{"id":6063,"date":"2016-03-10T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T02:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/?p=6063"},"modified":"2016-03-10T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T02:55:19","slug":"koki-tanaka-possibilities-for-being-together-their-praxis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/?p=6063","title":{"rendered":"Koki Tanaka: Possibilities for being together. Their praxis."},"content":{"rendered":"

On what kind of occasion do you open your heart to someone you have met for the first time?
\nIn what kind of situation do you help someone next to you?
\nFor what kind of reason do you trust someone, entrusting them with your own vulnerability?<\/p>\n

We were living together and participating in a workshop in the mountain, away from everyday life. The camera crew stayed there as well, documenting the whole\u00a0scene. I was there, you were there, and none of us know what it means yet. We cooked, read, enunciated, moved around, conversed, thought about society, did\u00a0pottery and discussed. In a small society, we confirm our own positions, re-question our roles and sometimes find ourselves at a loss. We encounter the other, and\u00a0care about that other in this way. You try to be together with someone you barely know, or even with others you can barely understand. To some, this situation is a\u00a0natural one, while to others, it is something difficult to accept. The situation in this 6-day workshop may be provisional, artificial and temporary. However, if it is\u00a0possible even temporarily, is it not possible whenever, wherever and with whatever?<\/p>\n

-Notes on November 8, 2015 (as the Artist Statement) \u00a0by Koki Tanaka\"01 \"01 \"02 \"03 \"04 \"04 \"05 \"06 \"07 \"08 \"09 \"10 \"11 \"12<\/p>\n

This exhibition marks the first large solo exhibition of Koki Tanaka in Japan. The artist has drawn much attention in recent years for his activities of seeking an\u00a0alternative perspective and attitude to current social situations and existing frameworks, conducted through a variety of means such as video documentation,\u00a0installation, writing, performance and organizing events. In the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, Tanaka presented video works that included one that showed five\u00a0potters working together on one pottery. Representing the beauty and difficulty of the act of collaborating on one thing, his works received international acclaim.
\nThis exhibition focuses on Tanaka’s interest after 2010, when he started to be interested in the activities of collaboration, with his new work at the center along with\u00a0his activities in recent years.
\nThe new work produced for this exhibition is based on the six-day lodging and a series of workshops conducted during that time, in which general participants,\u00a0facilitators and camera crews stayed together under one roof. Throughout the six days, which consisted of reading, cooking, making pottery, workshop related to\u00a0social movement, discussion, interviews and so forth, the opportunity was there for everyone to think, to have dialogues and to practice about moving and\u00a0community. In the exhibition, several video works based on the video documentation of the workshop are exhibited, along with items such as notes the artist made\u00a0during the production.<\/p>\n

Koki Tanaka: Possibilities for being together. Their praxis.<\/span>
\ndate: Saturday, February 20, 2016 – Sunday, May 15, 2016<\/span>
\nvenue: Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Japan<\/span>
\ncurator: Yuu Takehisa (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)<\/span>
\nOrganized by: Mito Arts Foundation<\/span>
\nGrants from: The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation<\/span>
\nSponsored by: Vitamin Creative Space<\/span>
\nSupported by: AOYAMA|MEGURO, Asahi Breweries, LTD., ARTISTS’ GUILD, The Japan Foundation<\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/arttowermito.or.jp\/gallery_en\/gallery01.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Courtesy: the Artist and Vitamin Creative Space<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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