■Related Event:

Date: July 4 (Sat.) 
　　　　

◆16:00 - 17:00　ARTIST TALK  　

   *Artist: Jiro Murakami /  Nana Matsumoto / Tatsuya Kobayashi
   *Guest: Kenjiro Hosaka
　　　　　　　　(The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)

◆17:00 - 19:00  Opening reception

Uploaded the video of related event in exhibition being held now.

Exhibition: TEAM 15 MIHOKANNO 「Hello! MIHOKANNO」

 ■5/31 (Sun.) Gallery Talk   
 ■6/20 (Sat.) Puppet Play by Soshiro Matsubara

 →　See middle of the page (Click a button "▼"at each frame)

Tokyo Wonder Site is an art center that provides a forum for projects and activities that examine the issue of how artists and creators can get involved with the various challenges faced by the modern society. In FY2009, we will put the spotlight on environmental issues, and carry out a project transcending across the fields of environment, art and education. The project will comprise exhibitions and collaborative studio programs (workshops) with the environment as the main theme. Amid growing concerns over the climate change crisis caused by globa1 warming, this project will tackle a myriad of issues, including how individuals engaged in art and culture can get involved with environmental problems, what sort of contributions they can make, and how they should communicate these issues to young people, who will lead the next generation.

As part of this project and the Tokyo Culture Creation Project, we will hold an open symposium as outlined below. The symposium will feature lectures by experts who will address the most up-to-date environmental issues, as well as reports on diverse activities that combine art and environment and are implemented using drifted waste. Through this symposium we will tackle the issues of art and environment from both global and local perspectives.

1. Open Symposium "Creative Dialogue and Commitment to the Environment" 
　(1) Date: 　July 31, 2009 (Friday) from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
　(2) Venue: U Thant International Conference Hall,

       United Nations University (5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
　(3) Organizers: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government,

       Tokyo Wonder Site, and the Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office

       (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
　(4) Co-organizer: United Nations University
　(5) Cooperation: Shibuya Aoyama Landscape Formation

       Organization,

       NPO and Global Environment Information Centre (GEIC)
　(6) Supported by: Ministry of the Environment (planned)

For more detail here!

Uploaded the video of exhibition being held now.

Exhibition: TWS-Emerging 116/117/118
Date: June 6 (Sat.) - 28 (Sun.)
Venue: TWS Hongo

 ■6/6 (Sat.) ARTIST TALK   →　See the page
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 ■ Interviews 　→　Click each thumbnail at right side of the page.

The 400th Anniversary of Friendly Relations between Mexico and Japan

The Embassy of Mexico in Japan is delighted to announce the 400th Anniversary of Friendly Relations between Mexico and Japan. 

For this occasion, we invite two artists from Mexico, Carlos Ranc, who works on large scale projects in Mexico City, and Bosco Sodi, who stayed and worked at TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence in 2007. 

They both are highly acclaimed both locally and internationally and will talk about their own activities as well as the recent Mexican contemporary art scene.  We look forward to your attendance.

Related event of "TEAM 15 MIHOKANNO 「Hello! MIHOKANNO」". 

*Finished
■Puppet Play by Soshiro Matsubara (MIHOKANNO) 

 Date: June 20 (Sat.)  18:00-      (reservation not required)
 Venue: TWS Shibuya

Uploaded the video of performance/concert at TWS Hongo.

 Title: EXPERIMENTAL SOUND, ART & PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
          -Award Winners' Performance 2008-　
 Date: May 23 (Sat.), 24 (Sun.), 2009

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We are now calling for international creators who could perform new creative activities based on the subjects which are core of our projects such as "Art and Environment"*, "Cultural diversity and the activities of New Art Centres"*, or "Possibilities of collaboration"* during their residency at TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence for three months.

For more detail, please see this page.
→　"Calling for International Creator Residency Program 2009"

*Finished.

The selected projects of different fields and sound performed at "EXPERIMENTAL SOUND & ART FESTIVAL" in January 2009. Two projects for Grand Prize, one project for Special Prize and four projects for Encouragement Prize were selected.
We will support continuously and provide the opportunity to play the performance as the next step. This time, we are hosting the event performed by the winners at TWS Shibuya.