山城知佳子(ChikakoYamashiro)

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简介： Chikako Yamashiro (山城 知佳子, Yamashiro Chikako, born 1976) is a Japanese filmmaker and video artist. Her works in photography, video and performance create visual investigations into the history, politics and culture of her homeland Okinawa. Particularly salient are themes related to the terrible civilian casualties incurred in Okinawa during World War II and the on-going troubles and hardships caused by the U.S. military presence in Okinawa.[1] Since 2019 she is Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts.[2]Yamashiro has received various awards including the Kurashiki Contemporary Art Biennale (2005), the Asian Art Award (2017),[3] the Zonta prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (2018), the Asian Art Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize (2018), and most recently, the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (2020-2022).[4] She has also participated in the Okinawa Artist's Exchange Residence Program in the Philippines (2011).[5]