In the remote town of Suzu, Japan, a community of potters revive the lost art of “Suzu ware,” a style of pottery that once flourished there but disappeared in the 16th century. Through artistic renderings of place and practices, the filmmaker immerses the viewer into the lives of Suzu potters.
Can Tamura
Can Tamura is a filmmaker, artist, and audiovisual anthropologist based in Kanazawa, Japan. Working primarily in Japan, Turkey, and Mongolia, he makes experimental documentary films that explore the intersection between ethnographic film and art. He is the director of the short documentaries Okinami, Suzu, and The 24 Solar Terms of Echigo-Tsumari. He was a participating artist in Oku-Noto Triennale 2020+ and Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022 in Japan. He earned his BA in film at Antioch College (USA) and MA in Visual Anthropology, Media and Documentary Practices at the University of Münster (Germany).