”Mite! The Art of Conversation" Exhibition

Finished

The name “mite!” stands for "M-ethod for I-nteractive TE-aching", the interactive art-viewing education project proposed by art historian Amelia Arenas that has been promoted throughout Japan. This name also plays on the Japanese word "mite!", which means “look!”

In order to help the viewer really become involved in the act of “looking” deeply at a work of art, some slightly different methods of display are being used. The 13 works of art on display in the gallery have been grouped into four sections based on common elements such as shapes and motifs that the works share. For this reason, there is no specific unity in terms of genre or era; at first glance, the works seem to be unrelated to each other and the combinations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works may seem unusual. Also, there are no labels on the wall giving the artists' names or the title of the works. Instead, there are wall-texts written by Ms. Arenas to give the viewer some hints for thinking or talking about the works.

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Schedule

Mar 17 (Sat) 2007-Jul 1 (Sun) 2007