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"Seiichi Niikuni's 'Concrete Poetry' -Inbetween Poetry and Art-"
Musashino Art University Museum & Library
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Seiichi Niikuni
Poetry is commonly understood as a literary genre but it has undeniable association with art and music given the consideration of the spacing of words on paper and the importance that is given to recitation. Concrete Poetry was a movement that rose in the 50s that sought to explore such visual and musical potentials of poetry. Developments in printing technology and the diversification of typography helped the movement grow and despite its end as an international movement in the 70s, its influence continues to live on in the world of graphic design. It is not surprising therefore that there is a revival in interest in the experimental spirit of a crucial movement in the history of modern poetry.
Seiichi Niikuni (1925-77) was a prominent figure in the Concrete Poetry movement in Japan who was active for a short but extremely intense period in which he not only continued his radical experiments but also set up association and magazines and got involved in exhibitions and events internationally.
Since his death in 1977 at the young age of 52 years old, his name was long forgotten and no attempts at reconsidering his life work have been made.
This exhibition will present the documents that have been donated to the museum by his wife and will display the work of the poet who was not simply the forerunner of concrete poetry but also opened new possibilities in the earnest cultural environment in Japan.
-Symposium "Seiichi Niikuni and Poetical Experiment" June 11th (Thu) 16:30-
-Performance and Workshop by Tomomi Adachi June 22nd (Mon) 16:30-
Seiichi Niikuni (1925-77) was a prominent figure in the Concrete Poetry movement in Japan who was active for a short but extremely intense period in which he not only continued his radical experiments but also set up association and magazines and got involved in exhibitions and events internationally.
Since his death in 1977 at the young age of 52 years old, his name was long forgotten and no attempts at reconsidering his life work have been made.
This exhibition will present the documents that have been donated to the museum by his wife and will display the work of the poet who was not simply the forerunner of concrete poetry but also opened new possibilities in the earnest cultural environment in Japan.
-Symposium "Seiichi Niikuni and Poetical Experiment" June 11th (Thu) 16:30-
-Performance and Workshop by Tomomi Adachi June 22nd (Mon) 16:30-
Schedule | Jun 8 (Mon) 2009-Jun 29 (Mon) 2009 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Musashino Art University Museum & Library https://mauml.musabi.ac.jp/en/  | ||||
| Location | 1-736 Ogawacho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-8505 | ||||
| Access | 18 minute walk from Takanodai Station on the Seibu Kokubunji line; From the North exit of Kokubunji Station, take the Seibu bus for 20 minutes and get off at Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku Main Gate; From the North exit of Tachikawa Station on the JR Chuo line, take the Tachikawa bus for 25 minutes and get off at Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku. | ||||
| Phone | 042-342-6003 | ||||
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