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(OPENING) MORI ART MUSEUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITIONOUR ECOLOGY: TOWARD A PLANETARY LIVINGOCTOBER 18 [WED], 2023 – MARCH 31 [SUN], 2024 MORI ART MUSEUM [53F, ROPPONGI HILLS MORI TOWER]

WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN CONTEMPORARY ART MAKE IN
CHALLENGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS?
The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, is pleased to present the Mori Art Museum 20th Anniversary Exhibition
entitled Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living from Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to Sunday, March
31, 2024.
The impact of humanity on our planet since the industrial revolution, especially in the second half ofthe 20th century, is said to match that of the thousands of preceding years of geological change. What
has turned into an environmental crisis of global scale, in fact, has its origins in countless yet specificlocal events and situations in industrialized countries around the world, which provides a framework to
Our Ecology .
This exhibition will feature four chapters of diverse expression courtesy of an impressive lineup of
34 artists from home and abroad, and about 100 works to total - from historical works to a number
commissioned especially for the exhibition. The first chapter, “All Is Connected,” touches upon thecomplex intertwining of environment and/or ecosystems with human activity. The next chapter, titled“Return to Earth,” reexamines works by Japanese artists from the 1950s to 1980s, decades in which
pollution formed a dark downside to the country’s rapid economic growth. The third chapter, “The Great
Acceleration,” introduces works revealing the exploitation of the Earth’s resources by mankind, while atthe same time offering a kind of hope. The fourth and ﬁnal chapter, “The Future Is within Us,” is devoted
to today’s diverging discussion around utilizing ancient as well as cutting-edge technologies for drafting
possible futures through artistic expressions of activism, indigenous knowledge, feminism, AI and collective
intelligence (CI), and also spirituality.
Above all, the title Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living asks who we are, and to whom the Earth’s
environment belongs. The exhibition urges us to think about environmental problems and other issues
not only from an anthropocentric perspective, but also by looking at the Earth’s multiple ecologies
from a broader, more comprehensive standpoint. This sustainable exhibition, designed to reduce theuse of transport to a minimum and to reuse and recycle as many resources as possible, will make theMori Art Museum a place to contemplate how contemporary art and artists have to date engaged withenvironmental issues, and how they can continue to do so in the future.
Martha Atienza
Adlaw sa mga Mananagat 2022
(Fisherfolks Day 2022)
2022
Video, silent
45 min. 44 sec. (loop)
Production support: Han Nefkens Foundation,
Mondriaan Fund, and Shane AkeroydCommission: The 17th Istanbul Biennial
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FEATURED ARTISTS * In alphabetical order of the artists ’ surnames
Chapter 1
Nina Canell
Hans Haacke
Jochen Lempert
Emilija Škarnulytė
Cecilia Vicuña
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Born 1979 in Växjö, Sweden; based in Berlin
Born 1936 in Cologne, Germany; based in New York
Born 1958 in Moers, Germany; based in Hamburg, Germany
Born 1987 in Vilnius; based in Vilnius and Tromsø, Norway
Born 1948 in Santiago; based in Santiago and New York
Born 1970 in Bangkok; based in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chapter 2
Fujita Akiko
Katsura Yuki
Kimura Tsunehisa
Koie Ryoji
Kudo Tetsumi
Muraoka Saburo
Nagasawa Nobuho
Nakanishi Natsuyuki
Nakaya Fujiko
Okamoto Taro
Taniguchi Gaho
Tonoshiki Tadashi

Born 1933 in Kanagawa; based in Kanagawa
Born 1913 in Tokyo; died 1991 in Tokyo
Born 1928 in Osaka; died 2008 in Tokyo
Born 1938 in Aichi; died 2020 in Aichi
Born 1935 in Osaka; died 1990 in Tokyo
Born 1928 in Osaka; died 2013 in Shiga
Born 1959 in Tokyo; based in New York
Born 1935 in Tokyo; died 2016 in Tokyo
Born 1933 in Hokkaido; based in Tokyo
Born 1911 in Kanagawa; died 1996 in Tokyo
Born 1944 in Aomori; based in Tokyo
Born 1942 in Hiroshima; died 1992 in Shimane

