PRESS RELEASE
Aug, 2022
Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee

An Art Festival Staged Across Roppongi“Roppongi Art Night 2022” announces its entire program line-up slated for September
Theme: Magical Adventure – Find Your Art of Wonder in the Town!
September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday)

Featuring contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and roughly 70 other artists in 100 program offerings.
These spirited artists present an extravaganza that will enchant the city of Roppongi with art.

Roppongi Art Night 2022 will take place over three days from September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),welcoming contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami as the main program artist with the themeof “Magical Adventure – Find Your Art of Wonder in the Town!” At this time, we have finalized theprograms for Roppongi Art Night that will be staged throughout the city of Roppongi.
Known for its assortment of cultural facilities (including art museums), large-scale complexes, andshopping districts, the entire city of Roppongi will become the setting, with painting, installation, music,
performance, film, and talk events in a diverse offering of roughly 100 programs with 70 participating
artists.
In addition to these works, this year’s offering has developed even fuller content by inheriting the
program content of the cancelled Roppongi Art Night 2020 and ensuing Roppongi Art Night Spin-off
Project, and by incorporating digital media to further enhance the potential of art for society. Pleaseenjoy the city of Roppongi, colored with art that brings surprise and emotional depth with eachencounter.

©2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
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Sebastian Masuda《PolychromaticSkin –Gender Tower-》
Polychromatic Skin -Gender Tower-image

NPO Corporation Nijiironokaze 《NO BORDERSー
Maestro Morio Matsui and his friends 》

Contortion Group Nogara 《 Live Flexibly ~Twisting
People~ 》

Emiko Makino 《 Cage of night birds 》

Furuya Takahisa 《 Face identification by A.I 》

Koichiro Azuma《Infinite Wheels》

Shunsuke Imai《untitled》2017

NORA design collective《Room of Distance 》

Kimsooja 《 Deductive Object 》 photo: Keizo Kioku

TANGENT《INAHO》

KazuhikoHiwa《HIWADROME TYPE Δ 》

Hills Art & Life Project 《 Weaving project: 2020～2021 》 Photo: Tatsuyuki Tayama

photo: Ikuya Takahashi

Michael Lin 《Windows 》,2018
Exhibition at Taiwan High Speed Rail Taichung Station

Iku Harada 《WHITE CUBE -WHITE CUBE 2018》

Foreign Language Guided TourArt Front Gallery, Photo courtesy of Hiroshi Noguchi

As a measure of caution against the spread of COVID-19 and to avoid overcrowding, this year’s event will not be an all-night affair. In
addition to extending the duration of the event to 3 days, select exhibitions will open in advance, and there will also be opportunities forstaggered viewings to alleviate crowds.
※There will be an early viewing exhibition program before the event is held, opening on September 3 (Sat)※Please refer to the following pages for an outline of each program. While the information in this release is current as of August 2022, some details may
be subject to change.

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■Main Program
A great gathering of “Doraemon” by Takashi Murakami and the 12 artists selected under his curation!
At Roppongi Art Night 2022, you’ll be able to enjoy Takashi Murakami not just as the main program artist,
but also through a new side of him as a producer.
The 12 artists curated by Murakami have taken the same challenge to create their own “Doraemon,” andunder Murakami’s direction, they will be exhibited at 4 locations: Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo Midtown,
The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Rapiros Roppongi. With Murakami at the forefront, how will thesecontemporary artists collaborate with such a legendary icon? The anticipation runs high!
Exhibition Period: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday)
Exhibition Location: Roppongi Hills Arena, Tokyo Midtown, The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Rapiros
Roppongi

Photo by RK(IG:@rkrkrk)©Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki
Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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Yuta Hosokawa

Emi Kuraya©Yuta Hosokawa ©Fujiko-Pro©Emi Kuraya/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
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Chiho Aoshima

Shin Murata©ob/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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T9G & Shoko Nakazawa©Chiho Aoshima/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
All Rights Reserved. ©Fujiko-Pro©T9G ©Shoko Nakazawa ©Fujiko-Pro＜Works to be exhibited at The
National Art Center, Tokyo＞

Mr.

Otani Workshop©Mr./Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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TENGAone

Kasing Lung©TENGAone/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
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Aya Takano

MADASAKI©Aya Takano/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

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TANGENT《INAHO》
This floorlight installation is inspired by the fields of rice that shimmer in gold and sway in the wind at
the end of summer. Equipped with motion sensors and solenoids, the heads of rice will begin to sway
and illuminate with LED lights when approached by visitors. As people move away, the light and swaying
motion gently quiet down. This artwork received the inaugural Lexus Design Award and has been
displayed at invitational exhibitions in cities around the world including Milan, New York, Paris, Dubai,
London, and Frankfurt, but this marks its premiere to the Japanese public.
INAHO

Date and Time: September 12 (Mon) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower
Participation: Free
Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

DAISY BALLOON 《Wave》
This installation is comprised of over 10,000 stick-shaped balloons, the same type that are often carriedby sports spectators. The balloons are formed into the shape of a wormhole, and with the natural
current of the wind, they tap against each other and create the sound of applause. In addition toexpressing the interconnected motions of people living in the same era and the “joy of living in this time
together,” the work also embodies a feeling of encouragement for people living in the “present.”

Roppongi Hills Metro Hat image

Date and Time: September 7 (Wed) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills Metro Hat
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

Yusuke Iguchi 《KALEIDOSCAPE》
Viewers get the chance to interact with this installation. This work utilizes the structure of a
kaleidoscope, and as participants rotate the bicycle pedals, the scenes in front of them will change
before their very eyes. By changing the landscape like a kaleidoscope, it will seem as if the viewer
themselves is moving the landscape in this work KALEIDOSCAPE.

©YusukeIguchi

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00(On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills 66 Plaza
Participation: Free

NORA design collective《Room of Distance》
A person lives inside of the screen. No one knows where they’re from. They can only be reached for a few
seconds at a time… Installed in the form of the sanitizer dispensers that we now notice on a daily basis,
this new type of video playback equipment will be placed/exhibited at various sites throughout Roppongi
Art Night. If you come across one of these, be sure not to avert your eyes while using the sanitizer.
Date and Time: Implementation date and time undecided
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2nd Floor, other locations
Participation: Free
Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

Kazuhiko Hiwa《HIWADROME TYPE ε 》
HIWADROME TYPE ε is a 5-meter-tall sculptural work constructed of about 60 stacked wheelchairs,
interlaced with LED lights and metal structures. The entire piece is painted in monochrome, and, whenilluminated, the whole sculpture appears as a giant mass of light. Hiwa expresses his own disability byusing the wheelchair as a subject in his work in an effort to transform their value, or perhaps reinterpret
their context, thereby creating a distinctive presentation.

