Tokyo Wonder Site

Residence

ARTIST TALK　Karen McCoy
Wednesday Lounge

Date：
2007.05.09(Wed)
Time：
19:00
Admission：
Free (booking required)

Organize：
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site

Cooperation：

Vol.3 Centre National des Arts Plastiques

Co-sponsor : Vol1,2,4 Asian Cultural Council/ Japan-United States Arts Program

Venue：

TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence

Artist：

Karen McCoy

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"WEDNESDAY LOUNGE" is a radical weekly event which include artists' talk, cutators' talk, and many kinds of program by the TWS residents who play an active part in various creative fields -fine art, theatrical art, music, design, and architecture -. In May, we have 3 artists by Asian Cultural Council Japan-United States Art program.Karen McCoy is a sculptor. Her work is about sensuality and spirituality who has been working on "site specific sculpture" for 20 years. Robert Carl is a composer and theorist celebrated in modern music. Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty is a video artist unit making poetic video works that refer to life, time and eternity.
"WEDNESDAY LOUNGE" provides our first encounter with them in Japan. In addition, we have another animation/ mixed media French artist Hugues Reip. He is established artist in Paris, whose up coming exhibition in Agnes b. is taken a lot of attention in Paris. His stay in Japan is supported by French Embassy. He will introduce us making process of his video work inspired by Ukiyoe and animation.

■Date:

May 9 (Wed.) ,2007 Vol.1 Karen McCoy (sculptor), Georg Kochi (Asian　Cultural Council)
May 16 (Wed.) , 2007 Vol.2 Robert Carl (composer)
May 23 (Wed.) , 2007 Vol.3 Hugues Reip (mixed media)
June 1 (Fri.) , 2007 Vol.4 Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty (video artist)

With English-Japanese interpretation