Archigram -- experimental architecture 1961-74
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At Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
Media: Drawing, Other, Architecture
Archigram is the name of a group of experimental British architects active from the 60s to the early 70s, and is also the title of a magazine they published. Peter Cook (1936-) and the five other architects who constituted Archigram crossed multiple modes of expression in proposing new types of architecture and urban design. “Walking City”, portraying intelligent legged cities, and “Plug-in-City”, featuring a plug-in system of city components, both appeared as thought experiments on their magazine.
The retrospective exhibition, "ARCHIGRAM -- experimental architecture 1961-1974," made its debut in 1994 at the Kunsthalle in Vienna. Having toured the Pompidou Center in Paris and the Design Museum in London, it has finally made its way to Japan after 11 years. 300 drawings, collages, and models will be featured in this first comprehensive exhibition of Archigram in Japan.
Schedule
From 2005-01-22 To 2005-03-27
Artist(s)
Ron Herron, David Greene, Dennis Crompton, Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Michael Webb
Website
http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/archigram/archij.htm... (Japanese)
Fee
Adults ¥800, Junior High School and Below, Over 65, and Disabled Free
Venue Hours
From 9:30 To 18:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:On a Public Holiday Monday, the gallery is open but closed on the following Tuesday.
Access
From Mito Station, take bus for Daiku-machi from the terminal #4, #5, #6 or #7 at the north exit, and get off at Izumi-cho I-chome, the fourth stop. (¥160)
Address
1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 310-0063
Phone: 029-227-8111 Fax: 029-227-8110
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Venue: Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
Schedule: From 2005-01-22 To 2005-03-27
Address: 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 310-0063
Phone: 029-227-8111 Fax: 029-227-8110