《HIWADROME TYPE Δ 》

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2nd Floor
Participation: Free
Part of the early viewing
exhibition program
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walking practice PROJECT《walking practice: Roppongi Art Night 2022》
On this tour, participants will get the chance to visit the art works of Roppongi Art Night 2022 with artist
Kazuhiko Hiwa, while pushing and moving wheelchairs like the one that Hiwa himself uses daily. Tour
participants and art appreciators will gain insight into what the perspective from the wheelchair looks
like, leading them to consider issues of physicality and accessibility. Furthermore, by realizing thisthrough their own physicality, participants can look forward to a sense of unity among the group.

《Walking Practice》

Date and Time: September 9 (Mon/Holiday) 14:00-16:00 (scheduled)
Location: Roppongi Art Night 2022 various locations
Participation: Free
Michael Lin《Windows》
Two sites of differing scale and scenery, the Giott House building and the facade of West Walk South in
Roppongi Hills, are covered with a motif adapted from traditional Taiwanese lattice windows in thepattern of coins.
The lattice motif functions as a screen that encourages the experience of “looking,” while the coinpattern speaks of economic exchange. By conflating the act of looking and economic exchange, Windows
seeks to reflect on our contemporary culture of visual consumption by way of the two sites in Roppongi
and their respective activities of nightlife and (window) shopping.

Windows, 2018
Exhibition at Taiwan High Speed Rail Taichung Station

Date and Time: September 6 (Tues) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2nd Floor
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

Lawrence Weiner《HERE FOR A TIME
THERE FOR A TIME&SOMEWHERE FOR A TIME》
A variety of locations such as Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown will hold exhibitions of artworks
inspired by the metropolis of Tokyo and the city of Roppongi, both past and present. This work willcomprise the results of a discussion delving into the nuances of translation in artworks that
1/2 BEGUN, 1/2 FINISHED, WHENSOEVER
2008/2016 Ishikawa Foundation©Lawrence Weiner, Okayama Art Summit 2016
Courtesy of TARO NASU

incorporate both English and Japanese. The act of translating the meanings or mental images conveyed

by words and characters often falls short in some way, and these moments of disconnect will beidentified and presented as artwork.

Photo: Yasushi Ichikawa

Date and Time: September 6 (Tues) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2nd Floor, Hillside 1st Floor
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

Ryo Noguchi x Makiko Izu 《CANDY POP》
Over the past 2 ½ years, the world has changed minute by minute. All the while, the colorful CANDY
POP flowers have changed along with it. Bursting forth from Roppongi, we bring to you a performanceof unicycles and gymnastics, with the hope that through art, anyone will be able to live in happinessregardless of the world’s uncertainties.
Date and Time: Details to be announced on the official website
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Participation: FreeSAYAKA ASAI × Lily 《 Session. 》
A session of footsteps and ice sounds. Tap artist Lily uses the sound of footsteps as his voice. Ice-dyeing
artist SAYAKA ASAI uses the sound of melting ice as her voice. The sound of earth, the sound of ocean.
From these two very different artists comes a new world of dialogue. This live art performance will be
realized through an immersive sound video. What voice will you hear?

Session.

Date and Time: Details to be announced on the official website
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Participation: Free
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Makutha《Dewa・Ruci》
Dewa Ruci is a story set within the Indian epic of the Mahabharata, in which Bima, one of the Pandawa
brothers, sets out on a quest to find the sacred water. After fiercely battling serpents in the ocean, he
discovers the deity Dewa Ruci, an incarnation of his inner self. The silhouetted figures appearing in this
digital video pay homage to the traditional staging of the story, while merging together with an ambient
noise sound score to create a new style of Indonesian shadow puppetry.

Dewa Ruci(Makutha)

Date and Time: Details to be announced on theofficial website
Location: Roppongi Hills Arena
Participation: Free

three《Tokyo’ s Landscape》
Tokyo’s Landscape is a work composed of the fish-shaped soy sauce bottles frequently seen in Japanesebento. The individual bottles are filled with many different colors of water and are patterned after
people living in today’s world, and by assembling a huge mass of them together, the work expresses astate of crowding and its resulting behaviors. Covered in multicolored soy sauce bottles, this work
reflects the rich individualities and personalities of the viewers, while simultaneously burying thisdiversity in the throngs of crowds.

《Tokyo’s Landscape》2008

Photo: Tatsuyuki Tayama

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00– 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2nd Floor
Part of the early viewing
Admission: Free
exhibition program

Hills Art & Life Project 《 Weaving project: 2020～2021 》
Weaving together people and people, people and neighborhood, people and art. In this city where peopleof many backgrounds gather, this program will use art to advance discussions around the theme of
Roppongi’s future. In the two years since 2020, amidst the lengthening COVID-19 pandemic, the project
has eased into its activities by looking to relationships made possible because of distance and thecontinuing changes of everyday life. This exhibition will focus on participants’ daily lives, featuring two
components. The Woven Discussion Project cultivated discussion to understand the true form of
Roppongi’s community and looked at the art surrounding us, presenting them in film format. The Woven
Meal Project asked participants to use the concept of “food” as a way to communicate their feelings to theimportant people they could not see, capturing a single item in a photograph.
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday)
open until 18:00 only)
Location: Keyakizaka Complex Basement Level 1
Participation: Free

NPO Corporation Nijiironokaze《 NO BORDERSーMaestro Morio Matsui and his friends》
The Art Night Café, which begins on September 13 (Tues), will once again hold an exhibition themed tooutsider art this year, continuing from the success of 2019. Artworks by children will naturally merge
into artworks by Morio Matsui, painter of light. “Hearts touched by pureness” traverse any and allboundaries, offering us many ways to co-exist. The future of art is infinite in this new experimental
exhibition.
Date and Time: September 13 (Tues) – 16 (Fri), 11:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 18 (Sun), 11:00 –22:00; September 19 (Mon/Holiday) 11:00 – 18:00
Location: Roppongi Hills, Hills Café SpacePart of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

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KEY TRAD.《Amor Japanese Music in Roppongi》
Tradition is born from immeasurable time! Once a staple of the Japanese lifestyle, identity, and pride,
traditional Japanese music has a bold history woven from countless instances of change and cultural
influence. The intense, fleeting, and refined sounds of Japan that have survived for over a thousand
years embody the joy, pain, and sadness of countless predecessors. From classical masterworks
emphasizing distinct sounds to modern day improvisations that playfully utilize transcendent techniques,
the audience will be treated to the magic and possibilities of traditional Japanese music in this live
performance. Has Japanese music always been this free and dynamic!?
Date and Time: September 19 (Mon/Holiday) 16:00 – 16:30, Entry tickets will be distributed at 15:00
Location: Roppongi Hills, Hills Café Space
Participation: Free

Tokyo City View
This indoor observation deck stands 250 meters above sea level and is located centrally in Tokyo. Withviews of metropolitan Tokyo landmarks such as Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree, and visibility all theway to Mt. Fuji on clear days, you can enjoy the “city of Tokyo as art.”

