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Urban Sansui β
Kudan House
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Tomohito Ishii, Hatsune Katayama, Naha Kanie, Shinichi Takashima + Shu Nakagawa, Asako Fujikura, Taisuke Makihara, Naofumi Maruyama , Rui Mizuki, Saori Miyake
Artist collective Sansui Tokyo, which explores the theme of Sansui (mountain and water), a unique East Asian philosophy, will hold a three-day comprehensive event titled "Urban Sansui β" at kudan house, a 96-year-old Western-style house (and registered tangible cultural property) in Tokyo.
While Sansui is often associated with classical subjects such as landscape paintings (sansuiga) and dry gardens (karesansui), its underlying non-anthropocentric philosophy provides many insights for us living in the modern era. Ryosuke Kondo, the director of Sansui Tokyo, has been studying Western landscape history while also exploring the perception of nature in East Asia through fieldwork on Chinese feng shui and Japanese gardens. Unlike the Western notion of "landscape" that perceives humans (subjects) and nature (objects) as dichotomous, East Asian "Sansui" considers humans and nature to coexist without clear distinctions in the perpetual flow of all things.
The "Urban Sansui" exhibition held in March 2023 at kudan house attempted to update pre-modern Sansui from a contemporary perspective rather than merely restoring it. Traditional Chinese painters drew inspiration from the challenging cliffs and fertile plains of the continent's geology, but the artists participating in the "Urban Sansui" exhibition gazed at the surface of cities covered with buildings and infrastructure, directing their imaginative thoughts to the everyday elements closer than geological layers.
In the upcoming comprehensive event "Urban Sansui β," the newly developed imagination of urban dwellers that hatched during the "Urban Sansui" exhibition will be introspectively examined individually and collectively, then further expanded. Kondo will contribute an essay to deepen the concept of "Urban Sansui," which will be published alongside the exhibition records as the "Urban Sansui" exhibition catalog. The exhibition will feature artists who participated in the "Urban Sansui" exhibition—Tomohito Ishii, Asako Fujikura, Taisuke Makihara, and Rui Mizuki—along with poet Kanie Naha, Shinichi Takashima + Shu Nakagawa, who participated in the first Sansui Tokyo exhibition "Individual Sansui." Additionally, artists who have been consistently involved in fieldwork and meetings, such as Hatsune Katayama, Naofumi Maruyama, and Saori Miyake, will participate. The event will also host nightly talk events with guests such as Landscape Architect Hajime Ishikawa, Artist Shinji Ohmaki, and Curator Satoshi Koganezawa.
[Events]
Talk events with special guests will be held every day from 19:00 to 21:00.
- 20th: Shinji Ohmaki (Artist)
- 21st: Hajime Ishikawa (Landscape Architect)
- 22nd: Satoshi Koganezawa (Curator)
While Sansui is often associated with classical subjects such as landscape paintings (sansuiga) and dry gardens (karesansui), its underlying non-anthropocentric philosophy provides many insights for us living in the modern era. Ryosuke Kondo, the director of Sansui Tokyo, has been studying Western landscape history while also exploring the perception of nature in East Asia through fieldwork on Chinese feng shui and Japanese gardens. Unlike the Western notion of "landscape" that perceives humans (subjects) and nature (objects) as dichotomous, East Asian "Sansui" considers humans and nature to coexist without clear distinctions in the perpetual flow of all things.
The "Urban Sansui" exhibition held in March 2023 at kudan house attempted to update pre-modern Sansui from a contemporary perspective rather than merely restoring it. Traditional Chinese painters drew inspiration from the challenging cliffs and fertile plains of the continent's geology, but the artists participating in the "Urban Sansui" exhibition gazed at the surface of cities covered with buildings and infrastructure, directing their imaginative thoughts to the everyday elements closer than geological layers.
In the upcoming comprehensive event "Urban Sansui β," the newly developed imagination of urban dwellers that hatched during the "Urban Sansui" exhibition will be introspectively examined individually and collectively, then further expanded. Kondo will contribute an essay to deepen the concept of "Urban Sansui," which will be published alongside the exhibition records as the "Urban Sansui" exhibition catalog. The exhibition will feature artists who participated in the "Urban Sansui" exhibition—Tomohito Ishii, Asako Fujikura, Taisuke Makihara, and Rui Mizuki—along with poet Kanie Naha, Shinichi Takashima + Shu Nakagawa, who participated in the first Sansui Tokyo exhibition "Individual Sansui." Additionally, artists who have been consistently involved in fieldwork and meetings, such as Hatsune Katayama, Naofumi Maruyama, and Saori Miyake, will participate. The event will also host nightly talk events with guests such as Landscape Architect Hajime Ishikawa, Artist Shinji Ohmaki, and Curator Satoshi Koganezawa.
[Events]
Talk events with special guests will be held every day from 19:00 to 21:00.
- 20th: Shinji Ohmaki (Artist)
- 21st: Hajime Ishikawa (Landscape Architect)
- 22nd: Satoshi Koganezawa (Curator)
Schedule | Dec 20 (Wed) 2023-Dec 22 (Fri) 2023 Reservation RequiredOpening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults and University Students ¥1000, High School Students and Under free. | ||
| Website | https://sansui.space/ | ||
| Venue | Kudan House https://kudan.house/en/ | ||
| Location | 1-15-9 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073 | ||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 1 at Kudanshita Station on the Tozai and Hanzomon lines. 10 minute walk from the East exit of Iidabashi Station on the JR Chuo-Sobu line. | ||
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