August 2024
To all members of the press

Roppongi Art Night Executive
Committee

A Festival of City, Art, and Future

Roppongi Art Night 2024 to be held
Dates：September 27 (Fri) – 29 (Sun)
Featuring the debut of new programs RAN Picks and RAN Focus!
Over 40 programs with 30 participating artist groups.
A new emotion for Roppongi, which breathes art.
The Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee will hold Roppongi Art Night 2024 for three days from September 27 (Fri) – 29 (Sun),
2024, set throughout the city of Roppongi with the theme of “A Festival of City, Art, and Future.”
This marks the 13th※ edition of the event since its inception in 2009, which will also
see the debut of new initiatives RAN Picks and RAN Focus. RAN Picks is a program inwhich Roppongi Art Night will select several notable artists of interest and exhibit theirworks. RAN Focus will showcase a specific country or region by presenting programsby artists who are active in that location. This year’s RAN Focus will close in on artists
from Taiwan.
In addition, some artists who have participated in past editions of Roppongi Art Nightwill be exhibiting their works again in several programs. As in previous years, the entire
Roppongi area, with its many art museums and other cultural facilities, large
complexes, and shopping districts, will be the site for approximately 40 programs by
about 30 artist groups, including installations, performances, music, videos, talkprograms, and digital works.
As times change and values evolve, the festival continues presenting new ways toenjoy art while communicating its further possibilities within society. This fall, enjoy

Roppongi Art Night 2024, where diverse cultures and creativity intersect.
※Cancelled in 2011 due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

■ In Anticipation of Roppongi Art Night 2024
Roppongi Art Night, an art festival held in the town of Roppongi, will be held this year in September.
With the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changes in lifestyle and societal values, this year’s

Roppongi Art Night, the 13th in the series, will try new frameworks and series, with an eye towards
sustainability and continuation into the next generation. A concept that has been ingrained since its
inception will be reiterated through the overarching theme of “A Festival of City, Art and Future,”
with Roppongi Art Night evolving as a fresh, more global nighttime event.
While the past model for the event highlighted a main featured artist or artists, this year will shift to a
new model of featuring artists through RAN Picks, exhibiting six groups of domestic and international
artists who will be showcased in Roppongi Art Night at various locations, including Roppongi Hills,
The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Tokyo Midtown. In addition, the new RAN Focus program has
been established for each event to spotlight art from various countries and regions. This year, thefocus will be on art from Taiwan. In addition, the program will be enhanced with opening
performances, talk programs, encore returns of popular works from past Roppongi Art Night events,

and community projects in which local residents can participate. Please look forward to Roppongi Art

Night 2024.
Photo by Akinori Ito

Mami Kataoka
Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee Chair/ Director, Mori Art Museum

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■ RAN Picks/RAN Focus | Introduction to the Artists
RAN Picks

Atelier Sisu
Atelier Sisu is an award winning Sydney based art practice lead by Peruvian sculptor,

Renzo B. Larriviere and Australian artist, Zara Pasfield. The pair work to create
experimental environments, installations and unique sculptural pieces. Their direction ofwork site between the field of art and architecture (art-chitcture) with a particular focus
on the realm of public art.
Exhibition Location: Roppongi Hills Arena

RAN Picks

Jennifer Wen Ma
Born 1973 in Beijing, and currently based there and New York, she received her Masterof Fine Art degree in 1999 from Pratt Institute, New York. Ma’s practice bridges various
media such as installation, drawing, and design. She has presented her works
internationally at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2015), and Ullens Centerfor Contemporary Art, Beijing (2012) and Singapore Biennale (2006) among others.

Photo by Andrea Spidell

RAN Picks

Exhibition Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, 1st Floor Atrium

Kyota Takahashi
Kyota Takahashi was born in Kyoto in 1970, where he continues to reside. He graduatedfrom Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture.
He has been involved in a wide range of activities within Japan and abroad, frominstallations in public spaces to performances using light and video. He has played an
instrumental role in large-scale projects combining illumination and architecture, suchas the 100th anniversary lighting of Tokyo Station and the Towada Art Center, as well as
participatory art projects such as Shining Smile Fruits and Flower Fields of Light thatwere created together with many people.
Locations: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi Hills Arena, otherareas throughout Roppongi

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

Pu Chen
Pu Chen was born in Taiwan, where he continues to reside. Connecting the perspectivesof biomorphology and bioarchaeology, he creates a diverse body of work using digital
media while his creative process starts from painting. He integrates the virtual and real
realms by evolving his ink and pen drawings into 2D and 3D animation, AR, NFT,
installations, workshops, and more. His works have been exhibited at the Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum and many other locations around the world, such as Paris, Hamburg,
Guangzhou, and Taipei.
Exhibition Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