Hours: 10:00-22:00 (Last admission at 21:00)
Location: Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52nd Floor)
Admission: Adults ¥2,200, etc.

The Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary Exhibition - The Rose of Versailles Forever This exhibition reveals thoughts and quotes from Riyoko Ikeda, the writer of the treasured original filmthat debuted 50 years ago. Visitors can enjoy a dreamlike world where the picturesque views of the
250-meter-tall observation deck Tokyo City View are woven together with The Rose of Versailles.
Hours: 10:00-22:00 (Last admission at 21:00)
Location: Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52nd Floor)
Admission: Adults ¥2,200, etc.

©Ikeda Riyoko Production

Special Exhibition Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
From John Tenniel’s illustrations to Disney’s hand-drawn animated film, Tim Burton’s Alice inWonderland, artworks by Salvador Dali and Yayoi Kusama inspired by Alice, costumes from ballet
performances, and fashion pieces from Vivienne Westwood, this comprehensive exhibition brings
together roughly 300 articles from the world of Alice.

Date and Time: July 16 (Sat) – October 10 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 20:00 (Mon, Tues, Wed open until 18:00);
September 19 (Mon/Holiday) and October 10 (Mon/Holiday), open until 20:00. Last entry is 30 minutes
before closing.
Location: Mori Arts Center Gallery (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52nd Floor)

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■ Roppongi Hills《無限之超大國Ⅱ》
454.0×220.0 cm, kent paper , ink

Daisuke Tajima「BEYOND THE LINES 超越界限」
This solo exhibition features Daisuke Tajima, whose drawings of cityscapes burst with overwhelming
impact while evoking a sensation of the ephemeral, and is timed to coincide with the much-anticipatedrelease of his picture book BEYOND THE LINES. His impulse is channeled through aggressive line marksthat freely dash and cross through the composition, building up into an ingenious worldview that is truly
unique. The exhibition will focus on the monumental works that are published in his picture book. This
exhibition is a once in a lifetime chance to experience in large scale the creativity of Daisuke Tajima, anartist capable of redefining the very potential for 2-dimensional expression.

©Daisuke Tajima 2020

Date and Time: September 16 (Fri) – October 10 (Mon/Holiday), 12:00 – 20:00
Location: Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery (Roppongi Hills West Walk 3rd Floor)
Admission: Free

■ Mori Art Museum
Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic
This exhibition introduces 140 artworks by 16 domestic and international artists, with works including
an installation made of pollen and beeswax, both materials that evoke the essence of life. Nature andhumanity, the individual and society, the spiritual world, the everyday routine, and finally life and death– these artworks delve into subjects connected to life and existence, stimulating our power to imagine.
Through diverse viewpoints in contemporary art, this exhibition considers how we live in this new era
emerging from the pandemic and what “wellbeing” – health in both mind and body – actually means.
Wolfgang LaibPollen from Hazelnut
2015-2018
Courtesy of Kenji Taki Gallery (Nagoya, Tokyo)
Exhibition view of Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning:
Wellbeing During and After the Pandemic at Mori Art
Museum (Tokyo), 2022
Photograph: Takeru Koroda
Image Courtesy of Mori Art Museum

Date and Time: June 29 (Wed) – November 6 (Sun), 10:00 – 22:00 (Last entry at 21:30)*Open until 17:00 on Tuesdays (Last entry at 16:30)*Open every day during the exhibition period
Location: Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53rd Floor)
Admission: Weekdays Adults ¥1800 (¥1600), Students (College and High School) ¥1200 (¥1100), Children (4years – Middle School) ¥600 (¥500), Seniors (65 years and up) ¥1500 (¥1300)
Sat / Sun / Holiday Adults ¥2000 (¥1800), Students (College and High School) ¥1300 (¥1200), Children (4years – Middle School) ¥700 (¥600), Seniors (65 years and up) ¥1700 (¥1500)*Tickets purchased through the online site will receive the discounted price indicated with ( )MAM Collection 015: Welcome to the Fairyland – Yanagi Miwa, Odani Motohiko, Yoo Seungho andNawa Kohei
The land of Senkyo, where immortal hermits dwell, is an iteration of a utopian paradise. The 4 artists inthis exhibition invite you to visit this fairyland.
MAM Screen 016: Cao Fei
Cao Fei is a highly recognized international artist, representative of the generation born after China’s
economic reform. Her feature-length film Nova (2019) will be shown.
Exhibition view of MAM Collection 015: Welcome to the
Fairyland – Yanagi Miwa, Odani Motohiko, Yoo Seungho
and Nawa Kohei
Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), 2022
Photograph: Takeru Koroda
Image Courtesy of Mori Art Museum

MAM Research 009: Imagining Justice – Asian American Art Movements
This exhibition introduces the wide-ranging cultural practices, artworks, and projects by Asian American
artists and musicians who have been active from the 1960s onward, in a validation of the momentous
role that art can achieve.
Date and Time: June 29 (Wed) – November 6 (Sun). 10:00 – 22:00 (Last entry at 21:30)*Open until 17:00 on Tuesdays (Last entry at 16:30)*Open every day during the exhibition period
Location: Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53rd Floor)
Admission: Included with tickets to Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Wellbeing During and After the
Pandemic

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Lawrence Weiner《HERE FOR A TIME
THERE FOR A TIME&SOMEWHERE FOR A TIME》
A variety of locations such as Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown will hold exhibitions of artworks inspired by the
metropolis of Tokyo and the city of Roppongi, both past and present. This work will comprise the results of a
discussion delving into the nuances of translation in artworks that incorporate both English and Japanese. The act oftranslating the meanings or mental images conveyed by words and characters often falls short in some way, and these
moments of disconnect will be identified and presented as artwork.
1/2 BEGUN, 1/2 FINISHED, WHENSOEVER
2008/2016 Ishikawa Foundation©Lawrence Weiner, Okayama Art Summit 2016
Courtesy of TARO NASU
Photo : Yasushi Ichikawa

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00(On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Midtown Garden Street Banners,Tokyo Midtown
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program
Kimsooja 《 Deductive Object 》
This work imagines the beginnings of the universe. The jet-black object evokes the nothingness that exists in the
prelude to everything, resembling a portal opening suddenly into another dimension. Circling around the work,
phantom images of buildings and trees will flicker in the mirrors at the base of your feet and accumulate together
with the void-like object, leading to a mysterious visual and sensory art experience.

photo: Keizo Kioku

Date and Time: September 10 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00(On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1st Floor
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

