A.I.T. Room - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for A.I.T. Room. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Minglius with Arcus 2" Talk Event
Following our successful Minglius collaboration with Arcus last year, we welcome the 2008 artists-in-residence at AIT to make short presentations about their works and to hear from Arcus Director, Mizuki (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #21 "Manifesta 7 ? A Traveling Biennale in Europe" Talk by Atsushi Sugita
The art critic and organiser of the alternative art space art & riverbank, Atsushi Sugita, will speak about his recent travels to see "Manifesta 7" in Europe. Mr. Sugita recently published a book titled (...)
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"Minglius - Summer Party"
Short Talk by Keisuke Ozawa and Roger McDonald about Autumn/Winter AIT Project. * Gwangju Biennale and Seoul Art Tour. *'After Hours' symposium in Yokohama - September. With many Asian curators and artists. *Kankyou (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #20 "Artist Book Publishing and Contemporary Art from South Asia Now"
This slide talk is presented by Sharmini Pereira, curator in residence with AIT during July with the support of the Backers Foundation. Sharmini Pereira was born in 1970 in the UK. After graduating (...)
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AIT Aritist Talk #36 "Another Kind of Memory and Time"
Donna Ong and Thiago Rocha Pitta are currently artists in residence with AIT, supported by the Backers Foundation. Prior to their exhibition of new works made during their Japan stay,"The BAR vol.2 Donna (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #19 "Video Art from Romania and Democratized Romania"
Mihnea Mircan (b. 1976) is a curator based in Bucharest, Romania. At the National Museum of Contemporary Art he has curated, among other shows, the 'Under Destruction' series of site-specific interventions, (...)
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AIT Artist Talk #35 "'The Land' Project: Thai Artist Kamin Lertchaiprasert"
Under the joint sponsorship of the Japan Foundation, AIT presents Artist Talk #35, inviting internationally acclaimed contemporary Thai artist Kamin Lertchaiprasert. Lertchaiprasert co-founded "The (...)
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"Minglius" Talk Event
At this "Minglius," AIT introduces two contemporary art programs in addition to the regular informal bar and music. Curator Fumihiko Sumitomo will give a talk on the exhibition of Tadashi Kawabata entitled (...)
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10 Minute Museum "Prohibido bien aprendido"
Ernesto Salmer is a Nicaraguan artist who has been staying with AIT as Artist in Residence since December 2007, supported by a grant from The Ishibashi Foundation. The 10 Minute Museum ”Prohibido bien (...)
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AIT Artist Talk#34 "IC-98: From a Free Zone of Experimentation."
AIT will hold its 34th Artist Talk " From a Free Zone of Experimentation" by Finish artist unit, IC98 on Thursday, 31st January. IC-98 is the name of the artists duo from Finland made up of two artists, (...)
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AIT Artist Talk#33 "Communicating Vases: Talk by Tokyo based artist, Eric Van Hove"
Tokyo based artist Eric Van Hove will give a work presentation, introducing several bodies of recent works and site specific installations in Senegal, Japan, Iran, Belgium, Madagascar and Egypt. This (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #18 "A land down under: contemporary art and the rise of the artist run space in Australia"
AIT will hold AIT SLIDE TALK #18 by Hannah Mathews on November 22nd from 19:00-21:00 at AIT room. Hannah Mathews is curator in residence with AIT for the month of November. Her residency has been made (...)
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"Okinawan Time Minglius" Talk Event
From October 26th to November 4th, AIT held the "Museum of Okinawan Time" event in Naha, Okinawa. This event took place just as the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, the last prefectural museum (...)
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"Double Standard: Micro International Exhibition Curated by Artists" Talk Event
London based artists, Tom Sasaki, Caroline McCarthy, and Kroger will give an artist talk about their curated exhibition "Double Standard," which is held on November 2nd and 3rd at Space Kobo & Tomo (...)
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Andreas and Fredrika "Inventory of thoughts" Talk Event
Working across a number of different disciplines from crafts, graphic design, installation and photography, the Swedish duo of Andreas (b. 1974) and Fredrika (b. 1977) represent a new generation of Scandinavian (...)
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MAD Special Lecture vol. 5 "Japanese Postwar Art History"
This series of lectures introduces an overview of the history of Japanese art in the postwar period. Examining various art movement starting with "Yoru-no-kai" (night group), "Jikken-kobo" (experimental (...)
