Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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TWS Creator in Residence Open Studio, Tokyo Story 2011
The TWS CiR Open Studio will showcase the work of creators invited or sent to take part in the Creator in Residence (CiR) program at Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) in 2011. With the 21st century came a growing...More »
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"Wonder Seed 2012" Exhibition
Founded in 2003, this project was started to support the work of young creators and artists. On display are 100 smaller works attractive even to first-time buyers.More »
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Masayuki Kawai + Ryota Hamasaki "Video Feedback Live Performance"
Live performance of video and sound only using analogue video feedback from over 100kg of equipment. Experience the crazy psychedelic ecstasy of abstract image and techno-noise sound!More »
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"Kenichi Nakagawa Sound×Art×Performance Part 1"
As an opening event of the Tokyo Experimental Festival, pianist and conductor Kenichi Nakagawa will give a series of special concerts. Olivier Messiaen's huge piece "Catalogue d'Oiseaux" will be played...More »
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"Tokyo Experimental Festival: Sound, Art & Performance Vol.6"
- Media: Installation - Video installation - Art Party - Performance Art
- 2011-12-05 - 2012-01-31
Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) hosts an annual sound festival presenting experimental projects. This year, from all over the world, many next-generation artists continuing to seek out new expression will gather...More »
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"On the Agenda of the Arts: Where do we go from here?" Exhibition
"On the Agenda of the Arts" is an ongoing series hosted by Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) that began with a symposium in 2007. We have invited curators and artists from around the world to share their views on...More »
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"TWS-Emerging 119 | Jiro Murakami" Exhibition
Venue: TWS Art Cafe kurage *Next to TWS shibuya "Tokyo Wonder Site Art Cafe kurage" is a meeting place for art lovers in the heart of Shibuya. In addition to exhibiting the works of young artists, the...More »
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Takafumi Tsuji "Yumenohanashi / Dream Story"
Venue: TWS Art Cafe Kurage *Next to TWS Shibuya "Tokyo Wonder Site Art Cafe Kurage" is a meeting place for art lovers in the heart of Shibuya. In addition to exhibiting the works of young artists, the...More »
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"NEXT - TWS 10 Years!" Exhibition
- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing - Calligraphy - Sculpture - Installation - Art Party - Art Talk
- 2011-07-07 - 2011-10-02
Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. Just as they were recapturing the past decade and looking towards the next ten years, an unprecedented catastrophe struck Eastern...More »
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"Tokyo Story 2010: Shibuya" Exhibition
Creator-in-Residence, a residency program targeting creative people in all parts of the world engaged in such fields as art, design, music and architecture, has been happening since 2006. Every year, a...More »
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"Act for Japan 2nd Action: Future Auction"
Second installment of a "future auction" in support of the reconstruction efforts after the 3.11 earthquake. Instead of actual completed works, the "rights to create future works" will be auctioned off....More »
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"Art for Tomorrow- Earthquake Reconstruction Assistance Charity Exhibition"
Co-organized with Japan Art Donation (JAD), a foundation established to support earthquake victims with cultural recovery through workshops and performances at the disaster area, TWS will be hosting...More »
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Wonder Seeds 2011
Wonder Seeds is an open competition art fair that seeks to connect young artists with potential new art consumers. This year, the works of 120 artists chosen from a large number of entries will be exhibited...More »
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"Tokyo Experimental Festival - Sound, Art and Performance Part 2"
Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) hosts an annual experimental sound festival. Part 1 in December 2010 featured performances by Yosuke Yamashita and award winners from 2009. In Part 2, projects selected from the...More »
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Tomonori Arakawa Exhibition
Presented by Chaos Lounge. 【OPENING EVENT】 January 13th (Thu) 18:00-21:00 【CLOSING EVENT】 February 13th (Sun) 18:00-21:00More »
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"Waku Waku Shibuya" Exhibition
Island Japan is holding three concurrent solo exhibitions by Ichiro Endo: at Island Medium in 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Art Center Ongoing in Kichijoji, and Tokyo Cultuart by Beams. On display are works related...More »
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"On the Agenda of the Arts: Silent Voice" Exhibition
In this fourth year of "On the Agenda of the Arts," we tackled the theme of cultural diversity by addressing issues shared across contemporary society and common even among those with varied cultural backgrounds...More »
