夏のアーティスト・イン・レジデンス2012「肌理と気配」のご案内 AIR2012"Texture and Sense"

ACACでは淺井展が終了して次なる展覧会「肌理（きめ）と気配─Textures」のオープンに向けて4名のアーティストが滞在制作中です。以下、簡単に展覧会概要を紹介します。明日以降アーティストの制作の様子も順次公開していきますので、ご期待ください。
展覧会オープンは7月28日（土）。この日は4名の全アーティストによるアーティストトークを午後2時半から開催します。ご来場お待ちしてます。


夏のアーティスト・イン・レジデンス2012
展覧会「肌理（きめ）と気配─Textures」



■参加アーティスト
アンニ・レッパラ Anni Leppälä （写真家／フィンランド）
Assistant［松原慈＋有山宙］ ASSISTANT（建築家／東京、モロッコ）
野村誠 NOMURA Makoto （作曲家・ピアニスト／京都）
法貴信也 HOKI Nobuya （画家／京都）

■展覧会
2012年7月28日（土）～9月17日（月）
10：00～18：00／会期中無休・入場無料

「神は細部に宿る」 ミース・ファン・デル・ローエ

　青森公立大学国際芸術センター青森(ACAC)では、2001年の開館以来アーティスト・イン・レジデンス(AIR)を実施しています。2012年度のテーマは「物語/story telling」。アーティストはその活動や作品制作を介して、現在の社会を様々な視点から捉え、思わぬ価値を提示したり、あるいは疑問を投げかけたりと、世界の今を記述し伝える語り部（ストーリーテラー）でもあります。作品は明解且つ論理的につくられますが、ときに論理を超越する詩的な美しさや発想の飛躍があったりと、作品構造のみでは理解し得ない物語世界がその背後に潜んでいたりします。
本展覧会「肌理と気配─Textures」では、作品の細部や背後にある物語世界に焦点を当てています。「肌理」は「表面のこまかいあや」などを意味し、英語では”texture(テクスチャー)”となります。”texture”は「構造」や「組織」から「触覚」や「質感」、「特性」など幅広い意味をもつことばです。また、20世紀を代表する建築家ミース・ファン・デル・ローエの「神は細部に宿る」ということばにも細部の肌理への強い意識がうかがえます。展覧会を通して各アーティストの作品細部に宿る静かな物語の気配を感じてください。

主催＝青森公立大学　国際芸術センター青森（ACAC）
協力＝Taka Ishii Gallery、せんだいスクール・オブ・デザイン、ACAC学生サポーター、AIRS
後援＝フィンランドセンター
助成＝平成24年度文化庁文化芸術の海外発信拠点形成事業


Texture and Sense

The Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC) has conducted Artist in Residence programs since its founding in 2001. The theme for the 2012 year is "storytelling".Artists are storytellers who describe and convey the present world through their art activities and productions by interpreting contemporary society from myriad perspectives and offering previously unforeseen values or posing challenging questions.Pieces are created clearly and logically, but sometimes a storyworld hides behind each piece, containing poetic beauty and completely novel ideas which transcend logic, which would otherwise remain incomprehensible by looking a piece’s structure alone.
In this exhibition, "Texture and Sense", we focus on each piece's subtleties, its storyworld in the backdrop. "Touch" suggests the intricate surface designs and patterns and corresponds with the word "texture" in English. The word "texture" holds many meanings; it can mean anything from "structure" and "composition" to "touch" or "feel" or "features". The words of well-known 20th-century architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, "God is in the details," tell of a strong awareness towards the most detailed textures.
Throughout the exhibitions, we hope you will sense the quiet story which dwells in the details of each of our artists' pieces.

■Artist Profiles
Anni Leppälä
Born 1981 in Helsinki, Finland. Graduated with an MA in Photography from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. She creates photographs replete with her own unique narrative of interweaving reality with fiction. Main exhibitions include: "Touching dreams" (The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark/2011) etc.

assistant [ MATSUBARA Megumi + ARIYAMA Hiroi ]
An architect unit created in 2002 by Matsubara and Ariyama. Their activities traverse art and architecture. They plan to complete a part of their "33-year-old House," a house under construction in Nara, while in Aomori and unveil is as a display, the space itself as an interactive work of art.　 "ABSENT CITY: Non-Existent City" Exhibition (Solo Exhibition/2008), etc.

NOMURA Makoto
Born in 1968 in Nagoya. Composer, keyboard harmonica/piano player, group composing facilitator.　In addition to his musical activities, he also participates in a wide variety of other genres such as theater and the fine arts. During his Artist in Residence, he will unveil his first installation piece and attempt a composure which employs the ACAC outdoors and piano.

HOKI Nobuya
Born in 1966 in Kyoto and a graduate from the Kyoto City University of Arts (MFA, painting). He produces paintings by a unique two-pronged drawing device, resulting in what Hoki describes as “double line drawing,” in which two parallel lines comprise the picture. Main exhibitions include: "rapt! – 20 contemporary artists from Japan" (Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne/2006)
"Painting Garden" (The National Museum of Art, Osaka/2010)

■Exhibitions
July 28 (Sat) - September 17 (Mon), 2012 10:00-18:00
Open every day during exhibition period / Admission free

■ Opening Event
Artist Talk by the Artists
July 28 (Sat), 2012 14:30-16:00 / Free
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Lounge

Organized by: Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC),
In cooperation with: Taka Ishi Gallery, Sendai School of Design, ACAC student supporters, AIRS
Supported by: the Finnish Institute in Japan
Supported by: Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, in Fisical Year, 2012