Agenda: June 28 - July 11 / feat. "BAU"

Note: This time the agenda covers two weeks.


This fortnight’s feature:
"BAU" by Takashi Suzuki at radlab exhibition projects*)
Shown in a tremendous variety, you will surely recognize the cleaning sponge you use. But are the pictured sponges still the same mundane everyday life stuff? Stripped of their function and architecturally assembled -- "BAU" is German and means "building" -- they look like skyscrapers, castles and churches, but of unusual quality: Soft, vibrantly coloured and playful. A glimpse of utopia.
*) in cooperation with Super Window Project


Kyoto

Exhibition "Trouble in Paradise/Medi(t)ation of Survival" at the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (July 9 – August 22; 9:00 - 17:00, on Fridays until 20:00, closed on Mondays).

Exhibition Yasuhiko Kida's world at Shibunkaku (until August 01; 10:00 - 17:00, closed on Mondays).

Exhibition "Xの謎" (X-Ray riddles) at the museum of the University of Kyoto (until August 29; 9:30 - 16:30, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays).

Antiques flea market on the grounds of Toji Temple (July 04, 7:00 - 16:00, on the first Sunday every month).

recommended:

Utopian skyscrapers, castles and churches -- soft and playful

Exhibition "BAU" by Takashi Suzuki at radlab exhibition projects in cooperation with Super Window Project (until July 25; on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 13:00 - 21:00).

Material, transcending itself

Exhibition "Direction of Materials" by Soshi Matsunobe at Super Window Project (until August 08; on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 14:00 - 19:00). Featured here.

Nishinomiya

Exhibition "The world according to Paramodel" at Otani Memorial Art Museum (June 26 - August 1; 10:00 - 17:00; closed on Wednesday)


Osaka

Art Osaka 2010 (July 10 - 11; 12:00 - 19:00).

"@ YOU MORE BOOK" - a live book-making event at E-ma's gallery space D~ba (July 9 - 11).

Exhibition "Planet Antiques" by Toshiyuki Shibakawa at YOD Gallery (until July 31; 11:00 - 19:00; closed on Sunday and Monday)

recommended:

Award winning typography experiments

"Tokyo TDC Exhibition 2010" at ddd gallery (until July 03; 11:00 - 19:00, on Saturdays until 18:00; closed on Sunday, Monday and on national holidays). Featured here.

Foreigner’s Live Art Guide

For more exhibitions and events about art and design in Osaka rely on FLAG.

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On the Agenda are events in Kyoto - and also in Osaka and Kobe - that I'm interested in and plan to attend.
Although the list isn't meant to be complete, I hope it provides some valuable tips for those interested in art and design in Kansai.