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Gallery 1 & 2

Interactive Space

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Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”- 　Saturday, 10 February- SUnday, 12 May 2024

This exhibition introduces the works and activities of artists who express themselves through inhabiting, residing, living, and doing things with others. Each artist has unique ways of expression, such as performances that explore relationships with close family members, their love for certain food items, scavenging trash in neighboring areas, poetry created from everyday events, and attempts to reconsider modern homes and lifestyles. These expressions shake and question the boundary between life and art. When you encounter each uniqueness, you may feel surprised, confused, strange, or laugh and feel at ease. But for each of their works, there is something most intimate and certain in their symbiosis. They value the everyday interpersonal relationships that are hard to describe, and that cannot be contextualized into something bigger. In this exhibition, we hope that stepping into this world and being exposed to their “certainty” will allow you to ruminate on what “certainty” means for you as an individual. Enter the space of different Symbioses.

Installation views of ”Space in Symbiosis -How to live with "certainty"- ”

Title	Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-
Period	Saturday, 10 February – Sunday, 12 May 2024
Opening Hours	11:00 AM- 7:00 PM
Closed on	Mondays, 13 February, 30 April, 7 May *except 12 February, 29 April, 6 May
Venue	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission	Free
Artists	ORIMOTO Tatsumi, SAKAI Mihoko, Swing, MURAKAMI Satoshi
Organized by	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

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Artists

ORIMOTO Tatsumi　1946 –

ORIMOTO Tatsumi, Performance: Bread-man Trips by Train, 1992, Collection of the artist. Courtesy of ART-MAMA Foundation

Born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. A contemporary artist who has been active at the forefront of contemporary art for nearly 40 years. His works, such as “Bread Man,” a performance in which he wraps bread around his face and moves around town, and “Art-Mama,” which uses caring for his own mother as a work of art, are highly acclaimed internationally for their style of questioning the way of communication with love and humor while shaking the boundary between life and art. His recent solo exhibitions include Orimoto Tatsumi - Past and Present - (Onomichi City Museum of Art, Hiroshima, 2018), and many other exhibitions at museums in both Japan and abroad.

SAKAI Mihoko　1979 –

SAKAI Mihoko, Portrait of SAKAI Mihoko, 2015, Courtesy of Atelier Yamanami

Born in Shiga, Japan. A member of ATELIER YAMANAMI since 1996. For over 28 years, regardless of where or with whom, she has never let go of a pack of “Sapporo Ichiban Original” instant noodles. Instead of eating the noodles, she grabs it and listens to the rustling sound of the plastic, and watches the subtle reflections on it. The time and silent exchanges between people and things are irreplaceable moments for SAKAI. Her recent exhibitions include Meaningless, or something like that (Hajimari Art Center, Fukushima, 2018).

Swing　2006 –

Swing, 2022, Courtesy of Narita Mai

Swing is a welfare facility in Kyoto, Japan, where about 30 people with and without disabilities have been working since 2006. Swing's activities are based on free work and expressive activities that are not bound by existing views of work and art. In addition to the "GOMICORORI" cleanup action and "Oretachi Hyogen-zoku" creative activities such as painting, writing poems, and making collages, Swing also holds exhibitions, publishes free papers, and distributes a podcast radio. Recent exhibitions include Swing x Mai Narita x Tatsuki Katayama Exhibition: “blue vol.2 ― What the Things We Cannot Throw Away Tell Us" (THEATRE E9 KYOTO [Kyoto], 2022).

MURAKAMI Satoshi　1988 –

MURAKAMI Satoshi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, August 30, 2018, 2018, Collection of the artist, Photo by TAMURA Can

Born in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2014, he has been a contemporary artist who has reexamined existing housing and lifestyles through the “Living Migration” project, where he travels around the world while carrying his own styrofoam house. While developing a “pattern of living,” he has been working in recent years on the development of air-conditioned and heated spaces that do not use electricity, such as by using the heat of fermenting fallen leaves, or the cooling effect of vaporization heat. His recent exhibitions include SATOSHI MURAKAMI Living Migration (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 2020–21).

Warming Up Event of Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-

A pre-event will be held by the group and three artists as a warm-up project to enjoy the Space in Symbiosis exhibition, which will open from February 10, 2024, in greater depth. Each presentation is made in a different format, and the theme is cycles that are difficult to see, such as actions that everyone performs every day and the workings and operations that are occurring unnoticed. We hope that this will provide an opportunity to experience the expression of each artist and the root of their activities.