Chapter 3
Monira Al Qadiri*Julian Charrière
Ali Cherri
Daniel Turner
Yasura Takeshi

Born in 1983; based in Berlin * Kuwaiti national
Born 1987 in Morges, Switzerland; based in Berlin
Born 1976 in Beirut; based in Beirut and Paris
Born 1983 in Portsmouth, VA; based in New York
Born 1984 in Shiga, Japan; based in Paris and Chiba, Japan

Chapter 4
Martha Atienza
Ian Cheng
Agnes Denes
Jef Geys
Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe
Pierre Huyghe
Matsuzawa Yutaka
Ana Mendieta
Kate Newby
Asad Raza
Saijo Akane

Born 1981 in Manila; based in the Netherlands and Philippines
Born 1984 in Los Angeles; based in New York
Born 1931 in Budapest; based in New York
Born 1934 in Leopoldsburg, Belgium; died 2018 in Genk, Belgium
Born 1971 in Sheroana, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela; based in Sheroana
Born 1962 in Paris; based in Santiago
Born 1922 in Nagano, Japan; died 2006 in Nagano
Born 1948 in Havana; died 1985 in New York
Born 1979 in Auckland, New Zealand; based in Floresville, TX
Born 1974 in Buffalo, NY; based in New York and Leipzig, Germany
Born 1989 in Hyogo, Japan; based in Kyoto

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General Information
Exhibition Title: Mori Art Museum 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
20th Anniversary Sponsors: OBAYASHI CORPORATION, SHIMIZU CORPORATION,
KAJIMA CORPORATION
Corporate Sponsors: ASO GROUP, KINDEN CORPORATION,TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC BUILDING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION,SAIKYU KOGYO CO., LTD., SANKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
TAKENAKA CORPORATION, Unicharm Corporation,
YUDENSHA CO., LTD.
Support: Chiyoda Ute Co., Ltd., Champagne Pommery
Grants from: Agency for Cultural Affairs, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee,
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Production Support: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Delta Electronics, Inc.,SEKISTONE Co., Ltd., Odawara Meikosha
Curated by: Martin Germann (Adjunct Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Tsubaki Reiko (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Guest Curator for Chapter 2: Bert Winther-Tamaki (Professor, Art History Department and Visual Studies Ph. D. Program,
University of California, Irvine)
Exhibition Period: October 18 [Wed], 2023 - March 31 [Sun], 2024
Venue: Mori Art Museum, 53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 10:00-22:00 | Tue: 10:00-17:00 | * Open until 17:00 on Thursday, October 26, 2023. | * Open until 22:00 on Tuesdaysof January 2 and March 19, 2024. | * Admission until 30 minutes before closing. | * Open every day.

Admission:［Weekdays］

OnlineOn-SiteAdults¥ 1,800

Students (University/High School)［Sat., Sun. & Holidays］
OnlineOn-Site¥ 2,000¥ 2,000¥ 2,200¥ 1,300¥ 1,400¥ 1,400¥ 1,500

Children (Age 4 through Junior High School)

¥ 700

¥ 800

¥ 800

¥ 900

Seniors (Ages 65 and over)¥ 1,500¥ 1,700¥ 1,700¥ 1,900* It is encouraged to make advance booking for a designated date/time slot and purchase the admission ticket on the booking website.
* Admissions without advance bookings will be allowed so far as the time slots have not ﬁlled up on the day of your visit.
* All prices include tax.
* Ticket also valid for admission into the following Mori Art Museum small programs that run concurrently:
MAM Collection 017: Sawa Hiraki ; MAM Screen 018: The Karrabing Film Collective ; and MAM Project 031: Jinushi Maiko.

General Inquiries: 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial, within Japan) / +81-(0)47-316-2772 (Hello Dial, from overseas)www.mori.art.museum/en

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HIGHLIGHTS

Contemporary Art’s Contributions in Challenging the Environmental Crisis
What contributions can contemporary art make in challenging the environmental crisis, a pressing issue of
utmost importance common to the entire world, and how can it raise awareness of the issue as our own?
The exhibition will decipher the concepts, metaphors, materials, and production processes behind works by
34 artists from 16 countries around the world, and we will together consider the possibilities for the future.

