恵比寿映像祭2024

月へ行く30の方法

30 WAYS to GO to THE MOON

月へ行く30の方法 - 30 WAYS to GO to THE MOON

Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024

2/2 Friday – 2/18 Sunday 2024 15days

2024/3/1
Commission Project : Artist Talk events

THIS YEAR’S THEME

30 Ways to Go to the Moon

More than half a century has passed since the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and the idea of people casually travelling to the moon seems less of a technical impossibility. However, it is the ideas and practices of artists, which at first glance seem to have no connection to such an endeavor, that may surpass advances in science, technology, and theory and connect to new discoveries and creative avenues that provide important hints for going to the moon.

The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024 will attempt to unravel the proposition of “finding a means to go to the moon” through various expressive forms with a focus on photography and moving images, considering together not only with the artists but also with the audience participating in the festival. Through historical and contemporary works, the festival will explore the possibilities for “images” from diverse perspectives. *The theme is from the title of Tsuchiya Nobuko’s exhibition series “30 Ways To Go To The Moon.”

Featuring moving images, photographs, and documents by artists from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, including works from the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum collection, the 2nd floor exhibition gallery explores the world to come through the collective intelligence that is derived from these works. Held in the center of the exhibition space will be a daily program of performances, live events, screenings, talks, discussions, and workshops, creating a space where the artists and visitors can communicate and share ideas. By making each person a witness and experiencer of the events, this exhibition aims to create a viewing experience that resembles both a recording device (media) and an illustrated book of memories.
The basement floor exhibition gallery presents works and projects that suggest unknown possibilities and ideas that cannot be fully understood by science and theory. If the 2nd floor is a collective intellectual space, the basement floor can be seen as the starting point of an endless journey into the future where we can learn from collective knowledge and leap forward with our imaginations.

One of the features of this year’s festival is its focus on the one-time nature of moving images. The festival plans to introduce performances and unique pieces; works that address temporal depth and limitations by rendering it impossible to witness (or view) them in their totality, and works that are completed and seem to disappear on site by allowing physical action and thought to affect the filmmaking process. All are works of film and video—reproducible art forms—and yet their focus on originality or “one-timeness” is the antithesis of repetition and non-location.
The festival will also further strengthen connections between the screening and exhibition programs, attempting to create mutual crossovers among them.

Period
Friday, February 2 – Sunday, February 18, 2024 (15 days)
Closed on Mondays [Please note the exhibition is open on Monday, February 12 but closed on Tuesday, February 13]
*The Commission Project (3rd floor exhibition gallery) is open until Sunday, March 24
Venues
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Center Square of Yebisu Garden Place, affiliated local facilities, galleries, etc.
Time
10:00−20:00 (Until 18:00 on the final day)
*The Commission Project (3rd floor exhibition gallery) is open from 10:00−18:00
(Tuesday, February 20 – Sunday, March 24 Until 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays only)
*Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
Admission
Free
*Admission will be charged for some programs such as screenings etc..
*Kindly note that hours and details are subject to change. Please check the latest information on this website.

PROGRAM

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Commission Project | 3F Exhibition Galleries, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

The Commission Project was launched at the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023 as a new program of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, in which artists based in Japan are selected and commissioned to create and exhibit moving-image works as products of the new festival. At the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024, an exhibition by Yu Araki and Kim Insook, Special Prize winners of the previous edition, will be realized while aligning the exhibition with the overall theme, “30 Ways to Go to the Moon.” In addition, as in the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023, the first screening for the next edition will be held concurrently during the festival, in which a jury of five Japanese and international members with expertise in the field of moving images will select four artists.

Exhibition | 2F/B1F Exhibition Galleries, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

The exhibition programs will explore hints for thinking The exhibition will attempt to unravel the overall theme, “30 Ways to Go to the Moon,” through various forms of expression with a focus on photography and moving images, considering together not only with the artists but also with the audience participating in the festival. The second-floor exhibition room of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum will feature moving images, photographs, and documents that include works from the Museum collection, while the center of the space will host a daily program of performances, live events, screenings, talks, discussions, workshops, and more. The basement-floor exhibition room will introduce works and projects that suggest unknown possibilities and ideas that cannot be fully understood by science and theory and will attempt to respond to the dialogue generated on the second floor.

Screening | 1F Hall, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

The 1F Hall of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Hall on the first floor will serve as the venue for a daily program of screenings specially curated for the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions. A diverse range of films from Japan and overseas will be screened, ranging from narrative films, experimental films, documentaries, and animated films to contemporary art works, including films that are being shown in Japan for the first time. Talk sessions with the filmmakers and guests will be held after the screenings.

Educational Program｜Tokyo Photographic Art Museum 1F Studio and others

The Yebisu lnternational Festival for Art & Alternative The educational program offers a variety of programs that are easily accessible to a diverse range of people, and are designed to make the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions more inclusive and enjoyable for all.

Off-site Exhibition｜Center Square of Yebisu Garden Place

Center Square, located in the center of Yebisu Garden Place, will be the site of an outdoor work that all visitors can experience. At Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024, this venue will introduce a program developed together with Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT].

Partnership Program｜Various Venues

The Partnership Program encompasses exhibitions and various other events, with contents relating to the overall theme developed by art leaders operating in and around the Ebisu area and shown at respective venues. A sticker rally around the participating facilities is an additional attraction designed to encourage visitors’ enjoyment of the festival. Those who collect a certain number of stickers are presented with commemorative goods. We wish everyone good luck with their hunt!

ARTISTS

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NEWS

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2024/3/1
Commission Project : Artist Talk events
2024/2/21
The Festival 2024 has completed its run (Commission Project Exhibition continues until 3/24)
2023/10/24
We have opened a new website.
2023/10/24
About the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024