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Hibiki - Live Performance Art Exhibition
Tiers Gallery
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Benjamin Skepper, Hidemi Ogata, Shuhei Fukuda
Curated by Benjamin Skepper, the artist and art director will also present an intimate LIVE sound performance on September 11, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the horrific twin towers attack in New York, as a meditation on world peace and self-healing. The performance will also include the song For Our Freedom, as featured in Forbes Japan and on NHK, in memory of 10 years since the Tohoku tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear disaster.
Hidemi Ogata, a photographer, made a name for herself in New York in the 1980s, capturing images of stars that defined an era- Andy Warhol, Marianne Faithful, Brian Ferry, not to mention the vivid club culture. Working between the US and Japan, she has shot album covers, fashion campaigns, and features for top magazines. For this exhibition, she presents a collaborative work “Beyond Religion” featuring shots of Benjamin Skepper. Ogata, upon encountering the artist, felt the presence of a symbol of a new era, a man beyond religion, race, border, and gender. Sensitive to music herself, Ogata believes Skepperʼs music awakens and releases the memory of people on a deep cellular level. The passion that occurs upon the encounter of two people, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, Ogataʼs portraits capture these opposite poles, and the primitive consciousness that moves beyond borders, that is the essence of Benjamin Skepper.
Shuhei Fukuda is an emerging young artist presently completing his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts. A trained fine artist and painter, his practice focuses on traditional silver leaf and Japanese paper (washi). Particularly, his work captures the living process of transformation caused by chemical reactions (natural and synthetic substances) upon the silver leaf. With time comes a variety of changes, and he will present small pieces and large-scale work as part of the exhibition. Benjamin Skepper’s calligraphy Hibiki will also be exhibited.
Amidst the social, political, and personal unrest caused by the pandemic, this exhibition calls into question the function and role of music and art, and its inherent power to heal, unite, and bring about positive social change.
Hidemi Ogata, a photographer, made a name for herself in New York in the 1980s, capturing images of stars that defined an era- Andy Warhol, Marianne Faithful, Brian Ferry, not to mention the vivid club culture. Working between the US and Japan, she has shot album covers, fashion campaigns, and features for top magazines. For this exhibition, she presents a collaborative work “Beyond Religion” featuring shots of Benjamin Skepper. Ogata, upon encountering the artist, felt the presence of a symbol of a new era, a man beyond religion, race, border, and gender. Sensitive to music herself, Ogata believes Skepperʼs music awakens and releases the memory of people on a deep cellular level. The passion that occurs upon the encounter of two people, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, Ogataʼs portraits capture these opposite poles, and the primitive consciousness that moves beyond borders, that is the essence of Benjamin Skepper.
Shuhei Fukuda is an emerging young artist presently completing his Ph.D. at Tokyo University of the Arts. A trained fine artist and painter, his practice focuses on traditional silver leaf and Japanese paper (washi). Particularly, his work captures the living process of transformation caused by chemical reactions (natural and synthetic substances) upon the silver leaf. With time comes a variety of changes, and he will present small pieces and large-scale work as part of the exhibition. Benjamin Skepper’s calligraphy Hibiki will also be exhibited.
Amidst the social, political, and personal unrest caused by the pandemic, this exhibition calls into question the function and role of music and art, and its inherent power to heal, unite, and bring about positive social change.
Schedule | Sep 9 (Thu) 2021-Sep 12 (Sun) 2021 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Tiers Gallery https://www.arakawagrip.co.jp/tiersgallery/  | ||||
| Location | 5-7-12 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit A1 at Omotesando Station on the Chiyoda, Hanzomon and Ginza lines. 10 minute walk from the East exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-5774-8190 | ||||
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