LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE EARTH TURNING

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(OPENING)
LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE EARTH TURNING:
OUR WELLBEING SINCE THE PANDEMIC
JUNE 29 [WED] - NOVEMBER 6 [SUN], 2022 MORI ART MUSEUM (53F, ROPPONGI HILLS MORI TOWER)

ENCOUNTER AND ENGAGE WITH ART IN THE REAL-LIFE SPACE BY
HONING THE SENSES AND THE POWER OF IMAGINATIONThe Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, is pleased to present an exhibition entitled Listen to the Sound of the Earth
Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic , from Wednesday, June 29 to Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Since 2020, an invisible virus has stolen away our everyday, and wrought havoc on our way of life andstate of mind. Under these circumstances much artistic expression, including contemporary art, resonates
more keenly than ever. Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning explores ways to live this new life as
the pandemic persists, and the nature of “ wellbeing ” that is the holistic health of both body and mind,
from multiple perspectives found in contemporary art. Works on subjects with a connection to life andexistence – nature and humans, the individual and society, family, the repetitious nature of daily living, thespiritual world, life and death – will encourage us to consider what it means to “ live well. ”
Emphasizing the type of experience only accessible in the real-life space of the museum, thisexhibition will showcase approximately 140 works by sixteen artists from both home and abroad - including
installations, sculptures, video, photography, paintings and more. Honing the senses and engaging with art
by experiencing first-hand the materials and scale of works will prompt viewers to consider what “wellbeing”
means for themselves, rather than what is suggested by others or wider society.
The title of the exhibition is a quote from a piece of instruction art* by Yoko Ono and invites us toexpand our consciousness to encompass all the majesty of the cosmos, reminding us that we are no morethan a tiny part of its workings, and guiding us toward new ways of thinking. As we address questions ofhuman life in the world at an essential level now that the pandemic has struck us, perhaps it is this very
imagination that will present to us possibilities for the future.
* A form of conceptual art where the artist’s “ instruction ” or its description is the work itself.

[left] Wolfgang Laib installing Pollen from Hazelnut at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2003
Courtesy: Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya/Tokyo Photo: Ito Tetsuo * Referential image[right] Yoko Ono EARTH PIECE Spring 1963 Offset print
As published in Yoko Ono, Grapefruit (Wunternaum Press, Tokyo, 1964)

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LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE EARTH TURNINGFEATURED ARTISTS
Ellen Altfest
Aono Fumiaki
Montien Boonma
Robert Coutelas
Horio Akiko
Horio Sadaharu
Iiyama Yuki
Kanasaki Masashi
Kanazawa Sumi
Koizumi Meiro
Wolfgang Laib
Zoe Leonard
Naito Masatoshi
Yoko Ono
Tsai Charwei
Guido van der Werve

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* In alphabetical order of the artists’ surnames

Born 1970 in New York; lives in New York and Kent, CT
Born 1968 in Miyagi, Japan; lives in Miyagi
Born 1953 in Bangkok; died 2000 in Bangkok
Born 1930 in Paris; died 1985 in Paris
Born 1937 in Tokushima, Japan; lives in Hyogo, Japan
Born 1939 in Hyogo; died 2018 in Hyogo
Born 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan; lives in Tokyo
Born 1990 in Tokyo; lives in Tokyo
Born 1979 in Hyogo; lives in Tokyo
Born 1976 in Gunma, Japan; lives in Kanagawa
Born 1950 in Metzingen, Germany; lives in Southern Germany, South India and New York
Born 1961 in New York; lives in New York
Born 1938 in Tokyo; lives in Tokyo
Born 1933 in Tokyo; lives in New York
Born 1980 in Taipei; lives in Taipei
Born 1977 in Papendrecht, the Netherlands; lives in Berlin, Amsterdam and Hassi, Finland

