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THE UNIVERSE AND ART Press Release vol.3 july 28, 2016

press release Press Contact Details: Ms. Machino, Ms. TakiPublic Relations, Mori Art Museum Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6111 Fax: +81-(0)3-6406-9351 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mori.art.museum

THE UNIVERSE AND ART:PRINCESS KAGUYA, LEONARDO DA VINCI, TEAMLAB

A FIRST FOR JAPAN: ASTRONOMY MANUSCRIPTS PENNED BY RENAISSANCE GENIUS LEONARDO DA VINCI, PLUS THE LATEST, IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS BY STARS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD ALLOWING VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE COSMOS FIRST HAND!

JULY 30, 2016 [SAT] - JANUARY 9, 2017 [MON] MORI ART MUSEUM (53F, ROPPONGI HILLS MORI TOWER)

Mori Art Museum is proud to present “The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab” from Saturday, July 30, 2016 to Monday, January 9, 2017. Our universe is of perennial interest, appearing in art all around the world as an object of worship and study over the centuries, and spawning countless stories. “The Universe and Art,” comprising four sections of “How Have Humans through the Ages Viewed the Universe?” “The Universe as Space-Time” “A New View of Life - Do Aliens Exist?” and “Space Travel and the Future of Humanity,” is an attempt to explore these questions from artistic perspective. It will offer a diverse selection of around 200 items from across the globe and down the centuries, in multiple genres, from meteorites and fossils to historic astronomical material by Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei; mandalas showing eastern cosmology; handscrolls of Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) which we may call Japan's oldest sci-fi novel; installations by contemporary artists, and the latest from the frontline of space development. Join us this summer on a journey exploring where we came from, and where we are going, as Roppongi turns into a portal to the cosmos...

teamLab Crows are Chased and the Chasing Crows are Destined to be Chased as well, Blossoming on Collision - Light in Space 2016 Interactive digital installation 4 min. 20 sec. (loop) Sound: Takahashi Hideaki

Leonardo da VinciCodex Atlanticus, Sheet 554vc. 1513Ink on white paper27.5 x 20.5 cmCollection: Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca - Milano© Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana - Milano / De Agostini Picture Library

Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), volume 3 of 3 (Takeda version) Early Edo period Handscroll 33 x approx. 1,440 cmCollection: Kokugakuin University Library, Tokyo

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General InformationExhibition Title: “The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab”Organizers: Mori Art Museum, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., The Yomiuri Shimbun

Curated by: Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum), Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)Curatorial Collaborators: Ryukoku Museum, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center

Grant: l’Ambassade de France au Japon / Institut françaisCorporate Sponsors: NEC, Obayashi Corporation, IHI Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.Special Cooperation: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)Production Support: Panasonic CorporationSupport: Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd., Champagne Pommery

Period: July 30, 2016 [Sat] – January 9, 2017 [Mon]Venue: Mori Art Museum, 53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1, Roppongi, Minato-ku, TokyoOpen Hours: 10:00-22:00 | Tue: 10:00-17:00 | * Admission 30 minutes before closing. | * Open everyday. | * October 21 [Fri] open until 1:00 a.m. the following morning, and October 22 [Sat] open until 6:00 a.m. the following morning, respectively, due to “Roppongi Art Night 2016.”Admission: Adult: ¥1,600 / University/highschool student: ¥1,100 / Child (age 4 up to junior highschool student): ¥600* All prices include tax.｜* Additional entrance fee to the Tokyo City View observation deck, as well as the Sky Deck is required.General Inquiries: +81-(0)3-5777-8600 (Hello Dial) Mori Art Museum Website: www.mori.art.museum

Tom Sachs The Crawler 2003 Foamcore and hot glue, wood and metal frame 185.4 x 61 x 101.6 cm (shuttle) 114.3 x 200.7 x 171.5 cm (base)Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/SalzburgPhoto: Philippe Servent

Neri Oxman Qamar, Luna’s Wanderer 2014Collection: StratesysPhoto: Yoram Reshef

FOR OBTAINING THE EXHIBITION-RELATED PRESS IMAGESPlease make separate inquiries via E-mail to: [email protected]

NOTICE ABOUT THE EXHIBITSThere will be changes of exhibits during the exhibition period. Please see the Mori Art Museum website for details. www.mori.art.museum

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EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

［SECTION 1］ How Have Humans through the Ages Viewed the Universe?