An Ecological Decoding of Japanese Society and Contemporary Art History
Chapter 2 titled “Return to Earth - Art & Ecology in Japan, 1950s-1980s ” assembled by guest curator
Bert Winther-Tamaki characterizes this exhibition in the Japanese context among environmental problemrelated exhibitions held around the world. It shows how Japanese artists from the 1950s to the 1980s
addressed topical social issues of the time such as pollution and radioactive contamination.

Networks, Not Objects:
Many Exciting New Works from High-Proﬁle International Artists
Every effort has been made with this exhibition to keep the transport of actual objects (works) to a minimum,
instead planned for the artists to come to Japan in person and make new works here. Seeing artists as vehicles
for culture, the exhibition thus ﬁnds ecological value not so much in the movement of objects, as the forging
of interpersonal networks and bonds. Newly-commissioned works for the exhibition by international artists are
based on their research in Japan and will ﬁll up more than a half of the gallery space.

Reuse of the Everyday
Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living will feature numerous works that reuse materials. These include
pressed weeds collected after a protocol set by Jef Geys from a one-kilometer radius of the Mori
Art Museum; Kate Newby ’s installation assembled from items discovered en route from Roppongi toGinza; Daniel Turner connecting two sites and perspectives on ocean ecologies with a new work, using
instrument from a discarded Japanese chemical freighter dismantled in the world ’ s largest shipbreaking
yard in Alang, India; Yasura Takeshi’s installation juxtaposing slag obtained by melting rubbish at a hightemperature, to marble, and Nina Canell’s work that gives visitors the chance to experience the soundand sensation of trampling seashells that will then be reused as raw material in cement.

Environmentally-Friendly Exhibition Design
The displays for Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living have been designed with the environment in
mind, for example, by partially reusing parts of display walls and wall panels from the previous exhibition,and eschewing painted finishes. Other efforts to save resources include employing the world ’s first
100-percent recyclable plasterboard, reducing waste by employing construction components made fromrecycled materials, and reusing various other materials.

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STRUCTURE OF THE EXHIBITION
Chapter 1
All Is Connected
In this exhibition, “ ecology ” does not begin and end with “ the environment. ” Everything on our planet,living or otherwise, is part of a cycle of sorts, and through that cycle everything, tangible and intangible, isconnected. This ﬁrst chapter presents works by contemporary artists who give expression to that cycle andthe process of connection in different ways.
Hans Haacke’s photographic documentation taken from the perspective of connecting social andeconomic systems with ecosystems such as animals and plants, and a large installation by Nina Canell,
providing a chance for visitors to experience vicariously the process by which the organic material ofseashells is converted into the construction material of cement, remind us of how we too are part of theworld’s grand, intricately-entwined cycles: its ecologies.
[left]
Hans Haacke
Monument to Beach Pollution ( detail from Untitled ,1968-1972/2019)1970 Digital C-print 33.7 x 50.8 cm
Courtesy: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York© Hans Haacke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York[right]Nina Canell Muscle Memory (7 Tons) 2022
Hardscaping material from marine mollusc shells
Dimensions variable
Installation view: Tectonic Tender , Berlinische Galerie
Museum of Modern Art, Berlin
Photo: Nick Ash * Referential image

Chapter 2

Return to Earth - Art & Ecology in Japan, 1950s-1980s

During its postwar era of high-growth Japan suffered from serious environmental problems triggeredby natural disaster, industrial pollution, and radioactive waste. As a regional environmental art history,
this chapter centers works by Japanese artists and their engagement with environmental issues over the
decades, set out in chronological order from the 1950s through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, simultaneously
tracking major developments in expressive technique.
Works featured include Katsura Yuki’s painting Man and Fish (1954), which deals with the exposureof the Japanese fishing boat Daigo Fukuryu Maru ( “ Lucky Dragon No. 5 ” ) to nuclear fallout near Bikini
Atoll and Nakanishi Natsuyuki’s Compact Object (1966/1968), in which used everyday items arepacked in egg-shaped acrylic resin. Also, Return to Earth (1971) by Koie Ryoji, who used dirt to makeworks on nuclear and anti-nuclear themes, shows the artist’s own face baked into earth, crumbling awayback into the soil, while Taniguchi Gaho reproduces an ikebana flower arrangement she created in the
1980s, expressing the relationship between nature and humans.
[left]
Koie Ryoji
Return to Earth (1)1971
Shard 32 x 50 x 50 cm
Collection: Tokoname City (Aichi, Japan)
Photo: Ito Tetsuo[right]Katsura Yuki
Man and Fish1954
Oil on canvas
116.0 x 90.8 cm
Collection: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