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"Toru Kuwakubo - Telling of Sea, Telling of Painter" Exhibition
Built around the first public showing of some new large-format works, this exhibition also provides a retrospective on Kuwakubo's work to date, showcasing a selection of representative paintings and drawings...More »
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"Psychoanalysis: Gazes on Photo and Video Art from Austria" Exhibition
This exhibition will feature photographs and video from six individual and one duo of contemporary Austrian artists who explore the latent darkness and insanity hidden inside bodies and cities - carrying...More »
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Creators-in-residence, Tokyo Wonder Site 2009-2010 "Tokyo Story" Exhibition
Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama : Creator in Residence began in 2006 and has hosted around 400 creators and supported their research and production. Also, artists from Japan have participated in residencies abroad....More »
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"Wonder Seeds 2010" Exhibition
Wonder Seeds is an open call art fair that aims to connect young artists and potential new art consumers. Selected entries (mostly small works like paintings, prints, illustrations, photographs and so...More »
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McCallum & Tarry Artist Talk & Presentation
Jacqueline Tarry and Bradley McCallum are artists who were invited to be creators-in-residence at Tokyo Wonder Site in the spring of 2009. They return to Japan in February 2010. This event, which coincides...More »
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"Double Vision" Exhibition
Over the years Tokyo Wonder Site has worked together with numerous art universities throughout Japan, including Kyoto University of Art and Design and the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences...More »
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"On the Agenda of the Arts" Exhibition
Tokyo Wonder Site and Goethe-Institut Japan have been carrying out a series of projects titled "On the Agenda of the Arts" since 2007. This project contemplates the possibilities offered by the arts in...More »
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"Meet Contemporary Japanese Composers 04 - The Music of Yuji Takahashi"
The project series entitled "Meet Contemporary Japanese Composers" invites representative Japanese composers to talk about their activities and works and also give live concerts. This 4th installment features...More »
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Camamoto "Between Navels"
Camamoto is a visiting artistic unit currently participating in the TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence program, consisting of Takayuki Yamamoto and Hong Duong Cam. They will perform at TWS Art Cafe Kurage. Venue:...More »
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"Environment Exhibition -Zekkei-"
Since 2007, Shinji Omaki has tackled Garbage Project based on the question "what is garbage?" Through workshops held in Korea and Guangzhou, China, he came to contemplate upon the boundary between "that...More »
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"Team 15 Mihokanno" Exhibition
Mihokanno: a natural intersection of individual purposes. Mihokanno is an artist collective that is made up of eight artists and one designer. Tokyo Wonder Site has previously introduced the works of Soshiro...More »
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"Experimental Sound, Art & Performance Festival -Award Winners' Performance 2008"
The Experimental Sound, Art & Performance Festival held in January this year won favorable attention, offering new forms of musical expression where a variety of media and sounds submitted by the public...More »
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"Questions of Private and Public Memory -1968 and The Holocaust" Exhibition
This Residency Program Exhibition presents the results of two recent artist residencies. On display are works by USA-based Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, who have been producing artworks collaboratively...More »
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Wonder Seeds 2009
Tokyo Wonder Site will hold "Wonder Seeds", a public exhibition for young artists to present their works to a large number of art fans. Designed to support young artists based on the concept of "buy =...More »
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Kazuhiro Noda + Ryohei Masaka + Hiroko Masuko Exhibition
In an effort to provide young artists with opportunities to encounter larger audiences, Art Cafe kurage is presenting their works in conjunction with their exhibitions held at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo. Venue:...More »
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"Small Gallery Apartments" Exhibition
Small grid shelves entitled "Small Gallery Apartments" will be installed at Slowpink, an area in TWS Art Cafe Kurage. On view and available for purchase in each little gallery apartment are artists' goods,...More »
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Vik Muniz "The Beautiful Earth"
Centering on a series of new works entitled "Picture of Garbage" (2008), this exhibition showcases a total of 40 works by Vik Muniz, most of which are being exhibited for the first time in Japan. Muniz's...More »
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"Diorama of the City: Between Site & Space" Exhibition
