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Gallery Out of Place Tokio
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Nakayama, Tetsuya Miura, Tomonori Nishigori , Ryo Shinagawa, Parco Kinoshita, JIro Fujita
This film project groups together six artists under the title, “C6H6,” the chemical formula for the substance known as benzene. Through collaboration between the gallery and Ryo Shinagawa, these artists have been invited to create short films, all of which will be loop-screened during the exhibition period.
Interestingly, benzene was historically used as a powerful dissolver, especially for eliminating grease from metals. Benzene was even widely used domestically for paint and stain removal, and as rubber paste, until it was discovered to contain poison. Then benzene was substituted by other less poisonous substances such as toluene, and today in Japan, its use is forbidden by labor and safety hygiene laws, and specialized regulation.
While benzene can be dangerously poisonous, its scent is intoxicatingly pleasant to people. Seen also as a convenient substance suited to a variety of purposes, could benzene not be characterized as “art” itself?
Of the six exhibiting artists, five are not film artists, but are instead artists working in fields such as, photography, writing, fine art, and editing. In this way the project attempts to overcome the limitations of genre to open up new fields of creation, with each responding to the theme “when something unexpected, unexpectedly sticks with you, something unexpected is then born.” How will the C6H6 artists answer our theme through film? We have yet to see…
Interestingly, benzene was historically used as a powerful dissolver, especially for eliminating grease from metals. Benzene was even widely used domestically for paint and stain removal, and as rubber paste, until it was discovered to contain poison. Then benzene was substituted by other less poisonous substances such as toluene, and today in Japan, its use is forbidden by labor and safety hygiene laws, and specialized regulation.
While benzene can be dangerously poisonous, its scent is intoxicatingly pleasant to people. Seen also as a convenient substance suited to a variety of purposes, could benzene not be characterized as “art” itself?
Of the six exhibiting artists, five are not film artists, but are instead artists working in fields such as, photography, writing, fine art, and editing. In this way the project attempts to overcome the limitations of genre to open up new fields of creation, with each responding to the theme “when something unexpected, unexpectedly sticks with you, something unexpected is then born.” How will the C6H6 artists answer our theme through film? We have yet to see…
Schedule | Aug 19 (Fri) 2016-Aug 28 (Sun) 2016 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.outofplace.jp/english/tokio/ | ||||
| Venue | Gallery Out of Place Tokio http://www.outofplace.jp/english/ | ||||
| Location | Room207 3331 Arts Chiyoda, 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 4 at Suehirocho Station on the Ginza line, 3 minute walk from exit 6 at Yushima Station on the Chiyoda line, 11 minute walk from the Electric Town exit of JR Akihabara Station. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6803-0248 | ||||
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