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The Great Acceleration

Homo sapiens has availed itself of all the planet’s available resources to advance civilization and propelindustrialization, modernization, and globalization. Yet as the suggested geological classification of“Anthropocene” proposes, accelerated advances in science and technology and industrial society since theindustrial revolution have changed the Earth’s environment in a very short space of time. This chapter takes
a fresh look at the relationship between humans and the Earth’s resources from a broader perspective,
analyzing these pressing issues for humanity from a critical viewpoint in works that address the cultural andhistorical underpinnings of the current state of the world.
Monira Al Qadiri’s new work on the theme of cultured pearls shows the dreams and desires ofhumans interfering deeply in a natural ecosystem. Meanwhile, Yasura Takeshi expresses different
timelines by juxtaposing slag obtained by melting rubbish at a high temperature to marble formed naturally
over millions of years. Other works in this chapter, ranging thematically across ancient myth and personal
experience, social and environmental issues, also point to the diverse links between human existence andplanetary resources.
[left]
Monira Al Qadiri
The Disturbance (rendering)2023[right]Yasura Takeshi
fruiting body2022 Installation
Installation view: Reborn-Art Festival
2021-22: Altruism and Fluidity [Second Term]
Photo: Saito Taichi* Referential image

Chapter 4

The Future Is within Us

The current environmental crisis is the outcome of
our own personal choices - and to break our current
impasse will require us as humans to change our way of
being. What options remain for the future? This chapter
attempts to reframe the future, and reﬂect on the forms
of intelligence we should rely on, be that by taking inand utilizing the knowledge of non-western worldviews,
expressing doubts about modernist progress andprinciples of endless growth, activism/advocacy, adopting
indigenous and feminist perspectives, spirituality, or
exploring the potentials and risks of digital innovation.
Agnes Denes questioned developmentalism back in
1982 by making a wheatfield materialize in Manhattan.
Jef Geys’ project with the Roppongi Hills community
makes us look at weeds differently, as a tool for healing.
Saijo Akane ’s ceramic vessels, resembling musicalinstruments shared and played by multiple people,
suggest new possibilities for coexistence. In Ian Cheng’s
work, AI-simulated turtle “Thousand” evolves, as it moves
around and responds to changing conditions to meetvarious requirements for survival.
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Saijo Akane Orchard 2022
Ceramic 130 x 82 x 82 cm
Installation view: Phantom Body ,ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka,
2022
Photo: Koroda Takeru[bottom]
Ian Cheng Thousand Lives
2023
Live simulation, soundInﬁnite Duration
Courtesy: Pilar Corrias, London;
Gladstone Gallery, New YorkInstallation View: Ian Cheng:
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Exhibition-Related LEARNING Programs■ SYMPOSIUM “ OUR ECOLOGY ”* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available

The environmental crisis has already long been recognized in the international art scene. Especially for the past
few years, many exhibitions have been approaching issues of climate change and ecology from social perspectives
integrating queerness, feminism and the transformative potentials and risks of technology. How do these exhibition
curators confront this issue common to all humankind yet in various manners, and what are they trying to convey
through contemporary art? In the framework of Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living , we are inviting threecurators from around the world to discuss how contemporary art is responding to the environmental crisis, how they
are planning the exhibition, and how contemporary art can be involved in the environmental crisis issue.
Appearing: Nicolas Bourriaud (Artistic Director, The 15th Gwangju Biennale) * to appear online
Hasegawa Yuko (Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Chus Martínez (Curator; Art historian; Director, Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel)
Martin Germann (Our Ecology exhibition Co-Curator / Adjunct Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Tsubaki Reiko (Our Ecology exhibition Co-Curator / Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Date & Time: 17:00-19:00, Friday, November 3, 2023
Venue: Academyhills ( 49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower )Capacity: 150 ( booking required ) Fee: ￥ 500 Organizer: Mori Art Museum Cooperation: Art Week Tokyo
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en■ ARTIST TALK * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Our Ecology exhibition-featured artists will talk about their work in the exhibition.
Appearing: Monira Al Qadiri, Nina Canell, Asad Raza, Emilija ŠkarnulytėDate & Time: 18:30-20:30, Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 70 (booking required) Fee: free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue required)
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en