Japan’ s Legendary Meteorite Sword Forged from Meteorite Iron

Unraveling the Secrets of the Universe from a Buddhist Perspective: the Multidimensional Cosmos in Ancient Mandala

With Lenses Still Crystal Clear 150 Years on: Edo Period Gunsmith Crafts Japan’s First Own Astronomical Telescope

This section focuses on one part of historical cosmologies: human views of the universe down the millennia, looking at myths and religious art objects from east and west, plus priceless astronomy material.

View a sword made from an iron meteorite that fel l on Toyama prefecture during the Meiji period, exploring the connection between outer space and our own planet via this precious Japanese weapon.

From the Nanbokucho through Muromachi periods, we present the Mandala of the Two Realms, Star Mandala, and the Twelve Devas depicting the deities of the twelve directions, joined by a Tibetan Mandala and other displays in an exploration of cosmologies with an Asian worldview or Buddhist perspective.

Astronomical telescope made during the Edo period by gunsmith and self-taught telescope maker Kunitomo Tobei Shigeyoshi (Kunitomo Ikkansai) of Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture), Japan.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

ITEMS ON VIEW

Kitayama YoshioKitawaki NoboruMaeda YukinoriMwkaiyama Kishoamong others

Leonardo da Vinci’s sheets from Codex AtlanticusAntiquarian books on astronomy by Galileo Galilei and on Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus)Star Mandala, Mandala of the Two Realms, Tibetan Mandala, the Twelve Devas, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) handscrollRare Renaissance and Edo-period astronomy materials including celestial globes, charts, telescopes and calendarsMeteorite swordand more

Mandala of the Two Realms Kamakura period (14th century)Pair of hanging scrolls, color on silk 235.5 x 197.2 cm (each)Collection: Mimuroto-ji Temple, Kyoto

Okayoshi Kunimune Meteorite Sword 1898 Meteoric iron 68.6 cm (length), 1.5 cm (curvature)Collection: Tokyo University of Agriculture LibraryPhoto: Kioku Keizo

Kunitomo Tobei Jukyo (Kunitomo Ikkansai)Reflecting Telescope “Ikkansai Minryu Noto”1836Brass, iron43.5 cm (h)Collection: Nagahama Castle Historical Museum

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［SECTION 2］ The Universe as Space-Time

The Cosmos as Presented by Stars of the Contemporary Art World

Plus an Array of Immersive Installations

Black holes that suck up even stars; the fact that the starlight we gaze on now comes to us from hundreds of mil l ions of light years away; the wonders of space – 11 dimensions of it apparently – and astounding advances in astral observation that have revolutionized our perceptions of space and time, all presented as works of contemporary art.

Includes installations made from mundane materials yet evoking a profound spirituality and cosmic phenomena by Björn Dahlem, Wolfgang Tillmans’ photographic works of deep space stars captured by ultrasensitive telescope juxtaposed with images of computer pixels, and a large-scale painting produced especially for the exhibition by Jia Aili.

Conrad Shawcross’ s huge kinetic installation Timepiece, a piece on the artist’ s enduring theme of “time” that expresses and arranges into a work of contemporary art the sundial – one of the first scientific methods employed by human beings when they began to measure time – and the sublime astronomical time experienced in relationship to the sun, offers visitors the initially contradictory, unimaginable experience of creating a primeval experience, via artificial sunlight. Meanwhile, Brilliant Noise , Semiconductor’ s three-channel video installation of thousands of overlapping documentary images of solar activity, which expresses the sun’ s intensity in sound, projects the massive waves of energy discharged by the sun’ s thermonuclear fusion onto three giant screens that surround the viewer, coinciding changes in sound offering an experience akin to sensing the very pulse of the sun.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTSVija CelminsJoseph CornellBjörn DahlemAndreas GurskyJia AiliMori Mariko Trevor PaglenSemiconductorConrad ShawcrossWolfgang Tillmans

Semiconductor Brilliant Noise 2006Multi-channel video installation 10 min. (loop)

Conrad Shawcross Timepiece 2013Aluminium, steel, mechanical system, lights Dimensions variableInstallation view: The Roundhouse, London

Wolfgang Tillmans Transit of Venus 2012Inkjet print on paper 40.5 x 30.5 cm (approx.)Collection: Wako Works of Art

Björn Dahlem Black Hole (M-Spheres) 2008Wood, steel, fluorescents, light bulbs, stain Dimensions variablePhoto: Blaise AdilonPhoto courtesy: The Saatchi Collection, London

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［SECTION 3］ A New View of Life - Do Aliens Exist?

