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End of the World and Self-centered World
Gyre Gallery
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Yayoi Kusama, Shusaku Arakawa, Anish Kapoor, Aki Inomata, Akira Kamo, Maki Ohkojima, Lia Giraud
Our world is one of nuclear threats, geopolitical tensions, destruction of the natural environment, and global warming - today, the “end of the world” is no longer just a religious prophecy or scientific prediction. It is already here, firmly in the category of phenomena that can be physically sensed and experienced. This exhibition, "End of the World and Self-centered World", faces up to and confronts the catastrophic subjects that appear at the point of intersection between the political, the social, and the human. It fundamentally questions concepts of modern times, not in order that we may survive until the end of the world, but in order that we may live with the end of the world.
The end of the world can also be considered the demise of anthropocentrism. This comes from the idea that every living creature lives in its own umwelt, a species-specific perceptual world or self-centered world, with the individual animal as the subject in the world that it experiences. According to Jakob von Uexküll, universal time and space (which von Uexküll called umgebung - the objective environment, or the view from outside a self-centered world) are also perceived by animal subjects as their own time and space. Animal behavior is the result of the different perceptions and effects experienced by each animal, and has specific significance for each different creature. The significant interrelationships between animal subjects and the objects that they perceive were described as a plan for life by von Uexküll, who advocated research in greater depth into such plans.
"End of the World and Self-centered World" is an exhibition that poses the difficult question of whether we can free ourselves from anthropocentrism and reach an awareness of the fact that we all live in different self-centered worlds.
The end of the world can also be considered the demise of anthropocentrism. This comes from the idea that every living creature lives in its own umwelt, a species-specific perceptual world or self-centered world, with the individual animal as the subject in the world that it experiences. According to Jakob von Uexküll, universal time and space (which von Uexküll called umgebung - the objective environment, or the view from outside a self-centered world) are also perceived by animal subjects as their own time and space. Animal behavior is the result of the different perceptions and effects experienced by each animal, and has specific significance for each different creature. The significant interrelationships between animal subjects and the objects that they perceive were described as a plan for life by von Uexküll, who advocated research in greater depth into such plans.
"End of the World and Self-centered World" is an exhibition that poses the difficult question of whether we can free ourselves from anthropocentrism and reach an awareness of the fact that we all live in different self-centered worlds.
Schedule | May 13 (Fri) 2022-Jul 3 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | https://en.gyre-omotesando.com/artandgallery/end-of-the-world-and-self-centered-world/ | ||
| Venue | Gyre Gallery https://en.gyre-omotesando.com/art/ | ||
| Location | 3F Gyre, 5-10-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||
| Access | 4 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines. 5 minute walk from exit A1 at Omotesando Station on the Hanzomon, Chiyoda and Ginza lines, 6 minute walk from the Omotesando exit of JR Harajuku Station. | ||
| Phone | 03-3498-6990 | ||
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