OPENING EVENTS - Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani new installation "CLOUD FOREST"
It is our great pleasure to announce "CLOUD FOREST" an exhibition proposing
new forms of environmental creation through a fusion of artistic expression and technology, at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].
Located at three main venues in and around the YCAM building, the exhibition features the "fog sculptures" of Fujiko Nakaya, who has frequently exhibited her works to great international acclaim, coupled with Shiro Takatani' s creations using light and sound. The resulting large-scale installation project unfolded in a novel form of collaboration combining the elements each artist specializes in. e interaction with information technology, along with various sensuous and spatial transformations, will suggest new forms of environmental creation to those who witness the various appearances of these installations mixing arti cial fog, sunlight and sound. e exhibition is at once an occasion to introduce and reevaluate E.A.T's foresighted art and science projects originally presented at the EXPO '70 Osaka, which eventually inspired this new project, while exploring the possibility of creative quests through art.
Look forward to a prospect of future "artistic environmental spheres" emerging from contemporary informational environments, illustrated by means of commissioned original works created in-residency at YCAM.
■OPENING EVENTS
Demonstrative Performance
August 7 (sat) 19:00-20:00
Venue: Foyer, Patios Admission free
Performance: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani, softpad (Takuya Minami, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Hiroshi Toyama)
In addition to Fujiko Nakaya and Shiro Takatani, the members of Kyoto-based art/design collective softpad, who took charge of the sound design for this exhibition, participate in a special experimental live performance incorporating the fog, light and sound installations in the patios and foyer.
Artist Talk
August 8 (sun) 14:00-16:00
Venue: Studio B Admission free
Guests: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani
Moderator: Akira Asada
Artists involved in this exhibition appear as special guests in a casual talk session that gives them the opportunity to introduce their works. Moderator will be Akira Asada, a specialist in the field who is familiar with each artist's endeavors to date. While referring to the work of E.A.T. at the 1970 Osaka Expo's Pepsi Pavilion, which inspired this project in the first place, the artists will look back at such trailblazing achievements as Nakaya's "fog sculptures" and David Tudor's soundscapes originally presented at the Expo, and discuss the developments and prospects now, four decades later.
■Exhibition outline
Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani "CLOUD FOREST"
new installation, commissioned by YCAM
August 7 (sat) - October 17 (sun), 2010
10:00-19:00（in August -20:00）
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Patio, Foyer, Central Park
Admission free
Closed Tuesday * Cancelled in case of rain at the Central Park
* There will be guided gallery tours offered during the period of the exhibition. Please check the website for more information on additional event.
* Please notice that the artworks cannot be viewed as part of the regular exhibition between 17:00 and 20:00 on August 7th, as the performance on this day takes place in the patios and foyer.
Located at three main venues in and around the YCAM building, the exhibition features the "fog sculptures" of Fujiko Nakaya, who has frequently exhibited her works to great international acclaim, coupled with Shiro Takatani' s creations using light and sound. The resulting large-scale installation project unfolded in a novel form of collaboration combining the elements each artist specializes in. e interaction with information technology, along with various sensuous and spatial transformations, will suggest new forms of environmental creation to those who witness the various appearances of these installations mixing arti cial fog, sunlight and sound. e exhibition is at once an occasion to introduce and reevaluate E.A.T's foresighted art and science projects originally presented at the EXPO '70 Osaka, which eventually inspired this new project, while exploring the possibility of creative quests through art.
Look forward to a prospect of future "artistic environmental spheres" emerging from contemporary informational environments, illustrated by means of commissioned original works created in-residency at YCAM.
■OPENING EVENTS
Demonstrative Performance
August 7 (sat) 19:00-20:00
Venue: Foyer, Patios Admission free
Performance: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani, softpad (Takuya Minami, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Hiroshi Toyama)
In addition to Fujiko Nakaya and Shiro Takatani, the members of Kyoto-based art/design collective softpad, who took charge of the sound design for this exhibition, participate in a special experimental live performance incorporating the fog, light and sound installations in the patios and foyer.
Artist Talk
August 8 (sun) 14:00-16:00
Venue: Studio B Admission free
Guests: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani
Moderator: Akira Asada
Artists involved in this exhibition appear as special guests in a casual talk session that gives them the opportunity to introduce their works. Moderator will be Akira Asada, a specialist in the field who is familiar with each artist's endeavors to date. While referring to the work of E.A.T. at the 1970 Osaka Expo's Pepsi Pavilion, which inspired this project in the first place, the artists will look back at such trailblazing achievements as Nakaya's "fog sculptures" and David Tudor's soundscapes originally presented at the Expo, and discuss the developments and prospects now, four decades later.
■Exhibition outline
Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani "CLOUD FOREST"
new installation, commissioned by YCAM
August 7 (sat) - October 17 (sun), 2010
10:00-19:00（in August -20:00）
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Patio, Foyer, Central Park
Admission free
Closed Tuesday * Cancelled in case of rain at the Central Park
* There will be guided gallery tours offered during the period of the exhibition. Please check the website for more information on additional event.
* Please notice that the artworks cannot be viewed as part of the regular exhibition between 17:00 and 20:00 on August 7th, as the performance on this day takes place in the patios and foyer.
