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"Anonymous Life" Exhibition

NTT ICC Inter Communication Center
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Artists

Tatsuya Saito, Hiroshi Ishiguro, sputniko!, Tadasu Takamine, Yuko Mouri, Miwa Yanagi, Go Watanabe
Anonymous: Not identified by name; of unknown name.

The term is composed of the Greek word onyma (name) and the prefix an- (without), to mean "without a name". Each work in this exhibition, however, does have a name (title), so this is not a show of "anonymous" works. What does the title refer to then?

For example, specialists in one particular field of robot engineering, encouraged by technological developments, are aiming to create "mechanical life". Compared to the ideal androids we have been dreaming up in the realm of science fiction, though, most results of their efforts we would not consider to be perfect, as they represent an unnamable form of being, at a stage where we cannot yet speak of them as "androids". Rapidly progressing biotechnology, cloning and other reproductive medical technologies as typified by gene manipulation have made new, as yet unlabeled forms of "life" a reality before we even had a chance to understand their essence.

Inspired by such nameless life-forms; such creatures that don't reveal their real names; in short, such "anonymous life", this exhibition introduces works that question the supposedly self-evident meaning of "life" as separating man from machine, while discussing issues of sexuality and identity that the advancement of technology has cast in a whole new light, and other instances of fluctuating and transgressing all sorts of boundaries our society is riddled with.

[Image: Sputniko! "Healing Fukushima (Nanohana Heels)" (2011-12) Photography: Takuya Shima]

Schedule

Nov 17 (Sat) 2012-Mar 3 (Sun) 2013 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
11:00-18:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
Notice
Closed for New Year Holidays (12/28-1/4), and maintenance day (2/10)
FeeAdults and University Students ¥500, Free for High School Students and Younger
VenueNTT ICC Inter Communication Center
http://www.ntticc.or.jp/en/
Location4F Tokyo Opera City Tower, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404
Access3 minute walk from the East exit of Hatsudai Station on the Keio New line, 11 minute walk from Sangubashi Station on the Odakyu Odawara line, 12 minute walk from A2 exit at Nishi-Shinjuku-gochome Station on the Toei Oedo line.
Phone0120-144199
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