Chithravathi Magazine

Dr. Les Joynes, who is a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar in Art, shares his reflections on Tōhoku, Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers, jointly organized by Japan Foundation and The Velammal International School (TVIS), in Chennai Tōhoku … When we hear this name some of us will be familiar with its location in the rugged northern part of Honshu, the main island in Japan. Tōhoku Region (in Japanese: Tōhoku Chiho) comprises six Japanese prefectures: Akita, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata, and a prefecture we are all familiar with, Fukushima, that was the site of not one, but three nuclear meltdowns at the flooded TEPCO nuclear power station that released radioactive iodine-131 and caesium-137 into the soil, ocean and atmosphere. In 2015, the Kobe Shimbun reported that there were more than two-hundred thousand people displaced. A 2021 report from Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported the Tōhoku events resulted in more than nineteen thousand deaths, more tha...

Glimpses from the exhibition Tohoku -Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers, jointly organized by Japan Foundation, The Velammal International School (TVIS) and Chitravathi Centre for Creativity (CCC), under the aegis of Velammal Knowledge Park (VKP), is providing a new visual experience for the art lovers and students alike.  Also watch:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/ Cgm3RtNIwb_/?utm_source=ig_ web_copy_link Artists P Gopinath, C Douglas and R M Palaniappan at the show   It is for the first time that the art gallery in Cholamandal Village, Laburnum & Indigo Galleries, is organizing a major photography exhibition, according to the artist fraternity there, who well appreciated the show. https://www.instagram.com/tv/ CgfLyhWqm7N/?utm_source=ig_ web_copy_link According to Kotaro Iizawa, the eminent photo historian and critic who curated the exhibition, it “illuminates Tohoku from a variety of viewpoints”. Perhaps Tohoku could be treated as a universal concept rather...