Tsai & Yoshikawa
Taiwanese artist Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Japanese artist Kimiya Yoshikawa are a duo living
and working in London. Tsai studied textiles and Yoshikawa studied sculpture at theRoyal College of Art in England. With an eye on the dynamic energy and stunningpresence of the natural world, they create site-specific, fantastical sculptures andinstallations that continue to captivate audiences throughout Asia and Europe,transforming indoor and outdoor spaces into otherworldly environments.
Exhibition Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk, 2nd Floor

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■ RAN Picks/RAN Focus | Introduction to the Artists
RAN Picks/RAN Focus

MeimageDance
Founded in 2010 by Ho Hsiao-Mei (b. 1963 in Taiwan), MeimageDance is recognizedby their powerful visual presentation and usage of cultural style as seen inrenaissance of its ashes (2019) and New Paradise of Silent Island (2017). Besides
the public performances, they carry out a project to offer young talented Taiwanese
dancers living abroad support for their work production back home in Taiwan.
Exhibition Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
New Paradise of Silent Island, 2022
Photo by Chen Hsiang Liu

RAN Focus

Watermelon Sisters
Cheng-Ta Yu (born 1983 in Tainan, Taiwan) and Ming Wong (born 1971 in Singapore)
began collaborating as the Watermelon Sisters in 2017. Inspired by 1960s Peking Opera
films and the works of Ming-Liang Tsai, the duo adopt the personas of gender-fluid
queer sisters to support the path to sexual liberation through art, music and dance.
Exhibition Location:
Ignoppor, 1st Floor (Exhibition) / Roppongi Hills Arena (Performance)
Watermelon Love, 2017
Video, 10 min. 22 sec.

RAN Focus

Goang-Ming Yuan
Goang-Ming Yuan was born in Taipei in 1965, where he continues to reside. Known as apioneer of the video art in Taiwan, Yuan renews the possibilities for it with the use of
self-made filming devices and other equipment, and poetically expresses the problems
facing humanity in his works. He has participated in international exhibitions such as
Taipei Biennale (1996, 1998 and 2002), Taiwan Pavilion of Venice Biennale (2003 and2024), and Aichi Triennale 2019. Currently Professor in the Department of New Media
Art, Taipei National University of the Arts.
Exhibition Location: Giotto House, 1st Floor

Image courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum■ Multi-Area Programs
Kyota Takahashi Pongi Ring -Parade of Light Flower-

RAN Picks

A crowd of people will wear glowing flower-shaped innertube floats and parade fromthe National Art Center, Tokyo through Tokyo Midtown and to Roppongi Hills. The LED
lights on the floats will change color as the participants walk, led by performers andmusic, until they reach the finale at Roppongi Hills Arena. This is a one-night-onlyparade that transforms the bustling nightscape of the city into a fantastic spectacle.
※ Advance reservations are required to participate in the parade.
Rondo of Flowers, 2018
Photo by Mito Murakami

Date: September 28 (Sat), time to be announced on the website.
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo; Tokyo Midtown; Roppongi Hills Arena;other areas within Roppongi
Admission: Free

Switch Research Institute Roppongi Art Night Switch 2024

Performance

Written by Switch Research Institute; Screenplay/Direction by Yubie Mitsuse
It has been about 10 years since 2015, when Switch Research Institute took part in this event withthe slogan “the lowest threshold for art in the history of Roppongi Art Night.” Switch ResearchInstitute has come back for the fifth time to lower the threshold even further! The threshold is low
and the ambition is high in this new production! The mania, or rather, the festival space, will return
to sites throughout Roppongi with an “instant theater that begins with the flip of a switch.” Sitespecific instant plays that respond to the uniqueness of each space will unfold simultaneously inthis is crazy, yet peaceful experiential work. It is you who press the switch and start the story!

Date: September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun), times to be announced on the website.
Location: In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower, Hinokicho Park, Tokyo Midtown(scheduled)
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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Hills
Atelier Sisu Ephemeral Collection

RAN Picks

The Ephemeral Collection is an immersive light and sound temporary environment that aims
to capture the concept of ephemerality and transience as a visual form, the bubble. The
fragility of the bubble helps us remember the need to live in the moment, appreciating thesmall parts of the every day. Constructed from colour-reflecting material, the audience canexperience the artwork differently from day to night.
Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30-23:00; September 28 (Sat), 11:00-23:00
September 29 (Sun), 11:00-20:00 (scheduled)
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

