Cherish, your imagination

The exhibition returns us to the creative child’s mind that we may have forgotten as we became adults, and features media-technology based artworks and screenings to appeal to adults and children alike. Wandering through the themed spaces of “Senses”—as Body, Sound and Words, Oblivion and Galaxy, visitors experience art based on interactive participation, physical expression, sound, writing and video, as well as historical documents and artworks from the MOT Collection. 

While also a “contemporary art show for children,” this exhibition takes a neotenic approach (adult mind with childlike appearance) to equalize adults and children temporarily. Through the exhibition, we try to learn and consider highly acclaimed new and old art and technology sent out into the world from Japan after the end of the Second World War. Visitors are invited to regard the surprisingly beautiful 8K, ultra-High Definition artworks in close detail, become part of interactive pieces, take commemorative photos and get in touch with outer space as they take a tour through the exhibition area. After enjoying a screening of artworks at the end of the exhibition, visitors are given back their forgotten “real names,” like in Michael Ende’s Neverending Story, in order to reunite them with the fascination of the familiar world. 

Participating artists: The Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo(Kohei Nawa, Tokujin Yoshioka), MADD. (Movie for Art, Design and Data) works in 8K, GRINDER-MAN, Hideyuki Ando, Jun Fujiki, Noramoji Project, Optical Illusion Block Project, Justine Emard, phono/graph, IDEAL COPY, CTG, Masao Komura, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Jun Kosaka, AR 3 Brothers, Rhizomatiks Research / ELEVENPLAY / MIKIKO / Daito Manabe / Motoi Ishibashi / Kyle McDonald, Junji Watanabe (NTT Communication Science Laboratories), Yoichi Ochiai & JPO Project (Visual: WOW)

Organized by
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Co-organized by
NHK Enterprises, Inc.

Special support by
MADD. Committee / ASTRODESIGN,Inc.

Equipment cooperation by
SHARP CORPORATION / Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

Cooperated by
The Japan Foundation of Public Communication on Science and Technology (PCOST) / “One for Every Household: Diagram of Our Universe” Production Committee / Nissha Foundation for Printing Culture and Technology / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency（JAXA）/ Video Research Ltd. / MinebeaMitsumi Inc. / AMUSE INC. / HIP LAND MUSIC CORPORATION INC.

Curated by Tomoe Moriyama (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)

Sanctioned Event of the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival