About

In the 1960s and the 1970s, artists “discovered,” and explored the possibility of film and video as mediums of reconsidering creation and presentation of works.

By restaging the 5th Exhibition of Contemporary Plastic Art: Expression in Film ’72 – Thing, Place, Time, Space – Equivalent Cinema, which was first held 43 years ago in 1972 at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, we introduce a sampling of the film and video expressions that were being created by plastic artists between the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.

The original Expression in Film ’72 exhibition, featuring 16 artists, did not make use of a theater format in which viewers sat in the dark and viewed the works. It was instead a pioneering event that explored the potential of the moving image using an exhibition format in which viewers moved freely through the space and viewed multiple works that were shown at the same time.

Given that some works have vanished, and that technology as well as our own values have changed over the last 43 years, it would be impossible for the 2015 edition to be exactly the same as the 1972 original. We do anticipate, however, that the contemporary and future significance of these over fourdecade-old expressions will emerge from the similarities and differences between the two places and times.

Participating Artists in Expression in Film ’72
Ishihara Kaoru
Imai Norio
Uematsu Keiji
Uemura Yoshio
Kashihara Etsutomu
Kawaguchi Tatsuo
Shoji Satoru
Nagasawa Hidetoshi
Nomura Hitoshi
Hikosaka Naoyoshi
Matsumoto Shoji
Miyagawa Noriaki
Muraoka Saburo
Yamanaka Nobuo
Yamamoto Keigo
Yonezu Shigehide

Event

Film Screening Program: Replay “FILM NOW”

  “FILM NOW” was the three days’ film screening held in 1972 as the related event of “Expression in Film ’72.” Almost all the works will be projected by 16mm film. Don’t miss this precious chance!

Day

24 October, 25 October, 28 November, 29 November

Time

14:00-16:00

Location

Auditorium

Admission

Please show your “Re: play 1972/2015” ticket at the entrance of the auditorium (the first 140 people)

Program
24 October & 29 November
Aldo Tambellini “Black TV”
Bruce Baillie “Tung”
Stan VanDerBeek “Breathdeath”
Ando Kohei “Oh My Mother”
Matsumoto Toshio “Extasis”
Matsumoto Toshio “Metastasis”
Matsumoto Toshio “Autonomy”
Matsumoto Toshio “Expansion”

25 October & 28 November
Wilhelm Hein + Birgit Hein “Raw Film”
Arakawa Shusaku “WHY NOT”

Hours & Admissions

Location

Art Museum Special Exhibition Gallery

Date

October 6, 2015 – December 13, 2015

Time

10:00-17:00 (Friday is 10:00-20:00)
*Last admission : 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Closed on Mondays (except October 12 and November 23 2015)
October 13 ,2015
November 24, 2015

Admission

Day ticket (Group of 20 persons or more)
Adults: ¥900 (600)
College / University students: ¥500 (250)
* All prices include tax.
* High school age and under 18 are free of charge.
*Persons with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
*Including the admission fee for glove|evolg Primarily from the Museum Collection and MOMAT Collection.

Organizer

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo