Workshop

KyOtOmAsOn Gallery Talk + Workshop

RESERVATION REQUIRED

FREE

2025.5.3: 14:00–17:00

KYOTO ART CENTER

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Join us for a special event led by Sylvain Cardonnel, curator of the “Kyoto Tomason Marathon” exhibition.
The afternoon will begin with a gallery talk (exhibition commentary), followed by a fieldwork session where participants will head into the city to observe and discover “Tomason” in the urban landscape.
Enjoy a unique experience that invites you to notice the strange landscapes and useless beauty hidden in everyday life.

14:00-14:45 (TALK)
15:00-17:00 (WORK SHOP)

Important Notice: * Location: KYOTO ART CENTER (South Gallery)
* Free admission.
* Talk and reading open to all.
* This event will be held in Japanese only.
* Workshop limited to 20 participants – reservation required.
* Reservation: Please register via the Kyoto Art Center website.

Lecturer Lecturer

Sylvain Cardonnel (Professor at Ryukoku University)

Sylvain Cardonnel is a literary translator and academic. Residing in Kyoto since 1989, he teaches in the Department of Intercultural Communication at Ryukoku University (Kyoto). A Japanese-to-French literary translator, he has translated works by Ryū Murakami, Levy Hideo, Yukiko Motoya, Genichirō Takahashi, Yutaka Maekawa, Enjoe Toh and Arashiyama Kōzaburō. In 2008, he was awarded the Konishi Foundation Prize for his translation of Yapou, bétail humain by Numa Shōzō (Editions Laurence Viallet, reissued in 2022).
He holds a PhD in philosophy, he is also the co-translator of Logique du lieu et vision religieuse du monde by the philosopher Nishida Kitarō. His work extends to research on hyperart-tomason, a concept developed by Akasegawa Genpei, whose texts he compiled, translated, and presented in Anatomie du tomason (Délashiné! Collection, Les Presses du réel, 2024).　He exhibited photographs of hyperart-tomason at Galerie Chapitre XII in Brussels (Belgium) as part of the PhotoBrussels Festival (2025).