GENERAL INFORMATION
Exhibition Title: Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Grant from: Wellcome Trust
Corporate Sponsors: OBAYASHI CORPORATION, KAJIMA CORPORATION,KINDEN CORPORATION, TAKENAKA CORPORATION, Toyota Motor Corporation,
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., Next Meats Co., Ltd., NTT Communications Corporation
Curated by: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Kumakura Haruko (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Tokuyama Hirokazu (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Exhibition Period: June 29 [Wed] – November 6 [Sun], 2022
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* Admission until 30 minutes before closing. | * Open every day.
* See the Mori Art Museum website for our countermeasures against COVID-19.

https://art-view.roppongihills.com/en/info/countermeasures/index.html

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Admission:

On-SiteOnlineAdults¥ 1,800

Students (University/High School)

JUNE 28, 2022

［Sat., Sun. & Holidays］
On-SiteOnline¥ 1,600¥ 2,000¥ 1,800¥ 1,200¥ 1,100¥ 1,300¥ 1,200

Children (Age 4 through Junior High School)

¥ 600

¥ 500

¥ 700

¥ 600

Seniors (Ages 65 and over)¥ 1,500¥ 1,300¥ 1,700¥ 1,500* 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.
* Audio Guide combo tickets (+ ¥500) are also available for purchase.
* Ticket also valid for admission into the following Mori Art Museum small programs to run concurrently:
MAM Collection 015: Welcome to the Fairyland - Yanagi Miwa, Odani Motohiko, Yoo Seungho and Nawa Kohei ; MAM Screen
016: Cao Fei ; and MAM Research 009: Imagining Justice - Asian American Art Movements .
* Admissions to Tokyo City View, Sky Deck and Mori Arts Center Gallery are separate.

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

Kanazawa Sumi
Installation view: 6th Emerging Artists Exhibition: Shadow ⇆ Light ,Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA, Saitama, 2017
Photo: Abe Moemi

The latest exhibition press images are available on our website for downloads:
https://press.mori.art.museum/en/press-img
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QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE EXHIBITION & FEATURED WORKS
How to now live with the pandemic?
When the world ground to a halt due to the global spread of COVID-19, what could humans havedone? What could art have done? And how ought we now coexist with the pandemic?
Yoko Ono ’ s book of instructions Grapefruit is full of words with the power to make our world
larger simply through imagination, including among its instructions, “Listen to the sound of the
Earth turning, ” also the title of this exhibition. The performance by Guido van der Werve, inwhich he ran around his home thousands of times to cover a total of 100 kilometers, demonstrates
that repeated everyday actions can turn into grand endeavor. Wolfgang Laib meanwhile has
forged a career using familiar materials such as pollen, beeswax, and milk to present the essenceof life in the most simple, yet stunningly beautiful ways. Ellen Altfest’s pictures of trees painted in
the forest reveal the essence of the natural world, including the teeming life within it.
Perhaps when considering how best to live in these pandemic times, we might begin byborrowing the imagination in these works to reflect on the character of our vast and complex
world, and reexamine what constitutes its essence.
[left]
Guido van der Werve
Nummer negen, the day I didn’t turn with the world2007 High-definition video installation 8 min. 40 sec.
Courtesy: Monitor Gallery; Grimm, Amsterdam; Luhring Augustine,
New York
Photo: Ben Geraerts[right]Ellen Altfest Trees 2022
Oil on canvas 26 x 30.2 cm
Courtesy: White Cube
Photo: Thomas Müller

How did our minds come to view society and what pictures did we paintin our minds?
COVID-19 not only brought a global health crisis, it highlighted latent problems, divisions andconflicts in our societies, and forced us to move away from the larger frameworks of nation, race,and religion and focus directly on the more familiar environments of community and family, andeven our lifestyles. Amid it all, what scenery were we painting in our minds?
Iiyama Yuki’s new work on a domestic violence theme is an installation centered on interviews
with both victim and abuser, which encourages each of us as viewers to ponder our own day-today life from a different viewpoint. Koizumi Meiro’s new video employs hypnotism to at once
elucidate the fragility of human cognition, with its reliance on language, and examine the possibilityof healing trauma. The work by Zoe Leonard, also shows the salvational potential of everyday
acts, and the power of united communities.
These works by artists who engage with society and themselvesin various situations demonstrate the importance of observing andreassessing our lives and surroundings from different perspectives.
Iiyama Yuki Eating the Patriarchy 2022 4K video, sound Courtesy: WAITINGROOM, Tokyo Photo: Kanagawa Shingo* This artwork is produced as part of “Mindscapes,” Wellcome Trust (London) ’ s international cultural program on mental
health. https://wellcome.org/what-we-do/our-work/mindscapes