Tsai & Yoshikawa

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

Long-term Exhibition Program

Bliss of Luxuriance– Reflection

Bliss of Luxuriance –Daydream

Tsai & Yoshikawa create sculptures that express the energies of water, light, and air,elements which are essential for all life on earth. Strange large aluminum flowers painted
with fluorescent paint glow brilliantly in the sunlight during the day and dazzle with blacklightat night, creating a life form with two different faces. It is like a mysterious jewel thatsuddenly appears in this metropolis and transforms the space into another dimension. “Oursculptures and art installations are catalysts that interact with the movement of light and air,and physical forms that bring forth dreams and hope.”
Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30 – September 29 (Sun), 20:00 (scheduled)
September 30 (Mon) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), hours to be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk, 2nd Floor
Admission: Free

MeimageDance New Paradise of Silent Island

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

For this event, MeimageDance is to perform a special version of New Paradise of Silent
Island (premiered in 2017), illustrating the encounter between Western and Eastern culturesin Taiwan. Blending brightness and darkness, obscenity, Taiwanese cosplay culture, anddifferent cultures all mixed in, the work altogether creates a unique atmosphere. With theseTaiwanese and the foreign cultural symbols, MeimageDance takes you on a colorful andbeautiful journey of reinterpreting Taiwanese tradition.

New Paradise of Silent Island, 2022
Photo by Chen Hsiang Liu

Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

Hajime Kinoko Link

Installation

The left and right canopies leading to Hills West Walk will be connected with pink ropes,
creating an installation in the night sky. The pink represents the "warmth of people," and theinstallation, made up of countless crossing ropes, represents the city's people, culture,
economy, etc. mixing and influencing each other and spreading across the world.
Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30 – September 29 (Sun), 20:00 (scheduled)
Location: Roppongi Hills 66 Plaza
Admission: Free
Installation Rendering

Kentaro Sugi Flowers of Roppongi

Photo by Haruhi Okuyama

Performance

For this exhibition, I would like to do my work dealing with flowers in the midst of a chaotic
crowd. Like the transient life of flowers seen in crossroads of our transient life, or thevitality of the truth to be exposed after long hidden period in the darkness, unbounded by theformality of Ikebaba, I would like to express “ the moment “ where substance” of flowers, in
its life, bundles energy and shines forth. In addition, in my recent work, “firing clay” , I am
looking beyond nature of soil as growth medium for flowers, instead seeing qualities of soil
itself as flowers.
Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Hills Cafe/Space
Admission: Free
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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Hills
Ryo Hirayama and Takumi Hirayama Hirayama Productions

Long-term Exhibition Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of Hirayama Productions. The members are painter Ryo
and sculptor Takumi. With the theme of their brotherly relationship, Takumi has created clay
sculptures of Ryo’s painted worlds, while Ryo has continued to paint with even more passion basedon his experience in the moment. This project takes form as a collection of works inspired by thelayering of communications between the two artists. It is also an experiment in shaking up various
relationships – whether between siblings, disabled and able-bodied people, or artworks and theirplacements. When Ryo stated, “I want to create Hirayama Productions,” Takumi nodded slowly.
Monster War Records of Hakaio

Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30 – September 29 (Sun), 20:00 (scheduled) September 30(Mon) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), hours to be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk, 2nd Floor
Admission: Free

Electronikos Fantastikos! Electromagnetic Street Bon Dance Festival

Mao Yamamoto

Performance

Lured by the nostalgic sound of festival music played by old household appliances, you’ll
come upon this bon dance! Originally intended to mourn the ancestors, this ritual has been
reinterpreted as the Electromagnetic Street Bon Dance Festival, a place to express
reverence for “electricity,” the most indispensable element in modern times after fire, water,
earth, and wind. Modern technology will intervene in the dance – a Japanese folk art with along history – to create a space-time in which electricity, magnetism, and humans interact
with indigenous rhythms and graceful movement.
Performers: Ei Wada, Electromagnetic Festival Band, and others
Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

Watermelon Sisters Performance Title TBD

RAN Focus

Watermelon Love (2017), by artist duo Watermelon Sisters (Yu Cheng-Ta and Ming Wong),
is a video work to be showcased in an installation format this time. The video features thequeer sisters - celestial fairies descended to earth - encouraging humans who never stop
fighting over boundaries without loving one another, to "embrace each other." In addition,
the Watermelon Sisters will also appear live on stage at the Roppongi Hills Area to present a
special performance for Roppongi Art Night!
Watermelon Love, 2017
Video, 10 min. 22 sec.

Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

AOITUKI & Yuji Ueno Seasons hitchhike

Performance

We are seasons. Who are you? The ticket to time is this one wheel. The changing weather is
my turning point. Eventually it will go away, and then it will come back again. Ah! The wind isblowing! I have to go.
Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

Akumanoshirushi Let’s try the “Carry In Project”

Performance

It has been 10 years since the legendary Carry In Project at the 2014 Roppongi Art Night. The
performance group Akumanoshirushi will return to Roppongi with a work in which they deliberately
design and carry into the building objects that seem barely able to fit. While the leader of thecompany, Noriyuki Kiguchi, passed away in 2017, his philosophy of “anyone can do it!” has enabled
the project to continue in creation and development independently by various third parties. Thistime, with the themes of “Thinking for oneself,” “Making on the spot,” and “Everyone carrying
together,” we will attempt to bring in objects together with the guests who come to the exhibition.
Those who want to design the object, carry it, or watch it, come and join us!

Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower
Admission: Free
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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Hills
GA•GA•GA GA•GA•GA Live Performance

Open Call Project Selected WorkGA•GA•GA uses 70s radios and flip dot displays to relay visual information, andelectromagnetic soundwaves that are not apparent to the naked eye/ear. Have you everwondered if what you see is not everything that exists? Through this performance, youwill be able to witness the uniqueness and diversity of the "invisible chaos" in Roppongi
and the "state of communication" with the outside world, including the environment andother people.
Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: FreeGA•GA•GA Live Performance

Aki Yoshida KinGyo24

RUTeN FUN FATALEOpen Call Project Selected WorkA contemporary circus performance themed to goldfish. When I came across records ofgoldfish cultivation in Roppongi in the late Edo period (1603-1868), I was a little surprised
to find that there was an abundance of spring water in the area, and I could not help but
imagine what people must have felt when they looked at the shiny and beautiful goldfish
tail fins flickering in their bowls. In this time where we cannot take things for granted, we
hope that when you see the tail fins of the goldfish leaping out of their bowls and drifting
through the scenery of Roppongi, you will enjoy the rediscoveries you’ll find in youreveryday environment and stream of time.
Date: Details will be announced on the website.
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Admission: Free

Tokyo City View
This indoor observation deck stands 250 meters above sea level and is located centrally inTokyo. With views of metropolitan Tokyo landmarks such as Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree,and visibility all the way to Mt. Fuji on clear days, you can enjoy the “city of Tokyo as art.”
Time: 10:00-22:00 (last entry 21:30)※until 23:00 on September 27 (Fri) and September 28 (Sat)
Location: Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 52nd Floor)
Admission: General, ¥2,000 (weekdays at window). For more details, check the website.

■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Mori Art Museum
Louise Bourgeois:
I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful.
This is the first major solo exhibition in Japan in 27 years by Louise Bourgeois, the artist
well-known for Maman, the giant spider sculpture that symbolizes Roppongi Hills. The
exhibition introduces her career spanning over 70 years through approximately 100 works
including sculpture, painting, drawing, and installation. About half of the works are being
exhibited in Japan for the first time.
Maman
1999/2002
Collection: Mori Building Co., Ltd., Tokyo

Date: September 25 (Wed), 2024 – January 19 (Sun), 2025, 10:00-22:00 (last admission 21:30)※Open until 23:00 on September 27 (Fri) and September 28 (Sat)※Open until 17:00 on Tuesdays (last admission 16:30)※Open until 22:00 on December 24 and December 31
Location: Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 53rd Floor)
Admission:[Weekdays] Adults ¥2,000 (¥1,800), Students (high school and university) ¥1,400 (¥1,300),
Seniors (65 and over): ¥1,700 (¥1,500), Children (Jr. High Students and under) Free
[Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays] Adults ¥2,200 (¥2,000), Students (high school and university)¥1,500 (¥1,400), Seniors (65 and over): ¥1,900 (¥1,700), Children (Jr. High Students and under)Free※ Prices indicated by ( ) are online prices.

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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Tokyo Midtown
Pu Chen Mossmo

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

A family of a large black reptile-like creature stand side by side, looking up at a building. Pu Chen, aTaiwanese artist, distinctively observes the forms of living creatures, draws imagined forms by hand,converts them into virtual 3D data, and eventually develops them into various works such asanimation, augmented and mixed reality (AR and MR), and sometimes physical sculptures. This
work is the sculpture of his original character “Mossmo,” which delivers the balance and connection
between city, nature and ecology. Through your smartphone, you can see virtual plants growing allover the Tokyo Midtown Plaza. Enjoy this interesting interactive experience with Mossmo.

Mossmo (rendering), 2024

Date: September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun), hours will be announced on the website.
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st floor
Admission: Free

Hiroko Kubo Blue Fox

Long-term Exhibition Program

The blue creature seated in front of the bamboo grove is a fox made from windbreak nets and wire
mesh, which are commonly used to protect fields from being damaged by animals and to coverbuilding construction sites. In the Roppongi area of Minato-ku, there are place names such as“Kitsune-zaka” and “Mamiana-cho,” which are associated with the legends of foxes and raccoons,and there are many Inari shrines with foxes as their deities. This blue fox standing in the midst of
an urban population reminds us of the existence of the wild animals that are disappearing in manmade spaces, and offers a form of prayer born from the relationship between animals and humans.

