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Trans-Port Ⅲ

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Title	Trans-Port Ⅲ: I’m glad you are there.
Period	Saturday, 19 January – Saturday, 2 February 2019
Opening Hours	11:00 – 19:00
Closed	Monday, 21 January
Venue	Atelier East and Atelier West at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre B1, 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021
Admission	Free
Organized by	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
Exhibiting Artists	Shinya Kaneko, Atsushi Sugiura, Yuki Tanaka, Koichi Mitsuoka, Ryota Murakami + Chiaki Murakami

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The alien life forms that appear in The Sirens of Titan, a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, may give us a clue to keeping a good relationship with someone. The primitive life forms called harmoniums can produce only two messages, “Here I am,” and “So glad you are.” When one says, “Here I am,” the other automatically responds, “So glad you are.” This simple exchange by recognizing the existence of each other and sharing the joy is indispensable for human beings, too. One thing that differentiates human beings from harmoniums is that humans use numerous combinations of various feelings and communicating those feelings. In this exhibition, we introduce the rich and diverse expressions created through communication between “Me” and “You.”

Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery was provisionally opened in Jinnan, Shibuya-ku in 2017. In cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, it has been exploring ways to promote an inclusive society through projects to introduce works by creators from various backgrounds. The gallery is temporarily closed for renovation and scheduled to reopen by the end of FY 2019.Before its renewal opening, the gallery is hosting exhibitions in three different locations in Tokyo (Yotsuya, Hachioji and Ikebukuro) under the title of “Trans-Port” throughout this fiscal year. Just like a port which is a maritime crossroad of various cultures, “Trans-Port” aims to provide opportunities for visitors and different types of expressions to encounter each other. Each exhibition has its own theme to find out how art could contribute to diversity and inclusion within society.

Artists

Shinya Kaneko

Born in 1989.
A member of KOBO-SYU, an atelier and social work institute. Using his fingers with little movability, he grabs soft paper clay to form different shapes. His works called “nigiri,” or hand-formed, serve as a medium to represent his existence as well as recording his hand movement.

Atsushi Sugiura

Born in 1970.
A member of KOBO-SYU, an atelier and social work institute. He has been touching snapshots of his family and flowers over the years. Touched and rubbed repeatedly, the photographs are all frayed and faded to produce some unique texture. The frayed photos present the artist’s unique sensitivity while drawing viewers to different imaginations about the objects.

Koichi Mitsuoka

Born in 1990 in Aichi Prefecture.
MA in Fine Art, Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts (2016). His unique techniques are presented by depicting characteristics of places through observation and dialogue while the artist himself is also involved in the depiction as part of it.

Ryota Murakami + Chiaki Murakami

A duo of Ryota Murakami (born in 1988, graduated from Ueda College of Fashion) and his mother, Chiaki Murakami. They established a fashion brand, RYOTA MURAKAMI, in 2014.

Access

Atelier East and Atelier West, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
B1, 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021

2-minute walk from West Exit of Ikebukuro Station on JR lines, Tokyo Metro lines, Tobu Tojo Line and Seibu Ikebukuro Line. Directly accessible from Exit 2b of the station’s underground passage.