MAM Collection 021: Hao Jingban
Mori Art Museum
Until Mar 29Reservations Prioritized
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Hao Jingban
Hao Jingban (b. 1985, Shanxi Province, China, lives and works in Yunnan Province) explores the distance between present and past, in video works based on the study of history. In a practice dominated by archival research, personal interviews, and performance, Hao makes works in documentary style that focus on individual and collective stories to reveal hidden historical complexities. Past themes include ballroom dancing in Beijing around the time of the Cultural Revolution, and films made in northeastern China during the 1930s, in videos that reflect the perspectives of knotty historical narratives, social movements, and cultural commentary. In recent years Hao has been a shrewd observer of contemporary political developments—including the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement—and their psychological impacts on the public, producing works that delve into these events and influences from a critical perspective.
The Barcelona-based Han Nefkens Foundation, Mori Art Museum, M+, and Singapore Art Museum partnered in 2021 to establish the “Moving Image Commission”, and in 2023, awarded the commission to Hao Jingban. In MAM Collection 021 we present Hao’s latest work, the 3-channel video installation I Witness, in which the grieving of those who have lost loved ones is recreated through physical performance, in a bodily exploration of the expression of symbolic mourning.
* I Witness was commissioned jointly by the Han Nefkens Foundation, Mori Art Museum, M+, and Singapore Art Museum.
The Barcelona-based Han Nefkens Foundation, Mori Art Museum, M+, and Singapore Art Museum partnered in 2021 to establish the “Moving Image Commission”, and in 2023, awarded the commission to Hao Jingban. In MAM Collection 021 we present Hao’s latest work, the 3-channel video installation I Witness, in which the grieving of those who have lost loved ones is recreated through physical performance, in a bodily exploration of the expression of symbolic mourning.
* I Witness was commissioned jointly by the Han Nefkens Foundation, Mori Art Museum, M+, and Singapore Art Museum.
Schedule Now in session | Dec 3 (Wed) 2025-Mar 29 (Sun) 2026 105 days left Reservations PrioritizedOpening Hours Information
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| Fee | Weekdays: Adults ¥2000, University & High School Students ¥1400, 65 & Up ¥1700 Weekends and Public Holidays: Adults ¥2200, University & High School Students ¥1500, 65 & Up ¥1900 | ||
| Website | https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamcollection021/index.html | ||
| Venue | Mori Art Museum https://www.mori.art.museum/eng | ||
| Location | 53F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo | ||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 1C at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya line, 6 minute walk from exit 3 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo line; From JR Shibuya Station, take the Toei bus and get off at Roppongi Hills. | ||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||
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