2023.9.18
Prescription for Tokyo｜Charlotte de Cock is painting a giant mural live in Otemachi!
Charlotte de Cock from Belgium, a participating artist in one of the Tokyo Biennale's Linkages, "Prescription for Tokyo," is showing the creation of her work at Otemachi 1st Square for three days from today, 18 September. This unprecedented live painting will take place between skyscrapers in Otemachi. Please come and see the dynamic work being painted from a crane 10 meters above the ground.
She creates an outdoor work in the Daimaruyu area, where Tokyo's economic activities and cultural arts intersect. "Schön! Das Leben ist Schön!" (Beautiful! Life is beautiful!), the slogan of the project is to call for liberation from being stuck in a box. The title "Hypernova" refers to the circulation and connection between the energy of human creativity and the environment around us. The mural will be a self-portrait that conveys the artist's conviction as well as a strong appeal to the viewers to step out of the box of confinement and liberate themselves.
Live Painting "Hypernova"
Dates: 9.18 (Mon) – 9.20 (Wed), 2023
Venue: Otemachi 1st Square (1-5-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Time: 10:00–16:00 (9.18), 11:00 –16:00 (9.19 and 20)
*Postponement or change of schedule may occur due to weather conditions or other factors. Please check the TB2023 Social Media Accounts on the day.
Organizer: Tokyo Biennale
Co-organizer: Daimaruyu Art Action Executive Committee
Support: Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Daimaruyu SDGs ACT5 Project
Special cooperation: OMY Landlord Council, OMY Area Management Association, Fujisawa Corporation
Venue cooperation: Otemachi 1st Square, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East
*This program will be implemented as one of the "Daimaruyu Art Action".
Daimaruyu Art Action
The Daimaruyu area (Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho), in addition to being a business district that plays a key role in the Japanese economy, has a history of urban development centered on culture and the arts dating back 100 years, including the construction of Japan's first theater at the dawn of modern Japan. “Daimaruyu Art Action” will implement a number of art projects at the forefront of urban development in the heart of the city, and collaborate with a network of local businesses with a view to "the next 100 years" of taking action to arouse creativity.
Each Linkage to be implemented in the Daimaruyu area in Tokyo Biennale 2023 will collaborate with the following members for its realization.
Daimaruyu SDGs ACT5 Project Executive Committee, Ligare (OMY Area Management Association), The OMY Landlord Council, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., other companies, stores, entrepreneurs and workers in the Daimaruyu area, artist collectives and designers working on social issues, universities and organizations involved in multiculturalism and community development, and others.
LINKAGE
Prescription for Tokyo
Artists who focus on ethnic history and discrimination, local cultural visibility, discommunication, crisis and safety, care and recovery will gather in Tokyo
details
TOP