File No. 2304 is part of ASIATE EN COURT X FESTIVAL ACCÈS ASIE

Montreal next month, File No. 2304 is part of ASIATE EN COURT X FESTIVAL ACCÈS ASIE, An evening showcasing short films by Asian-origin filmmakers from Quebec and Canada. Join me on May 30th at Cinéma Moderne (5150 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal) at 6p. I’ll be screening in  the program: Fragments de familles/ Family Fragments. Check out… Continue reading File No. 2304 is part of ASIATE EN COURT X FESTIVAL ACCÈS ASIE

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Cosmic Rays Review: File No. 2304

“A.S.M. Kobayashi also attends carefully to the object in File No. 2304, named for the government record kept on the filmmaker’s great-grandfather, who had, with other Japanese-Canadian citizens, been involuntarily interned during the Second World War. Kobayashi briskly scans through microfilm that itemizes objects seized from the household: toys, a dining table, a stuffed pheasant.… Continue reading Cosmic Rays Review: File No. 2304

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Past Wrongs Future Choices Talk with Landscapes of Injustice

Free Online Talk Wednesday Apr 2 @ 3PM PDT/6pm EST   Past Wrongs Future Choices Talk Series: Short Film File No. 2304  by A.S.M. Kobayashi   Join filmmaker A.S.M. Kobayashi and moderator Susanne Tabata ( @susannetabata ) for a discussion about Alison’s new project in progress, documentary practices of uncovering histories, and navigating government case… Continue reading Past Wrongs Future Choices Talk with Landscapes of Injustice

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A.S.M. Kobayashi on Yaddo Shadow Podcast

Shadow Yaddo hosted by Elaina Richardson—broadcasting stories of hope, resistance, humor and curiosity in our new podcast!A.S.M. Kobayashi on hanging out with archivists, navigating space on wheels, playing with audio, finding transcendence in everyday objects, and more. Contributing artists: Joseph Keckler, Avril Lavigne, Damu the Fudgemunk. Listen Here

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A & D Visiting Artists: A.S.M. KOBAYASHI

A & D Visiting Artists: A.S.M. KOBAYASHIThursday, February 27, 5:30 p.m.Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois 600 S Gregory St, Urbana, IL 61801, United States“Archives, Speculation and Kismet:Crafting Performance from Found Objects”   Sponsors:School of Art & Design Visitors CommitteeCenter for Advanced StudyAccessibility:The Art & Design Visitors Series endeavors to be accessibleto all. If… Continue reading A & D Visiting Artists: A.S.M. KOBAYASHI

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File No. 2304 at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

File No. 2304 has it’s Toronto festival premiere at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Screens with NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT.November 19, 2024.7pmInnis Town HallInnis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5Get Tickets Here.

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Upcoming Speaking & Workshops

Moving Histories: Public Memory and Visual Culture An International Symposium   Theme: Public History in an Age of Visual Culture and Parallel PastsSymposium Runs: October 24-27 in Windsor, OntarioLecture on Friday, October 25th in the afternoon.The Moving Histories Project is pleased to present a 2024 symposium to explore history, historiography, and historical truth through moving images… Continue reading Upcoming Speaking & Workshops

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Rise Over Run at Nuit Blanche 2024

    Atanas Bozdarov and A.S.M. Kobayashi explore urban accessibility infrastructures and their use by both the disability community and skateboarders. A custom-built, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)-compliant ramp has been enhanced with additional ramp offshoots and railings and relocated to the basketball court at the Waterfront Neighborhood Centre. No longer serving its… Continue reading Rise Over Run at Nuit Blanche 2024

File No. 2304 International Premiere at BFI London Film Festival

  File No. 2304 will screen in the A Stream of Echoes shorts programme in Experimenta at BFI London Film Festival alongside: Notes: Remembered and Found (dir. Maria Anastassiou) , Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) (dir. Suneil Sanzgiri), At the Verge of Wordlessness (dir. Alaa Abu Asad) and Avant Seriana (dir. Samy Benammar).Friday,… Continue reading File No. 2304 International Premiere at BFI London Film Festival

