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Shinoda Taro “The Sun and Mt. Fuji and Steve Reich”
Misa Shin Gallery
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Shinoda Taro
“The Sun and Mt. Fuji and Steve Reich,” the artist’s first solo exhibition at Misa Shin Gallery, is a series of cyanotype works. Cyanotype is a photo-printing technique that makes use of the photosensitive properties of iron compounds. On top of photographic paper coated with iron salts, the artist places sand and pebbles collected at the peak of Mt. Fuji, installing speakers underneath the photographic paper through which the minimal music of Steve Reich is played. Exposure to the sun ensures that the sand and pebbles vibrating with the sound patterns create shadows and lines on the paper’s surface. In this way, sunlight— nature’s most fundamental force—brings the usually invisible vibration of sound into view. Transcending the artist’s design, these works in Prussian blue emerge like natural phenomena.
“Our civilization has been made possible through our engineering of the existing substances on the earth—except, that is, for nuclear energy. In other words, we cannot create substances themselves, but we can transform one exsiting substance into another. Again leaving aside nuclear power, all human endeavor is dependent on the sun and what it makes possible, from plant photosynthesis through to the functioning of the food chain and production of fuels.”
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Opening Reception
Date: Friday, November 11, 18:00-20:00
“Our civilization has been made possible through our engineering of the existing substances on the earth—except, that is, for nuclear energy. In other words, we cannot create substances themselves, but we can transform one exsiting substance into another. Again leaving aside nuclear power, all human endeavor is dependent on the sun and what it makes possible, from plant photosynthesis through to the functioning of the food chain and production of fuels.”
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Opening Reception
Date: Friday, November 11, 18:00-20:00
Schedule | Nov 11 (Fri) 2016-Dec 24 (Sat) 2016 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 11 (Fri) 2016 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Misa Shin Gallery http://www.misashin.com/  | ||||
| Location | 1F 3-9-11 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047 | ||||
| Access | 11 minute walk from exit 4 at Shirokane-takanawa Station on the Namboku or Toei Mita line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Azabu-juban Station on the Namboku or Toei Oedo line, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Hiroo Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6450-2334 | ||||
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