Takahisa Furuya《Face identification by A.I》
Three years have passed since this work was presented at the 2019 Tokyo Midtown Award. I no longer have to play
the role of a machine, but it is in fact my everyday life spent not as a machine that feels more like science fiction. Like
the final scene in Planet of the Apes, where we escape from a nightmare only to end up with a feeling of emptiness,my gaze inadvertently keeps turning to vending machines and robots as I walk through the city. The term “future” is alimitless expression, and in a show of respect for the A.I. that will inhabit that future, I decided to become a machine
again.
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 11:00 – 20:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until
18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria 2nd Floor, next to Lucien pellat-finet
Participation: Freemagma《ROCK'N》
The human brain relies on sense of sight for 80% of the information it receives from the body’s sensory organs. In thepresent day, masks have become ingrained in our lives, leaving only half of our face discernible and forcing our bodies
to make up for this by activating other sensory organs in our attempts to recognize other people. For example, if ourvisual information was reduced to 50%, then what other senses would supplement the remaining half, and how would
our view of the world change?
The symbolic collage being created is themed to the sixth sense.
Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (OnSeptember 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1st Floor
Participation: Free
Roppongi Future Conference Idea Realization Project #20'WOODY BEAR' 2020 © magma,

Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

Photo by Kenya Chiba

Masahide Matsuda 《The Big Flat Now》
Born in the flat era of now, THE LAUGHING MAN CLUB is a series of work that mashes together the “Laughing Man,”
known from Ghost in the Shell, and the “crying laughter” symbol used in countless forms of online communication.
Without differentiating between physical space and imaginary time, the work will fuse abstract support with direct
participation and community, unfolding like the chapters of a Netflix production through a fused slime of so-called“contents” such as visual art, newsletters, and commercial goods.
The Laughing Man (2022), 3D Illustration
by Kai Yoshizawa

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until
18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria
Participation: Free
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Emiko Makino《 Cage of night birds 》
Within the same space we can find “diurnal” and “nocturnal” creatures, which, despite their differing
natures, often coexist while living on completely separate timelines. How about in this city? For us, aslong as there is light, there is no daytime or nighttime. As we inhabit places where the light shines, oursensation of time goes haywire. In this city, where we’ve lost our ability to distinguish time, day andnight both belong to us…
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00(On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1st Floor
Participation: Free

Yoichi Sakamoto《Floating Surface》
This installation uses the vibrations of an elastic cord to depict the surface of water. We often stare atlakes, rivers, and especially oceans for no particular reason or goal, and this work questions if we aredrawn to the same inclinations with fabricated visuals that mimic nature.
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00(On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria 1st Floor
Participation: Free

Chiaki Yamamoto《 A walking dog will get something 2022 》
In the artist’s project “Walking with a 12-foot Piece of Wood,” the artist had walked around freely while
carrying a 12 foot piece of wood, but this time, they were not able to receive permission to use the publicroads. It seems that if you try to receive permission to walk with a 12 foot piece of wood, you’ll lose yourfreedom to walk where you wish. They ended up walking the premises of Tokyo Midtown, the only
location they were allowed to walk. They couldn’t go out on public roads. Imagining the experience of adog leashed in the garden, how would it feel to walk only on permitted grounds? (When you find theartist, you can start a conversation or walk along with them.)《Where Are We Going? 》,2020

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 13:30 – 19:00 (On September 19(Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Plaza Basement Level 1 / Various areas of Midtown
Participation: Free

Fuyuki Ono《Interior》“Interior” can indicate interior decoration, interior furnishing, or interior design. The furniture andnecessities made to fit our various domestic needs have clear functions and beautiful forms, playing an
intimate role in our daily lives. By altering their arrangement or reconfiguring them with other objects,
do they lose their function and become “art”? This project will investigate the perception of “interior”
and “artwork” on Tokyo Midtown’s 3rd Floor, a section which includes a number of interior and design
shops.

s ce n e ,2017

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 11:00 – 20:00 (OnSeptember 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Tokyo Midtown Galleria 3rd Floor in front of IDÉE SHOP/IDÉE CAFÉ PARC
Participation: Free

Kotaro Sekiguchi and People in Roppongi《L’Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower, wrapped in newspapers and packing tapes》
Artwork from the workshop by Kotaro Sekiguchi held as a related program to the exhibition “Christo andJeanne-Claude ‘L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’” at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT.
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon) 10:00 – 19:00
Location: Midtown Garden,Tokyo Midtown
In partnership with 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Participation: Free
Part of the early viewing
exhibition program
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■ Tokyo Midtown
ISETAN SALONE Contemporary Art「Art & Character」
In this exhibition, you can make new discoveries by drawing meaning from the meeting of cutecharacters on one side and contemporary art on the other side. The main artist in this edition isSKY, who transcends generational and racial barriers with a rubber duck character she developed
from her childhood memories. Additionally, a number of other characters from famous artists will
be exhibited. Please take this chance to see for yourself.
＜Artists＞
SKY / Takashi Murakami

Date and Time: September 14 (Wed) – 27 (Tues), 11:00 – 20:00
Location: ISETAN SALONE,Tokyo Midtown Galleria 1st Floor

Concurrent Program■ Suntory Museum of Art
Miwotsukushi: Beauty Galore―A Guide to the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts Collection
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1936 as the third public(prefectural or municipal)art
museum in Japan, following Tokyo and Kyoto. Built up over many years, the collection is truly
varied and numbers over 8,500 pieces of Japanese and Chinese painting, calligraphy, sculpture,and craft that span from BCE to modern times. Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts upcoming
temporary closure for large-scale renovation beginning in fall of 2022 allowed an opportunity to
exhibit rare masterpieces that are rarely on view together in a single show even in their own space,
and this occasion marks the first time they will be exhibited outside of the institution.
Date and Time: September 14 (Wed) – November 13 (Sun), 10:00 – 18:00; On Fridays, Saturdays,
and September 18 (Sun), September 22 (Thurs), October 9 (Sun), November 2 (Wed), open 10:00– 20:00 (Last entry is 30 minutes before closing)*Closed on Tuesdays (except November 8 – museum open until 18:00 that day)
Location: Suntory Museum of Art, Exhibition Hall
Admission: Adults ¥1500, College and High School Students ¥1000, Middle School Students andYounger Free

Gasho Yamanaka《Hiten－Celestial maiden》
Based in the concept of “a new stirring of tradition,” this work combines various techniques in
traditional art forms into a reconstructed classical and contemporary dance performance for themodern age. Traversing time eternal and following the silk road along Persia, Gandhara, and Japan,
the celestial beings in heavenly garments swoop down upon Roppongi Art Night in a twinkling
glimmer. The fusion of modern and traditional dance, contemporary music and classical instruments
will ignite a mysterious alchemy that comes to life in the Suntory Museum of Art.
Production Cooperation： Foundation for promotion of Chofu city’s culture and community.

