Exhibition
Sunlight filtering through leaves
Artist: Akihito Ito
Term: December 17 (Tue), 2024 – January 24 (Fri), 2025
Open: Weekday: 9:30-18:30
Close: Weekends, National Holiday, December 30 (Mon), 2024 – January 10 (Fri), 2025
This 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 you to move beyond the dissection of phenomena and experience them directly, as they are.
Akihito Ito
Since the early 2000s, Ito has explored video installations and collaborated with designers, programmers, and researchers on media art projects, live events, and conference presentations, blending artistic expression with research. He has also contributed extensively to art and design education, teaching as a part-time lecturer at Nagoya University of Arts, Chukyo University, and Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Design at Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, where he supervises students in the Advanced Art Lab.
Archive
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Producer: Kazutaka Hirota
Breathing
Reiko Matsushita
Sewa-Ninja
Mitsuhiro Fukuchi
Routine Palette
SFRN
Transient Shadows
Elizabeth Wood
Science Graphic Design 2024
NU students
Fujimae-higata
Fujimae Ramsar Society
Fujimae Cleanup Committee
Nagoya City Wild Bird Observation Center
silence
Bowen Qiang
VOIX BRUT
Artists at the Borderless Art Studio CODOMODUS sylvain
Vivid mao
Mao Orime
Science 3DCG Animation
Hiroaki Inaba, Yuichiro Yagami, and Kazuya Nakashima
HOMEOSTASIS
Kazutaka Hirota
Science Graphic Design 2023
NU students/faculties
Through Life
Meriem Wakrim
Geometric Cityscape
Bowen Qiang
New Natural Histories
Keisuke Nakamura, Izumi Nishimura, Jin Murata
Decomposition
Becky Alp
ALTOGETHER
B. R. Pelletier, J. Badger, K. Blanch, A. Choy, N. Kozulina, H. Toya
Tapestries
Briar Rose Pelletier
Illustrating Chemistry
Renee Man
Story of the Plants
Tatsuya Mizoguchi
About
ITbM Gallery is situated within the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) building. WPI-ITbM serves as a hub for forging a new interdisciplinary realm of research by fostering collaboration between state-of-the-art synthetic chemistry, animal/plant biology, and theoretical science. Its mission is to introduce "transformative bio-molecules" that not only revolutionize scientific practices but also impact our way of life.
Within the spectrum of events organized by WPI-ITbM around the theme of "Mix," ITbM Gallery stands out. This gallery is dedicated to showcasing the crossroads of science and art, emphasizing the beauty and creativity born from their fusion. Our aim is to stimulate scientists to explore unconventional ideas and foster innovative "Mix" concepts. Moreover, we strive to provide NU students, faculty members, and staff with an opportunity to reflect on the concept of "Mix" and its diverse interpretations.
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ITbM Gallery invites emerging artists to submit artwork for an opportunity to participate in our exhibitions. We are looking for a diverse body of artwork in all mediums and styles. If you are looking for gallery representation and to have an exhibition in Nagoya, submit your art and present it to the public.
Organizer: Issey Takahashi
Advisor: Kazutaka Hirota, Jian Xue
Guest curator: Becky Alp, Briar Rose Pelletier
ACCESS
1F Entrance Hall, ITbM Gallery, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
CONTACT
Issey Takahashi
Research Promotion Division (RPD),
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Tel: +81-52-789-4999
Email: takahashi.issei.a9[at]f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp