Masamune Kawasaki

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A student art exhibition conceived, produced, and directed entirely by Masamune Kawasaki at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Nine student participants. Held over four days at Shibuya Scramble Square QWS, welcoming over 160 visitors in total.

[QWS Academia Introduction Page]

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On the motivation behind the exhibition:

【An art exhibition — at Tokyo Tech? ＜ON the borderLINE＞】

The truth is, I chose my laboratory — the Tokyo Tech Science & Art Lab — because I wanted to pursue creative expression. However, Tokyo Institute of Technology is, by nature, a science and technology university. Exhibitions of the kind held at art schools simply did not happen there, and there was no culture of creative expression to speak of. "If it doesn't exist, build it." With that conviction — and amid the chaos of a looming thesis deadline — I gathered members and made it happen.

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"An art exhibition at Tokyo Tech?" I imagine many would find that surprising. In recent years, however, the intersection of science & technology and the arts & humanities has increasingly been recognized as an interdisciplinary field in its own right. The boundary between the sciences and the humanities is, slowly but surely, beginning to dissolve. In an age where technology has advanced so far, perhaps — just as there was once no clear divide between "invention" and "art" — now is precisely the right moment to look at the world again through the lens of expression. The works gathered here are grounded in the scientific and technological spirit of Tokyo Tech, while placing equal weight on concept. By articulating thought processes through language and posing questions to the world through creative work, I believe that somewhere beyond that lies a hint toward a new future for humanity.

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When I first began planning, I intended simply to raise my voice as part of my own creative practice. But creating something from nothing proved far harder than I had imagined — and before I knew it, my focus had shifted from making my own work to thinking about how to build the exhibition itself. I did not exhibit personal works this time. Yet I am proud to have created a new point of departure for creative expression, and I have come to feel that the exhibition itself is the work.

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Finally, through the process of organizing this exhibition, I came to realize that what I truly wanted to create was not "an exhibition as a single point" — but "a continuous line of inquiry into creation and culture." This time, I planted a seed in a place — Tokyo Tech — that might seem, at first glance, far removed from expression and art. What kind of chain reaction will it set off? I hope it spreads across many communities and that many different kinds of shoots begin to grow.

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