Photo／NOBORU YOSHIMURA

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) 13:30~, 15:30~, 18:00~ (Approximate 45-minute duration)
Location: Suntory Museum of Art 6th Floor Hall
Participation: Free (Museum admission fee required separately) [Early inquiries given priority]“Roppongi Art Cruise” Documentary Film Screening
Project Partners: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Mori Art Museum LearningThis screening will include documentary and production footage of a prior workshop for middle andhigh school students. Witness the recording of an adventure as they travel to the museums of
Roppongi and discover art.
*Early program Roppongi Art Cruise took place on August 17 (Wed)Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 18 (Sun), 10:00 – 20:00; September 19 (Mon/Holiday) 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Suntory Museum of Art 1st Floor Lecture RoomParticipation: Free
©Tatsuyuki Tayama
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■ 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Christo and Jeanne-Claude "L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped”
This exhibition focuses on the origins and extent of the activities of contemporary artist duo Christo
and Jeanne-Claude. This look at the background and development process for “L’Arc de Triomphe,
Wrapped,” which was realized in Paris in September 2021, will emphasize the sheer power of their
imagination.
* "Communication Tour" will be held as a related program during the exhibition period.
Please see the website for details.
Date and Time: June 13, 2022 (Mon) – February 12, 2023 (Sun), 10:00 – 19:00 (Last entry at 18:30)*Closed on Tuesdays and the New Year Holiday (December 27, 2022 – January 3, 2023)
Location: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Admission: Adults ¥1200, College Students ¥800, High School Students ¥500, Middle School andYounger Free

■ The National Art Center, Tokyo
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
History of a Collection with Civic Commitments
Museum Ludwig, overseen by the City of Cologne, Germany’s fourth most populous city, is one of
the world’s leading institutions with a specialty in art from the 20th century to the contemporary
era. The museum’s outstanding collection was shaped by donations from citizens. This exhibition,
which focuses on collectors such as Peter and Irene Ludwig, whose name graces the museum,presents 152 notable works, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos by artists
associated with German Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit as well as Picasso, the Russian avantgarde, and Pop art.

Kasimir Malevich《 Spremus No.38》
Museum Ludwig, Köln / Cologne, ML 01294.
(Photo: © Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln,
rba_d033965_01)

Date and Time: June 29 (Wed) – September 26 (Mon), 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry at 17:30)*On Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00 – 20:00 (Last entry 19:30)*Closed on Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo Special Exhibition Gallery 2E
Admission: Adults ¥2000, College Students ¥1200, High School Students ¥800

Lee Ufan, 15th Anniversary of the National Art Center, Tokyo
This major retrospective exhibition showcases the work of Lee Ufan (born 1936), an artist
synonymous with “Mono-ha,” one of the most influential movements in postwar Japan. Born in theSouth Gyeongsang Province of Korea, Lee spearheaded the “Mono-ha” movement from the late1960s to early 1970s with measured combinations of natural and synthetic materials, both inartwork and in writing. This exhibition marks his first retrospective in Tokyo, and along with tracing
the course of his creative journey, it presents his most recent works that demonstrate a fresh stateof mind.

Lee Ufan in Kamakura, 2022
Photo© Lee Ufan, photo: Shu Nakagawa

Date and Time: August 10 (Wed) – November 7 (Mon), 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry at 17:30)*On Fridays and Saturdays, 10:00 –20:00 (Last entry 19:30)*Closed on Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo Special Exhibition Gallery 1E
Admission: Adults ¥1700, College Students ¥1200, High School Students ¥800

Shunsuke Imai《untitled》
Shunsuke Imai’s works are rooted in an investigation of the fundamental components of painting –color, shape, and space. His colored forms contrast with each other to yield a hard-edged image. In
recent years, he has extracted the colorful patterns from his paintings and translated them to paperthat he applies to wall surfaces, or transferred those patterns to cloth and filmed them to create
video works. He will be developing an installation in the spacious 1st floor lobby of The National Art
Center, Tokyo with an array of vibrant patterns taken from his paintings.

Shunsuke Imai《untitled》2017

Date and Time: September 14 (Wed) – 19 (Mon/Holiday); Please see the website for times
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo 1st Floor Lobby
Admission: Free
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■ The National Art Center, Tokyo
Soichiro Mihara《blank project#4 Imaginary Rhetoric》

Imaginary Rhetoric is the concluding piece of blank project, started by the artist in the aftermathof the Great East Japan Earthquake. This sound installation utilizes “bird call” instruments to emit
sounds that mimic birds chirping. Bolts screwed into pieces of wood are rotated at random via
programmed motors, making squeaking noises. How will humans react the moment they realizethat what they thought were natural sounds are in fact generated randomly by man-madedevices? We hope that you’ll listen attentively to the sounds in each location throughout thevenue.

Soichiro Mihara《blank project#4 Imaginary Rhetoric》,2016
In collaboration with Tsushima Art Fantasia
Photo：Tadasu Yamamoto

Date and Time: September 14 (Wed) – 19 (Mon/Holiday); Please see the website for times
Location: Various sites within The National Art Center, Tokyo
Participation: Free

Takuro Tamayama《NACT View 01 Museum Static Lights》
Takuro Tamayama is adept at transforming existing spaces into unfamiliar scenes, and his new
installation will be exhibited in the 1st floor lobby. Two concrete cones measuring 16- and 8-meterstall stand with an imposing presence in the lobby’s stretching horizontal layout designed by Kisho
Kurokawa. Tamayama will treat the forms of these cones as a motif, creating an artwork of lightthat stimulates an awareness of the entire space.

Photo courtesy: Sony Park Mini

Date and Time: September 14 (Wed) – December 26 (Mon); Please see the website for times
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo 1st Floor Lobby
Participation: Free

<Artist Associations’ Exhibition> 106th NIKA ART EXHIBITION
Organized by NIKA ASSOCIATION
Artwork genre: Painting, sculpture, design, photography
Date and Time: September 7 (Wed) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry at 17:30)
Final day 10:00 – 14:00 (Last entry at 13:00) *Closed on Tuesdays
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo Gallery 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3A, 3B;
Open-air Exhibition Areas A, B, C, D
Admission: Adults ¥1000, College and High School Students ¥800, Junior-high School Students andYounger Free
From September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), present the guidebook to receive a ¥100 discount

Cross Talk: Shunsuke Imai x Ryo Sawayama
This event will feature Shunsuke Imai, who will be presenting his installation in the open lobby of

The National Art Center, Tokyo, and art critic Ryo Sawayama in dialogue with one another.
Though Imai’s foundation is in bright pop-like painting that merges the two- and threedimensional, he has expanded into the mediums of sculpture, video, and installations that
integrate real spaces. In conversation with Imai will be art critic Sawayama, known for his pointed
inquiries into painting. The two have been friends since their time as students, and in their first
conversation together they will look at the essence of Imai’s paintings and how they havechanged along the way.

