What we’re about
"Art Is What You Can Get Away with" -Marshall McLuhan (Propagated by Andy Warhol)
WHY?
Because there are numbers of interesting art shows and cultural events in the Greater Tokyo Area.
WHAT?
We will check out all types of cultural events. The main focus of the meet up group will be checking out art exhibitions, but we are not art snobs. We will check out anything as long as they are entertaining to us.
WHO?
Anyone who likes to explore art + culture in the Greater Tokyo Area should join.
HOW?
Just click "yes" for the RSVP response and show up to the meeting place.
HOW MUCH?
The price of an admission ticket.
HOW OFTEN?
Once a week hopefully.
WHY NOT JOIN US?
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Afternoon of Meditation on War PropagandaShowa-kan, Tokyo
For this meetup, we will spend an afternoon to check out following two exhibitions.
- Imaging and Influencing Society— National Policy Propaganda in Posters
- Opening Documents, Weaving Memories: A Special Exhibition Featuring Works from the Museum Collection
Meeting Time: 2:00PM (14:00)
Meeting Spot: Around the entrance of Showa-kan
(https://www.showakan.go.jp/en/information/)++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
First Exhibition
Imaging and Influencing Society— National Policy Propaganda in PostersVenue
Showa-kan
(https://www.showakan.go.jp/en/information/)Admission Fee
FreeInformation about the Exhibition
Exhibition of war propaganda posters form the collection of Showa-kan [from the Museum Website]Official Website (Japanese)
https://www.showakan.go.jp/kikakuten/special-exhibition-for-80-years-after-the-war/++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Second Exhibition
Opening Documents, Weaving Memories: A Special Exhibition Featuring Works from the Museum CollectionVenue
The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
(https://www.momat.go.jp/en/access)Admission Fee
¥1,500Information about the exhibition
"Eighty years after the end of World War II, we face the question of how generations with no direct experience of the war can engage with the past. Ultimately, the answer depends on how we, living in the present, choose to act. This exhibition will feature 280 works including War Record Paintings and materials, mainly from the museum’s collection, as well as loans from other institutions. Documents of the past remain available for us to open and explore, weaving new memories of war. We believe that the museum can serve as a collaborative space where memories are created and shared." [from the Exhibition Website]Official Website (Japanese)
https://www.momat.go.jp/en/exhibitions/563++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chat session
We will take a coffee break between the first and second show to have a chat session.Not open - Art Works by Film MakersTokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo
For this meetup, we will spend an afternoon in Ebisu to check out following two exhibitions.
- Jan Švankmajer + Eva Švankmajerová "Natural History"
- Pedro Costa Innervisions
Meeting Time: 1:00PM (13:00)
Meeting Spot: Around the West Exit (on 1F) of JR Ebisu Station
(https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e290.html)++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
First Exhibition
Jan Švankmajer + Eva Švankmajerová "Natural History"Venue
Librairie 6
(http://www.librairie6.com)Admission Fee
FreeInformation about the Exhibition
Librairie 6 showcases about 30 works by world renowned film maker Jan Švankmajer and his wife, Eva Švankmajerová, including drawings, collages, and sculptures.Official Website (Japanese)
https://librairie6.com/?p=7070++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Second Exhibition
Pedro Costa InnervisionsVenue
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
(https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/pages/access_index.html)Admission Fee
¥800Information about the exhibition
"Representing Portugal, filmmaker Pedro Costa (1958–) has been highly acclaimed internationally not only for his cinema, but also for exhibitions such as Company, held in 2018 at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, and The Song of Pedro Costa, which from 2022 to 2023 toured various regions of Spain.
The title of this exhibit commemorates the album Innervisions (1973) by Stevie Wonder, whom Costa encountered in his teens and would become a great inspiration for him. The spirit of this album, which approaches the relationships between societies and individuals with music, deeply resonated with Costa’s praxis of cinema.
Theatrically released in Japan in 2004, In Vanda’s Room records the harsh everyday of a woman who, having migrated from the former Portuguese colony Cape Verde, lives in the Fontainhas quarter of the slums of Lisbon. Such films by Pedro Costa strongly contrast darkness and light in tranquil, yet meticulous compositions within which fragments of reality are salvaged and social structure keenly dissected, displaying new points of view.
This exhibit introduces cinematic works related to characters like Ventura, who take on vital roles in Costa’s oeuvre, and the places they live, in addition to the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s collection. Touching upon Costa’s cinematic expressions and their sociohistorical contexts, we arrived upon Innervisions as title and central motif. " [from the Exhibition Website]Official Website (Japanese)
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-5094.html++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chat session
We will take a coffee break between the first and second show to have a chat session.
