Parallel Circuit

DatesMar 20 (Thu), 2025 - Apr 6 (Sun), 2025

Dates:

Mar 20 (Thu) - Apr 6 (Sun), 2025

Hours:

10:00 - 17:00(Entry by 16:30)

Closed:

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays

Hours:

10:00 - 17:00(Entry by 16:30)

Place:

Chinretsukan Gallery 1F (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Admission:

Free

Organized by Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Global Arts.　

Co-organized by Culture Vision Japan

In cooperation with GAT,Ltd.; Misato Park Misato-Yoshikawa Partners

Exhibition Overview

Parallel Circuit is an exhibition which broadens the themes explored in Permission to Drive, a mobile exhibition held last November on an advertising truck. Building on the concept of coexisting with the regulations and boundaries in urban spaces, the artists presented in this exhibition confront these limits directly. The artists featured will include those from Permission to Drive, as well as new artists including Rui Yamagata, Ryosuke Higo, Vikram Divecha.
The term "parallel circuit," referring to components of an electric circuit, seeks to reinterpret space-time and multi-layered relationships between figures in the city from individual perspectives. The seemingly static urban space is interwoven with diverse elements such as history, culture, economics, laws, and personal memories. However, it is also a stage scripted by social regulation where participants willingly serve the spaces' already coded function with common behavioral patterns, for example waiting at a red light to cross the street until it turns green. In this environment, can we use this as a method to access an alternative space-time opened up by art? Can we change our perception from imagining from one real space to multiple spaces; diverse, parallel urban realities; and social lives and bodily experiences?
We hope that the questions and concerns that have captivated our own minds will spark a change in the way you view our daily world with the works presented in this exhibition.

Events:

① Talk: Reading the Discrepancies in Maps and Urban Spaces

Exploring Google Maps and the Creative Power of Art

There is a gap between maps and urban spaces. Maps, with their ability to allow readers to create narratives, are deeply connected to artistic production. In particular, Google Maps, which we use daily, functions not only as a tool for navigation but also as a database and archive. Many artists have explored its media potential and incorporated it into diverse artistic practices. Through the exhibited works and projects, we will reflect on the actuality of maps and urban spaces.

Date & Time: March 29, 2025 (Sat) 14:00-15:30

Venue: Community Salon, 3F of TAKI PLAZA, Tokyo University of the Arts (within a 3-minute walk from the exhibition venue)

Speakers: Keisuke Matsuoka (Professor, Nara Prefectural University), Yusaku Imamura (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)

② Talk: Regulations and Attitudes in Public Spaces

In the November 2024 project *"Permission to Drive"*, we will explore regulations and attitudes toward street expression with three guests. Mr. Yagisawa from GAT Co., Ltd., who participated as the LED truck coordinator, will join the discussion alongside Mr. Matsushita from SIDE CORE, one of the participating artists dedicated to street expression, and Mr. Ryota Kikuchi, a member of Geidai Beya and a free climber who engages with urban landscapes through intervention. Together, we will examine the constraints and possibilities of public space expression.

Date & Time: April 6, 2025 (Sun) 14:00-15:30

Venue: Geidai Beya (2-14-3, Ueno Sakuragi, Taito-ku, Tokyo)

Speakers: Kiyotaka Yagisawa (GAT Co., Ltd.), Toru Matsushita (SIDE CORE), Ryota Kikuchi (Geidai Beya)

③ Performance: The Last Dance

Date & Time: April 6, 2025 (Sun) 16:30-17:00

Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts Chinretsukan (Performance starts at 16:30)

Performer: Tomotosi

*Admission to all events is free, and reservations are not required.

Please check GA's website and SNS for the latest information, as event details and schedules are subject to change.