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[Image: Kenji Tanaka “Gradations” 2013 (Installation view of "Rokko Meets Art 2013")]

Kenji Tanaka “emergencies! 026 Gradations”

NTT ICC Inter Communication Center
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Artists

Kenji Tanaka
Visitors walk along an arc-shaped corridor until a light becomes visible at the end of the narrow space. Gradually changing over time, that light colors the room in various shades, while looped video footage capturing mountains and the sky between sunrise and sunset is played back on a display installed at the end of the corridor. When the sky is bright, LEDs in the back light up the space, creating an illumination that matches the color of the sky in the video. Likewise, when the sky gradually turns red as the sun goes down, the color gradients of the illumination change accordingly. A controller that can regulate LEDs in 4,096 steps was specially developed for this work in order to attune the lighting to the slowly transforming color of the sky.
 “Gradations” is an environmental installation that reproduces through lights the colors in footage capturing the changing appearances of the sky, mountains and clouds, and thereby creates an ambiguous kind of sensation comparable to that of peripheral vision (a part of vision outside the center of gaze) or the feeling of sunbathing. Surrounded by music and shades of light and shadow that change with the transforming appearance of the scenery, the visitor is inspired to reflect on the beauty that we normally aren’t aware of as we watch the sky change its colors day by day.

Schedule

Sep 8 (Tue) 2015-Nov 15 (Sun) 2015 

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
Last admission 30min before closing time.
FeeOpen Space: Free. Special Exhibitions: Depends on each event.
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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