MAM Research 004: Video Hiroba - Reexamining the 1970s Experimental Video Art Group
30 Jul 2016 - 09 Jan 2017
MAM RESEARCH 004: VIDEO HIROBA - REEXAMINING THE 1970S EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO ART GROUP
30 July 2016 - 9 January 2017
Curated by: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Video Hiroba was an experimental video art collective formed in Japan in 1972. Its members included Nakaya Fujiko, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Kawanaka Nobuhiro, Kobayashi Hakudo, Matsumoto Toshio, Hagiwara Sakumi, and Wada Morihiro among other artists and creators. Utilizing what at the time was the latest media technology as a tool for communication, the members collaborated with each other to engage with social movements and foster debate among ordinary citizens through the medium of video. Their unique activities aspired to create a media that could form an alternative to the mass media. The group's experiments also included publishing magazines, disseminating reports on their activities and developing discourse, and renting out video cameras and other equipment at low prices. Even after the group disbanded, many of the members continued to work as artists and strongly influenced the contemporary art scene.
This exhibition features video works by the key members of Video Hiroba as well as photographs, texts, publications and other materials in an attempt to reassess the activities of the collective from the perspective of today.
30 July 2016 - 9 January 2017
Curated by: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Video Hiroba was an experimental video art collective formed in Japan in 1972. Its members included Nakaya Fujiko, Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Kawanaka Nobuhiro, Kobayashi Hakudo, Matsumoto Toshio, Hagiwara Sakumi, and Wada Morihiro among other artists and creators. Utilizing what at the time was the latest media technology as a tool for communication, the members collaborated with each other to engage with social movements and foster debate among ordinary citizens through the medium of video. Their unique activities aspired to create a media that could form an alternative to the mass media. The group's experiments also included publishing magazines, disseminating reports on their activities and developing discourse, and renting out video cameras and other equipment at low prices. Even after the group disbanded, many of the members continued to work as artists and strongly influenced the contemporary art scene.
This exhibition features video works by the key members of Video Hiroba as well as photographs, texts, publications and other materials in an attempt to reassess the activities of the collective from the perspective of today.