Wed 9 July | 15:30 | Pálás Screen 2

2024 | Japan | 85’

Japanese, English (English Subtitles)

Karacho is a traditional workshop in Kyoto. For 400 years, products and art called karakami, which are handprinted patterns on Japanese paper, have been handed down. The film includes interviews with notable figures: an artistic director of Hermès, Akira Minagawa, designer of minä perhonen, and Hiroshi Tomura, a contemporary artist. They speak about their inspiration from nature, and their own creations. The secret Ainu rituals and prayers to deities in the mountains show the relationships among people, nature and patterns.

Post-show discussion will follow