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Koki Tanaka, 'Vulnerable Histories', 2018, production still. Courtesy of the artist.

Reading Group: 'Vulnerable Communities' by Koki Tanaka

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Can vulnerability be shared?

In Koki Tanaka's feature film 'Vulnerable Histories' (2018), previously shown at esea contemporary as part of the group exhibition 'Practise Till We Meet', the artist examines a pressing issue from his native country, Japan: the mutual incomprehension and mistrust between Zainichi Koreans and ethnic Japanese. Tanaka urges us to rethink the structural (in)justice within the society, and how can we co-exist with our differences.

During the Manchester Literature Festival, join our Curator Dot Zhihan Jia for an afternoon reading session where we will read the accompanying text 'Vulnerable Communities', translated into English for the first time by Andrew Maerkle and published by esea contemporary.

'This short essay,' as Tanaka introduces, 'considers the unsharable pain of the other. And that will in turn lead to thinking about community, about how to listen to the voices of others, and about disasters and precarious lives'. Collectively, we will reflect on notions of connectivity, migration, and care.

No prior reading is required, and copies of the zine will be provided during the session.

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