Events
Event Reports
General Programs
- “Cross Talk 2016” Day 1
- “Cross Talk 2016” Day 2
- “Cross Talk 2016” Day 3
- Talk Session
- Talk
- Program for Junior and Senior Highschool Students “Meet the Artists”
Special Events
Access Programs
School Programs
Related Programs
Member's Event
【General Programs】
“Cross Talk 2016” features a “Curators’ Talk” where all of the four co-curators of the exhibition talk about the exhibition concepts and process to organizing this edition of the “Roppongi Crossing” as well as “Artists’ Relay Talks” where participating artists talk about their artworks in the exhibition.
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked Out
13:00-13:45 Curators’ Talk
| Speakers: | Kim Sunjung (Director, Art Sonje Center; Director, Samuso) Wu Dar-Kuen (Director of Taipei Artist Village) Ozawa Keisuke (Curator, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]) Araki Natsumi (Curator, Mori Art Museum) |
14:00-15:30 Artists’ Relay Talk #1
Speakers: Mohri Yuko, Nishihara Nao, Sawa Hiraki
Moderator: Wu Dar-Kuen
16:00-17:30 Artists’ Relay Talk #2
Speakers: Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, Nile Koetting, Jun Yang
Moderator: Kim Sunjung
From upper left:
Kim Sunjung
(Photo: Seung Mu Lee)
Wu Dar-Kuen
Ozawa Keisuke
Araki Natsumi
From upper left:
Mohri Yuko
(Photo: Maeda Naoko)
Nishihara Nao
Sawa Hiraki
From upper left:
Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda
Nile Koetting
(Courtesy of YAMAMOTO GENDAI)
Jun Yang
(Photo: Christopher Adams)
Day 2 of the “Cross Talk 2016” features two “Artists’ Relay Talks” where participating artists talk about their artworks in the exhibition.
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked Out
14:00-15:30 Artists’ Relay Talk #3
Speakers: Fujii Hikaru, Sasa Shun, Takayama Akira
Moderator: Ozawa Keisuke
16:00-18:00 Artists’ Relay Talk #4
Speakers: Miyagi Futoshi, Momose Aya, Shimura Nobuhiro, Yamashiro Daisuke
Moderator: Araki Natsumi
* PLEASE NOTE: This program is to be conducted in Japanese. The simultaneous interpretation will only be available for those who please contact ppevent-mam@mori.co.jp by Tuesday, March 15 to inform us of such necessity. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your kind understanding.
From upper left:
Fujii Hikaru
Sasa Shun
(Photo: Kato Hajime)
Takayama Akira
(Photo: Emori Yasuyuki)
From upper left:
Miyagi Futoshi
(Photo: Chris Kang)
Momose Aya
Shimura Nobuhiro
(Photo: Hosokowa Hako)
Yamashiro Daisuke
Day 3 of the “Cross Talk 2016” also features three sets of “Artists’ Relay Talks” where participating artists talk about their artworks in the exhibition.
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked Out
13:30-15:00 Artists’ Relay Talk #5
Speakers: Matsukawa Tomona, Nomura Kazuhiro
Moderator: Ozawa Keisuke
15:30-17:00 Artists’ Relay Talk #6
Speakers: Ishikawa Ryuichi, Katayama Mari
Moderator: Araki Natsumi
17:30-19:00 Artists’ Relay Talk #7
Speakers: Goto Yasuka, Kobayashi Erika
Moderator: Araki Natsumi
* PLEASE NOTE: This program is to be conducted in Japanese. The simultaneous interpretation will only be available for those who please contact ppevent-mam@mori.co.jp by Wednesday, June 1 to inform us of such necessity. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your kind understanding.
Left: Matsukawa Tomona
Right: Nomura Kazuhiro
(Photo: Hirano Akihiko)
Left: Ishikawa Ryuichi
Right: Katayama Mari
Left: Goto Yasuka
(Photo: Nakano Akiko)
Right: Kobayashi Erika
(Photo: Morimoto Mie)
“Families in the Future - Potentiality of Science and Life”
With references to the project by Hasegawa Ai, themed with production of babies of same-sex couples, panelists discuss science, life, and the possible forms of future families.
| Panelists: | Hasegawa Ai (Artist) Sputniko! (Artist / Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab) Makimura Asako (TV talent, writer) Vivienne Sato (Artist, writer, non-architect, film critic, drag queen, promoter) Yashiro Yoshimi (Associate Professor, Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University) |
Moderator: Araki Natsumi
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 80 (booking required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked Out
* This program is being organized as a par t of “Tokyo Art Week 2016.”
* PLEASE NOTE: This program is to be conducted in Japanese. The simultaneous interpretation will only be available for those who please contact ppevent-mam@mori.co.jp by Wednesday, April 27 to inform us of the necessity. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your kind understanding.
From upper left:
Hasegawa Ai
Sputniko!
(Photo： Ishizaka Naoki)
Makimura Asako
Vivienne Sato
Yashiro Yoshimi
Hasegawa Ai
(Im)possible Baby
2015
Digital print
90 × 135 cm
“How Have Artists Confronted War?”