TALK “ RETURN TO EARTH - ART & ECOLOGY IN JAPAN,
1950S-1980S ” * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Bert Winther-Tamaki, guest curator for Chapter 2 of Our Ecology exhibition, will discuss about the Japanese artists
featured in the Chapter.
Appearing:
Bert Winther-Tamaki (Professor, Art History Department and Visual Studies Ph. D. Program, University of California, Irvine)
Date & Time: 18:30-20:00, Thursday, October 19, 2023
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 70 (booking required) Fee: free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue required)
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■ GALLERY TALKS BY EXHIBITION CURATORS
Gallery talks by the exhibition curators conducted in a gallery-tour format.
[1] Date & Time: 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Featuring: Martin Germann (Our Ecology exhibition Co-Curator / Adjunct Curator, Mori Art Museum) * Conducted in English[2] Date & Time: 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Featuring: Tsubaki Reiko (Our Ecology exhibition Co-Curator / Curator, Mori Art Museum) * Conducted in JapaneseVenue: Mori Art Museum galleries (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower) Capacity: 15 (each)
Fee: free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue required)
Booking: NOT required (ﬁrst-come basis; please come to the entrance hall of the exhibition directly)■ ACCESS ONLINE PROGRAM “ ART ONLINE ” * Conducted in Japanese
The Mori Art Museum Learning staff will introduce the Our Ecology exhibition and talk about how to enjoy
contemporary art and explore the town of Roppongi where the Mori Art Museum is located. The program will bein a dialogue format, tailored to the participants. So including those who have never visited the Mori Art Museumor those who cannot go out as freely as they wish to, everyone is welcome. Upon applying, please let us know what
type of assistance you might require of us in joining this program as well - such as the need for artwork description
in verbal or in sign language and others.
Dates & Times: [1] 12:00-13:15, Friday, February 16, 2024
[2] 12:00-13:15, Thursday, March 7, 2024
Venue: Online program using Zoom (video conferencing/meeting)Capacity: 10 groups each (booking required) Fee: Free
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en* If the number of applicants exceeds the capacity, participants will be determined by a lottery.

■ SCHOOL-MUSEUM PROGRAM * Conducted in JapaneseDuring this program, we will be holding a discussion between the instructors and Museum staff regarding
contemporary art and what children can learn. The program is not only for instructors of fine arts or arts and crafts teachers interested in making use of the art museum activities are also welcome to join.
Date & Time: 16:00-18:00, Thursday, December 21, 2023
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Preschool, elementary, middle and high school teachers, and college/university instructors
Capacity: 15 (booking required; ﬁrst-come basis) Fee: Free
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en* Please note that the Programs are subject to change without prior notice.
* A series of Family Programs, Artist Performances, School Programs, and Access Programs are currently in planning. Visit the Mori
Art Museum website for the program & booking details and updates. www.mori.art.museum/en
Inquiries on the Programs: Learning, Mori Art Museum
E-mail: mam-learning@mori.co.jp

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RELATED INFORMATIONAUDIO GUIDE
Use the web-app-based Our Ecology audio guide for the featured works, and highlights of the exhibition.
* Visitors are requested to bring and use their own devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets) and earphones. Neither devices nor earphones will beavailable for rent on site.