Shunsuke Imai 《untitled》,2022

Date and Time: September 19 (Mon/Holiday), 16:00 – 16:45
Location: The National Art Center, Tokyo 3rd Floor Auditorium
Capacity: 100 People
Participation: Free / Pre-registration required *Details regarding the registration process will beannounced on the official website
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■ Roppongi Crossing / Other Areas of Roppongi
Beneath Our Skin Runs Colorful Blood
Sebastian Masuda 《Polychromatic Skin -Gender Tower-》This tower expresses gender in many colors through a diverse range of materials, becoming amarker in Roppongi Crossing. Beneath our skin runs colorful blood – Polychromatic Skin is a seriesof artworks that break through and liberate us from the unconscious stereotypes that stand in theway of freedom and peace embodied by gender. Race, religion, age, gender, national borders… wealready hold the means to break through any and all barriers and connect to one another.

Polychromatic Skin -Gender Tower- image

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19(Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Crossing Clocktower
Participation: Free
Sebastian Masuda 《Polychromatic Skin -Flower-》
We’ll add color to a plain white planter. Beneath our skin runs colorful blood – Polychromatic Skin
is a series of artworks that break through and liberate us from the unconscious stereotypes thatstand in the way of freedom and peace embodied by gender. Race, religion, age, gender, national
borders… we already hold the means to break through any and all barriers and connect to one
another.

Polychromatic Skin -Flower- image

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19(Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Crossing Planter
Participation: Free
Sebastian Masuda 《Polychromatic Skin -Gender Wall-》This wall expresses gender in many colors through a diverse range of materials. Beneath our skinruns colorful blood – Polychromatic Skin is a series of artworks that break through and liberate us
from the unconscious stereotypes that stand in the way of freedom and peace embodied by gender.
Race, religion, age, gender, national borders… we already hold the means to break through any andall barriers and connect to one another.

Polychromatic Skin -Gender Wall- image

Date and Time: September 10 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19
(Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: ROA Building Temporary Fencing
Participation: Free
Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

Shunsuke Imai《untitled》
Shunsuke Imai’s works are rooted in an investigation of the fundamental components of painting –color, shape, and space. His colored forms contrast with each other to yield a hard-edged image.
Patterns of shapes extracted from his paintings will appear on the highway bridge at Roppongi Crossing.
We hope you’ll enjoy this three-dimensional graphic illusion.

Shunsuke Imai《untitled》2017

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19(Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Roppongi Crossing Bridge
Participation: Free
Michael Lin《Windows》
Two sites of differing scale and scenery, the Giott House building and the facade of West Walk South in
Roppongi Hills, are covered with a motif adapted from traditional Taiwanese lattice windows in thepattern of coins.
The lattice motif functions as a screen that encourages the experience of “looking,” while the coinpattern speaks of economic exchange. By conflating the act of looking and economic exchange,
Windows seeks to reflect on our contemporary culture of visual consumption by way of the two sites in
Roppongi and their respective activities of nightlife and (window) shopping.

Windows, 2018
Exhibition at Taiwan High Speed Rail Taichung Station

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Giotto House
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program
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Iku Harada《WHITE CUBE - WHITE CUBE - ROPPONGI 2022》
For this artwork in Roppongi, Harada first rendered the Roppongi cityscape within the virtual world ofher computer, then translated the world as seen from that virtual setting into physical artwork. In
addition, she’ll be incorporating element of optical illusion that she has been using since 2018, so thatviewers will experience unusual distortions as they shift their vantage point. Beyond viewing throughthe naked eye, when the works are seen through a mobile device, the strange sensation blurring reality
and fiction will become further pronounced. In this way, the artist pursues to create works to encourage
viewers moving back and forth between the reality and illusion.
《WHITE CUBE -WHITE CUBE 2018》
Art Front Gallery, Photo: Hiroshi Noguchi

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Reine Building 1, 1st Floor
Participation: Free

Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

GengoRaw (Tomoya Ishibashi + Kento Niikura), Ryuji Yoshida, Kohei Futakuchi, Tomoya Yoshida《Whispers from Buzz》
This installation utilizes AI to generate poetry based on trending words from Twitter. As we live in an
era where enormous counts of words are transmitted to social media, the work sets us on a collisioncourse with the new intelligence that statistically processes those words, evoking the dialogue andmedia that saturate our present moment.

©2019 GengoRaw

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19(Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Ignoppor 1st Floor
Participation: Free

Riva Christophe《Human Vending Machine》
This vibrant artist, who is active in the world of street art, will present a new large-scale painting
created for specifically for this event. The exhibition will take place in a vacant space that once housed aconvenience store, and the artist in this work will question human existence in a consumer society.
You’ll be able to feel the dark humor that is central to this artist’s practice.

photo: Daisaku OOZU

Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) – 16 (Fri), 10:00 – 20:00; September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday),
10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
Location: Yaguchi Building 1st Floor
Part of the early viewing
Participation: Free
exhibition program

NORA design collective《Room of Distance》

A person lives inside of the screen. No one knows where they’re from. They can only be reached for a few
seconds at a time… Installed in the form of the sanitizer dispensers that we now notice on a daily basis,
this new type of video playback equipment will be placed/exhibited at various sites throughout Roppongi
Art Night. If you come across one of these, be sure not to avert your eyes while using the sanitizer.
Date and Time: Implementation date and time undecided
Location: Rapiros Roppongi, Ignoppor 1st Floor
Participation: Free

Koichiro Azuma《 Infinite Wheels》
While living in the town of Toride, the artist was shocked to find out that it was known as “the city ofbicycles.” Because no one in the town rides bicycles. Apparently, when its cycle racing track was built, it
was hyped as a city of bicycles. Now in Toride, mountains of bicycles lie abandoned only waiting to be
destroyed. But through the artist’s work, the bicycles become reborn. Each of them has a story to tell.
Where was it bought, how was it used, where did it go? By assembling fragments of the original owner’s
memory, is it possible to breathe new life into these bicycles, for which time and history stand still?
photo: Ikuya Takahashi

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Roppongi West Park
Participation: Free
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Cheer for Art! Plaza
The “Cheer for Art! Tokyo Project” is the first program of its kind in Japan to provide
support to professional artists and cultural practitioners, in order to keep the flameof culture alive in the midst the COVID-19 pandemic. The project streams videos byartists and professionals who cannot help but continue to create, providing support
for their activities while facilitating the chance to bring countless people in touchwith art.
In the “Cheer for Art! Plaza,” the artists selected by the project’s “art club” will
engage in live painting in Roppongi West Park. We hope you’ll enjoy their real-time
performances and artworks. We will also display works by 3 other artists who areparticipating in the “Cheer for Art! Tokyo Project.”
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Roppongi West Park
Participation: Free

Live Painting Participating Artists*The times for each live painting session are subject to change. Thank you for your understanding.

