PRESS RELEASE 2022.9.22

NACT View 01 Takuro Tamayama Museum Static Lights
Period: September 14 (Wed.) – December 26 (Mon.), 2022

Tamayama Takuro 《Museum Static Lights：The National Art Center, Tokyo》, 2022,
The National Art Center, Tokyo, Installation view, Photo by Kohei Omachi

The National Art Center, Tokyo is pleased to announce the NACT View series,
a project utilizing the Centerʼs public area that will be newly launched in 2022.
The space, while spectacular in impact, is elaborately designed down to thesmallest detail by architect Kurokawa Kisho. Emerging and mid-career artists,designers, architects, and filmmakers will be invited to present a variety ofcontemporary works in the space, which resembles a public plaza where manyvisitors pass through or linger and enjoy leisure time. The first edition featurescontemporary artist Tamayama Takuro, whose installation will generate
an alien landscape in the familiar space.

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PRESS RELEASE 2022.9.22■Artist Profile
Tamayama Takuro

Photo courtesy: Sony Park Mini

Born in Gifu, 1990. Lives and works in Tokyo.
After graduating from Aichi University of the Arts, he completed the masterʼs programat Tokyo University of the Arts in 2015.
His meticulously composed spaces make reference to familiar imagery, incorporating
various objects such as furniture and everyday items, color gradations expressed
through video, kinetic movement, and vivid lighting and sound. Major recent exhibitions
include Static Lights : Unfamiliar Presences（Sony Park Mini, 2022）, From the Museum
Collection 2021: Third Period (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2022), Anything will slip
off / If cut diagonally (ANOMALY, 2021), and VISION part 1: On Light / Light On : in theCelebration of 25th Anniversary of the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Toyota Municipal
Museum of Art, 2020).
“NACT View 01 Tamayama Takuro Museum Static Lights”
PeriodSeptember 14 (Wed.) – December 26 (Mon.), 2022

Closing Days

Tuesdays

Opening Hours

Follows the opening hours of the National Art Center, TokyoVenue

The National Art Center, Tokyo 1F lobby
7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8558

AdmissionFree

Organized by

The National Art Center, Tokyo

With the cooperation ofANOMALY; Lighting Roots Factory

Exhibition Curator

Natsu Onodera (Curator, The National Art Center, Tokyo)

Inquiries(+81) 47-316-2772 (Hello Dial)

Websitehttps://www.nact.jp/english/2022/nactview-01/2PRESS RELEASE 2022.9.22■Work Commentaries
Museum Static Lights：The National Art Center, Tokyo

For this exhibition, Tamayama Takuro made a work that was inspired by theconcrete cones in the entrance lobby of the National Art Center, Tokyo. Tamayamaʼsfluorescent objects, representing the two 16-meter-high, 8-meter-high cones in thecenter of the building, are installed on both sides of the lobby, making it seem as if
the cones are acting in concert with each other. During the daytime, the objects arepenetrated by bright outside light, and as they exert their presence by emitting lightaround dusk, your impression of them is likely to differ greatly depending on thetime of your visit. You can also catch a glimpse of the fluorescent light thatpermeates the lobby from outside the building. Tamayamaʼs work creates a newlandscape around the Center.

Tamayama Takuro 《Museum Static Lights：The National Art Center, Tokyo》, 2022,
The National Art Center, Tokyo, Installation view, Photo by Kohei Omachi

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PRESS RELEASE 2022.9.22■What Is NACT View?
NACT View is a new series of small projects made by young to mid-career creators
working in a variety of genres, such as fine art, design, architecture, and film, thatare presented in the Centerʼs public spaces. The name of the series is made up of
the English acronym for the National Art Center, Tokyo, and the word “view,” whose
meanings include “gaze,” “landscape,” “viewpoint,” and “way of thinking.” The
Centerʼs public spaces are places that are accessed by a wide range of people,including not only visitors to the exhibitions, but also patrons of the facilityʼs café,restaurant, and library as well as those who are merely pass through the building.
By displaying works in these spaces, NACT View strives to give all of the facilityʼsvisitors an opportunity to become more familiar with contemporary expressions ina casual manner. Plans are also underway to hold related workshops and talk events
related to the series.

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