Leaves Without Routes: 根も葉も無い

Yasunori Kawamatsu | Yuki Okumura | Nobuyuki Yamamoto | Kaori Yamashita 3 December 2016 - 15 January 2017 at Nanmoncho 323 (南門町三二三) in Taipei Botanical Garden co-curated by Naoko Mabon and Yasunori Kawamatsu supported by Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association

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A group showcase at STANDING PINE in Nagoya, Japan

49%, a group showcase which includes work by Yasunori Kawamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto and I-Chern Lai is currently on view at STANDING PINE in Nagoya, Japan. This exhibition was coordinated by Yasunori Kawamatsu as part of Exchange of the Landscapes, a programme at Aichi University of the Arts.

For more info, please visit: http://standingpine.jp/exhibitions/

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A group showcase in Den Haag in The Netherlands

Showcase of a series of presentations by Yasunori Kawamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto and I-Chern Lai - as a result of their one month residency at DCR Gueststudio in Den Haag. 14-16 July 2017 at Billytown Bookshop. For more info, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1941259199454674

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'Leaves Without Routes' on Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

A writing piece Leaves Without Routes: 根も葉も無い by Naoko Mabon is included in the latest issue of Cha, the first Hong Kong-based English online literary journal founded in 2007 as part of a programme at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Click here to view the text by Naoko.

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Yuki Okumura solo showcase in Tokyo

Solo exhibition of work by Yuki Okumura at MISAKO & ROSEN Gallery in Tokyo. 4 June - 2 July 2017. For more info, please visit: http://www.misakoandrosen.jp/en/exhibitions/17/03/

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Kaori Yamashita solo showcase in San Francisco

Solo exhibition of work by Kaori Yamashita at Bass & Reiner Gallery in San Fransisco. 3 June - 8 July 2017. For more info, please visit: http://www.bassandreiner.com/kaori-yamashita

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多謝 Thank you ありがとうございました

展覽結束。非常感謝您的支持。 The exhibition ended. Thank you very much for your support. 展覧会無事終了しました。ありがとうございました。

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Installation views from the exhibition Leaves Without Routes: 根も葉も無い Images credit for work by Yuki Okumura (3rd and 4th photos from the top): courtesy the artist and Misako & Rosen, Tokyo  Artists: Yuki Okumura | Yasunori Kawamatsu | Kaori Yamashita | Nobuyuki Yamamoto Date: 3 December 2016 - 15 January 2017 Venue: Nanmoncho 323 (南門町三二三) in Taipei Botanical Garden (No.53, Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 10066 Taiwan) Opening Hours: Tue-Sun 9.30am-4.30am (there is a lunch break between 12.30-1.30pm weekday; only 20 people allowed to enter every half an hour on weekends)

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Information sheet (B4 size) To view the PDF version please click here.

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Snaps from.... 'Leaves Without Routes: 根も葉も無い' Opening Talk Event Saturday 3 December 2016, 2-4:30pm Speaker: Prof Kenji Horigome (architectural historian), participating artists (Yuki Okumura, Yasunori Kawamatsu, Kaori Yamashita and Nobuyuki Yamamoto), and the curator Naoko Mabon 太謝謝你了！

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重要的提醒 #2 // 重要なお知らせ その２ // IMPORTANT NOTICE #2

親愛的大家， 我們必須通知即將到來的對談講座的報名已額滿！因此，我們沒辦法接受更多的報名... 如有不便之處，敬請見諒。我們感謝您。

皆さまへ 12月3日のトークイベントですが、おかげをもちまして、スペースが完全に満杯になってしまいました、、！つきましては、こちらの都合で大変恐縮ですが、これにて受付を終了とさせていただきます。これから申し込みをしようとお考えだった皆さん、申し訳ございません、、ご理解のほど何卒お願いを申し上げます。

Dear everyone, We have to inform that the space for our upcoming talk event is completely full! Therefore, we unfortunately can not accept any more requests... We apologise for any inconvenience may have caused, and appreciate your understanding.

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重要的提醒 // 重要なお知らせ // IMPORTANT NOTICE

大家好， 到目前為止，我們收到了一些報名的信件（非常感謝！）然而，南門町三二三的空間有限。 因此，如果您想參加我們的座談會活動，請在11月28日星期一下午5點前（台灣/日本時間）與我們聯繫（[email protected]）。 感謝您的諒解，我們希望12月3日在南門町三二三看到您！ 謝謝！  >> Facebook活動頁面

皆さまへ 現時点までで当トークイベントへ数多くの出席依頼を受けておりますが（ありがとうございます！）、実は残念ながら南門町三二三のスペースには限界がございます、、。 したがって、こちらの都合で大変恐縮ですが11月28日（月曜日）午後5時（台湾/日本時間）で予約を締め切らせていただきたいと思います。もしご参加ご希望の場合は、その旨、締め切り時間前までにご連絡くださいますようよろしくお願いをいたします（[email protected]）。 皆さまのご理解に感謝いたします。12月3日に南門町三二三で皆さまとお目にかかれますことを一同とても楽しみにしております！ >> Facebookイベントページ

