Face To Face

Our guest is Yodogawa Technique, an artist who transforms trash and flotsam into stunning collages. He travels worldwide, interacting with local communities to create thought-provoking works. In the Maldives he formed a huge fish with the plastic bottles that are endangering its coral reefs. In memory of all that was swept away by the devastating tsunami of 2011, he created a "Wakabayashi 100 Years Swing" using what was left of the windbreak forests. His work has been featured in school textbooks to inspire eco-awareness.

All Episodes - Season 5

Episode 1

Yodogawa Technique: Infusing Life Into Trash

Episode 2

Masako Toyota: Turning Narrow Hilly Streets into an Asset

Episode 3

Hiraku Ogura: Listening to the Voices of Microorganisms

Episode 4

Yoko Tawada: The Fascination of Exophonic Literature

Episode 5

Yusuke Murakami: The Key to Living Harmoniously in Extreme Environments

Episode 6

Kuniaki Kuroki: A Glass Magician

Episode 7

Josh Grisdale: A Wheelchair User's Insight into Japanese Hospitality

Episode 8

Toshiyuki Inoko: Changing Perspectives with Digital Art

Episode 9

Doshin Hiroki: Martial Arts, a New Way of Therapy

Episode 10

Miyako Ishiuchi: Documenting the Vestiges of Time