Takayama Akira is participating in a group exhibition “How Did You Come into the World?” at Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan.
Featuring over 40 artists and artist units from across the globe, this exhibition contains works from the Taguchi Art Collection, one of Japan’s leading contemporary art collections, and the holdings of the Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, plus a number of new works.
McDonald’s Radio University at four Hirosaki McDonald’s restaurants
The latest iteration of the McDonald’s Radio University art project by Takayama Akira, founder and head of theater unit Port B, will be held at four McDonald’s restaurants in Hirosaki. McDonald’s Radio University turns the ubiquitous McDonald’s into a place where people can learn about a specialist subject, in the manner of a university, and has been an ongoing project for Takayama at McDonald’s and galleries around the world since 2017. The “professors” are people who have left their home countries for some reason as refugees or migrants, with the “student” audience able to access lectures on their smartphones at the McDonald’s. The idea is that hearing the thoughts and experiences of refugees and migrants from around the world will encourage people of different backgrounds to come together in a single, multicultural community. In addition to new lectures by “professors” Takayama met in Hirosaki, visitors will be able to hear previous lectures from various locations.
Taguchi Art Collection + Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art
How Did You Come into the World?
Date:Fri., September 27, 2024 – Sun., March 9, 2025
Closed: Tuesdays (except on Feb. 11), from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 1, 2025 and Feb.12
Venue: Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
(2-1 Yoshino-cho, Hirosaki City, Aomori, Japan)
4 McDonald’s in Hirosaki city
https://www.hirosaki-moca.jp/en/exhibitions/how-did-you-come-into-the-world/
Artists:
Camille HENROT, YIN Xiuzhen, AES+F, Tracey EMIN,OSGEMEOS, Jacco OLIVIER, Miriam CAHN, KATAYAMA Mari, Maurizio CATTELAN, KATO Izumi, KANEUJI Teppei, Maureen GALLACE, Kyun-Chome, Ged QUINN, KUSAMA Yayoi, Tuan Andrew NGUYEN, Oska GUTHEIL, KUDO Makiko, KONOIKE Tomoko, Tomás SARACENO, SHIOTA Chiharu, SUPERFLEX, SUGITO Hiroshi, TAKATA Fuyuhiko, TAKAHASHI Kiyoshi, TAKAYAMA Akira, Janaina TSCHÄPE, CHIBA Masaya, Vajiko CHACHKHIANI, Sebastián DÍAZ MORALES, NARA Yoshitomo, NISHIMURA Yu, Petrit HALILAJ, Ulla VON BRANDENBURG, FUJIKURA Asako, Keegan MCHARGUE, Ad MINOLITI, YANG Haegue, Gabriel RICO, Pipilotti RIST, Gosette LUBONDO, Mika ROTTENBERG, WATANABE Go, WADA Reijiro