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THINGSTIGATE, Butsu-Butsu Ko-kan

  • Participatory Project
2024
9
／
21
Sat
2024
11
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4
Mon
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery B-3

Participatory project by Thingstigate to be implemented in the open program “Meeting Point: Encounter, Get to Know, Exchange.”
The interactive project by the Thingstigate team, which conducts research into how common things around us can become 'things-in-common.' Butsu-Butsu Ko-kan is a participatory project in which people exchange memories and experiences through objects (things) such as everyday items owned by various people. By participating, you may change the way you see and interact with “things.”

◉Message from Thingstigate

Dear Visitor,

A warm welcome to Butsu-Butsu Ko-kan opening on 21 Sept at HMoCA! We at Thingstigate and HMoCA invite all gallery visitors to participate in an exchange of memories and experiences. To find out more about how to join us in this activity, please have a peek at the instructions below!

Best wishes,
Kelly Chan, Maxine Chionh and Tintin Wulia

OPEN CALL to visitors

Before you come to the gallery:
1.　Choose one object that you want to exchange.
2.　Think of a story that accompanies the object.
3.　Bring the object and story with you to the gallery.

When you are at the gallery:
1.　Place your object on the fabric on the table. Draw a silhouette of it on the table.
2.　Write your story on the fabric, next to your object. Start this story with: “I am giving this object because…” Please include the time and date of your entry.
3.　Choose one object that is already on the table that you want to take in exchange for yours. Write a story about this object next to its silhouette. Start this story with: “I am taking this object because…” Please include the time and date of your entry.
4.　Take a picture of the object that you are taking with you and post it together with your story on the social media account of choice. Add #Thingstigate and #HMoCA as collaborators.
5.　Take the object with you when you leave.

Please note: we would like you to bring objects that are in good condition (no broken parts), non-perishable, clean, safe, re-usable, no strong odor, everyday items that weigh less than 2 kg and can fit on a tabletop. Items not be returned. If it is regarded as inappropriate for the exhibition, the museum may refrain from exhibiting.

Objects examples: umbrellas, photo albums, school textbooks, souvenirs (like key-holders), toys, dolls, ceramics, hats, scarves and belts.
　
　
　→ THINGSTIGATE
A research project that aims to identify how social and political change through art occurs. Its methods include archival analysis of past socially engaged art, conducting participatory art in everyday life and longitudinal tracing of aesthetic objects, based on the hypothesis that such transformation occurs within a framework comprising 'imagination', 'emotion' and 'socio-political institutions', with aesthetic objects as the basis.
THINGSTIGATE-Things for Politics’ Sake: Aesthetic Objects and Social Change
　
　
In cooperation with: The University of Gothenburg and the European Research Council/'Thingstigate'

Venue
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery B-3
Price
Free

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Special Exhibition Tintin Wulia: Things-in-Common

2024.9.21(Sat) — 2025.1.5(Sun)

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Open Program Meeting Point: Encounter, Get to Know, Exchange

2024.9.21(Sat) — 11.4(Mon)

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