Dislocate is an interdisciplinary project exploring the relationship between art, technology and locality. Between 30th August and 21st September a series of public exhibitions, symposia and workshops will bring together experts and artists from Japan, Europe, America and other parts of Asia in a vigorous investigation of our notions of place and how these may be challenged and widened by developments in new technologies.

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For the exhibition, this year Dislocate will be examining our movement through place/s – investigating how a technologically induced momentum through our surroundings (and the various multiple places which this implies), how this impacts upon our perspective of where we are.

A key feature of the festival is its mobility, not just constrained to one gallery space, many of the works request the viewer to take routes through the urban landscape, using public transport, bicycle or by foot. Also, under the title of ‘Constructing Place’ Dislocate’s symposium will bring together artists, designers, architects, urban planners in the exploration of our conceptualization of space and the impact of emerging technologies upon our relationship with our surroundings.

Moreover, utilizing Yokohama’s networks of a port of exchange, trains, subway, roads, alleys in a scrutinization of the moving city, workshops will set out an expedition in which we reflect upon our roaming through urban space and the fleeting exchanges which occur here.

Artists: Blast Theory, Drew Hemment, Venzha Christ, Jen Southern, Norimichi Hirakawa, Michiko Tsuda, Akitsugu Maebayashi and more.

Dislocate08
Date: August 30th – September 21st, 2008
Place: Souzoukukan 9001, ZAIM, Ginza Art Laboratory
Contact: info@dis-locate.net
https://www.dis-locate.net