Ota Photo Sketch vol.6 Small stories, but special for someone
December 1 (Sun), 2024 – January 26 (Sun), 2025
Things that might be meaningless for others yet have a very special meaning for yourself.
INFORMATION
Event Name: Ota Photo Sketch vol.6 Small stories, but special for someone
Venue: Art Museum and Library, Ota
Period: Sunday, December 1, 2024 – Sunday, January 26, 2025
Open: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (Entrance to the exhibition room closes at 5:30 pm)
Closed: Mondays (Open on national holiday January 13 and closes on January 14), December 24, December 29 – January 3
Admission Fee:300 (*200 yen)
*For group of 20 people or over, ART MUSEUM & LIBRARY, OTA card holders, or Fratto Ryomo Tobu Free Pass holders.
Free for high school students or younger, the age 65 or over, disability certificate holders and their one attendant.
Free for families with children age of 15 or under on “Ota family day” (December 1 and January 5 September 1)
Organizers: Ota City, Ota city Culture & Sports Promotion Foundation
Sponsored by: SUBARU CORPORATION
Collaborated by: Friday Club, Ota International Association
OTA 20th
Outline
Based on the idea of “exploring the city of Ota from new angles through the photo camera,” variously-themed “Ota Photo Sketch” exhibitions have previous showcased photographs taken in Ota by selected members of the general public and invited guest photographers. Each of these exhibitions was an occasion for rediscovering the appeal of Ota from multiple new perspectives.
This time, as the sixth of the Photo Sketch, we took a novel approach by inviting a contemporary artist Takayoshi Tsuchiya in place of a photographer, and held a workshop “Come tell us your story” along with a psychologist Masataka Murakubo. The exhibition consists of photos and words produced by the participants of the workshop. Together with them, past works of Tsuchiya are exhibited.
In the two-day workshop held in June, the participants worked on the theme “things that might be meaningless for others yet have a very special meaning for yourself (hereafter “it”)” proposed by Tsuchiya. They tried to grab “it” inside themselves, and created works of photos and words on their own.
When a person starts talking “If I’m correct, …” searching his or her memory, the story has something he or she cannot be sure, but on the other hand he or she has a sense that it is definitely correct. The expressions based on such personal reality of the total participants will come together as an exhibition that portrays the life activities of the people of Ota, and that may inspire each viewer to find in them new meanings for themselves.
Profiles
Takayoshi TSUCHIYA
Born 1974 in Tokyo. Professor at Saga University, Faculty of Art and Regional Design. Has been creating artworks that stir people’s perception by intervening in basic everyday life systems and things by simple methods since the 1990s, employing a wide range of media such as video, photography, two- and three-dimensional objects, language, installation, programming, etc. Collaborated with Masataka Murakubo at “Art of Resonance – Decade Session for Our Future” (Saga University Art Museum, 2023). Recent exhibitions include “KAAT Atrium Video Project vol. 24, 25” (Kanagawa Arts Theatre, 2023), “Chikugo Art Farm Project 2020 Love & Journey” (Kyushu Geibun-kan, 2020), “BORN IN 1974” (Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 2014), ”Electronic Language International Festival (FILE SP) (Centro Cultural FIESP, Sao Paulo, 2014).
Reference works
Takayoshi Tsuchiya, “unnamed (things with no proper names)”, 2020
Installation, cutout letters
“Chikugo Art Farm Project 2020 Love & Journey” (Kyushu Geibun-kan, 2020)
Photo: Satoshi Nagano
akayoshi Tsuchiya, “I remember you.” 2020
Media installation
“Chikugo Art Farm Project 2020 Love & Journey” (Kyushu Geibun-kan, 2020)
Photo: Satoshi Nagano
Takayoshi Tsuchiya, “twelve bells” 2016
Video (12 minutes 19 seconds)
Workshop
Ota Photo Sketch vol. 6 Workshop “Come tell us your story.”