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Can living itself be art?
There are artists who paint, sculpt, engage in all kinds of expression
not to earn plaudits from others, but simply to go where their impulses
take them. Horio Sadaharu viewed artistic expression as like the air
we breathe, a “natural ” part of living, and devoted body and mind to
his practice using a wide variety of media - the number of works hemade counts over 100,000. His wife Horio Akiko lived in the same
household making works of an entirely different nature, the couple’s
day-to-day life in itself leading to artistic expression. Robert Coutelasput the art world behind him for a life of poverty pursuing an artistic
universe he could truly believe in. Exercising extraordinary powers ofconcentration, Kanasaki Masashi layers fragments from magazines,
advertising leaflets and similar to create abstract sculptures.
Perhaps now, with our definitions and preconceptions shaken, isthe time to address once more the question of “what it is to be alive.”
These works overflowing with creative impulse and energy, and directly
linked to the fundamental meaning of life, may well offer an answer.

Robert Coutelas
Composition of My Nights ( Reserved
Cards)
1970 Oil on cardboard
Approx. 12 x 6 cm (each)
Photo: Uchida Yoshitaka ＋ Okano Kei,
Katamura Fumihito

Kanasaki Masashi Yamabiko 2014
Magazines, flyers, and others
31 x 50 x 25 cm

What connects the self with the universe, this moment today with eternity?
The history of homo sapiens is one of endless struggle with natural disaster, conflict, and disease.
How have we overcome such threats to our everyday lives? Perhaps one approach has been to learn
from the past and from nature, and try to position ourselves within the great flow of time and space.
The photographs of Naito Masatoshi and installation of Aono Fumiaki, both featuring the
Tohoku region, connect the distant past with the present, and give a feel for how a reverence fornature, the cosmos, the gods, and spirit beings has always been part of the human journey. The
work by Kanazawa Sumi, made using the quotidian material of newspaper, expresses in form of alarge installation how the chain of events major and minor covered in newspapers eventually forma great current of time even reminiscentof the universe. Bringing the exhibition to
an end, Montien Boonma ’s installation
gives the spectator space to catch theirbreath and meditate, while that of Tsai
Charwei seems to show that our own
presence reflected in the mirror is part ofthe vastness of the cosmos shown by amandala.
Tsai Charwei The Womb & The Diamond (detail) 2021
Hand-blown glass, mirrors, and diamond 300 x 600 cm
Installation view: Charwei Tsai: The Womb & The Diamond , Live ForeverFoundation, Taichung, 2021

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Exhibition-Related LEARNING Programs■ SYMPOSIUM “ CONTEMPORARY ART AND WELLBEING ”* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available

To coincide with the exhibition’s opening, as part of the Mori Art Museum learning program we have planned a two-day
symposium inviting a range of experts to join us, alongside members of the public, for face-to-face discussion on theissues interrogated by the exhibition. On day one, the leading figures in their fields will be invited to join a discussion
on the concept of wellbeing - that is, to “live well” - from the perspective of their respective areas of expertise. And
on day two, three artists featured in the exhibition will delve further into ideas around the connection between art andwellbeing. Don’t miss this opportunity to think about what “living well” means to you.
Dates & Times: Day #1: 18:00-20:00, Friday, July 1, 2022
Day #2: 14:00-18:00, Saturday, July 2, 2022
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower) Organizer: Mori Art Museum Grant from: Wellcome Trust
Booking: Mori Art Museum website www.mori.art.museum/en* Booking required for each day even if you ’ d like to participate both days.

