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In Rome has taken place the 22th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2019 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2017 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
Friday 25th October ( 09,00am – 6,30pm)
9am-6,30pm
Mounting on of the Exhibition Greenhouse, by A.I.A.S.members 10,30am Exhibition Greenhouse Beginning of the photo session
4,00pm Closing of the photo session
6,30pm Closure of the Botanical Garden
Saturday 26th October (09,00am – 6,30pm)
09,00am Opening of the Botanical Garden and permanent exhibitions
10,30am Exhibition Greenhouse Opening ceremony, by invitation, in the presence of the Director of the Rome Botanical Garden Museum Prof. Fabio Attorre
11,00am Guided Tour of the Botanical Garden
Ore 11,30 Sala Aranciera
"Japanese gardens, humble and silent small things", conference by Prof. Fabio Di Carlo and Dott.Mario Pasqualini
12,30am and 2,30pm Guided Tours of the Botanical Garden of Rome
3,30pm Orange Room
“Stones, mountains and gods in Japanese culture”,
conference by Prof. Aldo Tollini
Ore 4,00pm Guided tour of the Botanical Garden of Rome
5,00pm Orange Room
"The rocks: spelling and punctuation in the Japanese garden",
conference by Dott. Francesco Merlo
6,30pm Closure of the Botanical Garden
Ore 8,30pm Gala dinner and awards
Sunday 27th October (09,00am – 6,30pm)
09,00am Opening of the Botanical Garden and permanent exhibitions
10,00am Orange Room A.I.A.S. Board Assembly
11,00am Guided tour of the Botanical Garden of Rome
11,00am Entrance "Poetry at the trees", a project curated by Terry Olivi and Silvia Stucky, a narrative walk among the trees of the Garden, to rediscover the link between two dimensions, that of Poetry and that of Nature
12,30am and 2,30pm Guided Tours of the Botanical Garden of Rome
2,00pm Orange Room A.I.A.S. Members Assembly 4pm Exhibition Greenhouse "Comment on the stones in the exhibition ", by the judge A.I.A.S. President Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
4,00pm Guided tour of the Botanical Garden of Rome
6pm Closure of the Exhibition Greenhouse
6,30pm Closure of the Botanical Garden
The conferences. The theme developed is a journey through Japanese gardens, a guided tour to discover the "small humble and silent things" that make it up, from the botanical presence, to that of water and stones, to their sacredness and to the underlying language they express.Dott. Mario Pasqualini.
Architetto paesaggista, lavora nel famoso giardino Giardino Kouraku-en ad Okayama, in Giappone. Prof. Fabio Di Carlo. Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture from 01.01.2005 at the University "La Sapienza di Roma". Prof. Aldo Tollini. Professor of classical Japanese language at the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. Dott. Francesco Merlo. Agronomist, designer of parks and gardens with a Master in "Landscape Design and Green Areas" and specialization in Japanese gardens at the "Research Center for Japanese Garden Art" in Kyoto.
Permanent exhibitions.
In the Exhibition Greenhouse: The suiseki of the A.I.A.S.Members on display in the XXII A.I.A.S. National Congress Ikebana compositions by Ikebana Ohara A.L.U.Study Group In the Orange Room: The kakejiku from the private collection of Mr.Marco Maovaz "The culture of stones in the world" . On display examples of stones between East and West
In the Visitor Center: Sumi-e paintings by Mr. Massimo Gobbi Master and his students Photo exhibition "All roads lead to Edo" by Mrs.Valentina Giacomini The finalist pictures of the photo contest "The Stone and The water"
During the gala dinner on Saturday 26th, the nice Lottery will take place, in which the participating Members are giving away the best items collected during the year, for the benefit of the lucky ones: let's remember to add something to donate in our bags.
For information, the Secretariat is at your disposal, at daniela.schifano58@gmail.com email address
SUISEKI EXHIBITION AND CONTEST AT “ORIZZONTE BONSAI”
Pisa (Italy), 13-14 April, 2019 by Jesus Quintas
Every time I am invited to perform as judge for a contest I experience a twofold sensation: that one of a stone admirer and that other of an examiner according to a somewhat established set of principles and criteria.
