Sep.13.2012
New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2012 opens
Grand Prize selection open committee meeting to be held during the exhibition period
The New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2012 will present the Excellence Award-winning works of five artists and the Honorable Mention works of 20 artists, who were selected from among 1,325 entrants in 2012 (35th competition). An exhibition of new works by Maya Akashika, Grand Prize winner 2011, will be held concurrently.
The open committee meeting to select one Grand Prize winner from among this year’s Excellence Award winners will also be held during the exhibition period. At the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, Excellence Award winners will give presentations and each will have a question and answer session with the judges lasting approximately 15 minutes. This is a great opportunity to hear opinions, evaluations, and active discussions about current photographic expression through the award-winning works and this year’s new group of judges. Do not miss it.
If you would like to attend the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, please make an advanced reservation (application details will be made available on this homepage by early-October). We hope you will take this opportunity to attend the events.
Also, during the exhibition period, as a new project, individuals in the photography industry will carry out public reviews of award-winning works, and award-winners will take part in events where they will talk about their concepts and intentions when creating their works, etc.
1. New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2012
| Date | : Saturday, October 27 - Sunday, November 18, 2012 10:00 to 18:00 (Thursday and Friday until 20:00, closed on Monday, October 29 and November 5, November 12) |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (1st basement Exhibition Room) 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (Ebisu Garden Place) Tel: 03-3280-0099 7 minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Ebisu station |
| Admission | : Free |
| Exhibiting artists | : Excellence Award winners 2012 (35th competition) Shingo Kakita, Yohei Kichiraku, Robin Haseba, Yosuke Harada, Yuki Hamanaka (total of five artists) (honorific titles omitted) Honorable Mention winners: 20 artists |
| Organizer | : Canon Inc. |
| Co-organizer | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
Also scheduled is an exhibition of new works by Maya Akashika [Grand Prize winner 2011 (34th competition)] “Electricity! Light! Stone! Fire!”
2. Grand Prize selection open committee meeting
| Date | : Friday, November 9, 2012 15:30 to 18:00 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1F Hall |
| Capacity | : 120 on a first-come-first-served basis |
| Admission | : Free (advanced reservation required) Application details will be made available on this homepage by early October. |
| Committee | : Katsumi Omori (photographer), Masafumi Sanai (photographer), Noi Sawaragi (art critic), Minoru Shimizu (photo critic), and HIROMIX (photographer) (honorific titles omitted) |
Excellence Award winning works 2012 (35th competition)
Shingo Kakita “forever acid”
Selected by Katsumi Omori
Yohei Kichiraku “BIRDS”
Selected by Masafumi Sanai
Robin Haseba
THE JAPANES BEACH —SUMA—
Selected by Noi Sawaragi
Yosuke Harada “project a world”
Selected by Minoru Shimizu
Yuki Hamanaka “Life of Silence”
Selected by HIROMIX
Simultaneous exhibition :
Exhibition of new works by Maya Akashika [Grand Prize winner 2011 (34th competition)]
“Electricity! Light! Stone! Fire!”
Maya Akashika “Electricity! Light! Stone! Fire!”
Comments from the artist :
“I collect dazzling moments every day.
Moments are points, and by collecting many more, I would like to connect these points.”
Related events (honorific titles omitted)
1. Public review of award-winning works
While award-winners are waiting at their respective exhibition spaces, the reviewers will move freely around the exhibit area, and publicly review award-winning works by directly evaluating the works of award-winners that interest them. Visitors can hear these reviews up close, and they can also question the award-winners about their works.
| Date | : Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 14:00 to 17:00 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (1st basement Exhibition Room) |
| Participants | : Applicants from the Excellence Award winners and Honorable Mention winners 2012 (35th competition), and Grand Prize winner 2011 (34rd competition) |
| Reviewers | : People related to the photography industry such as art dealers, editors, and curators. |
* Please note that admission may be refused due to congestion during the exhibition.
2. Artists’ talk show
After each of the exhibitors has made a presentation of approximately 10 minutes about the concepts that led to the creation of their works, there will be a five-minute question and answer session with visitors, during a talk show lasting about 15 minutes with each exhibitor.
| Date | : Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 15:30 to 17:00 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (1st basement Exhibition Room) |
| Admission | : Free (advanced reservation not required) |
| Artists | : (Scheduled) Five Excellence Award winners 2012 (35th competition) Grand Prize winner 2011 (34th competition) Maya Akashika |
* Please note that admission may be refused due to congestion during the exhibition.