Shinjiro Tanaka / Artist
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat), 10:00 – 13:00

Asuka Ito / Artist
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat), 13:00 – 15:30

NOVOL/Painting Artist
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat), 15:30 – 18:00

Maki Emura/illustrator,graphic designer

MILTZ/Graphic Artist
Date and Time: September 18 (Sun), 10:00 – 13:00

Etsuko Fukushi / Illustrator, designer
Date and Time: September 18 (Sun), 10:00 – 13:00

Yuka Ito / PainterDate and Time: September 18 (Sun), 13:00 – 15:30

Takako Susai / Artist
Date and Time: September 18 (Sun), 15:30 – 18:00

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat), 15:30 – 18:00

Cheer for Art! Tokyo Project (Personal Version)
The official website hosts over 7,000 video works in genres including not only art, but also music, drama, dance, film, and traditionalarts. You’re sure to find the diverse culture of Tokyo, amazing artists, and fascinating artworks.
URL：https://cheerforart.jp/

Installation Artworks
The following 3 artists are participating in the “Cheer for Art! Tokyo Project”

Koichiro Azuma《Infinite Wheels》

Yusuke Iguchi 《KALEIDOSCAPE》

photo: Ikuya Takahashi©YusukeIguchi

Takahisa Furuya《Face identification by A.I》

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■ Roppongi Crossing / Other Areas of Roppongi
Mikawadai Park Seize Roppongi
Tomoko Iwata / in collaboration with Minato-ku Roppongi Middle School Art Department
Map of the Ground -Making Roppongi's mapThe map is a tool that uses human footprints and viewpoints to document our stay on the earth. The
paths walked by living things become roads that connect and intersect, while lights and views
continue to shift. The ground is like a living being that breathes and evolves. By seizing that ground,
we can create a Map of the ground.
Walk with the flow of people to the intersection. Follow the highway that passes overhead, and as
you descend the hill, you’ll arrive at Mikawadai Park, filled with trees that provide shade during the
day and wait in quiet at night.
Image capturing Map of the Ground

Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Mikawadai Park
Participation: Free

Chiharu Mizukawa《“Sakura tea room” –Water veins are connected-》
These things have come from the sea to the earth. In a repeating loop, they change forms, and fromnow on the flowers will continue to bloom. Much like a prayer for the future, today’s whisperings,
this moment right now, will become the flower buds that bloom in future seasons.
This work uses seawater in a technique of invisible drawing. In the moment of drawing, the image isinvisible and cannot be seen, but when it comes into contact with fire, the particles in the water
become burned into color, and the image emerges through this technique.
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 18:00
Location: Mikawadai Park
Participation: Free
Sakura Bud, 2021, materials: seawater, salt, paper■ Roppongi Shopping District
Exhibition on Roppongi Street Lighting Pole
Installed by the Roppongi Shopping District Promotional Association, the smart streetlights will display
outstanding works from the Roppongi Photo Contest and Roppongi Designers Flag Contest on theirdigital screens.
Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Roppongi Crossing Streetlights
Participation: Free

Part of the early viewing
exhibition program

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■ Inclusive Art Program
In this tour, a variety of people will gather together to make the rounds of Roppongi Art Night. Let’s enjoy the fascinating discoveries of art andthe city while engaging in conversation with the other participants.
In partnership with NPO Corporation Able Art Japan

Online Art Appreciation Gathering 『Conversations Together in Art Appreciation -Roppongi Art Night-』
Participants can join in from anywhere throughout the country! You’ll be able to enjoy artwork together with those who can’t see or hear. In
this space of conversation, let yourself relax and join in.
Date and Time: September 18 (Sun), 18:00 – 20:15
Location: Online
Participation: Free / Pre-registration required *Details regarding the registration process will be announced on the official website in early AugustOpen to anyone interested in online art appreciation (Limit of 10 participants)
Participants will be joining via Zoom

Art Appreciation Tour『A Great Adventure in Art Appreciation -Roppongi Art Night-』
Look, listen, speak, and feel. Let’s have an Art Night adventure together through these many means of communication! We’ll enjoy the
artworks of Roppongi Art Night at a leisurely pace.
Date and Time: September 19 (Mon/Holiday), 14:00 – 16:00
Location: Various Roppongi Art Night venues
Participation: Free / Pre-registration required *Details regarding the registration process will be announced on the official website in earlyAugustOpen to those who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, or require use of a wheelchair or stroller, and all others interested in art
appreciation (Limit of 10 participants)■ Foreign Language Guided Tour©2018 Kenji Seo

Wander & Wonder Tour
Let’s rediscover our city through art! This art appreciation tour will take a look at artworks that incorporate English language. As a result of the
COVID crisis, there are probably many people who consider Tokyo or the cosmopolitan Roppongi as their second hometown. After the tour,
you’ll share your roots and memories with the other participants, and the group will engage in conversation about art and the city with thesediverse viewpoints in mind. While fostering an even deeper appreciation for the artworks, this will become a chance to think of your current
residence in a new light.
In collaboration with Lana Tran
Date and Time: September 17 (Sat), 17:00 – 19:30; September 18 (Sun), 17:00 – 19:30
Location: Meeting at Roppongi Hills under Louise Bourgeois’s Maman (large spider sculpture), then proceeding to various Roppongi Art Night venues
Participation: Free / Pre-registration required *Details regarding the registration process will be announced on the official website
Open to those who can converse in English (Those who have come from abroad and those living in Japan with international roots)
Limited to 15 participants

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■ Roppongi Art Night Digital「 Roppongi Art Night Digital 2022」
This program will present video works selected from the open call project, talks that look back on thehistory of Roppongi Art Night, and documentary films through the official website and YouTube
channel [RAN TV]. The line-up of contents will be streamed beginning on September 3, in advance of

the Roppongi Art Night event. Comments from this year’s participating artists will occasionally be
uploaded to official social media accounts and YouTube channel [RAN TV].
Date and Time: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free

Looking Back at Roppongi Art Night – A Talk with Fumio Nanjo
Hosted by Fumio Nanjo (Roppongi Art Night 2009-2019 Executive Director, Mori Art Museum
Special Advisor)
Former Executive Director Fumio Nanjo takes a look back at the history of Roppongi Art Night fromits inaugural edition in 2009 all the way to 2019, with comments from the main artists featured over
the respective years. (Recorded in summer 2021)
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free

C for S (Moeko Ishiguro, Masumi Inoue)《Choreography of encounters》
We continue our attempts to understand space through daily movements such as walking and sitting.
These movements that enable us to understand space are choreography, which in turn yields images
that I consider to be scenography. In this work, I record and edit movements in public spaces, adding
sounds to express the relationship between the body and space and the images that emerge from their
combination. By removing the original meaning and function of public spaces as we know them, andtransforming them into a type of playground, I would like to show the intrigue of simply watching theinteractions between people and space. Composed by Marin Escandou.
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free