The suiseki admirer is guided by an almost immediate perception of the hidden suggestion (yugen) and the unique and sober beauty (shibui) of the stone itself, but the judge evaluate the whole composition that embodies the stone as its main object. Of course, so often both ‘personalities’ agree on the appreciation of a stone, but this is not always the case and, in those situations, both feel unpleased.
Anyway, both sides agreed that this exhibition was wonderfully located within the “Leopolda Station” Activities Center as the large former railway warehouses allowed to fully appreciate the bonsai and suiseki exhibits and the trade area. They also agreed that the exhibition confirms the trend of Italian suiseki exhibitions to conform toko-kazari type; in present case, each exhibit was granted a space of about 100 (W) x 100 (H) x 50 (D) cm to contain the composition, framed with back and side light brownish panels. It was a true surprise to realize that even so an adjusted space was wisely used by the exhibitors to present even ‘three objects’ compositions providing a sense of emptiness.
As a result of his evaluation, this judge assigned the awards as follows:
1st Prize: Multiple composition, by Mr. Leonardo Ostuni
2nd Prize: “Come Aquila”, by Mr. Pietro Prudentino
3rd Prize: Human shaped stone, by Mr. Fabrizio Buccini
4th Prize: (for pattern and abstract stones), “Rabbit”, by Mrs. Cinzia Batignani
Merit Award: “Owakaduni”, by Mr. Igor Carino
Both sides, examiner and admirer agree in thanking to Mr. Leonardo Zinna and his devoted team for all the attention and help received and hope to have new opportunities to meet Italian suiseki friends and enjoy their beautiful stones and superb cuisine.
Other awards were granted as follows:
from Club L’Arte del Bonsai, Pisa, organizer of the event, to an innovative multiple composition by Mr. Carlo Maria Galli
from La Didattica Suiseki Applicata e il Laboratio Insoglio del Solegno, to “Il sentiero e la felicità”, by Mr. Francesco Romé
from Associazione Italiana Amatori Suiseki (AIAS), to a singular toyama, by Mr. Cesare Fumagalli
Jesùs Quintas
Mrs. Luciana Queirolo informs that the evaluation process which led the judge to implement his selections will be shown in the next AIAS Newsletter Spring - Summer 2019.
The suiseki awarded
1st Prize
Multiple composition
by Mr. Leonardo Ostuni
2nd Prize
"Come aquila, in alto e nel vento, il paesaggio ammiro"
by Mr.Pietro Prudentino
3rd Prize
Human shaped stone
di Mr. Fabrizio Buccini
4th Prize (for pattern and abstract stones)
“Rabbit”
by Mrs.Cinzia Batignani
Mention of Merit
"Owakaduni"
by Mr. Igor Carino
Club L’Arte del Bonsai, Pisa Award
Multiple composition
by Mr.Carlo Maria Galli
"La Didattica Suiseki Applicata e il Laboratorio Insoglio del Solegno" Award
"Il sentiero e la felicità"
by Mr. Francesco Romé
Mr. Tom Elias constantly demonstrates to AIAS and its members, which are not only the Italian stones to be valued, but that considers us what he is for us: a true friend.
Only a true friend generously gives his knowledge to everyone, but own to everyone, both through the webpages that he manages and now, even through our site, honored by his authoritative presence. Tom writes:
“I have made six video about stone appreciation in English. Now, I have the first one on Chinese Lingbi stones translated into Italian. Would you like to put this video on the AIAS web site? I am happy to let you do this. Tom”We are privileged and, in turn, we can bring to the knowledge of all Italian stone enthusiasts the authoritative competence of dr. Thomas Elias.
We can not underestimate the generous contribution of Simona Hirsch, president of ATABS, who made herself available to Tom and us, translating the text originally in English.
By now Simona is inside the cog and we hope that she can continue to make her professionalism available, continuing this precious collaboration in favor of the stone lovers' people.
