Is it "time" that produced humans,
or is it humans that created "time"?

Humans are inseparably bound up with "time." Time assumes diverse, multi-layered forms
in the world ranging from the micro- and macro-world of science such as the universe, living organisms, life, and materials, to the world of cultural representations such as Our explorations and experiences in a new world of time will certainly provide us with a hint for humans' future lifestyle or ways to deepen our thinking.


 

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Interdisciplinary Scientific Exhibition / Dialogue between Science and Art. "Exploration of TIME" March 19[sat.] - June 19[sun.], 2005 10:00-20:00 *admission free

Miraikan

TIME! TIME! TIME! "Exploration of TIME"

Organized by Yamaguchi City Foundation for
Cultural Promotion
Supported by Yamaguchi City, the Board of
Education of Yamaguchi City
Production support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Co-organized by Research Institute for Time Studies,
Yamaguchi University
Co-produced by National Museum of Emerging Science
and Innovation (Miraikan)

What is "Exploration of TIME" exhibition?

Through "science as culture," that is our approach transcending different fields, "time" is viewed from various angles. At the same time, through presentations using different images, space designs, interfaces, and devices based on the idea of "art as an expression of science," "a comprehensive trip to explore time" is represented, in which scientific views interplay with artistic views.

"Exploration of TIME" (organized by National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), and cooperated by the Research Institute for Time Studies, Yamaguchi University) was first held at Miraikan in Tokyo in the spring of 2003. Then it was highly valued as the first epoch-making exhibition experimenting a science-related theme in collaboration with scientists, artists and designers. Afterwards, it toured China and Mexico. It is currently at YCAM, and it is the first large-scale tour in Japan.

In this exhibition in Yamaguchi, the project is developed with forward-looking collaboration of YCAM, Miraikan, the Research Institute for Time Studies of Yamaguchi University, and local voluntary citizens. Moreover, they have reorganized the way of display and the navigation concept specifically for this exhibition, to produce an updated version. It is important that 6 items out of 24 contents displayed this time are YCAM's original works. In addition, related projects including talk shows, symposiums, lectures, workshops, concerts, and movie shows are presented over three months.