This February, a special exhibition of works by iconic Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will run alongside performances of our world premiere production of Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Digital x Hokusai in Scotland: The Life of Hokusai is a unique opportunity in Scotland to see digital representations of sketches, paintings and manga by an artist who redefined Japanese painting and printmaking. Free and open to the public, it will be staged in the foyer areas of Theatre Royal Glasgow (11-14 February) and Festival Theatre Edinburgh (19-21 February).
The exhibited works are reproductions from digital data, and unlike exhibitions of originals, visitors can view them up close in a brightly lit environment. Delving into the art behind the opera, this is a visual prelude to the production, taking audiences further into Hokusai’s world.
The exhibition features approximately 50 digital representations of Hokusai’s art, from museums and collections (including those privately owned) all over Japan including The Hokusai-kan Museum, Shimane Art Museum, and Yamanashi Prefectural Museum. Many of these feature in the opera itself, which tells the story behind Hokusai and his world-famous woodblock print ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’.
Presented by NTT ArtTechnology, it is supported by us, NTT EAST, Bunkamura, KAJIMOTO, Ars Techne, Designito, Daisuke Mukai and with the co-operation of Yukihiro Nakayama, curator at Japan’s Hokusai-kan Museum.
For more information, visit The Great Wave | Scottish Opera