Thanks Tom, thanks Simona
Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
We are therefore able to publish the first of the six videos, dedicated to the Lingbi stones (visible with compatible browsers starting from the following versions: Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Google Chrome 3.0, Apple Safari 3.0 and Opera 10.5.). Since the quality of the display may depend on external factors such as the speed of your Internet connection, you can also download the video and view it on your computer by clicking with the right mouse button and selecting "Save video as ... ".
In Florence has taken place the 21th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2018 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2016 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
"The Nippon Suiseki Association, founded in May 1961, held the first Nippon Suiseki Meihinten Exhibition in July that same year.
Since 2009, thanks to Jeff Amas's photographic and commentary work, the Internet Bonsai Association publishes a large account of the stones on display.
In 2010, the Nippon Suiseki Association celebrated the 50th Meihinten Exhibition by exhibiting the best Meiseki of its members. During the event, Mr. Matsuura was able to announce his withdrawal from the Presidency (Chairman of the Association) after over 20 years of active presence, accepting the role of Honorary Vice President and proposing to remain active in the Association "
Nippon Suiseki Meihinten 2018 (58th) : Courtesy of Jeff Amas and Chris Cochrane Photos by Jeff Amas
Chris Cochrane: "Once again, Jeff Amas has generously sent 37 photos of the latest Nippon Suiseki Meihinten, which takes place in June at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. This year Jeff shares photos of the indoor exhibit, only. He notes that stones displayed in the outdoor exhibit were disappointing in comparison. He also noted that signage did not clearly draw folks from the heavily visited outdoor exhibit area to the indoor exhibit area. Attendance at the stronger indoor exhibit suffers as a consequence."
Thanks to the generosity of the suiseki fan Jeff Amas, resident in Japan, and his dear friend Chris Cochrane, as every year we have the chance to admire on the AIAS pages, comfortably seated at our actual location, in front of a world virtuallyreachable, photos of what was best exposed at the Meihinten 2018 in June.Thanks to these precious friends from our members and those who will soon become one (I'm sure) :)
Arco (Trento) May, 4th-6th 2018 E.B.A. e E.S.A. Conventions
XXII U.B.I. National Congress
XXXIII Arcobonsai
Report by Mrs.Gudrun Benz, photo by Mrs.Daniela Schifano
The yearly major exhibition of Arcobonsai Club Garda Trentino takes place at the beginning of May and is well known by bonsai enthusiasts in Europe. Nevertheless, this year’s event was special because the club invited E.B.A. and E.S.A. as well as U.B.I., the national Italian bonsai association to hold their convention at the beautiful small city of Arco. Therefore one could see the most beautiful European bonsai and Suiseki at the Casino, the location of the exhibition.
Arco is located near Lake Garda and surrounded by an astonishing mountain panorama. It enjoys a mild, sometimes subtropical climate and vegetation with palm and olive trees, vineyards, fruit-trees, oleander, bougainvillea etc. No wonder that the city’s economy is based on tourism.
Unfortunately, display space for both bonsai and Suiseki was limited. The Suiseki exhibition was restricted to 22 specimens so some Suiseki friends couldn’t participate with their stones. A few Suiseki from Italian UBI members found a place at another small exhibition room vis à vis of the ESA exhibition where they were displayed side by side with bonsai. The lighting of the ESA exhibition room was quite bad so the beauty of the exhibits couldn’t be seen in its whole extent
Landscape, in particular mountain stones dominated as at most exhibitions in Europe. Most stones were from European origin. They came from Italy, especially from Liguria, Slovakia, Czech Republic but also some came from Japan and China.
Awards were presented by E.S.A., U.B.I., I.B.S., A.I.A.S. and B.C.I..
The E.S.A. award was given to a “Toad” of Mr. Holger Göbel from Germany. The Gobi desert stone was displayed on a shelf together with a scroll and an azalea as accent plant.
Two E.S.A. President’s Awards went to the wonderful mountain stone “The Dark Side of the Mountain” of Mr. Claudio Villa from Italy and an outstanding mountain stone of Mr. Carlo Guardigli from Italy.
