*This lecture is given in Japanese.

Pubrobe is a coined word combining the words “public” and “wardrobe,” and is a project to create a public wardrobe, like a clothing library, accessible to all. Inspired by a market in Nairobi, the artist Yoshinari Nishio will use Ebihara Shoten, a kanban kenchiku [signboard building] (2-3 story wooden shop and residence with only the front facade covered and decorated with fire-resistant materials) in Kanda built during the reconstruction period after the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, as the base for this project. The shop had handled used clothing, ready-to-wear clothing, fabrics, and other clothing-related products. We are widely calling for donations of clothing.We will collect clothes worn over the past 100 years from the earthquake to the present to compose a public wardrobe, connecting 100 years of people's time/life culture to the Tokyo of the future.

The first lecture, "100 Years of Clothing," will be held as part of this project and will be given by Michimasa Ogata (full-time lecturer, Faculty of Home Economics, Otsuma Women's University). The year 2023 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and we will decipher the changes in lifestyles and values from the clothes people have worn over the past 100 years. We hope you will join us for this lecture to relearn the history and clothing of the people of that time period, from daily wear to formal wear, and to learn about their activities and subtleties, as well as the richness of their culture.

Organizer: Tokyo Biennale
Co-organizer: Kigaeru House Executive Committee
Support: YKK Corporation
Cooperation: Chiyoda Council of Social Welfare

Photo by Masaru Tatsuki

Michimasa Ogata

Born in 1985 Nagasaki. Withdrawal from the Doctoral Program with the Completion of Course Requirements, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Home Economics, Otsuma Women's University. Specializes in sociology of culture and art, social theory, and contemporary society. The co-curated exhibition "Dress Code: Are You Playing Fashion?" traveled from 2019 to 2021 to the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, and Bundeskunsthalle, Germany.

Registration

Please confirm the date/time and venue listed on this page and send your application with the required information to the e-mail address below. Payment instructions for the fee (1,000 yen for adults, 500 yen for students) will be provided in the e-mail reply to your application.

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