Dear everyone, We are receiving a number of attendance requests so far (thank you!) but unfortuantely there is a limitation of the space in Nanmoncho 323.. If you would like to attend our Opening Talk Event, therefore, please contact us before 5pm (Taiwan/Japan time) on next Monday 28 November ([email protected]). Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you all at Nanmoncho 323 on 3 December! >> Facebook event page

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Opening Talk Event, 3 Dec 2pm-

https://www.facebook.com/events/1583017215340568/ 我們的開幕式活動的Facebook活動頁面現已設置！請分享和傳播的話。 報名方式：於本活動頁面按參加，或直接寄信至[email protected]；Facebook的活動頁面請在本活動內撰寫留言，並勾選「參加」，感謝您。 留言範例：我是OOO，要參加無來由之葉座談會，一位報名！  「Leaves Without Routes: 根も葉も無い」展のオープニングトークイベント情報をフェイスブックにアップしました。どうぞご覧ください。スペースに限りがありますので事前予約をお願いします（人数をイベントページのコメントに残してくださるか、[email protected]にメールをお願いします。） Facebook event page for our opening talk event is now set up! Please share and spread the words. To book your place, just click ‘GOING’ to react to the FB event page - simple! (you can also email on [email protected] to book a place) 期待在南門町三二三看到各位！ 皆様と台北でお目にかかれることを楽しみにしています！ We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Hand-Printed Invitation on Hand-Made Papers

Another hardworking day for team ‘無來由之葉’ - look what we have achieved out of an intensive few days of paper-making and printing... They are just so wonderful. A lot more than we had imagined. 

According to our team leader / TFRI research assistant Keting Kurt Chen, the paper pulp we used this time consists of 50% Ganpi (雁皮, Diplomorpha sikokiana) and 50% Kajinoki (梶, Broussonetia papyrifera, also known as paper mulberry).  In this project we try to explore the idea around origin or identity by giving the title ‘根も葉も無い‘ (無來由之葉, without roots or leaves). But because of this special invitations which contain different pulps and fibres from trees, it seems that our conceptual approach would make a nice contrast with the physicality of plants. We will start distributing these invitations in due course.... And again, our sincere and warmest thanks go to: Yasunori Kawamatsu and Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Keting Kurt Chen, Yu Hua Chen, Tzuyu Li, 羅伃君, 楊雅敏, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute staff, and Handmade Paper and Paper Restoration Lab (手工造紙暨紙質維護實驗室). Photography: Keting Kurt Chen and Yu Hua Chen

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Paper Making with TFRI - Photos

Photography: Keting Kurt Chen

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Paper Making with TFRI

Beautiful 500 hand-made outcomes from the paper-making today. This intensive hard work has been undertaken by participating artists Yasunori Kawamatsu and Nobuyuki Yamamoto in cooperation with Keting Kurt Chen, Yu Hua Chen, Tzuyu Li, and supportive Taiwan Forestry Research Institute staff. 

Our special thanks go to Handmade Paper and Paper Restoration Lab (手工造紙暨紙質維護實驗室), 羅伃君 and I-Chern Lai. These papers will be printed and turned into a special version of our exhibition invitations shortly. Brilliant work guys, 非常感謝你 !!

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Paper Making Trial

We are planning to make hand-made papers in collaboration with Handmade Paper and Paper Restoration Lab in Taiwan Forestry Research Institute for a special version of our exhibition invitation cards. (Rather ambitious, eh!) The researcher/artist Kurt Chen from TFRI together with Nanmoncho 323 curator Yu Hua Chen had a go to get a sense of paper-making today - and here are some shots of their trial. Participating artists Yasunori and Nobuyuki will visit Taipei next week to join Kurt and Una to produce a batch of papers. A report will follow shortly!

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Taipei site-visit

From 28 April to 2 May 2016, curator Naoko Mabon paid a visit to Taipei to develop the project. Whilst there, she mainly visited the exhibition venue Nanmoncho 323 within Taipei Botanical Garden and Taiwan Forestry Research Institute to meet the key contacts to discuss further the idea around the exhibition. 

                      Hello handsome Nanmoncho 323 and its Japanese Garden, at last! At Nanmoncho 323, manager Una, artist/farmer Lun and his wife 小紅 were busy installing for their new exhibition ‘種子野台 ＜人藏夢‧夢藏種‧種藏人＞ 序篇’. 

At Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, through the kind introduction from the artist I-Chern Lai, she met the researcher/artist Kurt Chen and the Shyu Jiann-Gwo先生 from the Wood Cellulose Division to discuss together how we can possibly feature what the Institute researches, and their beautiful hand-made papers, within this project. 

Shyu Jiann-Gwo先生 kindly showed us around the Institute’s paper factory and the papers he made entirely by his own hands (!!)

We look forward to updating more on our development over time!