From a Mysterious Object That Startled the People of the Edo Period, to New Life Forms of the Future

Sexy Robot, Fembot Mechanoids by Sorayama Hajime Who Has Captured the Hearts of Creators the World over

Starting with meteorites and fossils from a geohistory that extends far beyond the presence of homosapiens, this section features artworks that reference images of aliens as imagined by people down the centuries, plus the latest genetic engineering and A.I. technologies.

From “Utsurobune no Banjo” – what some have described as an Edo-period UFO story – to Patricia Piccinini’s new life form that speaks to us with a peculiar gaze, this section offers plenty to stir the imagination.

A three-dimensional piece by Sorayama Hajime - known as an internationally rated illustrator as well and featured on the cover of Aerosmith album Just Push Play.


ITEMS ON VIEW

Vincent FournierLaurent GrassoPierre HuyghePatricia PiccininiSeto MomokoSorayama HajimeSugimoto Hiroshi

Meteorites and fossilsArchival materials on “Utsurobune no Banjo (A Woman on the Hollow Boat)”Aramata Hiroshi’s collection of sci-fi magazinesCharles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species (first edition)and more

(left)Patricia Piccinini The Rookie 2015Fiberglass, silicone, hair48 x 65 x 46 cmCollection of the artistCourtesy: Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne; Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney; Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

(right)Sorayama Hajime Sexy Robot2016 FRP, iron, silver, gold plating air brush paint, LED neon light182 x 60 x 60 cmCourtesy: NANZUKA Photo: Tanaka Shigeru

Manjudo The Strange Boat Drifted Ashore on Fief of Lord Ogasawara from “Hyoryu-ki-shu (Archives of Castaways)” Late Edo period (19th century)Book26 x 77 cm (approx.)Collection: Iwase Bunko Library, Nishio, Aichi

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［SECTION 4］ Space Travel and the Future of Humanity

Facsimile of Sketches by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, “Father of Space Exploration”

Maquette of Mars Ice House, Hypothetical Future Habitat for Humans on the Red Planet

As an era of space travel for all draws closer, this section offers artists’ visions of the relationships people will have with the universe, and how our lives will change in the future. There will also be displays on the history of the US and Soviet space programs, plus the latest from the frontline of modern space development including JAXA Pilot Missions of “ISS/KIBO” Utilization for Culture/Humanities and Social Sciences, Mars Ice House, and Project by Team Hakuto.

Presenting for the first time in Japan the inspired sketches of scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer of rocketry and cosmonautics as well as a sci-fi author, whose work contributed to the success of Russia’s space program.

Maquette, also on display in Japan for the first time, of a New York architectural group’ s potential habitat that won first prize in a NASA’ s contest to design housing for Mars, ahead of its plan to have four astronauts live on and explore the planet for a year in the 2030s. Could this be the future of human habitation?


ITEMS ON VIEW

Jules de BalincourtMaria GruzdevaNomura HitoshiOsaka TakuroNeri OxmanTom SachsteamLabamong others

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky’s Album of Cosmic Journeys (facsimile)Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong and Valentina Tereshkova’s photographs (facsimile)Mars Ice HouseHakutoand more

(left)Konstantin TsiolkovskyDrawing from the Manuscript, Album of Cosmic Journeys 1933Pencil on paper 31.1 x 22.7 cmCollection: The Archive of the RussianAcademy of Sciences (ARAS)ARAS. F. 555. File 84. Sheet 15.

(right)Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture OfficeMARS ICE HOUSE20153D printed resin model with wood base, internal light, slideshowCollection of the artistPhoto courtesy: Clouds AO/SEArch

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Artists’ Talk

Symposium “Deciphering ‘The Universe and Art’ Exhibition with Scientists”

Exhibition-Related Public Programs

Speakers: Alberto Rocca (Director, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana), Chiku Kakugyo (Director, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center)

Moderator: Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum)

Date & Time: 14:00-16:00, Saturday, July 30, 2016 (Doors open: 13:30)

Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

Capacity: 80 (booking required) Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)

Booking: has closed (booked out)

Speakers: Matogawa Yasunori (Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [JAXA]), Watanabe Junichi (Vice-Director General / Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Nomura Hitoshi (Artist), Inoko Toshiyuki (Founder of teamLab)

Moderator: Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum)

Date & Time: 14:00-16:00, Saturday, August 20, 2016 (Doors open: 13:30)

Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

Capacity: 300 (booking required) Admission: General ¥3,500 / MAMC members free * Program participant will receive a complimentary exhibition ticket (of “The Universe and Art”) on site.Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum

Speakers: Björn Dahlem, Conrad Shawcross, Semiconductor, Jia Aili, Patricia Piccinini, Maria GruzdevaDate & Time: 18:00-20:00, Saturday, July 30, 2016 (Doors open: 17:45)

Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)


Booking: has closed (booked out)

* Please note that the venue and the number of capacity for this program have changed from as originally announced.

* Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available

* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available

* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available

In an age when the mainstream view of the universe was a geocentric one, and telescopes had yet to be invented, the Codex Atlanticus on display in “The Universe and Art” exhibition tells us that Leonardo da Vinci already had a strong interest in astronomy. As well as hearing about the history of the Codex Atlanticus from Alberto Rocca, Director of Milan’s Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, where it is housed, the Museum will welcome Chiku Kakugyo, Director of the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center, which collects and studies precious first editions of scientific books, to discuss how human beings viewed the cosmos prior to modern advances in space science.

Artists in the exhibition discuss the connections between their works and the universe.

Alberto Rocca

SemiconductorBjörn Dahlem

Maria Gruzdeva

Matogawa Yasunori

Nomura HitoshiPhoto courtesy: JAXA

Watanabe Junichi

Inoko Toshiyuki

Patricia PiccininiPhoto: Alli Oughtred

Jia AiliConrad Shawcross

Chiku Kakugyo

Today ’ s headlong rush into space is accompanied by enormous changes in the relationship between human beings and the universe that will also demand new perspectives on the questions of what is the universe, and what is art? How will people’ s understanding of the universe be transformed, and how will art? Join experts in space engineering and astronomy, plus artists, as they unravel the exhibition from their individual perspectives.

Talk Session “A Journey through Knowledge and Cosmologies”

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Talk Session “Cosmology in Art”

A Space Talk and Workshop “Making an Astronomical Telescope”

Summer-Night Museum “Viewing ‘The Universe and Art’ and ‘Starry Sky’!”

Speakers: Izumi Takeo (Professor, Graduate School / Faculty of Arts And Letters, Tohoku University), Shinohara Motoaki (Director, Takamatsu Art Museum / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University), Mwkaiyama Kisho (Artist), Maeda Yukinori (Artist)

Moderator: Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum) Date & Time: 19:00-21:00, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 (Doors open: 18:30)

Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)


Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum* Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 18:30 only for those with bookings.

Date & Time: 17:00-20:00, Friday, August 26, 2016 (Doors open: 16:30)

Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum / Sky Deck, Tokyo City View (53F/RF, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

For: Elementary / Middle school students Capacity: 40 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)

Admission: ¥3,000 (material cost. In addition, exhibition ticket as well as Sky Deck admission fee required)

Supervised by: “tenpla,” Project to Popularize AstronomyBooking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum* Booking Period: Wednesday, July 20 - Tuesday, August 2, 2016* Result of the lottery will be sent to each person by email during the following period: Wednesday, August 3 - Friday, August 5, 2016.

Lecturer: Takanashi Naohiro (Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo Executive Management Program /Director of “tenpla,” Project to Popularize Astronomy)

Date & Time: 18:00-21:00, Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (Doors open: 17:30)

Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum / Sky Deck, Tokyo City View (53F/RF, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

For: Elementary / Middle school students Capacity: 40 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)

Admission: Free (exhibition ticket as well as Sky Deck admission fee required) Booking: has closed* Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 17:30 only for those with bookings.

* Conducted in Japanese



Mandalas depicting the Buddhist worldview are also said to represent the truth of the cosmos. For this Talk Session, Izumi Takeo, expert in the history of Buddhist painting, and Shinohara Motoaki, whose extensive knowledge ranges from the monk Kukai to contemporary art, will be joined by Mwkaiyama Kisho, whose minimalist works are reminiscent of mandalas for modern times, and Maeda Yukinori, who draws on personal experience to express ideas from mystic philosophy, to discuss the cosmologies and art dwelling in the human heart throughout the ages.

Take a look around “The Universe and Art” exhibition, then build a genuine astronomical telescope that will even let you see craters on the moon, and Saturn’s rings. An astronomy expert will explain in child-friendly terms everything participants need to know, from how to assemble and use the telescope, to what to look out for in the sky.

Join Museum staff as we take over the nighttime Mori Art Museum for an exclusive viewing of “The Universe and Art,” then after a talk by an expert on the stars, observe the starry sky from the Sky Deck on the roof of the Mori Tower. Turn your imagination to the wonders of the cosmos and art at this special nighttime event.

