Public Blue Osaka
Everywhere in the parks and on the river bank of the Osaka river one sees blue tents or barracks covered with blue plastic tarps - at times scattered throughout the park area, sometimes lined up in rows, or united to form small communities. The term 'homelessness' only insufficiently describes the situation of these No-juku-sha the 'campers in the rough'. Slums, favellas, barrack villages all these expressions capture the reality of the Japanese's cities' 'blue phenomenon' more precisely.

Video-Essay 70 min

Screenings

in parks, tent villages and public spaces in Kansai
see Letters from Osaka

Screenings:
March 15th 2008 globale Köln, Filmforum NRW (im Museum Ludwig), Köln, Germany
since December 2007 at OVNI archives Barcelona, Spain
Dec. 5th 2007 globaLE in der Schaubuehne Leipzig, Germany
Okt 4th - 11th 2007 YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival, Japan
May 12th 2007 globale 07 Filmfestival Berlin, Germany
Feb. 2nd. 2007 Hamburg: Südbalkon Germany
Previews:
Dez. 21st 2006, Osaka Public Park
Dez. 21st 2006, Hamburg Markthof

Installation: Tents, Video, Poster

Exhibition

Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt, Germany
July 22nd - Sept. 30th 2007 (Katalog)


Links, Texts

UNHOUSED Project on Creative Engagement With Global Housing Crises
Eine Besetzung des öffentlichen Raums. Wohnungslose in Japan von A. Haarmann veröffentlicht auf "The Thing - Hamburg"
Squatting Public Space by A. Haarmann
Letters from Osaka about screenings and reactions in Osaka
pingmag Interview with the Tokyo based Online Magazine
kansai kouen org Collection of Critical Texts on Japan in English
Solidarity Action and Performance Berlin Dec. 20th 2006