DAY 1 “ Contemplating ‘Wellbeing’ - Expectations of Art ”
We will begin by contemplating, from literary, theological, medical anthropology and cognitive psychology viewpoints
and with reference to the latest research and recent trends, the concept of “wellbeing,” which has enjoyed an especiallyhigh profile since the pandemic, before moving on to discuss ways those in these fields expect contemporary art to aid
wellbeing, and how the innate qualities of contemporary art will help it to make that contribution.
Date & Time: 18:00-20:00, Friday, July 1, 2022 (Doors open: 17:30)
Appearing: Ono Masatsugu (Novelist; Professor, Waseda Unversity), Kitanaka Junko (Professor, Keio University),
Sasaki Shizuka (Professor, Hanazono University),
Yoshikawa Sakiko (President, Kyoto University of the Arts; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
Moderator: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Capacity: 150 (booking required) Fee: 500 yen (exhibition ticket NOT included)
DAY 2

Talk Sessions 1-3

The second day will center on the Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning exhibition-featured artists, who will bejoined by specialists engaged in wellbeing programs and research plus curators, to discuss the relationship between art
and wellbeing.
Date & Time: 14:00-18:00, Saturday, July 2, 2022 (Doors open: 13:30)
Capacity: 150 (booking required) Fee: 500 yen (exhibition ticket NOT included)
14:00-15:20 Talk Session 1: “ Meditation in Art ”
Appearing: Ellen Altfest (Exhibition-featured Artist),
Osawa Genka (Temple Master, Enri-An Temple, Kyoto)
Martin Germann (Adjunct Curator, Mori Art Museum)
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15:30-16:50

Talk Session 2: “ For Those of Us Living in Society ”
Appearing: Iiyama Yuki (Exhibition-featured Artist),
Horiuchi Naoko (Curator, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]; Director, dearMe)
Moderator: Kumakura Haruko (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)

17:00-18:00

Talk Session 3: “ From Pollens to the Cosmos ”
Appearing: Wolfgang Laib (Exhibition-featured Artist)
Discussant: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum)■ GALLERY TALKS * Conducted in JapaneseA series of gallery talks by a museum / learning staff member, conducted in a gallery-tour format.
Dates & Times: [1] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, July 13, 2022
featuring Tokuyama Hirokazu (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)[2] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, July 20, 2022
featuring Kumakura Haruko (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)[3] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, October 5, 2022
featuring Iioka Riku (Assistant, Mori Art Museum)[4] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, October 19, 2022
featuring Yamagata Seiya (Assistant, Mori Art Museum)[5] 19:00-20:00, Wednesday, October 26, 2022
featuring Shiraki Eise (Associate Curator of Learning, Mori Art Museum)
Venue: 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)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
MORI ART MUSEUM X HILLS MACHI-IKU PROJECTKIDS’ ART TOUR
With Roppongi Hills, the “Cultural Heart of the City” in the background, participants will receive an informative guided
tour of the Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning exhibition at the Mori Art Museum, courtesy of art specialists the Museum staff.
Date & Times: [1] 10:30-12:00 [2] 14:30-16:30
Friday, July 29, 2022
Venue: Mori Art Museum galleries (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Elementary school children (from 3rd to 6th graders) and their guardians
Capacity: 15 pairs 30 persons (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery)
Fee: Free
Organizers: Mori Building Co., Ltd., Mori Art Museum
Booking: Will start at 11:00 on Friday, July 1, and close at 12:00 on Wednesday, July 13 on Mori Building Co., Ltd.,
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM“ ART CAMP FOR UNDER 22 VOL. 8 - CONNECTING WORKS AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ”“ ART CAMP FOR UNDER 22 VOL. 9 - IN/BETWEEN: CONNECTING MUSEUMS ”* Conducted in JapaneseOver the years, Mori Building Company and the Mori Art Museum have collaborated with artists from across the globe
to run a variety of programs at the Museum and out on the streets. Summer 2018 saw the launch of a new “Art Camp”
program targeting younger art-lovers aged 15 to 22; giving them the opportunity to discuss “contemporary art” withartists and curators in a different environment from the usual school format of “teacher” and “taught,” employing theMuseum and entire Roppongi Hills neighborhood as a canvas. Talking with others encourages participants to think
about current happenings at home or school, historical events, social, political and cultural developments in the wider
world, and the connection of all these with contemporary art, helping them to explore interesting and enjoyableaspects of contemporary art.
“ ART CAMP FOR UNDER 22 VOL. 8 - CONNECTING WORKS AND PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ”

