Hills Art & Life Project Community Engagement Program “Neighborhood Seen through Art - In Reference to Circulating ‘Commons’” Ver. 1: “THE FURNITURE”
2018.8.17 [Fri]
Since January 2018, we have started a research project on those related to the Toranomon/Nishi-Shimbashi neighborhood. Based on the research now, planning of some workshops, talks, tours, and exhibitions has been underway, and they are collectively themed “THE FURNITURE.” Centered around western-style furniture that the area has been well known for the production of, the series of these events aims to propose new way of art’s engagement in community.
Related Event Schedule
- Exhibitions
- Dates:
August 30 [Thu], 31 [Fri], September 1 [Sat], 6 [Thu], 7 [Fri], and 8 [Sat] - Open Hours:
Thursdays and Fridays: 12:00-20:00
Saturdays: 12:00-18:00 - Venues: * Download the map here
Higuchi Building [Usui Yui] 2-19-1 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Kazama Building [Shiroki Asako] 2-19-5 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Yakumo Building [Nakamura Yuta, Archive Room by Kawakatsu Shinichi] 2-17-1 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Sasaki Building [Homma Takashi] 1-18-10 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Date & Time: 14:00-15:00, August 31 [Fri], 2018
Speakers: Shiraki Asako (Artist), Aoki Masafumi
Date & Time: 16:00-17:00, August 31 [Fri], 2018
Appearing: Usui Yui (Artist)
Date & Time: 12:30-14:30, September 3 [Mon], 2018
Appearing: Homma Takashi (Photographer)
Date & Time: 14:00-16:00, September 8 [Sat], 2018
Speakers: Usui Yui (Artist), Shiroki Asako (Artist), Nakamura Yuta (Artist), Kawakatsu Shinichi (Architecture Researcher, RAD)(TBD)
Hills Art & Life Project Community Engagement Program
“Neighborhood Seen through Art - In Reference to Circulating ‘Commons’”
Ver.1: “THE FURNITURE”
- Participating Artists: Usui Yui, Shiroki Asako, Nakamura Yuta, Homma Takashi
Period of Project: from January to end of October, 2018
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
In Cooperation with: Kawakatsu Shinichi (Architecture Researcher, RAD)
About the “Community Engagement Program”
Symbol of Roppongi Hills’ status as the “cultural heart of the city,” as well as staging exhibitions, since opening the Mori Art Museum has offered a range of learning opportunities via its diverse learning programs. With its aim of extending the settings for learning through contemporary art from the museum right out into the community - i.e. the surrounding neighborhood and wider city - the “Community Engagement Program” is a unique learning program only the Mori Art Museum and Roppongi Hills could offer. Since its launch in 2016, several initiatives tying contemporary art to familiar lifestyle themes, such as music and food, have been rolled out in the local area.