Period: Saturday, 13 January, 2024－ Sunday, 28 January, 2024, Saturday, 2 March 2024
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery

折元立身《ボッシュ・トイレ・ミュージアム折元男代96歳》2015年　作家蔵　提供：アートママファウンデーション

ORIMOTO Tatsumi, Bosch Toilet Museum, Odai Orimoto (96), 2015　 Collection of the artist. Courtesy of ART-MAMA Foundation

MURAKAMI Satoshi, Drawing, 2023, Collection of the artist.

Swing "GOMICORORI" , 2019, Photo by Swing

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Reproduction of ORIOMTO Tatsumi's <i>Bosch Toile Museum</i>

Warming Up Events of Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-

Reproduction of ORIOMTO Tatsumi's Bosch Toile Museum

Period: Saturday, 13 January, 2024 - Sunday, 28 January, 2024　*Ended　
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Gallery 2
Admission: Free

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Gallery 2

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Warming Up Events of Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-

MURAKAMI Satoshi In-Residency Production

Period: Saturday, 13 January, 2024 - Sunday, 28 January, 2024　*Ended　
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Interactive Space
Admission: Free

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Open studio

Interactive Space

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Warming Up Events of Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-

Special Screening "JIZOLIBIDO" ＆ After Talk

Period: Saturday, 20 January, 2024　2:00PM-4:30PM　*Ended
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Gallery 1
Admission: Free

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Gallery 1

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Swing <i>"GOMICORORI"</i> and <i>"SWING HANAKUSO RADIO"</i> recording

Warming Up Event of Space in Symbiosis　-How to live with “certainty”-

Swing "GOMICORORI" and "SWING HANAKUSO RADIO" recording

Period: Saturday, 3 February, 2024　*Ended　
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Gallery 2
Admission: Free

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Performance of "Bread Man" by ORIMOTO Tatsumi

Period: Saturday, 10 February, 2024　2:00PM-3:00PM　*Ended
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Performances

Gallery 1 & 2

Interactive Space

“Bread Man” is a representative performance work by ORIMOTO Tatsumi.

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Talk Event "Ups and downs, to each their own journey"

Period: Saturday, 2 March, 2024　2:00 PM - 3:30 PM　*Fully booked
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Talks / Symposiums

A conversation between KINOTO Masayuki (Swing representative) /Online participation and YAMASHITA Masato (Atelier Yamanami director)

Participants: 20 people (Apply in advance: reservations first come, first served)

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Curators’ Gallery Talk

Period: Saturday, 16 March, 2024　2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Talks / Symposiums

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Gallery 1 & 2

Interactive Space

The Gallery’s curators will provide a commentary about the works on display.

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Writing Appreciation

Period: Saturday, 30 March, 2024　2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Gallery 1 & 2

Interactive Space

Viewing event using communication in writing with OGASAWARA Shinya (deaf tour guide) as a facilitator.

Participants: 10 people (Apply in advance: reservations first come, first served)

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Talk Event "A Place Called Soil"

Period: Saturday, 4 April, 2024　4:00 PM - 5:30 PM　
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Talks / Symposiums

Interactive Space

Talk by MURAKAMI Satoshi and FUJII Kazumichi (Soil scientist).

Participants: 20 people (Apply in advance: reservations first come, first served)

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Reference works for portrait WS (left: Q, right: XL), courtesy of Swing

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Portrait workshop by Swing members.

Period: Saturday, 6 April, 2024　2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Workshops

Gallery 2

Get your portrait drawn by XL and Q

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MURAKAMI Satoshi《Heat Room》

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"I want to take a Soil Bath!!"

Period: Sunday, 14 April, 2024　1:00 PM - 6:00 PM　
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Workshops

Interactive Space

The "footbath" at Murakami Works will be turned into a "bath" for one day only.

This will be an opportunity to feel the "heat" produced by microorganisms not only through the feet, but also with the whole body.

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Talk Event "What is ORIMOTO Tatsumi’s living art?"

Period: Sunday, 12 May, 2024　2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Talks / Symposiums

Talk by FUKAGAWA Masafumi (independent curator) and the Gallery’s curators.

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Performance of "Bread Man" by ORIMOTO Tatsumi 〆

Photos of the "Bread Man" performance (Feb. 10)

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Performance of "Bread Man" by ORIMOTO Tatsumi 〆

Period: Sunday, 12 May, 2024　4:00PM-5:00PM
Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
Admission: Free

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Performances

Gallery 1 & 2

Interactive Space

"Bread Man," a representative performance piece by exhibiting artist ORIMOTO Tatsumi, will be held, on the last day of this exhibition.
This "Bread Man" will be open to the public! Up to 10 people selected by lottery will be able to participate.

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