Tokyo+Berlin Communication–Art 2010
東京＋ベルリン コミュニケーション 展
7 – 29 August 2010
28 artists from Tokyo and Berlin at Freies Museum Berlin
Potsdamer Str. 91 · 10785 Berlin
A project by KUNSTFAKTOR e.V. Berlin and ART MAMA COMPANY Tokyo in cooperation with FREIES MUSEUM BERLIN. Supported by Pola Art Foundation, Japan Foundation und Nomura Holding (Tokyo). Under the patronage of the Embassy of Japan in Berlin.
media partner:
DEUTSCHE FASSUNG
Newsletter flashback:
Invitation & exhibition info 31 Juli 2010
Links:
OPENING (photos: see downloads and www.catonbed.de)
Saturday, 7 August 2010 at 5 pm · RECEPTION BY Aki Sugaya (Embassy of Japan)
EXHIBITION VENUE
FREIES MUSEUM BERLIN · Potsdamer Str. 91 · 10785 Berlin Schöneberg · U1-Kurfürstenstr./U2-Bülowstr. · city map
OPENING HOURS
Monday–Saturday 12–7 pm · Thursday until 10 pm · Sunday 3–6 pm
An exhibtion catalogue will be published.PROGRAM
8 – 15 August · daily 11 am – 1 pm:
ART & BREAKFAST by Midori Mitamura for visitors and artists8 – 12 August · daily 12 – 6 pm
PAINTING A BEE BY A BEE · 5-day live performance by Tamaki KawaguchiSun, 15 August · 11 am – 5 pm
ART & BREAKFAST (11am–2pm) meets DISCURSIVE PICNIC by UNWETTER (2–5pm)Sun, 29 August · 5 – 10 pm
CLOSING EVENT · music by Steve Nickel, performances by Anna Barth and Tomohiro Hatori
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INFO-FLYER · INVITATION · PRESS MATERIAL · CATALOG
Artists from Tokyo Artists from Berlin Tomohiro Hatori 羽鳥 智裕
Thomas von Arx トーマス フォン アックス
Tamaki Kawaguchi 川口 珠生
Anna Barth アナ バート
Susumu Kinoshita 木下 晋
Thomas Dzieran トーマス ツィーラン
Tomoko Kofuneko コフネコトモ子
Kai-Olaf Hesse カイーオラフ ヘッセ
Masami Kondo 近藤 昌美
Frank Benno Junghanns フランク ベノ ユングハンス
Midori Mitamura 三田村 光土里
Stefan Kreide ステファン クライデ
Noritoshi Motoda 元田 典利
Stefan Rueff ステファン ルフ
Izumi Ooishi 大石 泉
Antonio Santin アントニオ サンティーン
Tatsumi Orimoto 折元 立身
Ulrike Solbrig ウーリケ ゾルブリック
Chieo Senzaki 千崎 千恵夫
Caro Suerkemper カーロ ヅァーケンペア
Tadayuki Shimada 島田 忠幸
Peter Unsicker ペーター ウンヅィッカー
Mio Shirai 白井 美穂
Juan Varela ホアン ヴァレラ
Hiroshi Suzuki 鈴木 浩之
Dana Widawski ダナ ヴィダウスキー
Nobuki Yamamoto 山本 伸樹
Regula Zink レグラ ツィンク
KUNSTFAKTOR Produzentengalerie e.V. (organization)
www.kunstfaktor.de · eMail
Tel. +49 (0)30 - 30 87 20 10
Office: Stendaler Str. 6 · 10559 BerlinFREIES MUSEUM BERLIN (exhibition venue)
www.freies-museum.com · eMail
Tel. +49 (0)30 - 34 72 18 14
Exhibition: Potsdamer Str. 91 · 10785 Berlin
DEUTSCHE FASSUNG
To–Be · Tokyo+Berlin Communication Art 2010The multidisciplinary exhibition To–Be highlights in 2010 works by 28 artists from Japan and Germany, who research spheres of common ground in the «Being and Becoming» in both cultures.
To–Be is a joint venture based on an open-minded concept inspired by the artists Tatsumi Orimoto and Thomas von Arx. The exhibition is a collective working process between the artists without any instructions from a curator, to create space for developments and conversations reaching beyond the scope of an exhibition.
Starting point of this project was a gathering of 19 younger and more experienced artists in the summer of 2009 in Tokyo, who portrayed renowned and emerging positions. The exhibition took place at Higure 17-15 cas, contemporary art space in Tokyo.
The concept worked well in terms of exhibition quality, as well as founding of new collaborations and ideas, which is why we applied the same principle with To–Be – continuing our experiences in Japan 2009 – in order to deepen the communication about art and to form a summit with our show in 2010. It is planned to continue the exhibition series in 2011 in reference to the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Prussian-Japanese friendship and trade treaty. The collaboration with both cities in this regard could vitalise the partnership between the two on a cultural level.
The project gains a remarkable dynamic through the conjunction of very differently inspired societies and their individual perceptions of art. The various overlaps, hybrids and grey areas show the direction of East-Asian/European convergence – not only in artistic terms.
Art as a communication-engine is in this sense connecting and moving independent strategies of exchange and relations. This activating process is an essential aspect of the exhibition: creating an artist-driven «open stage», that allows and develops inspiring collaborations between cultures, the arts, the artists and the audience. For this project the artists from Japan and Germany will get together in Berlin for two weeks in August.
The cultural exchange of this project will not be limited to the exhibition itself. The visit of our Japanese fellows in an around the metro area of Tokyo was a fixed part of the concept. The provided hospitality and living everyday life together offers the artists a framework for conversations about art, politics, and social life also conveyed by celebrating Japanese and German cuisine. Possibly this dialog will enter into the work of the artists too.
The exhibition’s opening will be celebrated with a program of various performances. Several art works will still be developed throughout the first week of the exhibition. Each morning at 10 o’clock (8–15 August) Midori Mitamura will welcome visitors to Art & Breakfast, which will be the base of the work she creates. On the 15th, her Art & Breakfast will meet the Discursive Picnic by UNWETTER (‹were everybody is guest & host at the same time. Bringing, giving, taking, sharing: living- and think-spaces›). Tamaki Kawaguchi will produce her piece Painting a bee by a bee for 5 days inside of a glass cube.
All 28 artists will be present at the opening event. Guided tours for groups are possible by appointment.
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For this exhibition a catalog will be published by bruno dorn verlag · ISBN 978-3-942311-01-4
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