The Mori Art Museum will present "Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children" from Saturday, May 31, 2014.
Photographer Jacob A. Riis, who documented the lives of poor immigrants in New York during the late 19th century, dubbed immigrant children who performed various tasks in acting as bridges for parents with a poor grasp of English, "go-betweens."
As the word used in the title, exhibition will focuses on the childhood characteristic of moving freely to and fro across all sorts of boundaries, and turns its gaze on various aspects which surround them.
Categorized into 5 sections, the exhibition will introduce 26 artists / groups.
■Section 1: Beyond Culture
Highlighting various issues surrounding children, such as migration and international adoption, by looking at children living in multicultural situations.
Zhang O
Daddy & I: No.29
2006
Type C print
100×100cm
Collection: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
■Section 2: A World of Freedom and Isolation
Focusing on the loneliness peculiar to childhood, which adults tend to forget, and the world full of freedom and creativity it can bring.
Konishi Junya
Time of Child
2006
Inkjet print 42×59.4cm
■Section 3: Memories of Pain and Conflict
Engaging with children's experiences of pain: recollections of being hurt, memories of war, day-to-day conflict etc.
StoryCorps
Q&A
2010 Animation 4 min.
■Section 4: Caught between Adult and Child
Turning attention to the quality of children that allows them to move back and forward between adulthood and childhood, by looking at children in adolescence.
Kikuchi Tomoko
Lost Boundaries
2012
Video
7 min.
■Section 5: Moving between Different Dimensions
Exploring the possibilities for a richer and more diverse world by looking at how children move freely between reality
and the worlds of dreams and imagination.
Won Seoung Won
Oversleeping (from the series My Age of Seven)
2010
Type C print
86×120cm
Please check out here for more information about the participating artists and their works.
During the exhibition, various programs and special events will be held.
Book now and join the events with your friends, families and learn more about the exhibition!
■Relevant information
・"Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children"
Exhibition Period: Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, August 31, 2014
・"MAM Project 021: Melvin Moti"
Exhibition Period: Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, August 31, 2014