A discussion on how artists have engaged with war and memories of the past, comparing the cases of Germany and Japan, both defeated in World War II. Speakers also discuss the artists participating in “Roppongi Crossing 2016” exhibition from the same perspective.
Speakers: Ursula Ströbele (Post-doc research fellow at the Institute of Aesthetics and Art History at the University of the Arts, Berlin / Author / Curator), Araki Natsumi
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 80
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: NOT required (first-come basis; please come to the venue directly)
Ursula Ströbele
(Photo: Liane Haug)
Students view two exhibitions together with Fujii Hikaru, artist participating in “Roppongi Crossing 2016” exhibition, along with Koizumi Meiro who is participating in “MOT Annual 2016: Loose Lips Save Ships” at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and discuss society and issues surrounding their daily living.
Appearing: Fujii Hikaru (Artist), Koizumi Meiro (Artist)
| Dates: | 13:00-16:30, Sunday, April 24, 2016 (Day 1, to view “MOT Annual 2016” at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) 10:30-15:00, Sunday, May 29, 2016 (Day 2, to view “Roppongi Crossing 2016” at the Mori Art Museum) |
For: Junior / Senior Highschool students
Capacity: Approximately 15 (booking required)
Admission: Free (please pay your own transportation expense)
Booking: * Booked Out
Left: Fujii Hikaru
Right: Koizumi Meiro
Event Image: “Meet the Artists”
“Dinh Q. Lê” 2015
Photo: Mikuriya Shinichiro
Access Programs
Sign Language Tour #1
A tour to enjoy the exhibition using the Japanese sign language and words. Open to those who don't use sign language, too.
| Date & Time: | 19:00-20:00, Friday, June 24, 2016 |
Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: General public
Capacity: 10 (each, booking required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked Out
Sign Language Tour #2
A tour to enjoy the exhibition using the Japanese sign language and words. Open to those who don't use sign language, too.
| Date & Time: | 10:30-11:30, Saturday, July 2, 2016 |
Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: General public
Capacity: 10 (each, booking required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: here
【School Programs】
As they introduce the exhibition, members of the museum staff engage in discussion with schoolteachers on the subject of school education and art. What better place to have this kind of discussion than in the presence of contemporary that keenly reflects our roles in society today?
Teachers and instructors from all disciplines - not only arts and/or crafts - welcome.
Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Preschool, elementary, middle and high school teachers, and college/university instructors
Capacity: Approximately 15 (booking required)
Admission: Free
Booking: * Booked Out
【Special Events】
Artists will come to the gallery, talk about their works, and answer any questions you might have!
Don't miss this chance to meet the artists!
[Special Series of Artist Talks: “In Their Own Words” Schedule]
| Date & Time: | Katayama Mari | 15:00-17:00, Saturday, June 18 |
| Fujii Hikaru | 14:00-16:00, Sunday, June 19 | |
| Mohri Yuko | 18:00-20:00, Sunday, June 19 | |
| Momose Aya | 17:00-19:00, Saturday, June 25 | |
| Kobayashi Erika | 14:00-16:00, Saturday, July 2 | |
| Matsukawa Tomona | 14:00-16:00, Sunday, July 3 | |
| Miyagi Futoshi | 14:00-16:00, Saturday, July 9 | |
| Yamashiro Daisuke | 14:00-16:00, Sunday, July 10 |
Fujii Hikaru and students who participated in the program “Meet the Artists.”
Photo: Mikuriya Shinichiro
Venue: Mori Art Museum
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: NOT required (Please come to the gallery of the exhibition directly)
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Katayama Mari
Fujii Hikaru
Mohri Yuko
(Photo: Maeda Naoko)
Momose Aya
Kobayashi Erika
(Photo: Morimoto Mie)
Matsukawa Tomona
Miyagi Futoshi
(Photo: Chris Kang)
Yamashiro Daisuke
【Related Programs】
Join Mori Art Museum staff to take in the numerous pieces of public art dotted around Roppongi Hills, then use your imagination to produce a work of public art, symbolic of your own community.
Date & Time: Thursday, May 5, 2016 10:00-12:00
Venue: Roppongi Hills
For: Upper elementary school students (ages 10-12)
* Lower elementary school students (ages 6-9) may attend with a guardian.
Capacity: 15 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)
Fee: ¥500 (material cost)
* The program may be cancelled in case of bad weather.
Booking: * Booked Out
* Booking (Entry) period: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
* Result of the lottery will be sent to each person by email between Wednesday, April 20 and Friday, April 22, 2016.
Event Image: “Public Art & Design Expedition Workshop,” 2015
Photo: Mikuriya Shinichiro
Workshop “Designing a Country without Sight” * Conducted in Japanese
If a country existed composed only of the blind, what would it be like? Adopting this fictional approach, participants will be challenged to come up with new ideas to shake up the society we take for granted. What kind of houses would the inhabitants live in? What would be the national dish? The country's symbol? Its laws? Means of communication? And assuming there would be art, what form would it take? All participants will be encouraged to voice their ideas, which experts will then take and convert into tangible form as models and samples.