A.S.M. Kobayashi recieves 2024 Creative Capital Award

Creative Capital is pleased to announce the 2024 “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact” Awards in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image, totaling $2.5 million in grants to artists for the creation of 50 groundbreaking new works. Chosen via a democratic process of external peer review out of 5,600 applications, these 28 successful visual arts project proposals… Continue reading A.S.M. Kobayashi recieves 2024 Creative Capital Award

Kamias Triennial at Gallery TPW

Kamias Triennial New work in collaboration with Meredith Talusan and Maylee Todd Long Distance July 4 to 29, 2024Opening Reception: July 6, 1-5pmExhibition at Gallery TPW170 St. Helens Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Featuring works by Dean Baldwin Lew (Montréal), Lena Cobangbang (Manila), Kiri Dalena (Manila), Cian Dayrit (Manila), Erin Gee (Montréal), Kolown (Manila), Woojae Kim (Vancouver), A.S.M. Kobayashi with Meredith… Continue reading Kamias Triennial at Gallery TPW

File No. 2304 at GTA24 Kamias Triennial

Kamias TriennialFile No. 2304 will screen at the GTA24 ScreeningKamias Triennial, Sasalubong/Will MeetSaturday, July 13, 2024Paradise Theatre2:00 pm$15 KT4, in partnership with MOCA’s GTA24, presents Sasalubong (Tagalog for “will meet,” or “will welcome”), featuring the films and short video works of Kiri Dalena, A.S.M. Kobayashi, Mama’s Boy (Tanya & Olive Villanueva) and Okui Lala.Okui Lala’s My… Continue reading File No. 2304 at GTA24 Kamias Triennial

A.S.M. Kobayashi Oct 11, 22 — lecture at University of Toronto

Oct 11 @6:30pmMain Hall in the University of Toronto Daniels Building, 1 Spadina Crescent The artist talk will focus on recent thinking about research within Kobayashi’s practice and some work in progress developed this summer at Yaddo. Will be intimate but open to the public.

Say Something Bunny! Working in Theatre Episode is out!

Working in the Theatre: Documentary Theatre from American Theatre Wing on Vimeo. The concept of documentary theatre is one that is novel and complex, and quite frankly could be defined by a plethora of concepts and storytelling strategy. In this documentary episode of Working in the Theatre, we visit Say Something Bunny, the spectacular production… Continue reading Say Something Bunny! Working in Theatre Episode is out!

iEAR Presents: Alison S. M. Kobayashi

iEAR Presents! Alison S.M. Kobayashi EMPAC Studio Beta March 18, 2019 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Troy, NY Alison S.M. Kobayashi’s works involve the conjuring of stories from found objects. Allegories are resurrected by the artist’s imagination as she interrogates materials as varied as the world wide web, lost letters, and vintage audio and video… Continue reading iEAR Presents: Alison S. M. Kobayashi

Say Something Bunny! extended through July, Storythings U.K., Women Between the Arts

Say Something Bunny! will be extended through July 2019. Tickets available here: https://saysomethingbunny.com/performances/2019-01/ Alison S. M. Kobayashi presenting Music is Magic at Women Between the Arts in New York City Saturday Jan 12, 2019, 4pm Arnhold Hall Glass Box Theater, The New School 55 W 13th Street, New York City $15, tickets here Alison S.… Continue reading Say Something Bunny! extended through July, Storythings U.K., Women Between the Arts

Sincerely, Warmly at VTape (Toronto)

Sincerely, Warmly Screening curated by Daniella Sanader Thursday, October 25th, 6:30pm Vtape Sincerely, Warmly presents a program of video work about reaching out to someone who could never respond to you. Taking the form of epistolary texts, postcards from somewhere, mis-remembered narratives, and eavesdropping tactics, the works in Sincerely, Warmly explore the intimacies and distances of… Continue reading Sincerely, Warmly at VTape (Toronto)

Third Coast, Guerilla Science and York University Symposium

Upcoming Presentations and Panels Third Coast International Audio Festival October 4-6th, 2018, Chicago IL Let The Work Be What It Wants To Be: Responding to found material with curiosity and artistry Performance and Lecture by Alison S. M. Kobayashi Guerilla Science November 3, 2018 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York Down the rabbit hole: Imagination and… Continue reading Third Coast, Guerilla Science and York University Symposium