KAMON DESIGN EXHIBITION
Eröffnung: heute // 20 Uhr
Dauer: 25. Januar bis 20. April 2007
Ort: CircleCultureGallery // Gipsstr. 11, Berlin Mitte
Öffnungszeiten: Mo-Fr, 12-18 Uhr
Unter dem Begriff Kamon (oder auch Mon) verbirgt sich ein japanisches Familiensymbol, das mit den Wappen im heraldischen Gebrauch der westlichen Welt vergleichbar ist. Fast alle Kamon sind einfarbig - naja, die Beispiele hier nicht - und zeigen eine Pflanze oder ein Tier in einer stilisierten Form, zusätzlich umrandet von einem Kreis. Solche Symbole werden diesen Frühling in einer Berliner Galerie präsentiert.
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What’s „KAMON“?
KAMON is a family emblem, in Japan, which were used to indicate one’s own family history, blood line, lineage and standing from ancient times. The origin of KAMON can be dated back to the latter period of Heian Period, in which court nobles came and went through Miyako-oji (Main street of Kyoto), proudly showing their own family emblems on the side of their elegant carriages drawn by cows. That is the origin of KAMON. Shape of KAMON is horizontal to vertical ratio, 1:1. There are more than three hundred and fifty family emblems, their designs derived from patterns drawn from natural phenomenon like Sun, stars, mountains, rivers and clouds, and from patterns drawn from plants and animals, design patterns, tools and structures. After many years, those family emblems were improved, altered, and newly created like cell division, with those hitherto existing.
What’s „KAMON DESIGN“?
Our concept
“New cell division of KAMON by contemporary creators”
By editing, redesigning and/or collaging KAMON, which are family emblems born in Japanese traditions and climates, without hurting intrinsic simple, traditionally beautiful and universal designs of KAMON, contemporary creators create new values and expressions and contemporarily express them as artworks.
Our plan
Thinking of KAMON design as artists participatory platform, promote various artworks based on the following three concepts and cultivate a market abroad for those artwork as brands originated from Japan.
_Contents Distribution
To spread the concept and amusingness of KAMON Design to people, issue publication of pictures books and writings, etc.
_Distribution of collaborated/our own artworks.
By collaboration with brands and makers and/or self-manufacture, tirelessly promote various artworks to make the world of KAMON design expand.
_Information
Distribution by continuously organizing exhibitions.
At the publication of each series, continuously organize STAG＝exhibitions in Japan and overseas, which are the places for total publication and transmission of information of the above mentioned contents/artworks.
