Exhibition: “Remembrance of the Future to Come”
What is the role of art after a catastrophic event? Confronting the enormous power of nature unleashed by the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami, many Japanese artists and art professionals felt powerless. Yet, we are uplifted by a comment made by a 16-year-old boy, rescued nine days after the earthquake. Asked what he wanted to be in the future, he answered: “I want to be an artist.”
On 11 June, exactly three months after the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake, the exhibition “Remembrance of the Future to Come” opens to face this disaster from the viewpoint of five artists. We aspire to understand the present from what the future holds for us, through art which inspires our imagination. Future always carries “hope” for all of us.
By seeing the present from the future viewpoint, we can face the current situation more positively.
By engaging in the act of remembrance, we will triumph over the enormous and indescribable loss.
Even after the catastrophic event, one of the fundamental goals of art — to express the ideals — remains the same. Through our imagination towards the future, we can see the present as our “past,” and by doing so, art can illuminate “hope.” Art has a power to stir our imagination and inspire hope for our future.
| Artists: | Joseph Beuys Ingo Günther Naoya Hatakeyama Shinji Ohmaki Yoko Ono (In alphabetical order) |
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| Curator: | Shinya Watanabe |
| Location: | Former “Plug.in” (Sankt-Alban Rheinweg 64, 4052 Basel, Switzerland) |
| Dates: | 11-29 June 2011 / 11:00-18:00. Closed on Monday Special hours during Art 42 Basel (June 15-19): 10:00-22:00 Reception: 11 June 2011 (Sat) 18:00-20:00 Artists’ Talk
“The Great East Japan Earthquake: How Art Can Find Its Own Way” (English only) Date/Time: 12 June 2011 (Sun) 11:00–13:00 |
| Admission: | Free. Your donation for the 3/11 disaster victims would be appreciated. |
| Support: | Embassy of Switzerland in Japan / Embassy of Japan in Switzerland |
| Sponsorship: | Uta und Ulrich Müller-Gierok / Josy Kraft E.L.S. / Gallery Cocon affiliated with Senzokuike Hospital / proha-tec werbetechnik / Kenji Kajiya / Koji Nakao / Katsura Yamaguchi |
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