Blue Fox (rendering), 2024

Date: September 27 (Fri) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), 11:00-23:00
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria, B1 Floor
Admission: Free

Hiroko Kubo Blue Fox Satellite

Long-term Exhibition Program

In conjunction with Hiroko Kubo’s new work Blue Fox on the B1 floor of Tokyo Midtown
Galleria, her other works inspired by urban landscapes and archaeology will be scatteredthroughout Tokyo Midtown.
Date: September 27 (Fri) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), 11:00-20:00
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 1st, 2nd floor
Admission: Free

Street Amulet Crow, 2024

Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra

ROPPONGI STREET THEATER #06 Performance 01

Roppongi Future Talks Idea
Realization Project #21

ROPPONGI STREET THEATER transforms the architecture and public art of Tokyo Midtown
into a stage for performance. This marks the sixth time that ROPPONGI STREET THEATER
will collaborate with the Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra, led by musician Shuta
Hasunuma, to bring performing arts that are often seen inside theaters out into public space
for all to appreciate. Please enjoy this harmony of public art and music.
Date: September 27 (Fri), 12:00-13:00(Public Rehearsal), 19:00-20:00 (Main
Performance) *The scheduled time is tentative
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor "Canopy Square"
Admission: Free

Shuta Hasunuma TeamROPPONGI STREET THEATER #06 Performance 02

Roppongi Future Talks Idea
Realization Project #21

Musician Shuta Hasunuma will perform with his band in the public space on the streets ofTokyo Midtown. Once more showcasing this blend of public art and urban environment.
Date: September 28 (Sat), 13:00-13:30, 15:00-15:30 *The scheduled time is tentative
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor "Myomu"*In the event of rain weather, Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor "Ishinki"
Admission: Free

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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Tokyo Midtown
Miya Kaneko, Masaki Yamaguchi & Friends

DONUTSAND STATION RADIO

Long-term Exhibition ProgramThis radio project was launched from Sono Aida #TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD, an art studiofor past winners of the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD, and will be broadcast during the prime
times of Roppongi Art Night. The exact location of each day’s broadcast will be a surprise tolook forward to. The project will also be broadcast on Instagram @donut_sand_station.
Date: Radio program: September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun), 19:00-22:00
Exhibition: September 27 (Fri) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), 10:00-20:00
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor and other locations
Admission: FreeTOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2024 FINALIST EXHIBITION

Long-term Exhibition Program

The TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD, now in its 17th year, is a competition held in two categories –design and art – aiming to meet, support, and collaborate with talented designers and artists.
The competition centers on the concept of Tokyo Midtown as a metropolis that cultivates andbrings together “JAPAN VALUE” (contemporary Japanese values, sensibility, and talent) toshare with the world. The TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2024 Finalist Exhibition will showcase
the finalists’ works from the design and art competitions.
View of last year's exhibition

Date: September 27 (Fri) – October 9 (Wed), 6:30-0:30
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor
Admission: Free
※October 10 (Thu) TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2024 Award Ceremony※October 10 (Thu) – November 10 (Sun) Exhibition of Award-Winning and Selected Artworks
TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2024 EXHIBITION

Minori Takahashi

Tama Art University TUB Collaborative Program

everyday tactics 2024

Fossils of shelves

Long-term Exhibition ProgramThis work attempts to invert the mundane routine of “placing things on a shelf”.
By hanging a board diagonally on a shelf with the convenience of variable height, we make it into
something that is not a shelf. The work rejects the usual use of shelves, and explores "interesting
forms" that emerge when things lose their convenience and meaning.
The objects to be placed are created in an attempt to “imagine what would happen if the things aroundus were unearthed as fossils in the future”. “Interesting forms” are created by changing their shapes
through weathering and being hit by rain, as well as through changes in people's knowledge and ideas
over time.

Date: September 27 (Fri) – October 6 (Sun), 11:00-20:00
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 2nd Floor
Admission: Free

Don’t you know there are 3 world-renowned people in Fukui?

Concurrent Program

These trailblazers are opening up a new world of traditional craft while preserving the skills
inherited from their predecessors. At this event, we will introduce a lineup of threecompanies, Kurosaki Knives, Jozan Sake Brewery, and Shitsurindo (lacquerware), as well as
the international interior stylist, Fumiko Sakuhara, to present a space where the worlds ofthese different genres are fused together.
Date: September 25 (Wed) – October 1 (Tue), 11:00-20:00
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 1st Floor ISETAN SALONE
Admission: Free

