendly cafe/bar that holds all kinds of events connected to art, music and storytelling. It is one of my favourite places to hang out.
It was really interesting for me to watch and listen to the performances of Kuroki-san and Miyamaeito.
Kuroki-san gave a riveting performance as he told some local stories connected to the history and mythology of Koganei with his beautiful water colours in traditional kami-shibai style and perfectly timed Japanese percussion.
Miyamaeito, the illustrator of "Tom and Jerry's Trip to London" took a totally different approach and made a hand-drawn 3D park scene on the spot with the children present (see the work in progress in the picture below.)
I did my usual storytelling in English using two of my stories (Blue Mouse, Yellow Mouse and Lily and the Moon) with games geared for the smaller members of the audience.
In the evening the cafe turned into a bar and people enjoyed a drink while the three of us "storytellers" were asked questions by the MC.
All three of us answered differently to the question - what is the process of creating your stories? What comes first - the art or the story? For Miyameito it is the art. For Kuroki-san it is the story. For me, it is the message, something I want to convey comes before the story and the art always comes last.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to come to this event. You were a great audience!
2月 1日(土):東京都小金井市シャトー2Fカフェ 特別企画 絵本カフェ&ナイト
〜小金井の絵本作家たちー3人の作家を招いて〜
黒木修『星になった銀治郎さん』Patricia Daly Oe「Lily and the Moon」みやまえいと『トムとジェリーのたびのえほん』
主催:アートフルアクション/シャトー2Fカフェ お問い合わせ:090 9345 2407 (担当:木村)