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The Access Program focuses on the artists participating in Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 and invites participants to take various approaches in getting to know the artists and their works, so that they will be prepared to enjoy the exhibition in 2015 on a deeper level.  For this Access Program, the curator of contemporary art and film at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto will give a talk on the works by Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 participating artist that are currently being shown in the museum’s Collection Gallery.  Participants in this program are also encouraged to attend the artist’s lecture, which will be held in the museum lobby at 7:00PM.

Date:

Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  2:00–3:00PM & 4:00–5:00PM

Venue:

1F Lobby, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
Kyoto City Bus and other buses: Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukan-mae
10 min. walk from Higashiyama Station, Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (Station T10)
www.momak.go.jp/English

Gallery talk by:

Chinatsu Makiguchi (Assistant Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)

Number of participants:

Limited to 20 per time slot (registration required)

Admission:

Admission to the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto’s Collection Gallery: www.momak.go.jp/English/hoursAdmission.html

How to apply:

To apply for participation, please send your name, contact information (e-mail address or FAX number), the requested time slot (2:00 PM or 4:00 PM) and number of participants via e-mail or FAX.  Participants will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.  Registration for the 4:00PM slot has been closed.

Where to apply:

E-mail: event@parasophia.jp
FAX: +81-75-257-1454

Presented by:

Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives (Kyoto Keizai Doyukai), Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City

With the cooperation of:

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Language:

Japanese

Related event:

Open Research Program [Lecture] Pipilotti Rist
Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  7:00–8:30PM
1F Lobby, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Free admission, no application for participation required

The Access Program focuses on the artists participating in Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 and invites participants to take various approaches in getting to know the artists and their works. For this Access Program, the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK) curator Chinatsu Makiguchi gave a talk focusing on the works of Parasophia participating artist Pipilotti Rist in the museum’s collection.
Topics discussed included works currently on view in the exhibition Personal Antidisaster Plan in the museum’s fourth-floor Collection Gallery, specifically Rist’s Enlight My Space (2008) and Healing (2004), Lucy Orta’s Refuge Wear: Ambulatory Survival Sac (1993) and the publication The Whole Earth Catalog (spring 1969 issue).
In fact, the first time Rist’s work was shown in a Japanese museum was also at MoMAK, in the 1999 exhibition Visions of the Body, and Makiguchi discussed Rist’s special feelings toward Kyoto and the contents of discussions she held with Rist over her participation in Parasophia, providing insights that could not be obtained just by viewing the artwork, along with explanations of the works themselves. Among the highlights of the talk was a surprise appearance by Rist herself, who took time out from a rehearsal for her own lecture to join in the discussion.
Rist’s lecture later that night (see Open Research Program 09 [Lecture] Pipilotti Rist) was attended by a larger-than-expected crowd, despite a fierce rainstorm.

(Photo by Mizuho Muraji [above]; photo courtesy of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto [below])

Access Program [Gallery Talk] Personal Antidisaster Plan: Works by Pipilotti Rist and Others
Date: Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  2:00–3:00 PM, 4:00–5:00 PM
Venue: 1F Lobby, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Gallery talk by: Chinatsu Makiguchi (Assistant Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
Presented by the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives (Kyoto Keizai Doyukai), Kyoto Prefecture, and Kyoto City
With the cooperation of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

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Also on this day
Open Research Program 09 [Lecture] Pipilotti Rist
Tuesday (holiday), April 29, 2014  7:00–8:30PM
1F Lobby, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Free admission, no reservation required