| Exhibition: Reversible Destiny Project - Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins |
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Shusaku Arakawa had already begun his unique career as an artist in Japan in the late 1950's. In 1961 he visited New York, where he met poet Madeline Gins. They soon began producing collaborative work under their joint names. Even at this early stage in their collaboration, they re-examined human memory and cognitive processes. They undertook a variety of projects involving renovation of the human body with the goal of resisting the destiny of dying. These projects extended beyond the boundaries of art, into the realms of architecture and city planning. The projects of Arakawa and Gins sought to revitalize architectural physicality by changing the everyday physical environment. In the Reversible Destiny houses in Mitaka and at the East Hampton Bioscleave House this has become a reality.
This KIT exhibition displays the developmental process of Arakawa and Gins through drawings, computer graphics and photographs and is a splendid opportunity to gain an overview of how the creation of the Ubiquitous Site, Nagi’s Ryoanji and Architectural Body at the Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art in Okayama Prefecture and the Yoro Site of Reversible Destiny in Gifu Prefecture paved the way for the Reversible Destiny houses in Mitaka and at the Bioscleave House in East Hampton.
In these accomplishments, we can see how this dynamic team has gradually unfolded the "reversal of death is destiny” and rendered it into physical form. Viewers can also catch a glimpse of the directions this concept may now take the artists. |
| Duration |
May 10 through June 25, 2010 |
| Hours |
10:00～17:00
(no admission after 16:30) |
| Closed |
Sundays and public holidays |
| Admission |
Adults: 200 yen
University students: 150 yen
Persons under age 18: Free |
| Inquiries |
Museum and Archives
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Ph.075-724-7924
E-mail :siryokan@kit.ac.jp |
【Related Event】
■Screening of movie■
| “CHILDREN WHO WON’T DIE” |
| Time and date |
June 11 (Fri) 17:30
(Screen time 85 minutes) |
| Venue |
Center Hall
Kyoto Institute of Technology |
| Cast |
Shusaku Arakawa, Haruo Saji,
Resident of Reversible Destiny Lofts MITAKA
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| Director |
Nobutaka Yamaoka |
| Music |
Keiichiro Shibuya |
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