* Stargazing session(s) may be canceled due to weather. If so, admission fee to the Sky Deck (adult: ¥500, child: ¥300) will be unnecessary.* These two programs are nighttime programs. Participating student should be accompanied by a guardian.

Izumi Takeo

Mwkaiyama Kisho

Shinohara Motoaki

Takanashi Naohiro

Maeda YukinoriPhoto: Homma Takashi

◆SUMMER NIGHT EVENTS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENTED BY MORI ART MUSEUM X ROPPONGI TENMON CLUB

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JAXA Town Meeting in Mori Art Museum “On the Frontline of Space Exploration - The Latest Developments in Our Perennially Fascinating Universe”

Music Workshop Series EYES & EARS Vol. 1 “Space-Time and Sound” Presented by Mori Art Museum × Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

Speakers: Kuninaka Hitoshi (Professor at the Department of Space Flight Systems, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) / Director, Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [JAXA]),

Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum）

MC: Shoji Yoshikazu (Director, Public Affairs Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [JAXA])

Date & Time: 19:00-20:30, Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (Doors open: 18:30)


For: Highschool students and older Capacity: 80（booking required） Admission: FreeOrganizers: Mori Art Museum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Booking: Will start on the Mori Art Museum website at a later date. www.mori.art.museum * Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 18:30 only for those with bookings.* Members of the audience will have exclusive access to the exhibition from the end of the Meeting at 20:30, to 22:00. For those wishing to view the exhibition, usual charges will apply (Adult: ¥1,600 / University/higihschool student: ¥1,100 / Child [age 4 up to junior highschool student] ¥600)* More details will be posted on the Mori Art Museum website at a later date. www.mori.art.museum


* Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available

Throughout history, people have been seduced and fascinated by the cosmos. The influence of space extends far from the obvious scientific advances and into the realms of art and religion. The heavens that human beings once gazed upon mesmerized are now accessible. At this Town Meeting, the speakers focus on what is happening in the universe right now - why humans set their sights on space and continue to expand the frontiers of space exploration - combined with an introduction to “The Universe and Art” exhibition.

Join us at the nighttime Museum, turning your thoughts to the works in the exhibition and to space, on a journey of art and music. Space exploration was the very core of contemporary classical music composer Yuasa Joji’ s experimental music endeavors - enjoy the opportunity to play instruments, and experience the unknown, in an unconventional approach that explores the connections between image, sound and space.

Instructors: Michael Spencer (Communication Director, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra), Japan Philharmonic Orchestra FacilitatorsDate & Time: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 18:30-21:30 (Doors Open: 18:00)


For: Highschool students and older Capacity: 40 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)

Admission: ¥2,000, MAMC / Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Subscription members freeOrganizers: Mori Art Museum, Japan Philharmonic OrchestraBooking: starts at 11:00 a.m. on September 1 [Thu], 2016 on the Mori Art Museum website. www.mori.art.museum* Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 18:00 only for those with bookings.* This event will be run in association with the 686th regular Tokyo concert performance, “Autumn” (Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10, 2016) by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. For details, see: http://www.japanphil.or.jp/concert/detail_345.html#infoBox01 (Japanese language only)

About JAXA Town MeetingsThe JAXA Town Meetings are forums for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to discuss its aerospace research and development endeavors with the public. Audience members have the opportunity to freely express their opinions while JAXA also offers its views. To date, JAXA has to date run over 120 of these meetings in the hope that over time, such sharing of views will lead to new ideas and directions for future space exploration, astronautical science, and the development of aerospace technology. For details, see: http://fanfun.jaxa.jp/event/townmeeting/ (Japanese language only)

Michael Spencer

Kuninaka Hitoshi

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Gallery Talks by Exhibition Curator

Gallery Talks (Japanese)

Gallery Talks (English)

Family Hour

Speaker: Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum）

Date & Time: [1] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, August 10, 2016 [2] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, September 21, 2016Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

Capacity: 30 (each) Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)

Booking: NOT required (first-come basis; please come to the entrance hall of the exhibition directly)

Date & Time: [1] 14:00-15:00, Wednesday, August 31, 2016 [2] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 [3] 14:00-15:00, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 [4] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, December 14, 2016Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower) Capacity: 15 (each) Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)


Date & Time: 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, October 12, 2016Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower) Capacity: 15 Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)


Date & Time: [1] 9:30-10:30, Saturday, October 1, 2016 [2] 9:30-10:30, Saturday, November 26, 2016For: Pre-school children (ages 0 to 6) and their guardians, pregnant women and their familiesCapacity: 80 pairs (each, booking required)Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum* Babies in prams and frontpacks welcome.* Starting at 9:35 and 9:55 Museum staff will provide talks on a number of the works on display. Please come to the entrance hall of the exhibition directly if interested. * Please note that the Museum will be open to the general public from 10:00.



