Civilian Internment Arts Project
A$2,775
of $2,750 targetyrs ago
Successful on 4th Feb 2014 at 12:00PM.
This crowd funding aims to realise a performance at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, NSW in March 2014 as part of Cowra Civilian Internment Project. If successful, artists Weizen Ho and Alan Schacher and the local community youths in collaboration with Shigeki Sano will perform for local, national and international audiences, including Japanese WW2 civilian internees and their families.
The artists spent 2 weeks in Cowra / Canowindra earlier in 2013 with the local community as part of Cowra-Canowindra Cilvilian Internee Arts Project series of workshops. Their performance will be the culmination of their residency.
Read Workshop Summary
Cowra Civilian Internment Project
Cowra 5 - 9 March.
- Symposium Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2: history, memory and community heritage
- Exhibition Wandering Spirit: fate of Okinawan emigrant in New Caledonia
- Performance Gamelan Maker
- Films - Various civilian internment in Australia
- Unveiling Civilian internment interpretive board at Japanese Cemetery
- Commemoration service with former civilian internees and families
- Documentary Civilian Internee Documentary
All events are part of Cowra Festival of International Understanding
- Photos from Movement & Voice Workshop by Weizen Ho & Alan Schacher at Japanese War Cemetery Cowra / October 2013 / Photos by Mayu Kanamori & David Hansen
Documentation video by Bruce Ryan
The artists spent 2 weeks in Cowra / Canowindra earlier in 2013 with the local community as part of Cowra-Canowindra Cilvilian Internee Arts Project series of workshops. Their performance will be the culmination of their residency.
Read Workshop Summary
Cowra Civilian Internment Project
Cowra 5 - 9 March.
- Symposium Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2: history, memory and community heritage
- Exhibition Wandering Spirit: fate of Okinawan emigrant in New Caledonia
- Performance Gamelan Maker
- Films - Various civilian internment in Australia
- Unveiling Civilian internment interpretive board at Japanese Cemetery
- Commemoration service with former civilian internees and families
- Documentary Civilian Internee Documentary
All events are part of Cowra Festival of International Understanding
- Photos from Movement & Voice Workshop by Weizen Ho & Alan Schacher at Japanese War Cemetery Cowra / October 2013 / Photos by Mayu Kanamori & David Hansen
Documentation video by Bruce Ryan
Artists
Weizen Ho and Alan Schacher live together in the Blue Mountains and have two young children.
They seldom work together, but both have a history in working and performing in Asian across individual projects in China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan and Malaysia. In 2013 they performed in The Arts Island Festival in Indonesia, touring to 4 towns in Bali and Java with solo performances 'de-Incarnate' and 'Share my Coffin'. For Melaka Arts and Performance Festival 2012 in Malaysia they presented a duet performance 'Hungry Ghost, Dybbuk', as an inter-cultural examination of the unappeased spirit in the rituals of both Asian and Jewish culture and lore.
Shigeki Sano an organic farmer who lives in Cowra is a master of Japanese wind instrument Sho from gagaku, the oldest classical music in Japan and ancient imperial court music. Continues to be played in Shinto rituals.
They seldom work together, but both have a history in working and performing in Asian across individual projects in China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan and Malaysia. In 2013 they performed in The Arts Island Festival in Indonesia, touring to 4 towns in Bali and Java with solo performances 'de-Incarnate' and 'Share my Coffin'. For Melaka Arts and Performance Festival 2012 in Malaysia they presented a duet performance 'Hungry Ghost, Dybbuk', as an inter-cultural examination of the unappeased spirit in the rituals of both Asian and Jewish culture and lore.
Shigeki Sano an organic farmer who lives in Cowra is a master of Japanese wind instrument Sho from gagaku, the oldest classical music in Japan and ancient imperial court music. Continues to be played in Shinto rituals.
How The Funds Will Be Used
This crowd funding campaign is for Weizen Ho and Alan Schacher to travel to Cowra, rehearse, then perform on 9 March 2014.
Artist Fees $1500 (for 3 artists - Weizen, Alan & Shigeki)
Accommodation and meals $300
Mileage inc petrol $100
Materials $300
Child care $300
Pozible & Paypal $250
Weizen and Alan's creative development & workshop with the community which took place in October 2013 was funded by Arts NSW.
Please see Nikkei Australia website for a full list of sponsors and funding bodies for all other related events.
Artist Fees $1500 (for 3 artists - Weizen, Alan & Shigeki)
Accommodation and meals $300
Mileage inc petrol $100
Materials $300
Child care $300
Pozible & Paypal $250
Weizen and Alan's creative development & workshop with the community which took place in October 2013 was funded by Arts NSW.
Please see Nikkei Australia website for a full list of sponsors and funding bodies for all other related events.
The Challenges
Through various sponsorships and funding sources, all events other than the arts programs for the Civilian Internee Project have been funded thus far. If we are unable to raise funds for Weizen Ho and Alan Schacher to participate in the program in March 2014, we plan to show the documentation video from their workshop that took place in Oct 2013 as part of the program, however it would be unfortunate for the audience, consisting of Cowra / Canowindra community, visiting domestic and international Symposium delegates, and former civilian internees and their families to not to have a chance to experience this moving live performance at the Japanese War Cemetery as part of a historically ground breaking event.
Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites http://civilianinterneedoco.wordpress.com/ with sincere thank you.
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Est. delivery is Mar 14
Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites http://civilianinterneedoco.wordpress.com/ and http://nikkeiaustralia.com/ with sincere thank you.
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Est. delivery is Mar 14
A hand rubbed name of an internee plaque from Japanese Cemetery in Cowra + Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites with sincere thank you.
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Est. delivery is Mar 14
A documentation DVD of the performance + A hand rubbed name of an internee plaque from Japanese Cemetery in Cowra + Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites with sincere thank you.
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Est. delivery is Apr 14
An original signed photographic print of the performance by Mayu Kanamori + A documentation DVD of the performance + A hand rubbed name of an internee plaque from Japanese Cemetery in Cowra + Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites with sincere thank you.
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Est. delivery is Apr 14
Cowra's Peace Bell rung in your honour and a video record of its ringing + An original signed photographic print of the performance by Mayu Kanamori + A documentation DVD of the performance + A hand rubbed name of an internee plaque from Japanese Cemetery in Cowra + Your name on our list of sponsors on our websites with sincere thank you.
1 chosen
Est. delivery is Apr 14