The eighth “Art Camp for under 22” will focus mainly on imagining others through the viewing of artworks in the Listen
to the Sound of the Earth Turning exhibition, which takes as its theme the “ art of living well ” in these pandemic times.
Everyone desires to live as their authentic self, and everyone has the right to cultural enjoyment. On the first day ofthe program, we will consider and discuss the relationship between art and wellbeing. On the second day, participants
will try to imagine the best way to describe the attractions of viewing art to a friend next to them, and put it into
practice. The third and final day will be about applying the lessons of the previous two, by giving Art Camp participants
the chance to introduce exhibitions and works in their own words to people on the Mori Art Museum Access Online
Program “Art Online. ” This “Art Camp ” over three sessions will involve thinking in your own words, and imagining
someone else beside you.
Day 1: Talk and Discussion “Observing the Life of Artistic Expression, and Breathing Its Spirit: How Are Art
and Wellbeing Related? ”
Date & Time: 14:00-17:00, Friday, July 22, 2022
Appearing: Horiuchi Naoko (Curator, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT]; Director, dearMe)
Day 2: “ Workshop to ‘ Make ’ Art Appreciation with a Range of People ”
Date & Time: 10:00-16:00, Saturday, August 13, 2022
Appearing: Kanamori Kao (Director, THEATRE for ALL), and more
Day 3: “ Art Online ”
Date & Time: 14:00-17:00, Saturday, August 20, 2022
Venue: Mori Art Museum Auditorium and galleries (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Youths aged 15-22 Capacity: Approximately 15 (booking required) Fee: Free
Organizers: Mori Building Co., Ltd., Mori Art Museum Grant from: Wellcome Trust
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“ ART CAMP FOR UNDER 22 VOL. 9 - IN/BETWEEN: CONNECTING MUSEUMS ”

Once again, this program jointly run by the Mori Art Museum and the Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art and now in its
second year will recruit participants aged 13-22 and connect the museums in Roppongi and Oguni online. This year's
iteration of the program will turn its gaze on the collections of both museums to ponder the “research,” “collecting,”and "conservation" that are all vital art museum activities. Over four days, participants will meet with artists andmuseum staff, discuss art in their own words, and get to know others through the viewing and appreciation of art.
This joint program will be maintained as a prelude to a Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art exhibition on the theme of“Saying that You Like What You Like” slated for 2023, with participants helping to put together the exhibition.
Don ’t miss a great opportunity to build online connections through art with art lovers from different parts of thecountry, and turn your thoughts to making an exhibition.
Dates & Time: 15:00-17:00 (for all four following dates)[1] Thursday, August 4 [2] Friday, August 5 [3] Thursday, August 18 [4] Friday, August 19, 2022
Appearing: Yamada Tsuyoshi (Artist, Representative of Tadahon-ya),
Yamashita Hiroko (Curator, Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art),
Oyamada Yoko (Coordinator, Mori Art Museum),
Shiraki Eise (Associate Curator of Learning, Mori Art Museum)
Venue: Online program using Zoom (video conferencing/meeting)
For: Youths aged 15-22 Capacity: Approximately 20 (booking required) Fee: Free
Organizers: Mori Building Co., Ltd., Mori Art Museum, Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art
Grant from: Wellcome Trust
Booking: Will start on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 on the Mori Art Museum website. www.mori.art.museum/en