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"Minglius" Talk Event
For the first autumn Minglius, AIT is pleased to welcome Mizuki Endo and some of the current artists staying at the artist-in-residence program, ARCUS. Mizuki Endo has worked as an independent curator (...)
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MAD Special Lecture vol. 4 "Politics of Art and Space"
Concepts of art are changing dramatically. Art used to take place only in certain places like museums or galleries. In recent years, art has departed from those designated spaces and started to occur in (...)
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"Talking about the Future of Biennales" Symposium
"Biennale" means "every other year" in Italian. In the art context, biennales are international art exhibitions that have proliferated greatly in various cities throughout the world since the 1990s. The (...)
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MAD Special Lecture vol. 3 "Architecture and Museum"
This lecture series "Architecture and Museum" explores the meaning and social function of museum architecture from modernism to today. The content of a museum's collection and the work of architecture (...)
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Will Rogan x Yuki Okumura "Everyday" Talk Event
Will Rogan and Yuki Okumura are exhibiting in a two-person exhibition at Misako & Rosen from July 13th through August 11th. “Everyday” is the second in a series of two-person exhibitions presented (...)
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"History of Photography, FIlm & Video - Four Days of Talking about Changes in Visual Media" Lectures
Photography and moving images are the two art media introduced in the 19th century. Photography has always functioned as a technique for recording, yet its potential for manipulation is often revealed (...)
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"Minglius 2" Talk Event
Roger McDonald will give a brief introduction to a video piece, 'One Million Kingdoms', made by an internationally renowned artist, and shown at the first Yokohama Triennale in 2001. This video is one (...)
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"Three Chapters with Khadim Ali" Talk Event
Khadim Ali is an artist in residence at AIT from April to July 2007. Born in 1978 in Quetta City in Pakistan, Khadim lives and works in Pakistan. His family heritage is Afghan, and his work often references (...)
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"Minglius" Talk Event
Presentation Program 20:00- "2007 Summer Preview" by Keisuke Ozawa & Roger McDonald 2007 is the long-awaited year for art lovers. The Munster Sculpture project (an outdoor sculpture show in Germany), (...)
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"Indie Events - Curators' Approaches: Contemporary Art in Holland" Talk Event
In 2006 the Stedelijk Museum invited Maxine Kopsa, freelance curator and associate editor of the contemporary art magazine Metropolis M, to organise an exhibition which could also be an overview of cultural (...)
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"Towards New Museums" Talk Event
Maria Lind was born in Stockholm in 1966. Since 2005 she has been the Director of IASPIS (International Artist Studio Program in Sweden) in Stockholm. From 2002 to 2004 she was the Director of Kunstverein (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #26 "Shizuka Yokomizo 1997-2007"
In conjunction with her solo exhibition at Wako Works of Art starting January 25th, Shizuka Yokomizo will be introducing her photography and video works from the past ten years and giving a talk on producing (...)
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Minglias "Beta-Max: 80's Night"
This is a summer night party to the theme of minglias, meaning 'to mix or mingle'. AIT's selection of photographs and books from the 80's will be on display. Come dressed in 80's fashion! No registration (...)
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Yason Banal "Disaster But Disco"
Yason Banal (1972-), who is staying in Tokyo for three months as an AIT artist in their residency program, is making use of AIT as a studio/squat. He plans on making and exhibiting work, hanging out, playing (...)
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AIT Slide Talk #14 ”Postcard from a Southern Place"
Sophie O'Brien was the exhibition manager for the Australian Pavilion at The 2005 Venice Biennale, working closely with artist Ricky Swallow. She was also the exhibition manager of the Biennale of Sydney (...)
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Jonathan Hernandez and Kazz Sasaguchi "Dialogue on Observing Public Spaces and Archiving Public Images"
Jonathan Hernandez (b. 1972 in Mexico City) has collected posters for missing dogs in Mexico City, international press photos of people getting arrested, and photos of tourists in various tourist locations. (...)
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Leif Holmstrand "Sally Rattenmann, Rosemary’s Baby And A Couple Of Songs"
A unique performance will take place in the AIT room, given by the current AIT artist in residence Leif Holmstrand. Leif lives in Malmo Sweden and is supported by IASPIS for this residency. This is the (...)
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ARUKU - Walking around in Daikanyama: Sayaka Akiyama Solo Exhibition
Organized by the participants of the MAD (Making Art Different) Curation Intensive course at AIT (Arts Initiative Tokyo), this exhibition features new work by Sayaka Akiyama. Akiyama walked the streets (...)





