Category: Exhibition & Workshop

Exhibition “『Revive Time Kaki Tree Project in Mito – Prologue 2000” Art Tower Mito

From 5th February to the 22nd March, 2000 Exhibition by 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee Art Tower Mito is located in the center of Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture and is known as one of the contemporary art center. In February, 2000, Mr. Tsukasa Mori, curator at Contemporary Art Gallery Mito , organized an exhibition to introduce “Revive Time – Kaki Tree project”, which Kaki Tree Executive office had been working since 1996. The exhibition have been mainly conducted by members from the executive committee, and it focused the development of Kaki project, which grew up through a lot of communication/involvement/meeting with people. Portraits of the people involved, or… Read more »

Exhibition “48th Venice Biennale” Italy

From June 12th to Nov 7th, 1999 Exhibition by 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee. The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years, with a history of more than one hundred years.With persimmon saplings on display at the center of the event space, the committee introduced themselves and explained about their past activities. They displayed works from the project and workshops, and invited new participants. Visitors were free to write messages on cards that were then put up on the walls of the event space. By the end of the event, the walls were almost completely covered with messages of peace. The… Read more »

Exhibition “REVIVAL TIME KAKI TREE PROJECT” Berlitz Shibuya Language Center

From May 28th to August 25th, 1999 Organized by Heso laboratory (laboratory of navel) Exhibition by 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee We released information about exhibition in Venetia Biennale, which was held in same time in Italy, and recruited for new participants. In addition to photographs and videos, we displayed the kaki tree made with bronze. We introduced contents of the project through activities and expression by who participated the project. While the exhibition, “Kaki-mi café”, “A snail’s runaway from home”, “Tsunagi-e”, and more workshops were held at the open space of the Language Center.

Exhibition “Melbourne Biennale” Australia

From May 14th to June 27th, 1999 Exhibition by 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee We exhibited photographs and videos of place where we have planted kaki trees. We introduced the project and recruited new place to plant kaki trees.

Exhibition “The Edge of Awareness” SESC Pompeia

From December 7th, 1998 to January 30th, 1999 Exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee This exhibition was traveling exhibition started from Geneva.

Exhibition “Donai Yanen ! Et maintenant !” Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts

From September 22th to November 15th, 1998 Exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee We displayed photography taken while doing project, “Bombed Kaki tree Jr.”, and works that children and Mr. and Mrs. Hanada made at workshop held at Yanaka, Japan when they planted kaki trees. We also recruited foster of kaki trees while exhibition. While exhibition, we let children drew messages on cards and put it on the wall. Also Ms Heike Hanada and children held workshop and add works they made to exhibition.

Exhibition “The Edge of Awareness” New York

From September 15th to October 15th, 1998 Exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee This exhibition was traveling exhibition started from Geneva.

Exhibition “The Edge of Awareness” WHO headquarters

From May 10th to July 12th, 1998 Exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee We planted a kaki tree with ‘The board of kaki tree’ in front yard of WHO headquarters. The board was filled with so many messages by citizens of Geneva. In the exhibition, we put messages from visitors on motif of kaki trees and exhibited it with introducing “Revival Time” Kaki Tree Project. This exhibition was held at United Nations Headquarters, New York in September of 1998, and SESC Pompeia Sao Paulo, Brazil in December of 1998, and WHO Regional Office New Delhi, India in March of 1999. As the exhibition went… Read more »

Exhibition “Kaki Tree Project Report” Gallery CASA

From October 25th to November 3rd, 1997 Exhibition by Yanaka Kaki tree Network + 『Revive Time』 Kaki Tree Project Executive Committee The first exhibition that was organized by Executive Committee was held at Gallery CASA, Tokyo. The exhibition was intended to make people feel that every action that taken by any participants were Art by introducing the project with photographs, posters, works from where planted Kaki trees. And we exhibited kaki tree in the pot and made the room like Japanese living room to let regional people go into the room. And they recruited who would like to plant kaki trees. Ms. Akiko Shiibara and Ms. Hiroko Kato were formed… Read more »

Symposium “The art that rech out to the society” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

The purpose of this symposium was to make the project known by more people and to focus on significant sides of this project. Such as, the art, which deeply connect with society, or the art exists in daily life. The moderator was Mr. Makoto Murata, who is journalist about art. And panelists were Mr. James Lingwood (A curator and the head of the Artangel, from England), Ms. Catherine Grout (An art historian, art critic from French), Mr. Jean-Luc Vilmouth (The professor of National High School of Paris, an artist, from French), Ms. Yoko Hayashi (An art historian, the presidency of Art Woods, a teacher of Musashino Art University, from Japan)… Read more »

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