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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2009/EF86" href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2009/EF86">
  <Name>Yang Fudong &quot;The General’s Smile&quot;</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/2AAC1037">
    <Name>Hara Museum of Contemporary Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001</Address>
    <Phone>03-3445-0651</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>5 minutes by taxi or 15 minutes on foot from JR Shinagawa station (Takanawa Exit); or from the same station, take the TAN No. 96 bus for Gotanda Station, get off at the first stop (Gotenyama), and walk for 3 minutes. Limited parking.</Access>
    <Area areaId="akasaka_roppongi">Roppongi, Akasaka</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>wednesdays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>On a Public Holiday Monday, the museum is open but closed on the following Tuesday.On a Public Holiday Wednesday, the museum closes at 17:00.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>Screen: Film</Media>
  <Media>Screen: Video installation</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Japan by Yang Fudong, a Chinese film artist who has been highly active on the international scene in recent years. As an artist with a strong attachment to 35mm film, Yang creates films that are noted for their unique, finely grained textural quality and the use of highly refined and perfectly composed imagery. His films--at times documentary in tone, at times theatrical--depict fragments of contemporary Chinese society, transforming at dazzling speed, and the people who live within it. This exhibition introduces the magic of Yang Fudong’s world by presenting a number of his cinematic gems, some being shown in Japan for the first time. These include General’s Smile (2009), a large-scale video installation about the universality of human life presented in a scene of a banquet held for a senior military officer, and Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest Part 3 (2005), one part of a series that depict well-educated, modern-day young urbanites as they reveal their inner thoughts in various situations modeled after the popular tale of seven famous intellectuals in ancient China who seek refuge from the world in a bamboo forest where they engage in intellectual discourse.
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  <Karma>36.2515</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults ¥1000, Students ¥700, School Kids ¥500, Free for Museum members &amp; also students through high school every Saturday during school terms.</Price>
  <DateStart>2009-12-19</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2010-05-23</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>62</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>tokyo</Datum>
  <Latitude>35.617778</Latitude>
  <Longitude>139.739222</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/105D" href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2010/105D">
  <Name>Alain Fleischer &quot;The New Image&quot;</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/A25AB86F">
    <Name>L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo</Name>
    <Type>Community centre</Type>
    <Address>15 Ichigaya, Funagawaracho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8415</Address>
    <Phone>03-5261-3933</Phone>
    <Fax>03-5261-3927</Fax>
    <Access>7 minutes walk from Exit B3 at Iidabashi Station on the Tozai, Oedo, Yurakucho and Namboku Lines, or 7 minutes walk from the West Exit on the JR Sobu Line</Access>
    <Area areaId="shinjuku">Shinjuku</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>20:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>mondays openinghour 12:00, sundays openinghour 10:00, saturdays closinghour 19:00, sundays closinghour 18:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Photography</Media>
  <Media>3D: Installation</Media>
  <Media>Screen: Video installation</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Alain Fleischer is a French artist, author, filmmaker, photographer and sculptor, as well as the founder and director of Fresnoy, a national studio for contemporary art.

This exhibition is made up of photographs and installations that address a variety of issues, including projection and reflection, the documentation of time and action in still images, film made to be projected onto a screen that can be diverted to other uses, and more. ]]></Description>
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  <Image src="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/media/event/2010/105D-170" width="170" />
  <Karma>13.9747</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2010-03-06</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2010-03-31</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>9</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>tokyo</Datum>
  <Latitude>35.695139</Latitude>
  <Longitude>139.743061</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/19A0" href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2010/19A0">
  <Name>Christo and Jeanne-Claude Life=Works=Projects</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/F994A9B7">
    <Name>21_21 Design Sight</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>Tokyo Midtown, 9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052</Address>
    <Phone>03-3475-2121</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Direct access from Roppongi station on the Oedo and Hibiya subway lines, 3 minutes walk from Nogizaka station on the Chiyoda line</Access>
    <Area areaId="akasaka_roppongi">Roppongi, Akasaka</Area>
    <OpeningHour>00:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>00:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Depends on each event.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Drawing</Media>
  <Media>2D: Photography</Media>
  <Media>Screen: Video installation</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Christo and Jeanne-Claude have wrapped the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont-Neuf, with sparkling beige fabric, planted fields of blossoming yellow and blue umbrellas in the hills of California and countryside of Japan, and wrapped the Reichstag (the parliament of the old German Empire) in Berlin with silver fabric. Their projects are often based on unyielding concepts, requiring long periods of time to convince people before advancing to completion. Their project in February 2005, where they erected 7503 saffron-colored gates in New York’s Central Park just in time for spring, is fresh in our memories. This installation, too, was realized only after negotiations that lasted over 20 years.

