CCBT artist fellows Tokolo Asao, Hiramoto Tomoki, and Iguchi Kota will present a new installation at Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023. In conjunction, CCBT will host an exhibition showcasing the creative process behind the work.
Dates: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Thursday, February 16, 2023,
13:00 – 19:00
*Closed on Mondays
Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT]
Admission: Free
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Planning cooperation: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.
Tokolo Asao, Hiramoto Tomoki, and Iguchi Kota, one of CCBT’s current teams of artist fellows, will present FORMING SPHERES as an off-site exhibit at Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions from February 3, 2023. The latest work by these three designers who contributed to the much-discussed drone display at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, FORMING SPHERES uses 3D printers to reconfigure Tokolo’s kumi-ichimatsu-mon traditional checkered Japanese pattern from the Tokyo 2020 emblems as a spherical sculpture. When light is projected onto the sculpture, it transforms into an installation created through the interplay of light and shadow.
Alongside the unveiling of the new work, CCBT will hold an exhibition introducing how FORMING SPHERES was made. Pairing Tokolo’s unwavering exploration of geometrical Japanese motifs with Hiramoto’s digital fabrication and Iguchi’s dynamic motion design, experience the process behind the team’s collaboration.
Installation Exhibition
Yebisu Film Festival 2023 Off-site Exhibition
Dates: February 3 (Fri.) – February 19th (Sun.), 2023, 10:00-20:00 * Last day until 18:00 / Suspended on Monday, February 6 and Monday, February 13th
Venue: Yebisu Garden Place Center Square
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
https://www.yebizo.com/jp/program/396
※ This work will be produced as part of the “Art Incubation Program” of Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT].
Prototype exhibit at CCBT
Tokolo Asao + Hiramoto Tomoki + Iguchi Kota “FORMING SPHERES” prototype unveiled
Dates: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – Thursday, February 16, 2023, 13:00 – 19:00 *Closed on Mondays
Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT]
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Planning cooperation: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
CCBT Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs and the largest artist fellowship in Japan, the Art Incubation Program aims to enable new artistic creativity and R&D that inspires the world with what Tokyo can do. CCBT’s artist fellows receive funding support for new projects, use of CCBT’s facilities, and expert advice as they develop their work and then present it in Tokyo. Alongside this, fellows give workshops and lectures at CCBT, share their creative process publicly, and serve as partners helping to build CCBT.
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Profile
Tokolo Asao
Artist
Born in Tokyo, 1969. Studied architecture from childhood under Shin Egashira, and began creating patterns on September 11, 2001 under the theme of “connecting,” and continues to work across the boundaries of art, architecture, design, and other fields. He also designs and produces three-dimensional objects based on the same principle. Major works include Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic emblems, Dainagoya Building lower level glass pattern, TOKOLOPATTERN MAGNET, etc. He has been a part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Engineering since 2016 and at the University of Tokyo’s College of Liberal Arts since 2018.
Hiramoto Tomoki
Space Designer / Architect
Spatial Designer / Architect Born in 1987, graduated from Keio University’s Graduate School of Media and Governance (SFC) with a Master’s degree in Ex-Design. He was involved in the launch of FabLab Japan as a student and established wip in 2015. He has been designing across scales from products to spatial design using digital technology. For the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, he worked on the podium project and participated in the production of a 3D drone animation for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. He is the author of the book “3D Printing Handbook/O’Reilly Japan” and a regular contributor to design magazines.
Iguchi Kota
Video Designer / Creative Director
Born in 1984, based in New York and Tokyo, he founded TYMOTE Inc. in 2008 while a student at Musashino Art University’s Department of Basic Design, and in 2013 founded the Creative Association CEKAI. In 2020, he was in charge of creating the “Tokyo 2020 Moving Sports Pictogram,” the first of its kind in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. He also participated in the opening ceremony as a Video Director, and produced a 3D drone animation.
