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HORROR MANGA JAPAN

October 18, 2019 – January 24, 2020

From October to January, The Japan Foundation, Sydney presents HORROR MANGA JAPAN, an event program exploring hidden corners of the horror manga genre through an exhibition, talks and more. The program is being run in parallel with the Japan Supernatural exhibition at The Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Presented in cooperation with the Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Museum of Art and Subcultures, Meiji University, Japan.

EXPLORE THE PROGRAM


OCT 18, 2019 –  JAN 24, 2020

 

RETRO HORROR:
Supernatural and the Occult in Postwar Japanese Manga

 

Exhibition
Japan Foundation Gallery

PAST EVENTS


Oct 18, 2019
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Opening Reception 

 

RETRO HORROR Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Oct 19, 2019
11:30am & 12:30pm
(日本語版あり)

Gallery Talk:
Inside Retro Horror

RETRO HORROR Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Oct 24, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm

Possible Afterlives:
The Buddhist Concept of Hell and the Next World

Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Oct 31, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm

Masters of Monsters:
The Tradition of Horror in Japanese Folklore & Manga

Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Nov 6, 2019
6:30pm – 7:30pm

Meet Ochazukenori:
A Horror Manga Artist, On All Things Horror Manga

Talk
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Nov 7, 2019
6:30pm – 8:30pm

The Dark Arts:
How to Draw Horror Manga

Masterclass
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Nov 29, 2019
6:15pm (English) &
7:30pm (日本語/Japanese)

Retro Horror Radio:
Live Ghost Story Readings 

Performance
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Dec 5, 2019
6:30pm

Rampo Noir

(MA 15+)

Film Screening
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Jan 8, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm

Tattoo:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney

Talk & Demonstration
Art Gallery of NSW


Jan 15, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm

Cosplay:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney

Talk & Demonstration
Art Gallery of NSW


Jan 16, 2020
6:30pm

Tokyo Ghoul

(MA 15+)

Film Screening
The Japan Foundation, Sydney


Jan 8, 2020
6:30pm / 7:15pm

Anime & Manga:
Art After Hours x
The Japan Foundation, Sydney

Talk & Workshop
Art Gallery of NSW

PRESENTED BY
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Programming: Elicia O’Reilly and Yurika Sugie

RELATED EVENTS AT ART GALLERY OF NSW


Nov 2, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020

Japan
Supernatural

Exhibition
Art Gallery of NSW


Nov 2 – 30, 2019
Saturdays, 2pm – 4pm

Phenomenal
Beings

Lecture Series
Art Gallery of NSW


Nov 27, 2019
6:30pm

Art After Hours:
Retro Horror Radio

(Note: content differs from JF program on Nov 29)

Performance
Art Gallery of NSW


Oct 2 – 23, 2019

Grief and Vengeance:
Otherworldly Tales

JFF Classics Film Screenings
Art Gallery of NSW

DETAILS

Click on program tiles for related event information.

VENUE

The Japan Foundation, Sydney*
Level 4, Central Park
28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008

*except co-produced Art After Hours events in January 2020, which run at the Art Gallery of NSW

ENQUIRIES

(02) 8239 0055

Top image from Doll Hell (Ningyo Jigoku), © Tsunezo Murotani.

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