The details for Ryuichi Sakamoto | Seeing Sound, Hearing Time, an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, have been revealed. The exhibition will run from December 21, 2024, to March 30, 2025.
Curated around the exhibition concept Sakamoto envisioned for the museum before his passing, the show focuses on his long-standing interests in sound and time. It will feature about 10 immersive sound installations, combining new, previously unseen works with some of his most renowned pieces. Six collaborative artists have been announced, and the exhibition layout, which will span both indoor and outdoor spaces, has been shared.
On the first floor of the Special Exhibition Gallery, new works by Sakamoto and Shiro Takata, along with a new piece by Carsten Nicolai, will be displayed. On the underground second floor, installations from the async series, created with Zakkubalan, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Takata, will be shown, along with Durmiente by Apichatpong, making its Japan debut. Additionally, a new installation recreating Sakamoto’s 1996–97 performance with Toshio Iwai will be unveiled as part of an archival display.
Outdoors in the first-floor courtyard, Sensing Streams 2024–Invisible, Unhearable (MOT version), a collaboration with Daito Manabe, will explore electromagnetic waves as an invisible “stream” that humans can’t perceive. In the underground Sunken Garden, a special collaborative work titled LIFE–WELL TOKYO: Fog Sculpture #47662 by Sakamoto, Fujiko Nakaya, and Takata will also be presented.
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Seeing Sound, Hearing Time
Exhibition Period:
December 21, 2024 (Saturday) – March 30, 2025 (Sunday)
Opening Hours:
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Last entry to the exhibition rooms 30 minutes before closing)
Closed:
Mondays (open on January 13 and February 24), December 28 – January 1, January 14, February 25
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Special Exhibition Rooms 1F/B2F, and other locations (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo)
Admission Fees:
General: ¥2,400
University & Vocational Students, Seniors (65+): ¥1,700
Junior & Senior High School Students: ¥960
Free for Elementary School Students and younger
Organized by:
Public Foundation of Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun, TV Asahi
Sponsors:
Kakaku.com, Digital Garage, Toho Leo, Nissha, New Balance Japan, Yamada Bee Farm
Special Support:
KAB Inc., KAB America Inc., Dumb Type Office, Avex Entertainment, K Garage, Takenaka, Toho Leo, Hot Staff Promotion, Uniqlo
Cooperation:
J-WAVE
Funding Support:
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Global Development of Japan’s Art Projects, Fiscal Year 2024
Special Equipment Support:
Eastern Sound Factory
Technical Cooperation:
Hexagon Japan
Equipment Cooperation:
Art With, Color Kinetics Japan, Bricks
Guest Curator:
Yuko Namba
Curator:
Tomoe Moriyama (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
Curatorial Staff:
Mio Harada (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
Inquiries:
050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)
Exhibition Website:
https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/exhibitions/RS/
