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"The day after tomorrow is today" by Moe Tsubosaka October 2016th - October 10th, 25

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"The day after tomorrow is today" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: September 2016th (Tuesday) - September 10nd (Friday), 25
9:00～18:30
Exhibitor: Moe Tsubosaka (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences)
Master's Program in Art and Painting

Drawing Exhibition


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　The entire wall was covered with drawings, mostly in monochrome with a few splashes of color here and there. They ranged in size from a single page of a sketchbook to the size of a large piece of construction paper, and mixed with a few photographs, they created a somewhat chaotic space.
　While looking at this exhibition, I felt as if I was peering into the artist's mind. Fragmented images of girls, unidentifiable landscapes, black and white spaces... The rough lines and careless arrangement of the works combined gave me the impression of a disorganized and unstable state. The title "The Day After Tomorrow Is Today," painted black, also seemed to express fear and anxiety about the imminent future, and I felt as if I was being swept away by a whirlpool of complex emotions while looking at the works.
(Toda Haruka)

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"Shortcake Girls" Takeishi Sayo October 2016th - October 10st, 17

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"Shortcake Girls" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 10th (Friday), 17
Exhibitor: Takeishi Sayo (4th year student in the Visual Design field)

A girl is always happy if she has shortcake.


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　The smiling faces of girls eating cake shine across the entire wall. The fluffy white shortcake seems to be a symbol of happiness, and the bright red of the strawberries on top of the whipped cream stands out. "Shortcake Girls" is an exhibition displaying photographs capturing the moment when girls gobble down shortcake with their bare hands. There are over 100 photographs. One might wonder if it is uncouth that the artist managed to procure that many cakes, but the photographs seem to have such a euphoric power that they push such thoughts aside. In fact, just looking at the smiling faces in the photographs fills one with an indescribable joy. Is cake really capable of such power?
　The artist's caption reads, "Cake is always happiness." Cake can certainly be said to be a symbol of happiness. It is not uncommon to see cake on the dinner table on birthdays and other celebratory occasions, Christmas, anniversaries, etc., even in ordinary households. However, the reason cake seems to be a symbol of happiness is probably because cake is something to eat on special days, and at the same time, the food itself is perceived as having special value. Cake is not something that is always on the dinner table like white rice. I think many people have had a highly specialized image of cake since childhood, as something to eat specially on special days. Because of this instilled awareness, rather than "eating cake to celebrate a special day," they unconsciously recognize it as "eating cake is something special and joyful," and so cake itself may feel like a special food.
　This Western-style confectionery, familiar to most families but somehow special, brings out a variety of happy expressions. From the carefully captured photographs, I felt the power of happiness that cake possesses. (Yamazaki Shoka)

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"Popcorn" by Kanon Ezaki, and others October 2016rd - October 10th, 3

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"Popcorn" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 10th (Friday), 3
Exhibitor: Kanon Ezaki (3rd year, Integrated Design Department)
Tomofumi Umezawa (4th year, Department of Knowledge and Library Science)

Popcorn makes everyday life easier
Filling performance.
Things change a little bit every day.


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　The gallery was filled with a salty smell. Popcorn was scattered all over the floor. In places, containers had fallen over and the contents were spilling out. In the back, there was a mountain of popcorn. Also, a TV set up in the center was showing the movie "CASABLANCA" (a 1942 American propaganda film), and visitors could watch it freely using a controller.
　When we enter the space, we are surrounded by popcorn. First, the smell of popcorn stimulates our sense of smell. Then, the moment we enter the gallery, we see and feel the overwhelming presence of popcorn. The sound of the movie evokes the feeling of being in a movie theater, and reminds us of the taste of popcorn we have eaten at a theater. Perhaps some of us have even eaten it in person. The mountain of popcorn in the back also reminds us of its texture, making us want to grab a handful. Everything that makes up the work stimulates the five human senses, and we are dominated by the sensation of jumping out of the space.
　The work evokes feelings of decadence, mass consumption, and the unconsciousness that comes from being absorbed in something. The fact that it is a snack food symbolically expresses this, I think. I was surprised by the strangeness of the space, but the film made the image conscious of the cinema, so if the film wanted to emphasize the overwhelming presence of the popcorn, it may have weakened that. Still, it was interesting that it was an installation work that could be experienced with all five senses. (Hamada Yosuke)

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"Treasure Island Exhibition" Risa Tsujimura, others September 2016th - September 9th, 26

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The "Treasure Island Exhibition" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 9th (Friday), 26
Exhibitor: Risa Tsujimura (4th year, Western Painting)
Yuka Ichikawa (4th year, Composition)
Naoto Oi (4th year design student)
Rina Katsube (4th year, Design)

A group of four people who want to eat meat.
A unique group exhibition that started on a whim


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When I was little, I once purposely crushed a pillbug that had curled up into a ball with a rock, and it reminded me of the sensation I felt at that time. Turtles protect themselves by retracting their heads and limbs into their hard shells, but although it depends on the type of turtle, we have enough strength to crack the shell and kill the turtle if we wanted to.
・When it comes to stories about double mirrors, there seem to be a lot of ominous stories, such as which face you see in the mirror is your face after death, or that you can summon the devil by chanting a spell. As the space inside the mirror stretches on into infinity, it is creepy to think that you are gradually consumed by darkness.
・I think the expressions "Mr. So-and-so" and "so-and-so" give the impression that they know who someone is but don't want to reveal it, or that they have a real name but don't know it so they just call them that. So it feels a bit like they're being deceived, and frustrating.
・If the first prize in a regular town lottery was a dustpan, it probably wouldn't work. People would think, "Are you kidding me?" But if you're not running a serious business, but are just kidding around with mutual understanding, no one would complain. But I think the line between seriousness and joking is pretty vague. Being serious while joking, or being serious while joking...
(Ichikawa Taiya)

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"｜○" Rikka Komada September 2016th - September 9th, 12

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"｜○" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 9th (Friday), 12
Exhibitor: Komada Rikka (3rd year, Design major, Architecture field)


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　It goes without saying that what we find valuable varies from person to person. For example, if you give a book written in English to someone who cannot read English, that person will not understand the value of the book because they do not know the grammar required to understand the text in the book. The same thing can be said about works of art. If you do not have the mental process to appreciate the color and form of a work, or the historical context and narrative that accompanies the work, it will be difficult to understand the work. In order to get more people to appreciate something, we may need to look for expressions that stimulate a more universal appreciation of art.
　...It was an exhibition that made me think about such things.
(Ichikawa Taiya)

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