Tokyo Midtown Design Hub 110th Exhibition

Roots of Future: Explore the Past to Discover the Future

Concurrent ProgramThis exhibition features numerous Japanese designs from the 1950s to the 2020s, interpretingthe field from a new vantage point that transcends different eras and domains to search for
inspirational design sources that will shape the future.
Date: September 20 (Fri) – October 25 (Fri), 11:00-19:00※Extended opening hours until 20:00 on September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun)※Open every day during the exhibition period
Location: Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, Midtown Tower 5th floor, Tokyo Midtown
Admission: Free
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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Suntory Museum of Art
Hanabusa Itchō: A Talented Man of Great Refinement Depicts the Floating World―
In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of His Death
Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724) was a painter who was active mainly in Edo during the Genroku
era (1688-1704). Although initially trained academically under Kanō Tan’yū’s younger
brother, Yasunobu, he was inspired by Hishikawa Moronobu and Iwasa Matabei, producing
his own unique genre paintings with vivid depictions of people of the city. In 1698, at the ageof 47, he was exiled to Miyakejima Island, where he was known as “Island Itchō” for thehighly regarded paintings he created during that time. This exhibition commemorates the300th anniversary of Itchō’s death and explores his painting career and fascinating
personality through his signature works.
Date: September 18 (Wed) – November 10 (Sun), 10:00-18:00 (10:00-20:00 on Fridays)※Open until 22:00 on September 27 (Fri) and 28 (Sat), and until 20:00 on November 9 (Sat)※Open until 18:00 on November 5 (Tue)※Last admission 30 minutes before closing※Closed on Tuesdays
Location: Suntory Museum of Art Exhibition Space
Admission: ¥1,700 for adults, ¥1,000 for university and high school students, free for junior highschool students and younger

Kanda Matsumaro Storytelling Yanagisawa Shoshinroku Asazuma-bune
This is a story of friendship between Taga Chōko (later Hanabusa Itchō), who was exiled to
Miyakejima Island because of a picture he painted, and haikai poetry master Takarai Kikaku,
who waited for him in Edo. Please enjoy the powerful storytelling in conjunction with theexhibition Hanabusa Itchō: In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of His Death.
Date: September 28 (Sat), 17:00-17:45, 19:00-19:45
Location: Suntory Museum of Art, 6th Floor Hall
Admission: ¥1,000 (separate admission fee required)
Capacity: 80 people (reservations required, first-come first-served basis)

Enjoy the museum experience with the digital content
Visitors can experience the digital content “2D Viewing System in Cubic Interface” for anenhanced guide of the exhibition. Workshops will also be held with advance reservations tofurther the experience. The “2D Viewing System in Cubic Interface” is a new guide systemthat introduces the museum’s collection and explanatory information from a variety ofperspectives using the interface on a cube device.

© DNP Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. [2021],
with the courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale
de France.

Dates: September 28 (Sat), 13:00-20:00; September 29 (Sun), 13:00-18:00※Only participants are allowed to enter during the workshop.
Location: Suntory Museum of Art, 1st Floor Lecture Room
Admission: Free

■ Introduction to Programs by Area |21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Exhibition “pooploop”
This exhibition looks at our environment, from close surroundings, to outer space, focusing on all
manner of “waste and excrement.” We define the world's various circulations as a "pooploop." By
forcing a confrontation with things we habitually avoid, we have discovered the pooploop's huge
range and dimension, and not only as a social issue. Circulation is constant. It never stops. If you
find a piece of something missing somewhere, it will mean a new loop has surely begun.

Exhibition main visual

Date: September 27 (Fri), 2024 – February 16 (Sun), 2025, 10:00-19:00 (last admission 18:30)※Extended opening hours until 22:00 on September 27 (Fri) and 28 (Sat) (last admission 21:30)※Closed: Tuesdays (open on February 11), year-end and New Year holidays (December 27 –January 3)
Location: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 1 & 2Admission: General ¥1,400, University students ¥800, High school students ¥500, Junior high school
students and under may enter for free
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■ Introduction to Programs by Area |21_21 DESIGN SIGHTROPPONGI ROKKEN: SEI CASE
Michele De Lucchi, an internationally acclaimed, cutting-edge architect, will present six houses(Sei Case) from his sculptural series (Loggia) that explores the concept of “Space-in Between”
in architecture. This exhibition is planned by De Lucchi for 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Roppongi
as a bridge between Italy and Japan – two cultures that, while vastly different, have many thingsin common.
Date: September 20 (Fri) – October 14 (Mon, holiday), 10:00-19:00※Extended opening hours until 22:00 on September 27 (Fri) and September 28 (Sat)※Closed: Tuesdays
Location: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3
Admission: Free

