The exhibition “Ho Tzu Nyen: A for Agents” will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from April 6 (Sat) to July 7 (Sun).
Ho Tzu Nyen, based in Singapore, has been creating films, video installations, and performances that explore Southeast Asian historical events, ideas, individual and collective subjectivity, and cultural identity from a unique perspective. In Japan, he has presented new works at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, 2021, and the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, among others.
The exhibition “Ho Tzu Nyen: A for Agents” introduces Ho’s work from his earliest days to his latest work, which is being shown in Japan for the first time. Through video installations such as “Utama: All the Names in History Are Me,” his 2003 debut film directed and written by Ho, and “Voice of Void: Voices of Emptiness,” a collaboration with the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, the exhibition will present Ho’s activities to date, as well as his newest works, which will be on view for the first time in Japan. The exhibition will trace Ho’s past activities through video installations such as “Utama – All the Names that Appear in History are Me. His latest work, “T of Time,” is a new development of Ho’s work, which questions time itself and people’s experience of time through the multifaceted nature of time.
Photo by Kazuji Mishima, courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].
Ho Tzu Nyen: A for Agents
Dates: April 6 (Sat) – July 7 (Sun), 2024
Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing)
Closed: Mondays (open on April 29 and May 6), April 30, and May 7
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Special Exhibition Room B2F
Admission: General 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) / University, college, vocational school students, 65 years old and over 1,100 yen (880 yen) / Junior high and high school students 600 yen (480 yen) / Elementary school students and under free
Prices in parentheses ( ) are for groups of 20 or more.
The MOT Collection can also be viewed with a ticket for this exhibition.
*Please note that elementary school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
*Free admission for holders of the Physical Disability Certificate, Love Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, Health and Welfare Certificate for the Mentally Disabled, and Health Certificate for A-Bomb Survivors, and their attendants (up to 2 persons).
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month (Silver Day), those 65 years old and over are admitted free of charge. (Present proof of age at the ticket counter).
On the third Saturday and the following Sunday of each month (Family Friendship Day), admission is half-price for parents accompanying children under 18 years old (show proof of residence in Tokyo/up to 2 persons).
On [Welcome Youth 2024] April 6 (Sat.) and 7 (Sun.), this exhibition is free for those under 18 years old (born on or after April 2, 2005). (Present proof of age at the ticket counter.)
*[Free Student Day Supported by Bloomberg] On May 11 (Sat.) and 12 (Sun.), this exhibition is free for junior high school, high school, vocational school and college students. (Show your student ID at the ticket counter.)
Organizer: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Supported by: Yoshino Gypsum Foundation for Art Promotion
This exhibition consists of multiple video installations and VR works (advance reservation required / 30-minute changeover).
Gallery talks, book readings, and other related programs will be held during the exhibition period. Participation methods and details will be posted on the museum’s website as they become available.
