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αM＋ Vol. 2: "My Hole, Art's Hole: Subterraneans and Mirrorless Mirror"
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Akira Takaishi, Noboru Takayama, Nikolay Smirnov, Yosuke Amemiya, Tomohito Ishii, Tatsuya Okawa, Osamu Shikichi, Keisuke Tada, Akihiko Taniguchi, Michiko Tsuda, Hiroshi Fujii, Saori Miyake
“My Hole, Art's Hole" is a project by artists Tomohito Ishii and Akira Takaishi. The two themes of "Subterraneans" and "Mirrorless Mirror" emerged through seven years of work on a project that explores the motif of holes. Holes are omnipresent in everyday space. We cannot perceive holes as something real. There is nothing there. However, the holes exist mysteriously. It is through this ambivalent experience that our perceptions, memories, emotions, and imagination are driven. And within this, we interpret the existence of human beings with a cognitive framework, and the fundamental nature of human activity in the institution of art.
In "Subterraneans" and "Mirrorless Mirror," the artists tried to capture the process of transformation that this ambivalent nature of a hole gives to human beings through the two directions of a hole that penetrates downward and a hole that travels horizontally and laterally. In the case of a hole drilled downward into the ground, one would project one's imagination to the earth, which is the foundation of one's support, and to the invisible world that spreads beneath it. On the other hand, the horizontal hole in the ground has a structure that produces a visible imitation image, like an eyeball or a camera, where the de-information and reconstruction of a specific image is promoted.
In "Subterraneans and the Mirrorless Mirror," the heterogeneous verticality and horizontality of these holes are separated and sometimes mixed. In the global environment that we now inhabit, we are beginning to develop a new mythical imagination. And in the rapidly changing information environment, we are searching for a new relationship between image and matter. Divided into two periods, the exhibition attempts to show the transformation of our environment and our new relationship with it.
Part 1: Subterraneans (curated by Akira Takaishi) Jan. 15 (Sat)–Feb. 12 (Sat)
Part 2: Mirrorless Mirror (curated byTomohito Ishii) Feb. 22 (Tue)–Mar. 19 (Sat)
In "Subterraneans" and "Mirrorless Mirror," the artists tried to capture the process of transformation that this ambivalent nature of a hole gives to human beings through the two directions of a hole that penetrates downward and a hole that travels horizontally and laterally. In the case of a hole drilled downward into the ground, one would project one's imagination to the earth, which is the foundation of one's support, and to the invisible world that spreads beneath it. On the other hand, the horizontal hole in the ground has a structure that produces a visible imitation image, like an eyeball or a camera, where the de-information and reconstruction of a specific image is promoted.
In "Subterraneans and the Mirrorless Mirror," the heterogeneous verticality and horizontality of these holes are separated and sometimes mixed. In the global environment that we now inhabit, we are beginning to develop a new mythical imagination. And in the rapidly changing information environment, we are searching for a new relationship between image and matter. Divided into two periods, the exhibition attempts to show the transformation of our environment and our new relationship with it.
Part 1: Subterraneans (curated by Akira Takaishi) Jan. 15 (Sat)–Feb. 12 (Sat)
Part 2: Mirrorless Mirror (curated byTomohito Ishii) Feb. 22 (Tue)–Mar. 19 (Sat)
Schedule | Jan 15 (Sat) 2022-Mar 26 (Sat) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | https://gallery-alpham.com/exhibition/project_2020-2021/plus_vol2/ | ||||||
| Venue | Gallery αM http://gallery-alpham.com/ | ||||||
| Location | 2F Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus, 1-4 Ichigaya Tamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843 | ||||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 6 at Ichigaya Station on the Yurakucho and Namboku lines, 3 minute walk from exit 4 at Ichigaya Station on the Toei Shinjuku line, 3 minute walk from Ichigaya Station on the JR Chuo and JR Sobu lines. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-5829-9109 | ||||||
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