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Tadashi Kawamata DAILY NEWS

November 3 (Sat.),2001,to January 14 (Mon.),2002

Installation view at Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito 　Photo:Yuzuru Nemoto

The "Daily News" exhibition, encompassing the entire Contemporary Art Gallery at ATM, is presented as a single work composed of four elements:
(1) Newsprint. The most important of the four elements, newsprint weighing more than one hundred tons is used by Kawamata to express the vast amount of information and material consumed in our everyday lives.
(2) News photos. A hundred photos, clipped by Kawamata from actual newspapers, are arranged along the gallery walls in a way to suggest the transitory nature of information.
(3) Paneled project documents. Consisting of material that Kawamata has organized over the past two decades, the documents delineate his personal history and information, incorporating them into the installation.
(4) Materials from workshop projects. Arranged in an archival manner, the materials developed by Kawamata for various projects are stored in book stacks located in seven different places within the gallery. In so doing, he expresses the continuity of time.
In addition to the gallery exhibition, Tadashi Kawamata has authored "Book in Progress: Kawamata Tadashi Daily News," in a so-called artist-book form, presenting it in conjunction with the "Daily News" to be produced at the exhibition site. This production style, labeled "site-specific work," involves a process of project preparation in a loop fashion: on-the-spot research, planning, proposal-making, and implementation. In his book, Kawamata has compiled a diary of his activities starting September last year (2000), when he began preparing for the exhibition. His aim is to focus on his activities as an artist in everyday life. The materials he has collected include his dairy, journals, records of lectures and dialogues, documents, proposals, drawings, memos, and letters. Together, the materials in the book represent the fifth element of the current exhibition.

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Venue

Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito

Dates

November 3 (Sat.),2001,to January 14 (Mon.),2002

Closing dates

Mondays (Tuesdays if Monday is a national holiday)

Opening hours

9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (no admittance after 6:00 p.m.)

Admission

Adult ¥800, Advanced purchase and Group discount(more than 20 people) ¥600, Admission Free: Child aged under 15/Senior Citizen over 65/Disabled pass holder and an attendant each/One year pass holders

Organized by

Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito

In cooperation with

SOUM Corporation, Takeo Co., Ltd.

Curated by

Tsukasa Mori (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, ATM)

Contact

TEL 029-227-8120
Contemporary Art Center

RELATED EVENTS

1. Artist Talk

Tadashi Kawamata will deliver a talk about his works.
Date: Nov. 3, 2001 (Sat)
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM (talk begins at the gallery entrance)
Lecturer: Tadashi Kawamata

2. Three-day Course about Kawamata

The art journalist Makoto Murata, who has been following Kawamata's activities from the early days, has organized a series of eight lectures over three days. Each day of the course will dwell on a certain theme, exploring the meaning, role and potentials of the kind of art that Kawamata produces.
Dates: Nov. 23 - 25, 2001 (Fri. to Sun.)
Planning and organization: Makoto Murata
Venue: Workshop, Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Capacity: 80 persons
Fee: Free, but a ticket to the exhibition must be purchased each day of attendance.

[Schedule]
- Day 1 : Nov. 23, 2001 (Fri)
Theme: Tadashi Kawamata as Art
1) 11:00-12:00 p.m. "Introduction to Tadashi Kawamata," Makoto Murata (art journalist)
2) 1:30-3:00 p.m. "The Artistic Nature of Tadashi Kawamata," Teruo Fujieda (art critic)
3) 3:30-5:00 p.m. "From Japan's Kawamata to the World's Kawamata," Shigeo Anzai (photographer)

- Day 2 : Nov. 24, 2001 (Sat)
Theme: Tadashi Kawamata as Artless
1) 11:00-12:30 p.m. "Tadashi Kawamata's Rear End," PH Studio (artist/architect pair)
2) 1:30-3:00 p.m. "Tadashi Kawamata Outside Museums," Emanuel de Mongerson (cultural attache, French Embassy, Tokyo)
3) 3:30-5:00 p.m. "Participating in 'Work in Progress'," Jun Kato (producer)

- Day 3 : Nov. 25, 2001 (Sun)
Theme: From Art to Artless
1) 1:30-3:00 p.m. "Presenting Art in the Streets," Shingo Yamano (general manager, Museum City Project)
2) 3:30-6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion, "On Art and Artless," Tadashi Kawamata (artist), Kazuko Koike (creative director), Takashi Serizawa (representative of P3 art and environment), Tsukasa Mori (curator, Art Tower Mito); moderated by Makoto Murata

3. Simultaneous Related Events

Prior to the beginning of the exhibition at ATM, Nadiff, an art shop in the trendy Omotesando area of Tokyo, has been putting on a special events.
1) Nadiff: "Tadashi Kawamata Book in Progress"
The project entitled "Tadashi Kawamata Book in Progress" introduces Kawamata's planning and production process leading up to the appearance of his on-the-spot works at particular exhibition sites.
Period: Oct. 12 - Nov. 25, 2001
Times: 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., daily

2) Gallery Talk at Nadiff
Date: Nov. 16, 2001
Time: starting at 6:30 p.m.
Speakers: Tadashi Kawamata and Tsukasa Mori
Moderator: Makoto Murata (art journalist)
Venue: Nadiff, 4-9-8-B1F Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

4. Publication of "Book in Progress: Tadashi Kawamata Daily News"

Kawamata has organized a chronological journal of his activities over the past year in preparation for the ATM exhibition, starting in September 2000 and running through September 2001. He introduces previously unknown aspects to the activities in creating his on-the-spot works.
Title: "Book in Progress: Tadashi Kawamata Daily News" (INAX Library No. 16)
Description: Kawamata's daily journal, records of lectures and dialogues, documentary photographs, proposals, drawings, memos, letters, etc.
Note: English translations are appended for a newly recorded dialogue with the renowned architect, Arata Isozaki, as well as for the calendar of his activities.
Curator: Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
Editor: Media Design Institute
Published by: INAX Publishing Co.
Price: ¥3,150 (including consumption tax)

5. "Local Communities and Art - Reflecting upon the Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2000"
(Citizens' Lecture 3, 2001)

Date: December 17, 2001
Lecturer: Fram Kitagawa (President, Art Front Gallery / Director of Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2000)

6. Weekend Gallery Talk

During the course of the exhibition, CAC "Gallery Talkers" will conduct 11 separate 40-minute gallery talks on most weekends. Please meet at the entrance to the gallery.
Dates: December 1, 2, 8, 15, 16, 22, 23, and January 5, 6, 12 ,13, 2002
Time: starting at 2:30 p.m.

7. Art Tower Talking Tours

Study tours will be conducted on three separate days in November and December as part of the coordinated learning activities of Mito and vicinity. This is the second time such study tours have taken place.
Dates: Nov. 20 (Tue), Nov. 22 (Thu), Dec. 9 (Sun)
Organized by: The executive committee of Mito and Vicinity Learning Cooperative Projective Program
Supervisor: Board of Education, Mito City; Art Tower Mito
Lecturer: Tsukasa Mori (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, ATM)