In this exhibition, we will present drawings that show the trajectory of their activities, as well as photographs and documentary videos of their projects, in order to observe the process of bringing colossal projects to reality, and the passion and hope that lies at their foundations. While Jeanne-Claude sadly passed away on November 18, 2009, Christo continues to this day to proceed with the realization of various projects that they envisioned together. The exhibition will also introduce. Some ongoing projects such as Over The River, project for the State of Colorado, and The Mastaba, project for the United Arab Emirates.

This exhibition stems from the long friendship between Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Issey Miyake, and has been put together through the planning of Masahiko Yanagi, who was involved with Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s projects for 25 years. Through this exhibition, we will create an opportunity for people to experience their LIFE=WORKS=PROJECTS, replete with surprise and powerful emotion. 

[Image: “Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971-95” by Wolfgang Volz © Christo]

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  <Image src="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/media/event/2010/19A0-170" width="170" />
  <Karma>84.5371</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults ¥1000, University Students ¥800, Middle and High School Students ¥500, Elementary School Students and under free</Price>
  <DateStart>2010-02-13</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2010-04-06</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote>Closed on Tuesday (Expect Apr. 6th)</ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>15</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>tokyo</Datum>
  <Latitude>35.664128</Latitude>
  <Longitude>139.733458</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/3C3D" href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2010/3C3D">
  <Name>Technoclasm Cyber Arts Japan - Ars Electronica 30 years for Art and Media Technology</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/4A4AABB8">
    <Name>Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>Metropolitan Kiba Park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022</Address>
    <Phone>03-5245-4111</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>11 minutes walk from Exit B2 at Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon Line; 14 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Kiba Station on the Tozai Line</Access>
    <Area areaId="koto_odaiba">Kiyosumi, Odaiba</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>On a Public Holiday Monday, the museum is open but closed on the following Tuesday. Closed around the end of year celebrations (12/28~1/4)</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>Screen: Video installation</Media>
  <Media>Misc.: Media Arts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[To mark the 30th anniversary of “Ars Electronica,” an international media art festival held in Linz, Austria, MOT will hold a special exhibition of creations from the fields of art, technology, science, and media art in Japan. Ars Electronica has close bonds with Japan because of the numerous Japanese artists who have taken part and received awards in the festival since its founding in 1979, including Isao Tomita, Ryuichi Sakamoto &amp; Toshio Iwai, and Maywa Denki. Many of the creations such artists have produced for the festival will be featured in this exhibition. Through participation-oriented interactive works, workshops, and video showings, the exhibition will explore new possibilities for expression in science technology, society and art, including new hybrid territories such as space art.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>87.7167</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults ¥1000, Students &amp; over 65 ¥800, High school Students ¥500, free for Junior High School Students or younger.</Price>
  <DateStart>2010-02-02</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2010-03-22</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote>Open Mar. 22, Closed Mar. 23</ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>0</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>tokyo</Datum>
  <Latitude>35.676344</Latitude>
  <Longitude>139.810483</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/7F5E" href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2010/7F5E">
  <Name>&quot;Reflection - Alternative Views through the Video Camera&quot; Exhibition </Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/3CBAD717">
    <Name>Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 310-0063</Address>
    <Phone>029-227-8111</Phone>
    <Fax>029-227-8110</Fax>
    <Access>From Mito Station, take bus for Daiku-machi from the terminal #4, #5, #6 or #7 at the north exit, and get off at Izumi-cho I-chome, the fourth stop. (¥160)</Access>
    <Area areaId="other">Kanto: others</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>On a Public Holiday Monday, the gallery is open but closed on the following Tuesday.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Installation</Media>
  <Media>Screen: Film</Media>
  <Media>Screen: Video installation</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[An exhibition introducing new and recently-produced visual artworks by nine up-and-coming image artists from Japan and abroad, with the aim of exploring the connection between society and the self. In addition to several Japanese who have recently captured the limelight, ATM will introduce the works of several foreign artists with burgeoning reputations but who have never had their works exhibited in Japan before.
 
At times, images captivate viewers by acting as critical tools, while at other times they attract us by describing mental images or phenomena that cannot be seen. This exhibition utilizes the ability of images to make hidden aspects visible, shedding light on them, opening our eyes to aspects of society or the soul that we are not usually aware of. Images thus produce/assist the act of &quot;reflection&quot; in the sense of looking at things carefully and reflecting upon them. ]]></Description>
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  <Image src="http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/media/event/2010/7F5E-170" width="170" />
  <Karma>9.09299</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults ¥800, Under Elementary School Students /Senior /Handicapped Person Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2010-02-06</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2010-05-09</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote>Closed on Mondays except March 22nd (Mon/Holiday), May 3rd (Mon/Holiday), Closed May 23rd (Tue) </ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>48</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>tokyo</Datum>
  <Latitude>36.376622</Latitude>
  <Longitude>140.468461</Longitude>
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