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J-Pop / G-Pop
Everyday's culture: Japan and Germany - a bilateral exhibition project
August 29 - October 5, 2008
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Opening: Friday, August 29, 8 pm
Opening hours: Thu - Sun, 4 - 7 pm
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Participating artists:
Atsyoshi Hikida, Ayako Funada, Sasaoka Takashi, Yoshino Iida, Yuki Arisa
Patrick Borchers, Martin Brand, Julian Faulhaber, Rona Rangsch, Esther Rutenfranz,
Ulrike Stockhaus
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The exhibition project J-Pop/G-Pop organized by Sasaoka Takashi (CAS/Osaka) and Reinhild Kuhn (Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund) investigates questions on everyday's culture in Japan and Germany. Five Japanese and six German artists are invited to present their work in a comon group show that is first presented at the Kuenstlerhaus in Dortmund and subsequently at the CAS in Osaka.
The parallel presentation of the Japanese and the German artistic positions on the subject creates an internal tension. This was already revealed when the project was entitled: In Germany the term Pop is easily associated with Pop-Art and everyday's life is considered as a social phenomenon, whereas in Japan it is rather seen as opposed to sacral life and investigating everyday's life focuses on reveiling the beauty that can be found in our immediate surroundings. This rises questions as:
To what extent is everyday's life and culture influenced by tradition? And is the consciousness of our own culture a pre-condition for the development of a contemporary artistic attitude? Or are cultural diversities and peculiarities diminishing in our globalized world?
Is it still possible to determine the origin of an artwork by looking at the subjects and contents or the style and form? And is the knowldge of the origin a piece of art essential for our perception of it? Or is art nowadays governed by a universal artistic language anyway?
The presented works reflect the artists' explorations of everyday affairs of their respective home country thereby reveiling that pop culture is a term comprising a wide range of phenomena of different relevance that are moreover subject to continuous modification.
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Atsyoshi Hikida |
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Resonance, light/sound installation, 2008
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Ayako Funada |
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girls, 2008
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Sasaoka Takashi |
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REFLEX, LED projection, 2008
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Yoshino Iida |
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Asuka Sunderweg, 2008; Goken Yukari, 2008; Osu Akane, 2007
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Yuki Arisa |
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Kids on sutra, eraser print on paper, 2008
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Patrick Borchers |
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Im Eifer des Gefechts. Block 6, Heimatexkurs, details, drawings, 2007
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Martin Brand |
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Don't Stop the Music, single-channel video, 2008
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Julian Faulhaber |
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Rona Rangsch |
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from the series: yummie? - a study of German food aesthetics, C-print, 75 x 75 cm, 2008
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Esther Ruthenfranz |
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21. Juni 2005, from the series Tagesreste, DIN A4
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Ulrike Stockhaus |
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showcases, video, 2007/2008 |
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invitation card ©:
photographs ©: the artists
Concept and organisation: Sasaoka Takashi for CAS/Osaka, Reinhild Kuhn for the Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund
supported by: Japan Foundation, ifa, Sparkasse Dortmund, Kulturbüro der Stadt Dortmund
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