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Design Interpretations: Tanikawa Shuntaro’s Radio Waves

Kyoto Institute of Technology - Kyoto Design Lab Tokyo Gallery
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Artists

Shuntaro Tanigawa
Born in 1931, Shuntaro Tanikawa is one of the most widely read and highly regarded of Japanese living poets. What is less known about him is his passion for radios and radio engineering. In 2010, he donated his extensive collection of vintage, mainly American radios to the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT), along with associated posters and publications. Aside from an exhibition in 2011, these have remained in the library and archive of KIT. They have never had any interpretative work based on them individually or as a collection. Kyoto D-Lab held a workshop in collaboration with the Royal College of Art (RCA) in November 2016 that aimed to bring the collection to life and underscore its significance in the work of this unique poet. The participants were designers of different cultural backgrounds from ten countries. They used the collection as the basis for their interpretative works in a range of media as a new way of communicating the richness of Tanikawa’s poetry. The refined results of the workshop form the core of this exhibition.

[Related Event]
Gallery Talk
Speakers: Shuntaro Tanigawa, others
Moderator: Julia Cassim (D-Lab Instructor)
Date: May 13 (Sat) 17:00–18:30
Reservations required. Please see the official website for details.

Schedule

Apr 22 (Sat) 2017-May 28 (Sun) 2017 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
12:00-19:00
Closed
Monday, Tuesday
Notice
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
FeeFree
Websitehttp://www.d-lab.kit.ac.jp/events/2017/design-interpretations/
VenueKyoto Institute of Technology - Kyoto Design Lab Tokyo Gallery
http://www.d-lab.kit.ac.jp/tag/tokyogallery/
LocationRoom203 3331 Arts Chiyoda, 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021
Access3 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.
Phone03-6803-2491
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