Mayu Kanamori
Biographic Data
| ID | 6022346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mayu Kanamori |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mayu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanamori |
| SIGNATURE | KANAMORI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mayu Kanamori is an award-winning artist working mostly in photography and storytelling with emphasis on performance making. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, migrated to Australia in 1981, and currently lives and works in Sydney. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Creation of Nikkei Australia
Japanese people first settled in Australia in the late nineteenth century, yet the history of Japanese Australians remains mostly unknown. In fact, many contemporary people of Japanese heritage often feel alienated from their own ethnic history, even actively rejecting any connection to the Japanese diaspora. This article examines the reasons behind this phenomenon and how the group Nikkei Australia grew out of a need to explore these issues of a…
You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly
The multimedia work You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly was performed by Mayu Kanamori, accompanied by Terumi Narushima on piano, at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in June 2017. The performance was associated with the Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (convened by Vera Mackie) and the Exhibition Shadow Worlds (curated by Agnieszka Golda at the TAEM Gallery at UOW), where diaspora was a major theme. The perfor…
Would You Mind If I Settled Here
In 2005 I worked with De Quincey Co as photographer for their site-specific dance performance Dictionary of Atmospheres in Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. After negotiations and with permission from the town council, the Alice Springs Festival, and the local Indigenous Arrente elders, the dancers rehearsed over a one-kilometer stretch along the dry Todd River alongside groups of Aboriginal people who sat under trees on the riverb…
In Repose’
In Repose is a site-specific collaborative multi-arts project featuring video, sound and performance artists, inspired originally by the Japanese Section of Townsville's Belgian Gardens Cemetery, a
The Creation of Nikkei Australia
Japanese people first settled in Australia in the late nineteenth century, yet the history of Japanese Australians remains mostly unknown. In fact, many contemporary people of Japanese heritage often feel alienated from their own ethnic history, even actively rejecting any connection to the Japanese diaspora. This article examines the reasons behind this phenomenon and how the group Nikkei Australia grew out of a need to explore these issues of a…
In Repose’
In Repose is a site-specific collaborative multi-arts project featuring video, sound and performance artists, inspired originally by the Japanese Section of Townsville's Belgian Gardens Cemetery, a
Would You Mind If I Settled Here
In 2005 I worked with De Quincey Co as photographer for their site-specific dance performance Dictionary of Atmospheres in Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. After negotiations and with permission from the town council, the Alice Springs Festival, and the local Indigenous Arrente elders, the dancers rehearsed over a one-kilometer stretch along the dry Todd River alongside groups of Aboriginal people who sat under trees on the riverb…
The Creation of Nikkei Australia
Japanese people first settled in Australia in the late nineteenth century, yet the history of Japanese Australians remains mostly unknown. In fact, many contemporary people of Japanese heritage often feel alienated from their own ethnic history, even actively rejecting any connection to the Japanese diaspora. This article examines the reasons behind this phenomenon and how the group Nikkei Australia grew out of a need to explore these issues of a…
You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly
The multimedia work You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly was performed by Mayu Kanamori, accompanied by Terumi Narushima on piano, at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in June 2017. The performance was associated with the Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (convened by Vera Mackie) and the Exhibition Shadow Worlds (curated by Agnieszka Golda at the TAEM Gallery at UOW), where diaspora was a major theme. The perfor…
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)