- Media: Graphics - Painting - Drawing - Photography - Installation - Other - Art Talk
- 2008-09-13 - 2008-10-13
Since 2001, one of the key missions of Tokyo Wonder Site has been "Making Site", which attempt to provide emerging artists with the opportunity to experiment with their works. As a result, the TWS Aoyama:...More »
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Shinji Omaki Talk Event "Looking Toward Garbage Project -Kiseki no Niwa Project Debrief Session "
Having gained much recognition in both Japan and abroad, Shinji Omaki is known for his dynamic installation work that transforms ordinary exhibition space into the extraordinary while conjuring up viewer's...More »
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Yosuke Amemiya + Kei Takemura Exhibition
- Media: Drawing - Installation - Other - Video installation - Art Talk
- 2008-06-28 - 2008-08-31
TWS Shibuya is hosting two up-and-coming artists' exhibitions "TEAM 13 Yosuke Amemiya -Whiplash Neuron" and "TEAM 14 Kei Takemura -Apart a Part" starting from June 28th. Yosuke Amemiya has introduced...More »
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Matthias Schaller + Stephen Dean + Toshihiro Yashiro Exhibition
Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya will present a collection of works produced by artists-in-residence Matthias Schaller and Stephen Dean as the culmination of the TWS Aoyama: Creators-in-Residence program this...More »
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Nina Jan Beier + Marie Jan Lund Performance
Performance "The Self-to-Other Ratio" 20:00-21:00 Happening "The Making of Difference" 10:00-23:00More »
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Christopher Noelle aka TOFA + Torbjørn Rødland Performance and Art Talk
Part 1 Christopher Noelle aka TOFA Performance Workshop, "Invisible Dimensions" Part 2 Torbjørn Rødland Artist Talk, "Reality Experienced as Myth" More »
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Wonder Seeds 2008
There are many ways of supporting artists, and with "buying=supporting" as one of its concepts, Tokyo Wonder Site has sold artist works and products on its premises. This is the sixth "Wonder Seeds" based...More »
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TWS Gathering Event: Sunjung Kim Public Review + Stefan Riekeles "Surface Refinement"
-Part 1: Curator Sunjung Kim Public Review 19:30-20:30 Internationally active independent curator Sunjung Kim invites three past participants of the TWS-Emerging program and hosts a public review. Participating...More »
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"Human Beat? Laptop" Art Talk
What is laptop music? Philippe Chatelain (Laptop Orchestra) and Hiroshi Ega (Writer, Concept maker, DJ) will present how each music is connected and has relation historically, talking about the core element...More »
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Teppei Kaneuji + Hiraku Suzuki Exhibition
Tokyo Wonder Site has been putting great effort into the continuous support of young artists, in affiliation with the Tokyo Government-hosted "Tokyo Wonder Wall" (launched in 2000), and as part of a global...More »
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Masayuki Kawai + Daisuke Nagaoka + Kazuhito Sahara Exhibition
[Image: "Transient Water]More »
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James Lynch + Jérôme Fortin Exhibition
In November 2006, Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) established residency facilities in Aoyama with the aim of facilitating work by artist-in-residence. Activities of Tokyo’s newest art platform have, as of this...More »
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Marina Kappos, JNP Production, Bosco Sodi Exhibition
In November 2006, Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) established residency facilities in Aoyama with the aim of facilitating work by artists-in-residence. Activities of Tokyo’s newest art platform have, as of this...More »
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"Ritual" Exhibition
TEAM stands for "Tokyo Wonder Site: Emerging Artists on Mezzanine". Since 2000, Tokyo Wonder Site has been cooperating with a network of galleries and art institutions to support emerging young artists....More »
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"Tokyo Painting - My Little Everyday Sceneries" Exhibition
Since beginning Tokyo Wonder Wall in 2000 and the related Emerging Artists Support Program, Tokyo Wonder Site has dedicated itself to working with young artists. For this exhibition, artists who have been...More »
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Obey Giant vs WK Interact "East/West Propaganda Project"
In its efforts to foster talent among young artists from Japan and abroad, Tokyo Wonder Site has held street painting sessions and Hip Hop projects, treating graffiti and club events as familiar and important...More »
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Wonder Seeds 2007
There are many ways of supporting artists, and with "buying=supporting" as one of its concepts, Tokyo Wonder Site has sold artist works and products on its premises. This exhibition is the result of a...More »
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"Wave Front - The Cutting Edge of Australian Contemporary Art" Exhibition
As part of the "2006 Year of Exchange between Australia and Japan", Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya is introducing Australian contemporary art both from a visual and musical perspective. As part of a launch...More »