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM“ MEET THE ARTISTS ” WORKSHOP SERIESINOUE HISAKO ’ S “ KUNKUN EARTH WALK @ MORI ART MUSEUM ”“Meet the Artists ” is a series of workshops launched in the summer 2020, offering participants the chance to joinartists and curators in a range of activities. In this workshop, we join an artist who explores the possibilities of physicalsensation as the key to decoding the relationship between humans and nature, to decode the Listen to the Sound of
the Earth Turning exhibition by using five senses.
How will it feel to focus on “smell and memory” as we explore the Mohri Garden in Roppongi Hills, or view art at theMuseum? Together we will hone our olfactory senses to gather smells and use them to make our own one-of-a-kind“kunkun (sniffing) bottle,” and express images of smells in tangible form. A chance to discover a new side to nature andour everyday, by learning more about the human sense of smell so intimately connected to human memory, and viewing
an exhibition.
Date & Time: 10:00-12:30, Saturday, August 20, 2022
Appearing: Inoue Hisako (Artist)
Venue: Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills
For: Elementary school children (from 3rd to 6th graders)
Capacity: 15 (booking required, attendees chosen by lottery) Fee: Free
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■ ACCESS ONLINE PROGRAM “ ART ONLINE ” * Conducted in Japanese
The Mori Art Museum Learning staff will introduce the Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning exhibition and talkabout how to enjoy contemporary art and explore the town of Roppongi where the Mori Art Museum is located. The
program will be in a dialogue format, tailored to the particants. So including those who have never visited the Mori Art
Museum or 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 - suchas the need for artwork description in verbal or in sign language and others.
Dates & Times: [1] 15:00-16:00, Saturday, August 20, 2022
[2] 17:00-18:30, Friday, September 16, 2022
[3] 17:00-18:30, Friday, October 28, 2022
* The “ Art Online ” program on August 20 will be co-hosted with “ Art Camp Vol. 8 (Day 3). ”

Venue: Online program using Zoom (video conferencing/meeting)Capacity: 10 groups each (booking required) Fee: Free
Booking: Details will be posted on the Mori Art Museum website on a later date. www.mori.art.museum/en■ FAMILY HOUR
Visit the Mori Art Museum with your little ones aged up to six years, and join other families to view the Museum at
your leisure before the official opening time. Pregnant women and their families are also welcome.
Date & Time: 9:15-10:30, Friday, August 12, 2022
Venue: Mori Art Museum galleries (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
For: Pre-school children (ages 0 to 6) and their guardians, pregnant women and their families
Capacity: 50 pairs (booking required, first-come basis)
Fee: Free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue required)
Booking: Details will be posted on the Mori Art Museum website on a later date. www.mori.art.museum/en* Please note that the programs are subject to change without prior notice.
* A series of Artist Talks by the Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning artists, 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

RELATED INFORMATIONAUDIO GUIDEA web-app-based Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning audio guide covering works by all sixteen featured artists
is available for the Museum visitors.
* As the guide is via web application, visitors are requested to bring and use their own devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets) andearphones. Neither devices nor earphones will be available for rent on site.

Available in: English / Japanese Number of Tracks: 16 Length: Approx. 22 min.
Fee: ¥500 (incl. tax) Produced by: i-Theatre Supervised by: Mori Art Museum
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10 /12Press Contact Details: Machino Kayo (Ms.)
Public Relations, Mori Art Museum Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6111 Fax: +81-(0)3-6406-9351
E-mail: pr@mori.art.museum Web: www.mori.art.museum/en

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Press Release vol.2

JUNE 28, 2022

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Essays by: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum), Kumakura Haruko (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum) andTokuyama Hirokazu (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)Size: A4 variation (28.2 x 21 cm) Number of Pages: 266 (TBD) Languages: Japanese-English bilingual
Date of Issue: end-August 2022 (TBD) Price: TBD
Edited and Published by: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
To Be for Sale at: MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP 53 (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower), MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP (3F,
Roppongi Hills West Walk) and MORI ART MUSEUM ONLINE SHOP (https://shop.mori.art.museum/)
Inquiries: MORI ART MUSEUM SHOP 53
Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6118 (Hours subject to those of the Museum)

ADMISSION DISCOUNTS♦ Website Exclusive! “ Night Pair Pass ”