■ Introduction to Programs by Area | The National Art Center, Tokyo
Sota Kodera Filler
Sota Kodera, who has been presenting unique works using his own body under the name of
Iru-ha, will debut a new piece. This work will take place not only inside the National Art
Center, Tokyo, but also in the streets of Roppongi, inviting viewers to witness the artist’s
devised performance. This performance/installation work explores the boundary between“being” and “filling in” by focusing on the notion “filler text,” which is used to temporarily fillin text sections when determining layouts in the fields of publishing and design.
Date: September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun), 10:00-20:00※ Open until 18:00 on September 29 (Sun)
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo and other locations in Roppongi
Admission: Free

Jennifer Wen Ma Untitled - Ink Rhythm

RAN Picks

Long-term Exhibition Program

Untitled – Ink Rhythm is a black-painted, enormous paper sculpture. The visualengagements of this work lead to its strong presence while blending itself well into thevenue; with the shape creating rhythm in the space, the color responding to trees
outside the building, and its entirety casting its imagery on the floor. Combining
elements of traditional Chinese landscape painting and of minimalist principles, Ma
juxtaposes the opposites such as tradition and modernity, and fragility and strength.

Untitled - Ink Rhythm (rendering), 2022

Date: September 25 (Wed) – October 7 (Mon), 10:00-18:00※Open until 20:00 on September 27 (Fri), September 28 (Sat), October 4 (Fri), andOctober 5 (Sat)※Closed: Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, 1st Floor Atrium
Admission: Free

Keiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory
This exhibition is the first major retrospective showcasing the internationally acclaimed
artist Keiichi Tanaami (b. 1936). Tanaami is known for vivid, color-drenched works that
intensely reflect his childhood memories of World War II and the impact of the American pop
culture he encountered after the war. The exhibition presents an array of works by the
astoundingly productive artist, including archival materials from past decades, tracing theentirety of Tanaami’s creative journey over more than 60 years. This unprecedented,
comprehensive exploration of Tanaami’s oeuvre is organized around the theme of “memory.”©Keiichi Tanaami / Courtesy of NANZUKA

Date: August 7 (Wed) – November 11 (Mon), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)※10:00 - 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (last admission 19:30)※Closed: Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Room Gallery 1E
Admission: Adults ¥2,000, college students ¥1,400, high school students ¥1,000

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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | The National Art Center, Tokyo
Inter College Animation Festival 2024 (ICAF 2024)

Concurrent Program

The Inter College Animation Festival (ICAF), which represents the forefront of student animation,
will be held for the 22nd time with 33 educational institutions from all over Japan, screening over
200 student animation films. This year’s theme is "Fly into Youth Power.” Dive into the wild
creative energy of these young creators and enjoy their most cutting-edge work!
Special website: https://icaf.info

Illustration: MARU AKARI(Department of Animation,
Graduate School of Film and New
Media, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Date: September 26 (Thu) – September 29 (Sun), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)※September 27 (Fri) and September 28 (Sat), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)※Special website will be available from September 9 (Mon) – September 29 (Sun)
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, 3rd Floor Auditorium, Lecture Study Room
Admission: Free

Artist Associations' Exhibitions:
The 87th SHINSEISAKU Art Exhibition

Concurrent Program

Date: September 18 (Wed) – September 30 (Mon), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)※September 20 (Fri) and September 27 (Fri), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)※September 30 (Mon), final day, open until 14:00 (last admission 13:30)※Closed: Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Gallery 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, Open-air Exhibition Area
A and B
Admission: ¥800 for adults, free of charge for university students and younger, persons 65 years
old and older, and persons with a disability certificate with up to one accompanying person.

Artist Associations' Exhibitions: Kohdo Exhibition

Concurrent Program

Date: September 18 (Wed) – September 30 (Mon), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)※September 20 (Fri) and September 27 (Fri), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)※September 30 (Mon), final day, open until 14:00 (last admission 13:30)※Closed: Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Gallery 1C, 1D, 2C, 2D, Open-air Exhibition Area C and D
Admission: ¥800 for adults, free of charge for university students and younger, persons 65 years
old and older, and persons with a disability certificate with up to two accompanying persons.

■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Crossing / Other Areas of Roppongi

Watermelon Sisters Watermelon LoveRAN Focus

Watermelon Love (2017), by artist duo Watermelon Sisters (Yu Cheng-Ta and Ming Wong),
is a video work to be showcased in an installation format this time. The video features thequeer sisters - celestial fairies descended to earth - encouraging humans who never stop
fighting over boundaries without loving one another, to "embrace each other." In addition,
the Watermelon Sisters will also appear live on stage at the Roppongi Hills Area to present a
special performance for Roppongi Art Night!
Watermelon Love, 2017
Video, 10 min. 22 sec.

Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30-23:00; September 28 (Sat), 16:00-23:00; September 29 (Sun),
16:00-20:00 (scheduled)
Location: Ignoppor, 1st Floor
Admission: Free

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■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Crossing / Other Areas of Roppongi
Goang-Ming Yuan Everyday War

Everyday War (video still)
2024
Single-channel video
10 min. 33 sec.