Available in: English / Japanese Number of Tracks: 15 Length: Approx. 35 minutes
Fee: ￥500 (incl. tax) Produced by: Stylinx Supervised by: Mori Art Museum

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Essays by:
Nanjo Fumio (Senior Advisor, Mori Art Museum)
Martin Germann (Adjunct Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Tsubaki Reiko (Curator, Mori Art Museum)Bert Winther-Tamaki (Professor, Art History Department and Visual Studies Ph. D. Program, University of California, Irvine )Interview with: Dipesh Chakrabarty (Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in history, University of Chicago)
Size: A4 (29.7 x 21 cm) Number of Pages: 240 Languages: Japanese-English bilingual Price: ￥3,960 (incl. tax)
Date of Issue: End-December 2023 (TBD) Edited by: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Published by: Sayusha
To Be for Sale at: MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP 53 (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP (3F, Roppongi Hills West Walk)
MORI ART MUSEUM ONLINE SHOP (https://shop.mori.art.museum/)

EXHIBITION ORIGINAL GOODS“ GUNTE ” (Work Gloves)

The environmentally-friendly work gloves “GUNTE ” made from unused
fabrics and threads produced in textile factories are thick and comfortable
to wear, and can be used not only for work but also as a fashion item.
As an original product for this exhibition, we are offering a total of fourtypes: yellow and sky blue, colors used in the exhibition visuals, and two
multi-colored types.
They are all unique and different from one another due to the mixing
ratio of fibers - enjoy the texture and hue of each glove.
Price: ￥990 (incl. tax)
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RELATED EXHIBITIONECOLOGY: DIALOGUE ON CIRCULATIONSBY FONDATION D’ENTREPRISE HERMESFor Our Ecology exhibition, we have interpreted the Mori Art Museum as a whole ecology/ecosystem of its own,
and entered into a dialogue with the Fondation d ’ entreprise Hermès with the intention of stepping beyond Mori Art
Museum to build an organic, symbiotic relationship with another institution. The result is an exhibition that connectswith the two locations of the Mori Art Museum and Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, and the city stretching out
between them, and serves to expand our contemplations of ecology.
The Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum will stage the exhibition Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations .
By presenting work at both exhibitions, artists Yasura Takeshi and Kate Newby will also act as links between the two
ecologies.

Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations
Dialogue 1: “ Nature Rule - La Vita Nuova ” | Jaeeun Choi
Period: October 14 [Sat], 2023 - January 28 [Sun], 2024

Dialogue 2: “ Ephemeral Anchoring ” | Nicolas Floc ’ h, Kate Newby, Takeshi Yasura, Raphaël Zarka
Period: February 16 [Fri] - May 31 [Fri], 2024

Venue: Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum (8-9F, 5-4-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Exhibition Website (Japanese language only): https://www.hermes.com/jp/ja/story/maison-ginza/forum/231014/

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[ALSO ON VIEW] MORI ART MUSEUM SMALL PROGRAMS TO RUNCONCURRENTLY WITH our ecology EXHIBITION
october 18 [WED], 2023 - march 31 [SUN], 2024 MORI ART MUSEUM [53F, ROPPONGI HILLS MORI TOWER]

MAM COLLECTION IS A SERIES OF DIVERSE, THEME-BASED EXHIBITIONSSHOWCASING THE MORI ART MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION.

MAM Collection 017: SAWA HIRAKI
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Yahagi Manabu (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamcollection017/index.html
Sawa Hiraki
hako
2007
6-channel video installation, color, stereo
12 min. (loop)

MAM SCREEN FEATURES OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CHANNELVIDEO WORKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

MAM SCREEN 018:
THE KARRABING FILM COLLECTIVE
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Yahagi Manabu (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamscreen018/index.html

The Karrabing Film Collective
The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
2018
Video
26 min. 29 sec.

MAM PROJECTS IS A SERIES OF PROJECTS COMMISSIONED
BY THE MORI ART MUSEUM PRESENTING CONTEMPORARY ART IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY.

MAM PROJECT 031: JINUSHI MAIKO
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Kumakura Haruko (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamproject031/index.html

Jinushi Maiko
Drawing for Mishearings
2023
Courtesy: HAGIWARA PROJECTS, Tokyo

press release Press Inquiries: Mori Art Museum Public Relations Office [within Kyodo PR]

Tel: +81-(0)80-2340-8755 (Ms. Wada) E-mail: mam-pr@kyodo-pr.co.jp

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