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The Virtual Concreteness
The 5th Floor (Hanazono Alley)
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Masaharu Futoyu, Mio Hanaoka, Raita Ishikawa, Jean-Baptiste Lenglet, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Zoé Schellenbaum, Xing Danwen
There are two dimensions of reality, the “virtual” and the “actual” – virtuality is a part of reality, and the access to the abstract dimension of reality is based on the enhancement of concrete existence. In other words, while the entire world moves towards virtuality, matter proliferates correlatively.
This exhibition aims to examine the juxtaposition of the social and ecological crises caused by the technological overproduction in the digital age with its increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital trash invades the actual space to keep the virtual space running, while laborers produce the entire postmodern apparatus in poor conditions.
The works exhibited at “The Virtual Concreteness” use a visual language based on symbolic motifs of virtuality to deal with these issues. From different perspectives, each artist will present polysemy and the complexity of virtuality.
This exhibition aims to examine the juxtaposition of the social and ecological crises caused by the technological overproduction in the digital age with its increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital trash invades the actual space to keep the virtual space running, while laborers produce the entire postmodern apparatus in poor conditions.
The works exhibited at “The Virtual Concreteness” use a visual language based on symbolic motifs of virtuality to deal with these issues. From different perspectives, each artist will present polysemy and the complexity of virtuality.
Schedule | May 16 (Sun) 2021-Jun 3 (Thu) 2021 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | The 5th Floor (Hanazono Alley) https://the5thfloor.org/  | ||||
| Location | 5F Hanazono Alley, 3-3-9 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0008 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 2 at Nezu Station on the Chiyoda line, 10 minute walk from the Ikenohata exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei Main line, 11 minute walk from the Yamashita exit of JR Ueno Station. | ||||
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