From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
Here is a report on the Tabaimo talk event which was held on Saturday, November 5.
By 5 pm, a packed audience was seated in the Café d’Art, which was glowing beautifully against the darkness of the evening. When Tabaimo arrived, she was greeted with excited applause.
From left: Tabaimo (artist), Kazuko Aono (curator, Hara Museum)
Tabaimo began her talk with images from her work entitled Japanese Kitchen, the graduation piece that marked her debut and won the Kirin Contemporary Award in 1999. She moved on to the various exhibitions and projects, including TABAIMO-Yumechigae and YOROYORON Tabaimo, held at Hara Museum ARC in 2003 and the Hara Museum in Tokyo in 2006, respectively. She also spoke about more recent installations,Tabaimo teleco-soup featured in the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and Midnight Sea, a work that was acquired by the Hara Museum and is currently on view at the ARC.
Image from YOROYORON Tabaimo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Image of the installation in the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
(All images provided by: Ufer! Art Documentary)
During the event, the artist spoke about her perception of art: I see contemporary art as being different from entertainment. It isn’t something that I want to place in front of everyone like some fancy present. Instead, it’s something I want to throw as far as I can, for people to go and bring back. Admittedly, this is a difficult task for them to do, but I try to make it worth the trouble. For my part, this is the only effort I see myself making; for the people who do the retrieving, I can only hope that they find something interesting in the act.
After the talk, people queued up for her autograph.
Meiro Koizumi and Hiroe Saeki, artists whose works are currently on view at the Hara Museum in Tokyo, were also present in the audience, having joined the bus tour that had been organized from Tokyo. Before reaching Hara Museum ARC, the tour made a stop in Maebashi to take in some works by Koizumi that were on exhibit at a traditional Japanese guest house called Rinko-kaku.
The exhibition Body and Soul- Selections from the Hara Museum Collection (which includes Midnight Sea) will be on view at the ARC until January 4, 2012.
Midnight Sea, 2006/2008
Hara Museum ARC Talk Event: An Autumn Evening with Tabaimo—From Midnight Sea to the Venice Biennale
Date: November 5 (Saturday), 2011, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Place: Café d’Art, Hara Museum ARC
Speaker: Tabaimo
Interviewer: Kazuko Aono (curator, Hara Museum)
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Body and Soul-Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
September 17 (Sat.) – January 4 (Wed.), 2012
Place: Hara Museum ARC Galleries A,B and C
Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm *last entry 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Thursdays during the exhibition period and January 1(open on December 29)
*Closed temporarily in the event of severe weather.
Admission: General (over 12) 1,000 yen; children (over 3) 500 yen; 10% discount for a group of 20 or more.
*Children must be accompanied by an adult
**Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo ranch: General 1,800 yen; Children 900 yen
Getting There: By train: Take the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joestu Line, and disembark at Shibukawa. From Shibukawa, ARC is 10 minutes away by taxi or 15 minutes by bus (take the Ikaho Onsen bus to “Green Bokujo Mae”). By car: 8 kilometers (about 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).
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ACCESS
By Train
By JR Joetsu・Nagano Shinkansen
Recommended timetable
・10:12 Depart Tokyo Station→11:01 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 11:11Depart Takasaki Satation→11:35 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・11:12 Depart Tokyo Station→12:03 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 12:20 Depart Takasaki Satation→12:44 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・12:24 Depart Tokyo Station→13:14 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 13:31 Depart Takasaki Satation→13:56 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
By JR Joetsu Limited Express Kusatsu
・ 9:00 Depart Ueno Station→10:37 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.31 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・10:00 Depart Ueno Station→11:43 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.3 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・12:00 Depart Ueno Station→13:45 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No. 5)
From Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu Bus and get off at the station “Green Bokujo Mae.” http://www.kan-etsu.net/r-bus/timetable/shibu-ikaho-1.htm (in Japanese only). ARC is about 7 minute walk from the bus station.
By Car
Take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange. Go in the direction of Ikaho Onsen for 8 km (about 15 min.) .
Highway information:
E-NEXCO Drive Plaza http://www.driveplaza.com/ (in Japanese only)
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