An E.S.A. Nomination was presented to Mr. Santo Buratto from Italy for his landscape stone “Like a Robin a Storm of Leaves” which was found in Italy. The second Nomination went to a plateau stone of Mrs. Martina Vyhlidalova from Slovakia.
The A.I.A.S. President’s Awards went to the landscape stone "Autumn Colour" of Mrs. Gudrun Benz. The A.I.A.S. Plaque has been assigned for the E.S.A.to a boat shaped stone presented by Mr. Igor Barta.
The first U.B.I. prize for suiseki was presented to the magnificent plateau stone of Mrs. Daniela Schifano from Italy which received also the BCI Award of Excellence and I.B.S. Prize. The second U.B.I. prize was given to the beautiful mountain stone in a doban of Mr. Igor Carino from Italy. The third UBI prize went to an impressive mountain stone of Mr. Claudio Villa from Italy. The A.I.A.S. Plaque has been assigned for the U.B.I.to a waterfall stone of Italian origin, presented to Mr. Riccardo Sorbino.
Italy is leading in bonsai and Suiseki in Europe. The bonsai and Suiseki exhibition were high levelled. Once more I could notice the progress that Italian bonsai and Suiseki enthusiasts made in displaying their “treasures” in the last few years. Display tables were excellently manufactured. Bonsai, pots and display tables were mostly in harmony, it means they fit harmoniously together in size, shape, colour and proportions. Therefore it was difficult to decide which bonsai or Suiseki was the best. The same was valid for accent plants or tempei. Of course, one could see also very few exceptions.
There were seen only a few shohin bonsai displays.
The trader area outside the Casino offered all kind of bonsai and Suiseki related items and was very attractive for the convention participants.
As part of the event, there were the New Talent Contest with participants of 14 European countries, the European Arcobonsai Contest 2018 with 13 demonstrators and their helpers, the demonstration of the headliner Hotsumi Terkawa from Japan, lectures related to bonsai, Suiseki and the connection between nature and arts as well as board meetings and the annual general meetings of the participating organizations. On occasion of the social events, the gala dinner on a boat on the Garda Lake and the Evening “B & B & B – Birra – Bonsai e Baraonda” participants had a great time and enjoyed friendship and generous warm hospitality of the Italian host.
In summary, the event was a pleasant one where all had a great time with bonsai, Suiseki and friends.
Mrs. Gudrun Benz
E.S.A. Convention: the suiseki in display
E.S.A. AWARD for the most beautiful stone
Mr. Holger Göbel
"Toad"
Animal shaped stone
E.S.A. President's Award
Mr. Claudio Villa
"The dark side of the mountain" Landscape stone
Nomination E.S.A.
Mr. Santo Buratto
"Like a robin a storm of leaves" Landscape stone
Nomination E.S.A.
Mrs. Martina Vyhlidalova
Plateau stone Danseki
A.I.A.S. Prize
Mr. Igor Barta
Boat shaped stone
A.I.A.S. President's Award
Mrs. Gudrun Benz
"Autumn Colour"
Distant mountain stone
Atelier Mr.Klika & Mrs.Kuraktova
Mountain stone
Yamagata ishi
Mr. Walter Schreiner
"Clouds along the mountain"
Surface pattern stone
Mr. Lorenzo Sonzini
"Kannon"
Sugata ishi
Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
"In front of me... "
Toyama ishi
Mrs. Emma Kerper
"Fireflower" Surface pattern stone
Mrs.Yvonne Graubæk
Near mountain stone
Mrs. Ella Gornerova
Distant mountain stone
Mrs. Sarka Cermakova
Distant mountain stone
Mr. Vladimir Kamocsai
Mr. Lubos Vyhlidal
Island stone
Mr. Amnon Paldi
Setagawa tora ishi
Mr. Vito Di Venere
"Flying around the world"
Mr. Christoph Daim
"Reichenbachfall"
Waterfall stone
Mr. Christoph Daim
"Adam"
Human shaped stone
Mr. Cesare Fumagalli
"Maternità"
Sugata ishi - Human shaped stone
Mr. Marino Nikpal
Plateau stone
Landscape stone
U.B.I. Congress : the suiseki in display
U.B.I PRIZE - I.B.S. PRIZE - B.C.I. Award of Excellence
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
"Nello spazio e nel tempo"
Danseki - Japan (Kamo River)
U.B.I. Mention of Merit
Mr. Igor Carino
Toyama-ishi
U.B.I. Mention of Merit
Mr. Claudio Villa
"Cime tempestose"
E.S.A. President's Award Mr. Carlo Guardigli
"Tramonto rosso"
A.I.A.S. Prize
Mr. Riccardo Sorbino
Waterfall stone
2° Trophy Memorial "Antonella Carioli"
Mr. Marino Nikpal
In Cesano Maderno (MB) has taken place the 20th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2017 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2015 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
From: http://www.aias-suiseki.it/it/MostraMeihinten2013
"The Nippon Suiseki Association, founded in May 1961, held the first Nippon Suiseki Meihinten Exhibition in July that same year.