Saturday, June 22 & Saturday, June 29, 2024
Workshop HP: https://www.artmuseumlibraryota.jp/post_event/187233.html
Related Events
1.Talk “Where uncertainty goes” 【Reservation required】
Speakers: Takayoshi Tsuchiya (Contemporary Artist), Masataka Murakubo (Psychologist)
Date and Time: Sunday, December 1, 2:00-4:00 pm (venue opens at 1:30 pm)
Location: Audiovisual Hall, 3F
Maximum capacity: 50 people
Admission Fee: Free of charge
Application: Starts at 10:00 am, Saturday, October 5 .with Application Form in our website or by telephone. Up to 50 in order of reception.
We will send a confirmation mail to those applied.
Please set up your mail system to accept mails from “event_museum@artmuseumlibraryota.jp”.
Profiles
Masataka MURAKUBO
Born 1959 in Kumamoto, grew up in Fukuoka. Associate professor at Saga University, Faculty of Medicine. Specializes in clinical psychology. Clinical psychologist and Certified Public Psychologist. Bases his practical work and research on the respective person’s own point of view and experience. Focusing on the subjective world and individual stories, he has been interested in the “how” rather than asking about the “why.” Met Takayoshi Tsuchiya at “Art of Resonance – Decade Session for Our Future.” Edited “The Challenge of Person-Centered Therapy – Actual encounters in present-day life” (Sogensha, 2011), and co-authored numerous publications including “Person-Centered Therapy and Open Dialogue – Conversation, connection, coexistence” (Tomi Shobo, 2023), and “New Developments in Encounter Groups” (Kodachinobunko, 2020).
2.Slide Talk by the curator【Reservation required】
Will discuss the details of the process of this project and the works exhibited.
Speaker: Curator worked for this project
Date and Time: Sunday, December 15, 2:00-3:00 pm (venue opens at 1:30 pm)
Location: Audiovisual Hall, 3F Art Museum & Library, Ota
Maximum capacity: 50 people
Admission Fee: Free of charge
Application: Starts at 10:00 am, Saturday, October 5 with Application Form in our website or by telephone. Up to 50 in order of reception.
We will send a confirmation mail to those applied.
Please set up your mail system to accept mails from“event_museum@artmuseumlibraryota.jp”.
3.Enjoy Art Museum with babies 【Reservation required】
Babies and their guardians will enjoy the exhibition in a relaxed manner.
Date and Time: Saturday, January 11, 1:30-2:30 pm (Reception starts at 1:20 pm)
Location: Exhibition Room (Location of reception will be communicated separately.)
Target Audience: Babies of 3-12 months and its guardian(s) (Only one baby and up to two guardians)
Maximum capacity: 5 families
Admission Fee: Free of charge (Guardians need admission tickets)
Application: Starts at 10 am, Saturday, October 5 with Application Form in our website.
Application Closes on Sunday, December 15.
※If we have applications by more than 5 families, we will conduct a raffle and the result will be communicated at least two weeks before the event.
We will send a confirmation mail to those applied.
Please set up your mail system to accept mails from“event_museum@artmuseumlibraryota.jp”.
4.Kids’ Art Stroll
Kids stroll around the exhibition, talking with the staff member on the works of their interest.
Date and Time: January 13 (Monday/National Holiday) 2:00 pm – (about 40 minutes)
Location: Exhibition Room
Target Audience: Elementary School Students
Maximum capacity: 10 people
Admission Fee: Free of charge (Guardians need admission tickets)
*No application needed in advance. Please show up to the reception counter by 1:55 pm (First come first served basis).
5.Exhibition Tour in English【Reservation required】
This is a gallery tour introducing the exhibition in English by volunteer staff who were involved in creating exhibition.
Date and Time: Sunday, January 19 from 2:00 pm for about thirty minutes
Location: Gallery 1
Target Audience: Open to all
Maximum Capacity: 10 people
Admission Fee: Free of charge (Exhibition ticket required)
Application: From 10:00 am on Saturday, October 5
Accepted on a first-come through our website application form.
We will send a confirmation mail to those applied.
Please set up your mail system to accept mails from“event_museum@artmuseumlibraryota.jp”.