Address: 青森県十和田市西二番町10-9
Tel: 017-620-1127
Website: http://towadaartcenter.com/
Date of Visit: 2 Nov 2019
In recent years, due to the reorganization of government offices, many ministries and the branch offices were relocated. Accompanying the development of joint government offices, many vacant lots have been found on the city street, which is the also symbol road of the city. For this reason, Towada City would like to create a more attractive and beautiful view of the government street, and has been working on the ‘Arts Towada’ plan as part of a new town development for the future.
This plan is set in an outdoor space called ‘Government Street’, and the whole street is considered as a single museum, with various art works developed. Such efforts are rare in the world. In addition to arts, the projects aims to encompass Towada City's history and beautiful nature, to draw out the vitality of the region and connects it to the future.
Towada Art Centre (十和田市現代美術館) is the core facility for ‘Arts Towada’ aiming to create an “open facility that offers new experiences through art”. Opened in 2008, there are numerous permanent exhibition featuring 38 works that can only be seen in Towada, commissioned by 33 artists from around the world, such as Yayoi Kusama (草間彌生) and Ron Muek.
In addition to the permanent exhibition space, there is a special exhibition space, a cafe, and a civic activity space as a base for promoting support and exchange of cultural arts activities. The feature of the museum is that each exhibition room is made independent as a “house for art”, with buildings distributed in the site connected by glass corridors.
By arranging each exhibition room independently, an architectural space can be created according to each art work, and the two can have a closer relationship. This decentralized composition is inspired by the characteristics of city streets, where squares and buildings alternate, and art works and cities mix organically.
And by creating large and small spaces in the building, there is a continuity with the streets of large and small buildings. This decentralized layout also creates outdoor exhibition space and event space, allowing visitors to experience indoor and outdoor spaces simultaneously. In addition, the space where artworks are displayed has a large glass opening in various directions, making it an open structure as if the artwork is being exhibited in the city.
The museum opens daily except Monday, from 9:00 to 17:00. There is a parking lot behind the museum which can accommodate 10 cars. If fully occupied, visitors can park at the nearby Towada City Nishi Nibancho Parking Lot (十和田市西二番町駐車場), about 2 minute walk, and free parking tickets can be collected at the museum.
Aki Inomata, an artist who creates original works through observation and research of living things, is presenting his first solo exhibition at Towada Arts Centre during September 14, 2019 to January 13, 2020. She is renowned for looking at the essence of human beings and society through interactions with other creatures.
The title of this exhibition, ‘Significant Otherness’, was inspired by the relationship between living species on the earth advocated by scientific historian Dana Haraway. There are works that involved octopus and ammonite, works that observed clams that were affected by an earthquake, and works showing creatures wearing small chopped women's clothes. Each of them expresses the world viewed from the perspective of living things that are different from humans, and causes the viewers to think about the flow of time, the environment, and the ecosystem.
This exhibition will also feature new works based on the horses that were raised in the southern part of Aomori Prefecture, including Towada.
Tel: 017-620-1127
Website: http://towadaartcenter.com/
Date of Visit: 2 Nov 2019
In recent years, due to the reorganization of government offices, many ministries and the branch offices were relocated. Accompanying the development of joint government offices, many vacant lots have been found on the city street, which is the also symbol road of the city. For this reason, Towada City would like to create a more attractive and beautiful view of the government street, and has been working on the ‘Arts Towada’ plan as part of a new town development for the future.
This plan is set in an outdoor space called ‘Government Street’, and the whole street is considered as a single museum, with various art works developed. Such efforts are rare in the world. In addition to arts, the projects aims to encompass Towada City's history and beautiful nature, to draw out the vitality of the region and connects it to the future.
By arranging each exhibition room independently, an architectural space can be created according to each art work, and the two can have a closer relationship. This decentralized composition is inspired by the characteristics of city streets, where squares and buildings alternate, and art works and cities mix organically.
And by creating large and small spaces in the building, there is a continuity with the streets of large and small buildings. This decentralized layout also creates outdoor exhibition space and event space, allowing visitors to experience indoor and outdoor spaces simultaneously. In addition, the space where artworks are displayed has a large glass opening in various directions, making it an open structure as if the artwork is being exhibited in the city.
The museum opens daily except Monday, from 9:00 to 17:00. There is a parking lot behind the museum which can accommodate 10 cars. If fully occupied, visitors can park at the nearby Towada City Nishi Nibancho Parking Lot (十和田市西二番町駐車場), about 2 minute walk, and free parking tickets can be collected at the museum.
Aki Inomata, an artist who creates original works through observation and research of living things, is presenting his first solo exhibition at Towada Arts Centre during September 14, 2019 to January 13, 2020. She is renowned for looking at the essence of human beings and society through interactions with other creatures.
This exhibition will also feature new works based on the horses that were raised in the southern part of Aomori Prefecture, including Towada.
- Entry fee (2,400 yen each) x 2
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