Japanese Art, 1960s / ART

Japanese Art, 1960s
Events Planned and Produced by Contemporary Art Center

Japanese Art, 1960s | ART | MUSIC | DRAMA

JAPANESE ART, 1960s
First Phase: Japanese Summer 1960-64
"I Don't Give a Damn Anymore!"

Period:: August 2 (Sat) - September 28 (Sun), 1997
Venue:: Contemporary Art Gallery & Entrance Hall
Director:: Arata ISOZAKI

This installment of the exhibition covers the period from 1960, when the Neo- Dadaism Organizers were formed, to 1964, when the Yomiuri IndÉpendant Exhibition broke apart. Various art works and materials, including those from regional avant-garde groups, are presented to introduce the trends of the period. As with the second phase of the exhibition, "The World of Shuji TERAYAMA," videos will be shown of actual events in the 1960s, along with recent interviews with major participants in the artistic movements of that period.

Photographs (taken by Hidemasa HOSOE et al.) of Ankoku Butoh performances by the late Tatsumi HIJIKATA will be displayed in the ATM Entrance Hall.

The second phase of the exhibition will be presented by ATM's Drama Department.

Admission:: General 800yen; 600yen Groups (20 or more), Advance-purchase Tickets; Admission free for students (junior h.s. and younger), senior citizens (65 and older), and handicapped persons.; 1,000yen H.T.P. (one-year High Teen Pass, available at ATM)

Tickets can be purchased at the Entrance Hall Counter in ATM, at "Midori noMadoguchi" ticket counters at most JR stations, JR "View Plaza" ticket offices, and Ticket Saison agencies around Japan.

Criterium Exhibition of Artists Born in the 1960s

Room #9, Contemporary Art Gallery
Works will be exhibited by artists born in the 1960s.
- The word "criterium" is the Latin version of the Greek word "criterion," meaning "standard."

Artists:: Yoshihiko NUKADA (8/2 - 8/17); 4G44 (Shigeyoshi) (8/23 - 9/7); Hiroko HISHIYAMA (9/13 - 9/28); Yasuhiro TAKEUCHI (10/10 - 10/26); Miwa YANAGI (11/1 - 11/23)

Admission included in the entrance fee for the current Exhibition.

Opening Performance
"Dance (Butoh) as a Corpse Desperately Trying to Stand Up"

Date & Time:: August 2 (Sat), 1997, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Venue:: Entrance Hall, Contemporary Art Gallery
Choreographer:: Akiko MOTOFUJI, director of Tatsumi HIJIKATA Archive (Asbestos- kan)
Performers:: Kazuo OHNO, Akiko MOTOFUJI, Asbestos-kan students

Experimental Film of the 1960s

Period:: August 30 (Sat), 31 (Sun), 1997, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Venue:: Workshop, Contemporary Art Gallery
Admission included in the entrance fee for the "Japanese Summer 1960-64" Exhibition.

Experimental film from the 1960s will be shown, along with works by artists born in the 1960s.

Program A:	Experimental Film from the 1960s
	Toshio MATSUMOTO, Takahiko IIMURA
Program B:	Experimental Film by Artists Born in the 1960s
	Satoko MANO, Utako OGUCHI, Mari TERASHIMA, Haruka DOI

Butoh Workshop by Akiko MOTOFUJI "Resonant Body"

Period:: September 6 (Sat), 1997, 1:00-3:00 p.m.,
September 7 (Sun), 1997 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue:: Workshop, Contemporary Art Gallery
Admission included in the entrance fee for the "Japanese Summer 1960-64" Exhibition.

We invite you to participate in the Butoh workshop conducted by Ms. Akiko MOTOSUJI.
The workshop will run for two days on the weekend. It will cost nothing except for the exhibition entrance fee. There are no restrictions as far as age and previous dance/butoh experience are concerned. The number of participants is restricted to 20 people; if more than that number apply, selection will be made by lottery.
To apply, send an official reply-paid postcard with your name, age, sex, address and telephone number to the following address (postmarked no later than August 25):
Butoh Workshop, Mito Geijutsukan (ATM), 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi 310

Butoh Performance "Mythologia...Shinwa"

Date & Time:: September 6 (Sat), 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Venue:: ACM Theatre
Performers:: Akiko MOTOFUJI, students of Tatsumi HIJIKATA Archive (Asbestos-kan)
Guest Performer:: Yoshito OHNO
Admission:: 2,000yen General Admission; 1,000yen Jr. and Sr. High School Students

Tickets are available at the ATM Entrance Hall Counter. Reservations may also be made over the phone at (029) 225-3555.

Performance "We Don't Give a Damn Anymore Either!"

Date & Time:: September 23 (Tue), 1997, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Venue:: Contemporary Art Gallery
Admission included in the entrance fee to the "Japanese Summer 1960-64" Exhibition.

Performance by the Monju no Chie-netsu troupe.

Talk and Performance by Arata ISOZAKI

Date & Time:: September 28 (Sun), 1997, 3:00 p.m.
Venue:: Contemporary Art Gallery
Admission included in the entrance fee to the "Japanese Art, 1960s" Exhibition.

Mr. Arata ISOZAKI will give a talk and performance dealing with his 1962 work, "Fuka Katei (Process of Incubation)."

Japanese Art, 1960s Events Planned and Produced by Contemporary Art Center

JAPANESE ART, 1960s First Phase: Japanese Summer 1960-64 "I Don't Give a Damn Anymore!"