慶應義塾大学アート・センター　Keio University Art Center

20 Years of KUAC Art Archive

Genetic Engine

  • 慶應義塾大学周年事業・KUACアート・アーカイヴ20周年 ジェネティック・エンジン

    In 1998, Keio University Art Center (KUAC) opened Hijikata Tatsumi Archive, which has served as a model for our “Genetic Engine” and led us to work on art archive. As it marks the 25th anniversary this year, we are planning a series of events and publications to review and reconstruct the system of “Genetic Engine.”

    Art archive can be regarded as “Genetic Engine.” Memory of an individual or an organization is quasi-material, but it essentially stays inside them. In contrast, record is externalized memory, where memory have contact with record. At this point arises an archive. Integrating the genetic elements of past event, archive re-generates them in new, various perspectives. In this sense, we call archive “Genetic Engine.” 

    Our attempt to revise "Genetic Engine" will be made in various field, e.g. exhibitions, publications, a symposium. We are looking forward to your participation.

  • From April 2018

  • Contact　

    Keio University Art Center (Moriyama, Hashimoto)
    +81-3-5427-1621

News and Activities

Events

Event List

[Pamphlets] Pleats Machine: 20 Years of KUAC Archive

Four pamphlets devoted to the study on archive. A prototype will be issued on May 14.

[Small Exhibition Series] Pleats Machine

We will start three serial exhibitions in October, where materials from Keio Art Center will be exhibited under each theme.
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00
Venue: The second floor of Keio University Mita Campus South Annex
Admission Free

[Exhibiton] Introduction to Archives XVII, "2018/1968: 50 Years from Rebellion of the Body"

Materials from the Hijikata Tatsumi Archive will be exhibited in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his renowned performance.
Date: October 1 (Mon.) - November 2 (Fri.), 2018
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays
Hours: 11:00 - 18:00
Venue: Keio University Art Space
Admission Free

[Symposium] "20 Years of KUAC Art Archive: Genetic Engine"

Detailed information on lecturers is coming soon. Please check the website.
Date: November 17 (Sat.), 2018
Venue: Keio University Mita Campus North Hall

[Periodical] ARTLET / Booklet

The special issues of "Genetic Engine”
Artlet 50 (September 30, 2018) / Artlet 51 (March 31, 2019) / Booklet 27 (March 31, 2019)

[Website 25]

We renew our website through reviewing the model to publicize our activity.

[Online Course in FutureLearn] "Exploring Japanese Avant-garde Art Through Butoh Dance"

Lectures on Tatsumi Hijikata and Butoh Dance will be offered to everyone in the digital education platform FutureLearn (opens in September 2018)

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