36th Exhibition of ITbM Gallery: Sunlight filtering through leaves
Information
| Date | 2024/12/17 Tue - 2025/1/24 Fri, Weekdays from 9:30 to 18:30 |
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| Venue | Entrance Hall, 1F, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University |
Exhibition Title: Sunlight filtering through leaves
Artist: Akihito Ito
Website: https://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/itbm-gallery/36th.html
The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) is engaged in several initiatives under the concept of "MIX", one of which is the ITbM Gallery. The ITbM Gallery focuses on the theme of "MIX" between science and art. Through exhibitions of artistic works, we aim to promote interaction with artists and inspire researchers in the scientific field to gain new perspectives. We want to create opportunities for not only the university community but also the public to experience this "MIX" of science and art, making this space a crossroads for both fields.
The 36th ITbM Gallery exhibition presents works that explore the phenomenon of sunlight filtering through leaves through video and painting. The way sunlight passes through the gaps in tree leaves and illuminates the grass below is a dynamic experience that cannot be fully captured by focusing on individual blades of grass or single leaves. It is a sensory experience that arises from the interaction of these elements as a whole. By contrasting video works that attempt to capture this phenomenon through digital image processing, manual techniques, and photography, the exhibition highlights the impossibility of capturing sunlight filtering through leaves through isolated elements alone.
In our modern lives, are we not often too absorbed in fragmented details, forgetting the comfort of perceiving the whole? This exhibition invites visitors to move beyond the dissection of phenomena and experience them directly, as they are.