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Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2006
The centerpiece of the festival is Digital Stadium, known as Digista, the NHK television program that introduces works by young creators and nurtures new talent. Digista has been on air for 7 years, and...More »
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Mika Ninagawa "Everlasting Flowers 1"
Ninagawa, a young photographer active in the magazine and advertising worlds, photographs man-made flowers made for cemeteries. In places that have strong sunlight, such as Mexico, Guam and Saigon, there...More »
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Emmanuelle Antille "Tornadoes of My Heart"
Having shown his work "Angels Camp" at the 2003 Venice Biennale to great critical acclaim, this is Swiss artist Emanuelle Antille's first solo exhibition in Japan. On show will be video installations called...More »
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"Magical Art Life: A Collector's World" Exhibition
Exhibition of works gathered by a collector. The works mutually react by resonating and repercussing, creating a space that goes beyond the individual intentions in each of the works.More »
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Janaina Tschäpe Exhibition
This exhibition presents the work of Janaina Tschäpe, a German artist of Brazilian descent: film, photography and drawings from the much talked-about "Blood Sea" and "Lacrimacorpus" series. Within this,...More »
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Flying Steps Break Dance Workshop
For the 22nd Tokyo Summer Music Festival 2006, Germany's No.1 breakdancing group Flying Steps is coming to Tokyo and will be holding a workshop at Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya. Flying Steps was formed in...More »
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Zhang Xiaogang Exhibition
Zhang Xiaogang is one of the key figures in the Chinese contemporary art scene, and through his use of old family photographs as the basis for his portraits, he conveys a sense of connection to his bloodline...More »
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Readymade: Map
Alternative art projects that are experimental and cutting-edge, non-commercial and proactive in their outlook are becoming more and more important to the art scene every year: they give an insight into...More »
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"Why do People Paint? Vol.1 - Drawings by a Young Man"
"Why do people paint?" - Tokyo Wonder Site has continued to ask this question and it is in this spirit that this exhibition is being held. Taken from the collection of Satoshi Okada, who is both an artist...More »
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A l'abordage "Chasing the Whale"
"A l'abordage" is made up of independent artists who work in the fields of dance, art, multimedia, stage arts, journalism, humanities and political studies. This "Chasing the Whale" is the result of a...More »
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Move on Asia 2006 "Conflict and Networking"
This is a travelling exhibition of 21 young video artists recommended by curators from 12 art spaces in 6 Asian countries, and following its presentation at the Loop art space in Korea, it will go on to...More »
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Hitoshi Nishiyama "White Out"
This is an exhibition of installation work by Hitoshi Nishiyama. In the summer of 2005, he held an open workshop at Fuchu Art Museum and then took part in a three-person show at Tokyo Wondersite Shibuya,...More »
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Tokyo Girls - A Sense of You, Created by Me
Hellen van Meene, from the Netherlands, takes portraits of adolescent girls focusing on the adolescents' mixture of innocence and fragility. This exhibition shows her works taken in Japan in 2000.More »
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TEAM: Emerging Artists on Mezzanine 04+05
Tokyo Wonder Site aims to support young artists in various ways. TEAM is one of the series aimed to support artists' activity, not only by giving them a chance to show their works, but also the opportunity...More »
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Artist Talk
Monica Studer and Christophe van den Berg, new media/computer graphic artists who center their activities in Swiss, are visiting Japan for the exhibition "Alpine Air: Swiss Artists Inspired by Mountains"...More »
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Wonder Seeds 2006 Exhibition
Wonder Seeds is an exhibition designed to help emerging artists show their work. Of nearly 1000 submissions, some 120 pieces were selected and put on display.More »
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Fuckin' Brilliant!
This exhibition features the works of 13 promising young Japanese and British artists in collaboration with the Rockwell Project of Hackney, London. Support is provided by The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation...More »
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KUNST-AKTION!fur die Stadt, BERLIN-TOKYO
The theme of this exhibition is "The City & Art / Street". Various works by street artists from Japan and Germany are on display throughout the venue and around the Yoyogi park. More »
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Elodie Pong: Peripheral Area
Single channel video works and video installations by Swiss female artist Elodie Pong. Pong presents problems between images, communication and identities in today's society.More »





