The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab
Exhibition Period: Saturday, July 30, 2016 - Monday, January 9, 2017
Venue: Mori Art Museum（53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower）
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, NHK, NHK Promotions Inc., The Yomiuri Shimbun
Curated by: Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum), Tsubaki Reiko (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Curatorial Collaborators: Ryukoku Museum, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center
Grant: Ambassade de France au Japon / Institut français
Corporate Sponsors: NEC, Obayashi Corporation, IHI Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.
Special Cooperation: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Production Support: Panasonic Corporati
A First for Japan: Astronomy Manuscripts Penned by Genius Leonardo da Vinci, Plus The Latest, Immersive Installation by teamLab That Lets You Experience The Cosmos First Hand!
Mori Art Museum is proud to present “The Universe and Art” from Saturday, July 30, 2016 to Monday, January 9, 2017.Our universe is of perennial interest, appearing in art all around the world as an object of worship and study over the centuries, and spawning countless stories. “The Universe and Art,” in just one exhibition, will offer a diverse selection of around 200 items from across the globe and down the centuries, in multiple genres, from meteorites and fossils to historic astronomical material by Da Vinci and Galileo; mandalas; Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) which we may call Japan's oldest sci-fi novel; installations by contemporary artists, and the latest from the frontline of space development. Comprising four sections: “How Have Humans through the Ages Viewed the Universe?” “The Universe as Space-Time” “A New View of Life - Do Aliens Exist?” and “Space Travel and the Future of Humanity,” the exhibition will offer novel, future-oriented views of the cosmos and mankind. Join us in the summer of 2016 on a journey exploring where we came from, and where we are going, as Roppongi turns into a portal to the cosmos...
Artists’ Talk
Artists’ Talk * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Artists in the exhibition discuss the connections between their works and the universe.
Speakers: Björn Dahlem
Conrad Shawcross
Semiconductor
Jia Aili
Patricia Piccinini
Maria Gruzdeva