Since 2009, thanks to Jeff Amas's photographic and commentary work, the Internet Bonsai Association publishes a large account of the stones on display.
In 2010, the Nippon Suiseki Association celebrated the 50th Meihinten Exhibition by exhibiting the best Meiseki of its members. During the event, Mr. Matsuura was able to announce his withdrawal from the Presidency (Chairman of the Association) after over 20 years of active presence, accepting the role of Honorary Vice President and proposing to remain active in the Association "
Nippon Suiseki Meihinten 2017 (57th) : Courtesy of Jeff Amas and Chris Cochrane Photos by Jeff Amas
Chris Cochrane: Jeff Amas sends photos of the 57th Nippon Suiseki Meihinten mounted at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo earlier this month. Jeff Amas wrote:”... this year people are taking more risks with the display in terms of colors and surfaces. In the books... (Japan Suiseki Exhibition books of exhibitions at Tokyo's Metropolitan Museum/CMC)... suiseki have just been placed against a neutral white background. While this allows us to just concentrate on the stone itself it doesn't show us how the owner may in fact present the stone. I think this actually quite an interesting talking point. Certainly the aesthetic response is quite different in each case.”
The AIAS is grateful to his friend and supporter, Chris Cochrane, and the generous contribution of Jeff Amas, through which every year we can draw information and teaching to expand the understanding of this Art that we love so much.
Mrs. Luciana Queirolo
Abegawa ishi 29 x 24 x 24
Hakkaizan seki
23 x 18 x 27
Bonseki
27.5 x 18.5 x 17
Fujigawa ishi 21 x 11 x 9
Furuya ishi
47.5 x 27 x 24
Furuya ishi 16.5 x 13 x 14
Furuya ishi 15.5 x 11 x 10
Hakkaizan seki
15 x 10.5 x 4.5
Hakkaizan seki 21 x 15 x 15.5
Kamogawa ishi
12 x 20 x 28
Kamogawa ishi
25 x 19 x 16
Kamogawa ishi
14 x 10 x 9
Kamogawa ishi
29 x 18 x 9.5
Kamogawa ishi
29.5 x 16 x 12
Kamogawa ishi
17.5 x 9 x 12
Kamogawa ishi
21 x 15 x 15
Kamogawa maguro ishi
11.5 x 6.5 x 3.5
Kamogawa maguro ishi
27.5 x 18 x 6
Kamuikotan ishi
20 x 10 x 5
Kamuikotan ishi
25 x 12.5 x 6.5
Kamuikotan ishi - Sadoakadama ishi
5.5 x 8 x 5 - 8.5 x 7.5 x 5
In Bondeno (Mantova) has taken place the 19th A.I.A.S. Exhibition and Congress - 2016 Edition.
You will find images and news on the exhibition to the following pages :
Kind Visitors are informed that for reasons of space the pages devoted to the A.I.A.S. Congress 2014 have been moved in the page "Brushing up old photos".
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