* Conducted in English


Talks by the exhibition curator, conducted in a gallery-tour format.

Talks by museum staff conducted in a gallery-tour format.

Talk by museum staff conducted in a gallery-tour format in English.

Visit the Mori Art Museum with your little ones aged up to six years, and join other families to view the Museum at your leisure before the official opening time. Pregnant women also welcome. A great opportunity to take in “The Universe and Art” exhibition while enjoying some weekend relaxation with family, time with your children, and the chance to swap child-rearing hints with other visitors.

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Verbal Imaging Tour

Sign Language Tours

Date & Time: 10:30-12:00, Saturday, December 3, 2016Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

For: General publicCapacity: 10 (booking required) Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)

Booking: starts at 11:00 a.m. on September 1 [Thu], 2016, on the Mori Art Museum website: www.mori.art.museum or via telephone: +81-(0)3-6406-6101

Date & Time: [1] 19:00-20:00, Friday, September 9, 2016 [2] 15:00-16:00, Saturday, December 3, 2016Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

For: General publicCapacity: 10 (each, booking required) Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)

Booking: Mori Art Museum website: www.mori.art.museum or via fax: +81-(0)3-6406-9351



A tour in which the visually impaired can explore the exhibition through dialogue with museum staff in essence, but open to general public.

A tour for enjoying the exhibition using the Japanese sign language and words. Open to those who don't use sign language, too.

* Please note that speakers are subject to change without prior notice.

Inquiries on Public Programs: Public Programs, Mori Art MuseumTel: +81-(0)3-6406-6101 (11:00-17:00, Mon-Fri) Fax : +81-(0)3-6406-9351 E-mail: [email protected]

School-Museum Program

Date & Time: 19:00-21:30, Wednesday, September 21, 2016[Timetable] 19:00-20:00　Gallery talk by the exhibition curator 20:00-21:30　Discussion Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

For: Preschool, elementary, middle and high school teachers, and college/university instructorsCapacity: 15 (booking required) Admission: FreeBooking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum


As they introduce the exhibition, members of the museum staff engage in discussion with the schoolteachers on the subject of children and art. What kind of new insights would be gained from this exhibition which showcases a diverse selection of works from historic astronomical material to the contemporary art? Teachers from all disciplines - not only arts and crafts - welcome.

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AUDIO GUIDE

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

EXHIBITION ORIGINAL GOODS AND MERCHANDISE

Available in: Japanese / English Number of Artworks Introduced: 20 (+ 2 special commentaries)Length: Approx. 35 minutes Charge: ¥550 (incl. tax)

Essays by: Chiku Kakugyo (Director, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center) Matogawa Yasunori (Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [JAXA]) Alberto Rocca (Director, Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana) Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum) Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)Size / Number of Pages: A4 variation (28.2 x 21 cm) / 320 pagesLanguages: Japanese-English bilingualPrice: ¥3,000 (incl. tax)Edited and Published by: Mori Art Museum / Heibonsha Ltd., PublishersDate of Issue: July 28, 2016

The audio guide devices (Japanese / English), introducing the main pieces exhibited in “The Universe and Art,” are available for the visitors to the Museum at the entrance hall on the 53F. Japanese version audio guide features Shinohara Tomoe, a Japanese TV talent. In addition, Inoko Toshiyuki, founder of teamLab, gives introduction and commentary on teamLab’s latest installation work specially commissioned for the exhibition.

RELATED INFORMATION

Perfect to Decorate Your Shirts or Bags with...! Exhibition-Original “Mission Emblems”

UFO in Edo-Period Japan? Items Inspired by “Utsurobune (Hollow Boat)”

We’ ve all seen national flag emblems and project-titled emblems decorating the astronauts’ space suits. 3 variations of exhibition-original, large-sized (10 cm in diameter) ”Mission Emblems” are available for sale.

“Utsurobune no Banjo” that appears in Section 3 portrays an incident at the end of Edo-period where an attractive young woman arrived on a local beach in Hitachi Province (Now Ibaraki Prefecture) aboard the “Utsurobune (hollow boat).” A number of Utsurobune-inspired items will be available for sale.

A gift shop will be set up within the gallery for “The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab”exhibition. The shop will carry about 120 must-have exhibition original items and limited edition products available exclusively at the venue. * All prices below include tax.

