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Gaetan Kubo “Emergencies! 028 ー Research & Destroy”
NTT ICC Inter Communication Center
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Gaetan Kubo
In 1946, just after the war, Japan faced a shortage of many resources, including the materials to make money. The cartridges used during the war and other scrap metal were recycled to make 50 sen coins. Gaetan Kubo in the same way takes a keen interest in how materials of one object and can be used to produce other things, exploring the history and cause of such transformations and attempts to reconstruct these changes in his own work. Here he takes the 50 sen coin, melts it down and attempts to restore it to its original form as a bullet. He also takes the peeled paint from Tokyo Tower, which was built from the scrap metal of US tanks, to create drawings. And creates earthenware from the “Ghost Chimney” of the Senju Thermal Power Station decommissioned in 1964, and made originally using the scrap metal of a Bordeaux battleship. In this exhibition objects, maquettes, documentary video, photographs and diagrams are used to trace these cycles of materials. As part of a new work he follows the story of the destroyer his Great Grandfather served upon during the war and how this was later reused by the self defense force as an escort ship.
Schedule | May 28 (Sat) 2016-Aug 6 (Sat) 2016 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 25 (Sat) 2016 14:00 - 00:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Open Space: Free. Special Exhibitions: Depends on each event. | ||||
| Website | http://www.ntticc.or.jp/en/exhibitions/2016/open-salon-artists-talk-kubo-gaetan-jun-25-2016/ | ||||
| Venue | NTT ICC Inter Communication Center http://www.ntticc.or.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 4F Tokyo Opera City Tower, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404 | ||||
| Access | 3 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. | ||||
| Phone | 0120-144199 | ||||
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