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Kouryou “Memex – Fox’s Room”
Genron Gotanda Atelier
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Kouryou has been operating the online game Click Spirit since 2008. Click Spirit is a labyrinth-like world comprised of a vast number of infinitely hyperlinked images and texts by Kouryou and other creators. It began as a completely closed system, but opened up to the outside world after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, when a visit to disaster-stuck areas reminded Kouryuo of Click Spirit’s illusionary world of infinite imbedded hyperlinks. The game then began featuring scenes from these places, a version presented in the gallery’s 2013 exhibition “Little Akihabara Monument.” The world of Click Spirit has since grown. Last year Kouryou launched the website “Iwaki Legend Notes – Accounts of the Fox Incident” (Iwaki Densest Noto – Kitsune Jikkenbo” inspired by traditional tales and legends from the town of Iwaki, Fukushima, featured at the gallery’s “Day of Anger” exhibition last year.
This exhibition does not merely present the latest version of Click Spirit, but delves into what the game really is, introducing Koryo’s artistic practice and ideas. The show’s title comes from “Memex: MEMory EXtender,” the text considered the origin of modern computing by Vannevar Bush, who was also deeply involved in the development of the atomic bomb. Here Kouryour asks, if we turned back computer and internet history to the point of “Memex” and introduced Click Spirit, how might the present and future of these futures fields be different?
This exhibition does not merely present the latest version of Click Spirit, but delves into what the game really is, introducing Koryo’s artistic practice and ideas. The show’s title comes from “Memex: MEMory EXtender,” the text considered the origin of modern computing by Vannevar Bush, who was also deeply involved in the development of the atomic bomb. Here Kouryour asks, if we turned back computer and internet history to the point of “Memex” and introduced Click Spirit, how might the present and future of these futures fields be different?
Schedule | Apr 14 (Fri) 2017-Apr 30 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Apr 14 (Fri) 2017 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Genron Gotanda Atelier | ||||
| Location | 2F Kasuya Bldg., 3-17-4 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022 | ||||
| Access | 4 minute walk from exit A6 at Gotanda Station on the Toei Asakusa line, 7 minute walk from the East exit of Gotanda Station on the JR Yamanote or Tokyu Ikegami line. | ||||
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