Author: Kyoko Kasuya

  • 400 years ago

    video,  1’13,  Full HD 2020 Kyoko Kasuya discovered an anecdote about a Spanish surname, Japón. There are around 300-400 people with this name in Spain today. Kyoko Kasuya researched the subject. 400 years ago, some Japanese traveled to this country and a few people stayed. This is the origin of the family name. This point…

  • Lockdown Diary

    Photographic excerpts, video with text, 52 days, 2020 Kyoko Kasuya was stranded in Paris from the start of containment on March 17, 2020. The majority of Parisians had left for rural areas where their families or acquaintances lived. Unable to go anywhere else, she decided to take advantage of this situation to produce an artistic…

  • Self Portrait

    This work represents the artistic approach of artist Kyoko Kasuya, through the object of the waterproof coat. She thus affirms her role as an artist akin to an investigator, investigating and living between several countries, several histories, searching for clues to our shared history.

  • Diary of Eve’s Land

    Duration 40minProduction 2025Production countries, Japan & FranceFilmed in Saudi ArabiaPrize & Grant by Allotment Travel Award 2023 – About – Diary of Eve’s Land is based on a series of video interviews conducted by Japanese artist and filmmaker Kyoko Kasuya in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2023. Through social media, she invited women to participate in the…

  • Silent Blue

    Silence Bleu Short film fiction 13’53” 4K 2022 Synopsis  The war has taken a worrying turn. After graduating from a university, Noé is called upon to fulfill his duty by joining the military; forcing him to leave Adèle, his fiancée staying in their hometown. Tormented by his Captain and military discipline whilst training at the…