METHOD NO. 30 PHOTO ISSUE JAN 1, 2004 Email-Bulletin "METHOD" is a free monthly on Method Art, being published by Group METHOD in Japan, Nakazawa Hideki (artist) + Matsui Shigeru (poet) + Miwa Masahiro (composer). Manifestos of Methodicism: aloalo.co.jp/nakazawa/method/ Happy New Year! We hope this year will be the happiest and best for you. Our official photograph has been taken in a happy sunlight of New Year's Day. This issue is named "PHOTO ISSUE" which we are sending to you with a picture attachment. Sorry for the change of the former plan that had been announced in the last issue. There is no "METHODICIST'S TEXT OF THIS MONTH" nor "METHODICIST'S WEB PIECE OF THIS MONTH" in this issue. >>>METHODICISTS' GRAVURE OF THIS MONTH: Method Official Photo 2004 - Attached file's name: methodicists.jpg - Attached picture's size: 333 x 444 pixels from R to L: Nakazawa Hideki, Matsui Shigeru, Miwa Masahiro photo by Imura Kazuha >>>METHODICISTS' WORD & INFO OF THIS MONTH: Nakazawa Hideki, artist: nakazawa@aloalo.co.jp http://aloalo.co.jp/nakazawa/ - MOT Annual 2004 "Where do I come from? Where am I going?" Jan 17 - Mar 21, 2004. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. www.mot-art-museum.jp/ex/plan8.htm (Japanese only) - Artist Talk related to MOT Annual 2004 (above). 3-4pm, Sat, Jan 31. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 3F. - I am writing a book "Contemporary Art History: Japan" in Japanese and English for MOT Annual 2004 (above). It is to be complete in 7 chapters from the post World War II to the 2000s. I have already finished up to Chapter 3. Matsui Shigeru, poet: shigeru@td5.so-net.ne.jp http://www008.upp.so-net.ne.jp/methodpoem/ - I will write a text for Tsurumi Sachiyo's chorus work. It will be premiered by Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus in their subscription concert on March 20, 2004. village.infoweb.ne.jp/~fwjb0528/toukon.html Miwa Masahiro, composer: mmiwa@iamas.ac.jp http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~mmiwa/ - A new composition "The Law of Cicadae" for a Kugo (Chinese ancient harp) was premiered by Nishi Yoko at Kenritsu- Ongakudo, Kanagawa. It was not only a great performance but also one of the most successful "reverse simulation musics" for a solo player, because the player could make a rich music and computation simultaneously without a break! - 1/10,11,12 Final presentations of the workshop called "we will invent a new imaginary folk entertainment!" at Sendai- Mediatheque. I will show a new performance piece "JIYAI- Kagura (sacred music/dance)" together with participants of this workshop. >>>POSTSCRIPT: We modified the format of this bulletin. Japanese names are transcribed as "Family name, Given name" in the English version also. The next issue, NO. 31, will be published on February 1, 2004, carrying a text by Miwa Masahiro and a web piece by Nakazawa Hideki. METHOD Website: http://aloalo.co.jp/nakazawa/method/ - To read the back numbers, visit the above website. - To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: nakazawa@aloalo.co.jp - If you want to read in Japanese as well, let us know. - You can send on this bulletin to others freely, but corruption and appropriation are prohibited. Monthly Email-Bulletin METHOD NO. 30 English Version Published on January 1, 2004 (C) Group METHOD, 2004 (C) Nakazawa Hideki, Matsui Shigeru, Miwa Masahiro, 2004