This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』

Yu Jidaisho 《Blurred Boundaries》

By filming a performance that superimposes improvised contrabass onto a program-generated melody,and combining the footage with CG animation utilizing my own 3D model, I create a montage of conflicting
dualities such as improvisation vs. reenactment, fact vs. fiction, and human vs. computer, blurring theirboundaries in this experimental video work. While the performance itself is inherently subjective, it must
be observed objectively during the editing process. This progression of work, in which I play all roles fromperformance to editing, makes those distinctions ambiguous and is an essential part of the piece. I used
the program Max8 to generate the melody and then performed it with synth-based tones.
Yu Jidaisho

Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』
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Iyo Hasegawa and Ikumi Togawa《sure》
This video work was created by two Japanese artists who held a residency during lockdown in Paris.
Hasegawa populated an entire room with the small leveling clips used to align grids of tiles, questioning
the “accuracy” of measuring. She layers recollections of how her creative process went unseen due torepeated curfews and the inability of people to witness her work, in the same way that the leveling clips
vanish when the tile is laid. In this installation, dancer Togawa feels the discrepancies that arise in theperception of the space on a physical level, and through her movements suggests a new extensity to theviewer.
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』

Keita Hara《Paper Thin》
A dream of washi paper, ghosts, and neon. We reminisce in this place that is both near and distant. Byreaching back into our memories, we’ll pursue the things we’ve let go in the process of becoming adults,
and the things that we’ve only just realized were lost in the passage of time. Taking place in Kouchi
prefecture, this story brings together our memories with the washi paper that is disappearing fromeveryday life. The paper man appearing in this work was crafted from Tosa washi.
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』

Daigo Sakane《 Tokyo Mandala 》
This work expresses Tokyo as reconstructed in the mind of the artist, who aims to develop video spacesof dynamic equilibrium. Tokyo is a city that is constantly undergoing a rapid pace of destruction andcreation. This work uses collage and psychedelic expression to portray such a sense of contrast. Collage
as a form of expression is rooted in the real world, but holds the potential to juxtapose various objects
that normally don’t exist together. Cats float in the sky of the Kabukicho district, then fall like fireworks,
and a different flower blooms. In sprinkling psychedelic elements into this collage, the boundaries havebecome blurred. This work embraces a love for the metropolis of roaring commercialism that is Tokyo –a place of possibility, creation, destruction, and vibrant color.
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free

This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』

Contortion Group Nogara 《 Live Flexibly ~Twisting People~ 》
Kitchen staff at a restaurant, businessmen at work, janitors absorbed in cleaning, children playing
innocently… While these may be mundane scenes, the “twisting” people integrate themselves into
them as the recurring theme of this short film. Can the human body really twist that far? Their strange
movements make it seem like they aren’t even human. As they use their figures to create unusual
curves that are both beautiful and discomforting, what lies in store when they continue to gather?

Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』
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Temple Works《Temple Master [Tokyo Midtown]》
No matter the object or location, the “Temple Master” can balance a ball on their temple. And this time,they’ve made their appearance in Tokyo Midtown, at the heart of the Akasaka area in Roppongi, the cityof art and design. This video is composed of the simple act of them balancing a ball on their temple.
Streaming Date: September 3 (Sat) onwards
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
Temple Works

This program was selected through the『Open Call Project』

Roppongi Art Night 2022 Archive
An introduction to every artwork included in Roppongi Art Night 2022.
Streaming Date: Late September (scheduled)
Location: Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV]
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight
Participation: Free
©2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
All Rights Reserved. ©MADSAKI/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
All Rights Reserved. ©Fujiko-Pro

Roppongi Art Night 2009 – 2019 Records
We present a comprehensive record of the participating artists, program offerings, and related data foreach of the past 10 editions of Roppongi Art Night.

Roppongi Night Dance Vol. 7 (Midnight Bon Dance)
by Ryohei Kondo and partners, held at 3:00 in themorning as part of Roppongi Art Night 2019

Streaming Date: Details to be announced via the official website
Location: Official website
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Participation: Free

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■ Roppongi Art Night 2022 Overview

Official Name

Roppongi Art Night 2022

Mission Statement「 Roppongi Art Night is an art extravaganza staged in the district of Roppongi. The event offers a pioneering model
for urban development as well as a lifestyle that celebrates the enjoyment of art in our everyday lives. Amidst the
backdrop of Roppongi, where commercial and cultural establishments flourish, the event presents an array ofcontemporary art, design, music, film, and performances sprinkled throughout the city in an extraordinary
experiential offering. Debuting in March 2009 as an art festival emblematic of Tokyo, the event has continued todevelop in scope with each year.
*Cancelled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, and COVID-19 related crisis in 2020 and 2021.

Date and Time

September 17 (Sat) – 19 (Mon/Holiday), 10:00 – 22:00 (On September 19 (Mon/Holiday) open until 18:00 only)
From September 3 (Sat) onwards, certain artworks will be available to view as part of the early viewing exhibition program

Event Location

Admission/Viewing

Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, The National Art Center, Tokyo,
Roppongi Shopping District, and other partner institutions and public spaces throughout Roppongi.
Digital (Official website and YouTube channel [RAN TV])
Official website: https://www.roppongiartnight.com/
Official YouTube channel [RAN TV]: https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight

Free (Please note the certain programs and special museum exhibitions require an admission fee)

For questions,please contact

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

Organized by

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture),
Minato City,Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee [The National Art Center, Tokyo, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo
Midtown, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Mori Art Museum, Mori Building, Roppongi Shopping District Promotional
Association (listed in syllabary order)]AssistanceReiwa 4 Agency for Cultural Affairs International Transmission Point ProjectSpecialCollaborators

Fujiko-Pro

Website：https://www.roppongiartnight.com/2022/en/about.html

Facebook：

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

Twitter：

https://twitter.com/r_artnight

Instagram：

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

YouTube：https://www.youtube.com/c/rantv_roppongiartnight* The event will undertake thorough measures of caution against COVID-19.
* The implementation of the event is subject to change or cancellation without notice as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

Should changes arise, announcements will be made via the official website and social media channels.
We will make announcements accordingly regarding details of the event and participating artists.
Please check the official website or social media channels for the most up-to-date information＜ For press-related inquiries＞

Images for publicity can be downloaded

Roppongi Art Night Executive Committee, Publicity and Promotion Office (PR01)
Head: Mikami
TEL：03-5774-1420 FAX：03-5774-1409
Mail：RAN@one-o.com
Publicity Partner: liil inc. Reiko Shinohara

through the following link
https://bit.ly/3uoWG6t

Mail: reiko@liil.com

Cell: 090-3535-9012
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