RAN Focus

Goang-Ming Yuan, one of the most prominent video artists in Taiwan’s contemporary art world,
will present Everyday War (2024) for the first time in Asia, a video work that attracted muchattention when it was premiered at the Taiwan Pavilion of the Venice Biennale this year.
Seen in a mundane room where a young person lives, are explosions and flames after something,although not visible, breaks in. It also looks as though entirety of the room got attacked, destroyed
and left in ruins as a result of war breaking out. The work deals with various things that threaten
human lives today and the dailiness of them.

Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30-23:00; September 28 (Sat), 16:00-23:00; September 29 (Sun),
16:00-20:00 (scheduled)
Location: Giotto House, 1st Floor
Admission: Free

Shinji Mitsuzuka Slapstick

Open Call Project Selected WorkA giant banana peel waiting to be stepped on. The work has several metaphors from the genealogyof comedy. First, as a symbol of slipping and falling, secondly, as a symbol of the history ofbananas and their connection to globalization, and thirdly, as a symbol of the giant comedy of theneed for everyone to maximize profits even as global warming spreads to the extent that areas
where banana plantations can be commercialized expand. In this day and age when everyone isforgetting to have "questions," and when "questions" are becoming a hindrance, I suspect that"questions" can no longer survive without comedy.
Image courtesy of Kawasaki City Taro
Okamoto Museum of Art

Date: September 27 (Fri), 17:30-23:00; September 28 (Sat), 16:00-23:00; September 29 (Sun),
16:00-20:00 (scheduled)
Location: Lapiros Roppongi Building
Admission: Free

■ Introduction to Programs by Area | Roppongi Shopping Street
The Roppongi Shopping Street area will include exhibitions of street lights, temporary fencing art, and more.
Details will be posted on the website.

■ Inclusive Art Program
In this tour, a variety of people will gather to make the rounds of Roppongi Art Night. Let’s
enjoy the artworks while engaging in conversation with the other participants.
※Participation is open to all abilities.
In partnership with NPO Corporation Able Art Japan

Photo by Shun Sato

Date: (1) In-person Tour September 29 (Sun); (2) Online Tour September 28 (Sat) (scheduled)
Location: Roppongi Art Night various venues/online
Admission: Free / advance reservation required※Further details on how to make a reservation will be announced on the official website.
Capacity: Approximately 10 people per session■ Foreign Language Guided Tours
English Guided Tour: In Dialogue with RoppongiThis is an English guided tour of artworks. Participants will walk through the streets of
Roppongi, viewing works throughout the city and discussing them with one another.
Planned in collaboration with Naoto John Tanaka

Photo by Yukiko Koshima

Date: (1) September 27 (Fri), 17:00-18:30; (2) September 28 (Sat), 20:00-21:30;(3) September 29 (Sun), 14:00-15:30
Location: Roppongi Art Night various venues
Admission : Free / advance reservation required※Further details on how to make a reservation will be announced on the official website.
Capacity: Approximately 15 people per session
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■ Roppongi Art Night 2024 Details
Official Name:

Roppongi Art Night 2024

Dates:

September 27 (Fri) – September 29 (Sun), 2024

Prime Time: September 27 (Fri), 17:30-23:00; September 28 (Sat), 16:00-23:00; September 29 (Sun), 16:00-20:00
Prime Time hours feature the main installations and events.
※Exhibition hours vary depending on the program.
※Some works will be exhibited for an extended period of time (~October 14 (Mon, holiday))
Location:

Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, The National Art
Center, Tokyo, Roppongi Shopping Street, and other cooperating facilities and public spaces in the Roppongi area.

Admission:

Free (note that some programs and museum exhibitions may require a fee)Contact:

Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee Phone: 050-5541-8600 (9:00-20:00)

Organizers:

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History andCulture), Minato City, Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee [The National Art Center, Tokyo, SuntoryMuseum of Art, Tokyo Midtown, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Mori Art Museum, Mori Building, Roppongi Shopping
Street Promotion Association]
Grant for "RAN
Focus" from :Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

Grant from :The Obayashi Foundation

Website:https://www.roppongiartnight.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/RoppongiArtNight/

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https://x.com/r_artnight

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https://www.instagram.com/roppongi_art_night_official/

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight

TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@roppongiartnight※The details of the event may be changed or cancelled without prior notice for various reasons. Any changes will be announced on the official website andsocial media channels.
※Please check the official website and social media platforms for the latest information.

For Press Inquiries
Roppongi Art Night Publicity and Promotion Office (part of ONE-O Co., Ltd.)
Attn: Okayasu, Kojima, Iriboshi Email: RAN@one-o.com
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