Buy a pair of tickets online, and an admission discount will be applied to visits after 6 p.m. Come visit the Museum ona summer night with your friends and families, and think about our new life since the pandemic and our “wellbeing” ingeneral.
Period: Wednesday, June 29 - Sunday, July 31, 2022
For: Museum visitors in pairs arriving after 6 p.m. daily
Campaign Admission: 2,500 yen for two adults (1,250 yen each) [Sat., Sun., and holidays]
2,000 yen for two adults (1,000 yen each) [weekdays].
* Usual online admission for two adults is 3,600 yen in total (1,800 yen each) [Sat., Sun., and holidays] & 3,200 yen (1,600 yen each) [weekdays].
* This campaign admission can be applied to online purchases ONLY.
* The discount can ’ t be used in combination with any other discounts.
♦ “ Student Summer Pass ”

500 yen off of Students and Children admissions. While a number of students and children have been affected by
the pandemic, Mori Art Museum is running this campaign in hopes of providing them with the actual/physical learning
experiences.
Period: Wednesday, June 29 - Sunday, July 31, 2022
For: Students: University, College/Jr. College, High School StudentsChildren: From Age 4 up to those in Junior High School
Campaign Admission: 500 yen discount for Students and Children across the board* Usual online admission is: Students 1,200 yen [Sat., Sun., and holidays] / 1,100 yen [weekdays]
Children 600 yen [Sat., Sun., and holidays] / 500 yen [weekdays].
* Usual on-site admission is: Students 1,300 yen [Sat., Sun., and holidays] / 1,200 yen [weekdays]
Children 700 yen [Sat., Sun., and holidays] / 600 yen [weekdays].
* For Students: Please bring valid form of ID.
* The discount can ’ t be used in combination with any other discounts.
* Admissions without advance bookings will be allowed so far as the time slots have not filled up on the day of your visit.

press release11 /12Press Contact Details: Machino Kayo (Ms.)
Public Relations, Mori Art Museum Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6111 Fax: +81-(0)3-6406-9351
E-mail: pr@mori.art.museum Web: www.mori.art.museum/en

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JUNE 28, 2022

[ALSO ON VIEW] MORI ART MUSEUM SMALL PROGRAMS TO RUNCONCURRENTLY WITH THE LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE EARTHTURNING EXHIBITIONJUNE 29 [WED] - NOVEMBER 6 [SUN] 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 015:
WELCOME TO THE FAIRYLAND - YANAGI MIWA,ODANI MOTOHIKO, YOO SEUNGHO AND
NAWA KOHEI
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Tsubaki Reiko (Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamcollection015/index.html

Odani Motohiko
Hollow: What Rushes through Every Mind
2010
FRP, urethane and others
240 x 80 x 430 cm
Installation view: Odani Motohiko: Phantom
Limb , Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2010
Photo: Kioku Keizo

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

MAM SCREEN 016: CAO FEI
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Tsubaki Reiko (Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamscreen016/index.html
Cao FeiHaze and Fog
2013
Video 60 min. 46 sec.
Courtesy: Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou;
Sprüth Magers, Berlin/London/Los Angeles

MAM RESEARCH , FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC ARTISTS AND TRENDS
PREDOMINANTLY IN ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, DISPLAYS MATERIAL TO
CONTEMPLATE ALONGSIDE THEIR HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS.

MAM RESEARCH 009:
IMAGINING JUSTICE - ASIAN AMERICAN
ART MOVEMENTS
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Curated by: Alexandra Chang (Associate Professor of Art History, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey), Yahagi Manabu (Assistant Curator, Mori Art Museum)https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamresearch009/index.html
Bob Hsiang
Chris Iijima and Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto
singing duo in Central Park, February 1971
Courtesy: Bob Hsiang Photographypress release12 /12Press Contact Details: Machino Kayo (Ms.)
Public Relations, Mori Art Museum Tel: +81-(0)3-6406-6111 Fax: +81-(0)3-6406-9351
E-mail: pr@mori.art.museum Web: www.mori.art.museum/en