• Totebag ¥2,808• T-Shirt ¥2,592 (each, details on the next page)

• Hand Towel ¥864• SIGG Bottle (green / white) ¥3,996 (each)

• Floating Pen ¥1,080 • Masking Tape ¥432• Rice Bowl ¥2,916

• Mission Emblem ¥918 (each)

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World-Renowned Illustrator, Sorayama Hajime’s Sexy Robot Goods

“ The Solar System” Goods - The Relative Size of to Each Planet Shown in Different Colors

• A4-Sized Metallic Clear Plastic Folder ¥540 • Totebag ¥3,780 • T-Shirt ¥3,888 (each, details below)

• Notebook ¥1,080 • Glass ¥1,944 • Floating Pen [to be for sale after Aug. 2016] ¥1,080

1. The Crawler (Tom Sachs) T-Shirt (2 color variations; 3 sizes for men, 2 sizes for women) ¥3,8882. The Rookie (Patricia Piccinini) T-Shirt (2 color variations and 3 sizes for men, 2 color variations and 3 sizes for women) ¥3,8883. Sexy Robot (Sorayama Hajime) T-Shirt (3 color/design variations; 3 sizes for men, 2 sizes for women) ¥3,8884. “The Universe and Art: Astronaut” T-Shirt (1 color variation and 3 sizes for men, 2 color variations and 3 sizes for women) ¥2,5925. “The Universe and Art: Roppongi Hills” T-Shirt (2 color variations and 3 sizes for men, 2 color variations and 3 sizes for women) ¥2,5926. “Utsurobune (Hollow Boat)” T-Shirt (2 color variations and 3 sizes for men, 1 color variation and 3 sizes for women) ¥2,592

• Floating Pen ¥1,080• Mug ¥1,512• Masking Tape ¥432• Hand Towel ¥864

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• Postcard of Exhibited Item (30 variations) ¥162 (each)

• 2-Postcard Set (3 variations) ¥324 (each)

• Can Pinbadge of Exhibited Item (10 variations) ¥540 (each)

• Acrylic Keychain of Exhibited Item (12 variations) ¥1,080 (each)

• Galileo Galilei Watercolor Drawing of the Phases of the Moon - A4-Sized Clear Plastic Folder ¥378 - Notebook ¥1,080• Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), volume 3 of 3 - A5-Sized Double-Pocket Plastic Folder ¥432 - Picture Plate ¥2,376• Wolfgang Tillmans EPO Paranal Notebook ¥1,080• Vincent Fournier Desert Research Station #11 [MDRS] - A5-Sized Double-Pocket Plastic Folder ¥432 - Picture Plate ¥2,376• Patricia Piccinini The Rookie - A4-Sized Clear Plastic Folder ¥378 - Shopping Bag ¥3,996 - Notebook ¥1,080• Tom Sachs The Crawler - A4-Sized Clear Plastic Folder ¥378 - Totebag (black / white) ¥3,780 (each)

- Picture Plate ¥2,376 - Japanese Hand Towel (red / white) ¥799 (each)

- Notebook ¥1,080 - Sticker Sheet ¥648 - Canned Cookies [to be for sale after Aug. 2016] ¥1,080 • “The Universe and Art” Sticker Sheet ¥648• “The Universe and Art” Emblem Totebag (white / navy) ¥2,808 (each)

• “The Universe and Art” Chocolate Coins ¥972• Cosmic Algal Cookies ¥540• Cosmic Algal Candies ¥540

Inquiries on Goods and Merchandise: Mori Art Museum Shop Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6118 (Open hours subject to those of the Museum)

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THE UNIVERSE AND ART (/ MAM SCREEN 004) Press Release vol.3 july 28, 2016


MAM Screen features screenings of SIGNIFICANT single-channel VIDEO WORKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

(ALSO ON VIEW) Period: Saturday, July 30, 2016 - Monday, January 9, 2017

Organizer: Mori Art MuseumCurated by: Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)

“MAM Screen 004” will be held as a screening program of single-channel video works in conjunction with “The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab.” This exhibition aims to help us get an overview of the modern human society through the universe and reexamine the Earth from more of a “cosmic” viewpoint, which could be the key to understanding the geopolitics, gender issues, as well as the meaning of the word “alien.” This is a must-see program where the cosmologies captured by each one of the artists, with his/her own viewpoint, are vividly spread on the screen.

