The Voices of Time
30th Fri. August - 8th Sun. September, 2019. / Kizunaya Building
94-1 Yanaginobanba Sanjo-agaru, Aburayacho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto city, Japan
Open hours : 11:00 - 19:00
「The Voices of Time」
Artists: Takashi Kunitani, Saori Miyake
Exhibition Title: The Voices of Time
Date: 30 August (Fri) - 8 September (Sun), 2019
Open hours : 11:00 - 19:00
Opening Reception: August 30, 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Kizunaya Building
Address: 94-1 Yanaginobanba Sanjo-agaru, Aburayacho
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto city, Japan
Sponsor : Kyoto Kizunaya
Supported by ART OFFICE OZASA, WAITINGROOM, Ulterior
Gallery
This exhibition questions "words" and "image" in the scale of “time”. "Words" and "image" can be targeted, shared
and deployed, whether in a cultural and historical context or even on a personal level. Although they are generated by
humans, they are not the products of perception or recognition, but rather the elements that make up the human spirit
or the memories that incorporate the spirit itself. The exhibition title 'The Voices of Time’ was taken from an early
short story by J. G Ballard. Today, the materialisation of human beings accelerates due to the overwhelming process
of information networks through "words" and “ image". The world of Ballad’s novels is becoming more realistic in our
own inner world. As if we were characters in a novel, ourselves following the influence of the precipitated memory
located in time.
Kunitani believes that the human body always stays in the real space, and at the same time it captures the
environment by making the space its own. In this sense, Kunitani’s sculpture works become a part of the viewer’s
body, and they function as devices that expand our thoughts from the level of perception and logic to our inner realm.
In this exhibition, Kunitani’s ongoing series of works using neon lights will be presented. This series of works selects
seemingly unrelated words from a particular context and treats them as information that can be connected to various
things. And by putting them face down on a pedestal, they are created in the form of a physical light that shows and
also nullifies their meanings.
Miyake uses existing images as a starting point in creating photograms that crossbreed the process of creating
images of paintings and photographs. Even in this age of vast amounts of images, Miyake places emphasis on the
purpose of looking at images at a time when we are flooded with them in all kinds of media. This reflects her desire
as an artist to find some kind of relief in the interpretation of the “pictorial image” rather than in the photograph itself.
In this exhibition, photographs taken at Potsdam are a stating point which shows the reflection of personal memories
between the Berlin Olympics and the defeat in the war, changing the perspective of individuals and history. A
particular work, “ Garden (Potsdam9)” created by following the footsteps who documented in Potsdam will be
exhibited using CRT television.
Through works using neon lights and CRT televisions, "words" and "image" will be presented as a kind of physical
experience that occurs in time. This exhibition is an attempt to capture how deep sensitivity and the imagination of
individuals in the field of art is possible today, where everything is preempted by information.
Past Exhibitions
- 27 Oct - 1 Dec, 2023. Mix and Match
- 7 Oct - 5 Nov, 2023. sky
- 9 Sep - 24 Dec, 2023. 兵庫県立美術館 2023年度コレクション展Ⅱ
- 8 Oct - 27 Nov, 2022. BIWAKO BIENNALE 2022 : ORIGIN
- 25 Oct - 16 Nov, 2021. 『The Practice of Everyday Practice 日常の実践の練習』
- 18 Sep - 17 Oct, 2021. Light Show
- 8 May - 1 Aug, 2021. NADA House 2021
- 13 Feb - 30 May, 2021. MOJIMOJIKOTONOHA
- 3 - 31 Oct, 2020. Aura
- 20 Sep - 6 Oct, 2019. Multidimensional
- 30 Aug - 8 Sep, 2019. The Voices of Time
- 27 Apr - 18 May, 2019. Round Shapes
- 11 - 14 Apr, 2019. DALLAS ART FAIR
- 31 Jan - 30 Mar, 2019. Mediums of Exchange
- 8 Sep - 14 Oct, 2018. Spaceless Space
- 22 - 30 Mar, 2018. Something Red
- 21 Mar, 2018 Akai-Iroiro
- 22 Sep - 1 Oct, 2017. POST LIVING ROOM
- 22 May - 24 Jun, 2017. UNCOVER
- 8 Apr - 7 May, 2017. Pink Objects
- 3 - 18 Dec, 2016. Bai-in
- 25 Feb - 24 Apr, 2016. Light: Fixtures and Sculptures
- 14 Nov - 19 Dec, 2015. Re-
- 29 Oct - 29 Nov, 2015. Channel 6 Takashi Kunitani “Deep Projection”
- 5 - 17 May, 2015. RESONANCE 3
- 9 - 21 Dec, 2014. Momentary Shape
- 24 Oct - 9 Nov, 2014. twisted parallel code
- 16 - 30 Aug, 2014. COVER3
- 15 Nov - 1 Dec, 2013. 35°0′ 31.7″ N 135°45′ 58.74″ E
- 26 Oct - 1 Dec, 2013. 35° 6′ 29. 15” N 135° 54′ 9.63” E
- 2 Jun, 2013 Handout(MOMO)
- 1 Jun - 30 Sep, 2013. Pavilion 0
- 7 Mar, 2013 Handout (Solaris)
- 21 Jan - 10 Feb, 2013. SHOP WINDOW
- 11 Nov - 16 Dec, 2012. HER NAME IS ABSTRA
- 3 - 18 Nov, 2012. “make a mistake in choosing”
- 2 - 14 Oct, 2012. “two passages”
- 5 Oct, 2012 NUIT BLANCHE KYOTO 2012
- 3 - 15 Apr, 2012. [FUKUSHIMA ART PROJECT] x [FUKUSHIMA∞KYOTO]
- 18 Oct - 6 Nov, 2011. MARS
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