La laque en Asie : de la technique à l’art

LACQUER IN ASIA: FROM TECHNIQUE TO ART

Synopsis

For the first time, this film tells the story of the great adventure of lacquer, the eminent technique that has existed in Asia for over 9,000 years. From lacquer trees to synthetic lacquer, Japanese Wajima bowls to mass-produced furniture in China, and polished lacquer paintings in Vietnam, craftsmen, artists and scientists illustrate the different faces of these objects which have become works of art.

Technical sheet

  • Documentary
  • Duration: 52′
  • Year: 2010
  • Production: Réseau-Asie IMASIE, (CNRS)
  • Co-production: CNRS images
  • Director: Momoko Seto
  • Head of production: Jean-François Sabouret
  • Production Manager: Jeann Goffinet, Véronique Kleiner
  • Musique: Yann Leguay
  • Shooting Format: HDV
  • Screening Format: Beta
  • Sound Format: Stereo

Casting

  • ABE Chiharu
  • Saeko BORWELL
  • BÙI Hữu Hùng
  • CÔNG Kim Hoa
  • CÙ thị Nền
  • HÙNG Khuynh
  • KOMORI Kunie
  • KURAKU Yoshiyuki
  • LÊ Anh Vân
  • LÊ Hong Thài
  • LÊ Quảng Hà
  • MIZUSHIRI Yukio
  • NGUYỄN Ngọc Quang
  • NGUYÊN Son Lam
  • ÔNISHI Nagatoshi
  • PHAM Huy Thông
  • PHAM Thi Nghia
  • PHẠM Xuân Phi
  • SUN Guoping
  • TRẦN Huy Quang
  • TRỊNH Tuân
  • TRƯƠNG Tân
  • UCHINO Kaoru
  • VŨ Thắng
  • WANG Haiming
  • WANG Wei

Screenings & Festivals

  • Festival Jean Rouch, Paris [Fr] march 27 2010
  • JAPAN EXPO, Paris [Fr], july 2nd 2010
  • « lacquer exhibition » at Musée de monastère royal de BROU, Bourg en Bresse [Fr], april 30th to july 25th 2010
  • International Science film festival CAID, Athens [Gr], 30-31 oct 2010
  • festival de l’arbre Réaumont, [Fr], 30-31 oct 2010
  • Café & Video CNRS, Montpellier [Fr] nov 18th 2010
  • CNRS siège, Paris [Fr], dec 13th 2010
  • « Bivouac des facs », Issoire [Fr], jan 26th 2011
  • Screening by the Association d’Amitité Franco-Vietnamienne, Baillargues [Fr], feb 22th 2011
  • festival Culture d’Images, La Ville du Bois (Essonne) [Fr], feb 25th 2011
  • Centre Culturel Lao-Français de Luang Prabang [Laos]feb 25th 2011
  • Ecole Olivier de Serres, Paris [Fr], apr 1st 2011
  • Symposium « on the chemical characterization and understanding degradation mechanisms of lacquerwares in museum collections” at Centre de recherche et de restauration des musees de France, Paris [fr], june 27-28th 2011
  • Festival de Film maritime, d’exploration et d’environnement, Toulon [fr], oct 2nd 2011
  • Cinéma la Clé, Paris [fr], march 24th 2012

Libraries

  • Vidéothèque Musée du Quai Braly, Paris France
  • EHESS, 105 bd Raspail, 75006 Paris France
  • Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 190 avenue de France, Paris
  • Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, France

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