(from July 30, 2016 thru October 18, 2016)

(from October 19, 2016 thru January 9, 2017)

WORKS SCREENED

2nd Term

1st Term1. Yamamoto Takayuki, Facing the Unknown, 2012, 13 min. 59 sec.2. Semiconductor, Black Rain, 2009, 3 min.3. Tom Sachs, Space Camp, 2012, 6 min. 26 sec.4. Shezad Dawood, Towards the Possible Film, 2014, 19 min. 20 sec.5. Sputniko!, The Moonwalk Machine - Selena’s Step, 2013, 5 min. 4 sec.6. Seto Momoko, Planet A, 2008, 7 min. 40 sec.7. NHK Educational, The Beautiful Solar System, 2016, 5 min. 35 sec.

1. Ho Tzu Nyen, NEWTON, 2009, 4 min. 16 sec.2. Tom Sachs, Space Program, 2007, 12 min. 9 sec.3. Makino Takashi, Space Noise (short version), 2016, 8 min. 25 sec.4. Alexandre Maubert, Trinity, 2015, 17 min. 40 sec.5. Zhan Wang, Lunar Economic Zone, 2014, 4 min. 20 sec.6. Seto Momoko, Planet Z, 2011, 9 min. 30 sec.7. NHK Educational, The Beautiful Solar System, 2016, 5 min. 35 sec.

* For details of the daily screening schedule, please check the Mori Art Museum website.* Due to some exhibition-related events and programs, the screening may be temporarily unavailable on occasion. Please check the Mori Art Museum website for details. www.mori.art.museum

* Video produced by NHK Educational entitled xxxxx (2016, 5 min.) will also be on view.

MAM Screen 004: WATCHING THE EARTH FROM THE UNIVERSE

Sputniko! The Moonwalk Machine - Selena’s Step 2013Video 5 min. 4 sec.Photo: Rai Royal Photo courtesy: SCAI THE BATHHOUSE

Semiconductor Black Rain 2009Single Channel Video 3 min.

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THE UNIVERSE AND ART (/ MAM RESEARCH 004) Press Release vol.3 july 28, 2016


MAM Research 004: VIDEO HIROBA - REEXAMINING THE 1970S EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART GROUP

MAM RESEARCH, FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC ARTISTS AND TRENDS PREDOMINANTLY IN ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, DISPLAYS MATERIAL TOCONTEMPLATE ALONGSIDE THEIR HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS.

Organizer: Mori Art MuseumCurated by: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)In Cooperation with: Nakaya Fujiko, Sakamoto Hirofumi (Associate Professor, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University)

“Video Hiroba” was formed in Japan in 1972 as an art collective who undertook experimental and genre-transcending activities using video. Its members included Nakaya Fujiko, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Kawanaka Nobuhiro, Kobayashi Hakudo, Matsumoto Toshio, Hagiwara Sakumi, and Wada Morihiro among other artists and creators. Utilizing what at the time was the latest media technology as a tool for communication, the members collaborated with each other to engage with social movements and foster debate among ordinary citizens through the medium of video. Their unique activities aspired to create a media that could form an alternative to the mass media. The group’ s experiments also included publishing magazines for disseminating reports on their activities and exchanging ideas, and renting out video cameras

and other equipment at low prices. Even after the group disbanded, many of the members continued to work as ar tists in the forefront and strongly influenced the contemporary art scene as well as the experimental films. This exhibition features video works by the key members of "Video Hiroba" as well as texts explaining its activities with key words, photographs, publications and other materials in an attempt to reassess the activities of the collective from the perspective of today.Installation view: “Video Communication DO IT YOURSELF Kit,” Sony Building, Tokyo, 1972Photo: Michael Goldberg

TALK SESSION "WHAT VIDEO HIROBA HAS LEFT"

Speakers: Sakamoto Hirofumi (Associate Professor, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University), Fujii Hikaru (Artist), Taki Kentaro (Artist)Moderator: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)Date & Time: 19:00-21:00, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 (Doors open: 18:30)Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)Capacity: 80 (booking required) Admission: Free Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum

* Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 18:30 only for those with bookings.* Those who are booked for this particular program will exclusively be welcome to view “MAM Research 004” for half an hour before and/or

an hour after the program (18:30-19:00 and/or 21:00-22:00, respectively). Please note, however, any other exhibitions cannot be viewed.

Featuring Sakamoto Hirofumi, an experimental film researcher who contributed to this MAM Research Project, Fujii Hikaru and Taki Kentaro, both video artists, the session examines how the activities and thoughts of “Video Hiroba” have been inherited and handed down to the art and experimental film of today.

Exhibition-Related Public Programs


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