[Dates]
Day 1 13:00-16:30, Friday, April 29, 2016
“HARDWARE” Edition
Group discussion with observers
* Booking required; attendees chosen by lottery
Theme and advisors
- Mobility: Shimizu Toshitaka (Architect, Shimizu.Architectural.Workshop./HIKARIUNSO)
- Station and Town: Tamura Keisuke (Associate Professor, Showa Women’s University)
- Residence and Space Design: Naruse Yuri (Assistant Professor of The University of Tokyo, Naruse Inokuma Architects)
- Product: Honda Keizaburo (Designer, LEIF.DESIGNPARK CO.,LTD.)
Day 2 13:00-16:30 , Sunday, May 8, 2016
”SOFTWARE” Edition
Group discussion with observers
* Booking required; attendees chosen by lottery
Theme and advisors
- Food：Sone Masanori (“nicolas” Owner / Chef)
- Art: Matsukawa Tomona (“Roppongi Crossing 2016” Participating Artist)
- Communication: Moriuchi Daisuke (Senior Manager, Program Design Center NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
- Rulemaking / Law：Yokoo Toshinari (A member of Minato City Assembly in Tokyo / CEO, NPO greenbird)
- Information technology for communication: Watanabe Junji (Senior Research Scientist, NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Day 3 13:30-17:00 (TBD), Saturday, June, 4, 2016 (Doors open: 13:00)
Presentations by observers and open discussion
* Booking required; Day 1 and Day 2 participants will be granted priority admissions.
* Day 3 also open to attendees who have not participated in Day 1 and/or Day 2 (booking required)
Leader: Ito Asa (Associate professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Venue: Roppongi Hills; Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: All (blind and sighted participants welcome)
Capacity: Approximately 30 on Day 1 and Day 2; Approximately 40 on Day 3
Admission: Free (“Roppongi Crossing 2016” exhibition ticket required; please purchase a ticket on your first day of attendance)
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Cooperation: Art Viewing Workshop with Sight and Unsighted
[Bookings]
| Day 1 | “HARDWARE” Edition: * Booked Out |
| Day 2 | “SOFTWARE” Edition: * Booked Out |
Day 3 Presentations by observers and open discussion: * Booked Out
Ito Asa
From upper left:
Shimizu Toshitaka
Tamura Keisuke
Naruse Yuri
Honda Keizaburo
From upper left:
Sone Masanori
Matsukawa Tomona
Moriuchi Daisuke
Yokoo Toshinari
Watanabe Junji
【Member's Event】
MAMC NIGHT in "Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice" to be held on Tuesday, April 12!
Gallery Tour & Talk Event
For the “MAMC Night,” not only gallery tour by Araki Natsumi, curator of “Roppongi Crossing 2016” exhibition, but also a talk event by Nomura Kazuhiro, participating artist of this exhibition along with Ozawa Keisuke who is one of the co-curator of the exhibition will be held.
[Details] * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation
(18:45 Doors open / 21:30 Last admission)
Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Registration: Mori Art Museum Information (3F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Open to all MAMC members (Benefactor & Fellow)
| Number of accompanied guests allowed: | up to 2 guests for Benefactor, and up to 1 guest for Fellow |
* Please note that members and their accompanying guests are requested to enter at the same time.
* Members, please be sure to attend the event if you have guest(s).
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free for all participants
Booking Deadline: Sunday, April 3, 2016
* Please note that bookings may close once the number of bookings reaches the capacity.
* Please refrain from cancelling after the booking deadline.
[Timetable]
| 18:45 | Doors open (21:30 Last admission) |
| 19:00-20:00 | Gallery Tour (by Araki Natsumi) |
| 20:00-21:00 | Talk Event (by Nomura Kazuhiro and Ozawa Keisuke) |
| 21:00-22:00 | Free Viewing |
* Please note that there might be changes to the above schedule.
[Bookings]
For MAMC members: * Booked Out
To be a MAMC member, details here
* If you are not a member yet, please see here.
[Profile]
Nomura Kazuhiro
Artist
After finishing his Doctor's Programs without dissertation at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan in 1988, Nomura travelled to Germany and received a diploma from Meisterschüler of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany in 1990. He has participated in a number of group exhibitions including “Waiting for spring: Towards a landscape changing color” (2015) at Towada Art Center while his recent major solo exhibitions includes “Nomura Kazuhiro” (2010) at MUSEUM HAUS KASUYA, Kanagawa.
Ozawa Keisuke
Curator, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]
Ozawa is a founding member of Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT) since its establishment in 2002 (up until April 2016), where he has organized programs connected to art exhibitions and education. He has been involved in organizing a variety of art exhibitions including “Towada Oirase Art Festival - Time Hoppers on The Earth" (2013) and “Big Sky Friendship” (2014) at Towada Art Center.
Left: Nomura Kazuhiro
(Photo: Hirano Akihiko)
Right: Ozawa Keisuke
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【Event Calendar】
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