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Toru Urakawa
A spectrum is the band of colors created when light shines through a prism. To celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2015, Spiral showcased a wide range of creative talent who were inspired by this idea and looked ahead for new potential across conventions and borders in their current and future activities.
Today up-and-coming artists and designers continue to work in ways that transcend medium, category, nationality, and generation. “Spectrum File” is an irregular series of exhibitions inviting various guest curators to select and introduce overlooked talent, while encouraging discussion on how art can raise awareness about society. During each exhibition there will also be talks and other opportunities to share ideas.
For this installment, the work of multidisciplinary artist Toru Urakawa, known as a programmer and stage technician who in recent years has showed interest in establishing everyday things in mathematical terms, will be presented following recommendation by Kunihiko Morinaga, the designer behind the fashion label Anrealage.
In 2016, an artificial intelligence managed to beat a top-class human chess player for the very first time, becoming a hot news topic. Concerned about the impact of progress around machine learning on society, in one of his “collaborations between computers and people,” Urakawa developed the idea of a dictionary based on data obtained by a self-learning machine. A dictionary can be referred to as a “dictionary of consciousness,” emphasizing the flow of consciousness and sensibilities of a certain era, or a group or individual sharing a culture. In this exhibition, master of modern Japanese literature Soseki Natsume’s stream of consciousness will be presented as a single book. Gathering a huge number of words from several of Natsume’s novels, Urakawa analyzes the similarity and frequency of the contexts that surround the appearance of certain words. This is a dictionary designed in a completely new way that allows for an overview of consciousness. When Natsume thought about “the future,” what else was he thinking of at the same time? Discover for yourself here.
Venue: Mina-to, 1F Spiral
Today up-and-coming artists and designers continue to work in ways that transcend medium, category, nationality, and generation. “Spectrum File” is an irregular series of exhibitions inviting various guest curators to select and introduce overlooked talent, while encouraging discussion on how art can raise awareness about society. During each exhibition there will also be talks and other opportunities to share ideas.
For this installment, the work of multidisciplinary artist Toru Urakawa, known as a programmer and stage technician who in recent years has showed interest in establishing everyday things in mathematical terms, will be presented following recommendation by Kunihiko Morinaga, the designer behind the fashion label Anrealage.
In 2016, an artificial intelligence managed to beat a top-class human chess player for the very first time, becoming a hot news topic. Concerned about the impact of progress around machine learning on society, in one of his “collaborations between computers and people,” Urakawa developed the idea of a dictionary based on data obtained by a self-learning machine. A dictionary can be referred to as a “dictionary of consciousness,” emphasizing the flow of consciousness and sensibilities of a certain era, or a group or individual sharing a culture. In this exhibition, master of modern Japanese literature Soseki Natsume’s stream of consciousness will be presented as a single book. Gathering a huge number of words from several of Natsume’s novels, Urakawa analyzes the similarity and frequency of the contexts that surround the appearance of certain words. This is a dictionary designed in a completely new way that allows for an overview of consciousness. When Natsume thought about “the future,” what else was he thinking of at the same time? Discover for yourself here.
Venue: Mina-to, 1F Spiral
Schedule | Sep 25 (Mon) 2017-Oct 9 (Mon) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | http://www.spiral.co.jp/en/e_schedule/detail_2389.html | ||
| Venue | Spiral http://www.spiral.co.jp/en/ | ||
| Location | 5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit B1 or B3 at Omotesando Station on the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines. 15 minute walk from exit B3 at JR Shibuya Station. | ||
| Phone | 03-3498-1171 | ||
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