“Your Kidney Supermarket” Shilpa Gupta, 2002

Then, it is Shilpa Gupta that presents social messages, which are, at first glance, casual but are also heavy. “Your Kidney Supermarket” is a bit strange installation, which deals with kidneys as its title tells, shows movies about the related-information, and colorful kidneys made of sugar are displayed…

“Your Kidney Supermarket” Shilpa Gupta, 2002

You can buy these kidneys of sugar in fact. She also has participated in the Artist’s Talk and other pieces of her and so on were presented there.

“Beyond Pages” Masaki Fujihata, 1995

Besides, “Beyond Pages” by Masaki Fujihata and “Seven Memories of Media technology” by Toshio Iwai and so on are exhibited.

According to this exhibition’s theme, displayed pieces aren’t by any means at the forefront of Media Art. However, noting the late 80’s as a starting point of Media Art and moving from there to the present this “Art meets Media: adventures in perception” has a massive amount of contents. The open period of this exhibition is until the 21th of March, so those who can, should come.

In our surroundings we have come to deal with plenty of information through the development of digital devices. Because of it, things like technology or social problems, which were previously dealt with by experts, are connecting with other mediums. However, I suppose that you don’t daily feel or think about these events and relationships. Nevertheless, with the clear existence of problems and possibilities of technology, information, persons, surroundings and so on by artists through the cut of Art; things that are considered to be far away present before us suddenly, they awake your blank consciousness, and casual matters get to have rich senses.

Art Meets Media: Adventures in Perception
Date: January　21st – March 21st, 2005
Place: NTT InterCommunication Center
Address: 4F Tokyo Opera City Tower, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
http://www.ntticc.or.jp