Syndicate: Call for Proposals: Is This the Future of the City?

[Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@transmediale.de>]

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:49:54 -0400
Subject: Call for Proposals: Is This the Future of the City?
From: Amanda Ramos <ramos@brucemaudesign.com>


 IS THIS THE FUTURE OF THE CITY?
 CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

 New Tokyo Life Style Roppongi Think Zone Motion Floor Project

 July 3, 2001

 Deadline for proposals: August 3, 2001
 Notification: September, 2001
 Term: November, 2001 to March,  2003 (tentative)
 Duration of exhibition: 30 days per artist

 The "Motion Floor Project" (MFP) is a new art exhibition program which
takes place at the new art space "New Tokyo Life Style Roppongi Thinkzone"
(Zone), opening in Tokyo's Roppongi in September 2001. Both the Motion
Floor Project and Zone are projects of the Mori Arts Center, an ambitious
new gallery slated to open in 2003, as part of a new development in
Roppongi Hills being undertaken by the Mori Building Company.  

 The MFP will host a series of video exhbitions, showing the new work of
contemporary artists, filmmakers, graphic designers, musicians, VJs and
other creators selected from all over the world. Each artist is asked to
explore this question: "Is this the Future of the City?" An open-ended
inquiry, artists are invited to interpret however they see appropriate,
exploring the many facets that the question implies.

 Conditions for exhibition:



* The selection of art works to be exhibited will be made by Bruce Mau
Design and Yukiko Harada, Curator of Zone  * Selected works will premiere
at the MFP. Following the opening of the Mori Arts Center, they will be
exhibited again as part of "Motion Floor Project Extreme" (MFPX). They will
also tour to several other venues outside Japan. Artists are welcome to
make other copies of their works but, if selected, one copy will belong to
the Mori Arts Center  * Works will each ideally consist of four large
moving images projected from the ceiling onto the floor, with each image
measuring 7 x 9 metres. Alternate proposals for employing the MFP
technology will be entertained, but this is the basic configuration of the
space.  * If selected, the final format to be delivered to Zone is to be
negotiated between the artist and the staff of Zone  *


The MFP will be the major activity of Zone, which is to enhance the
cultural exchange of Tokyo and the world, providing emerging creators and
artists with an active platform for networking and communication. Zone's
stated objective is to "Deal with the New and Urban" and is comprised of
the following three parts:

 Motion Floor
 Four large moving images will be projected from the ceiling onto the
floor, each measuring 7 by 9 meters.
 Urban Caf?
 Caf? and lounge where youth can hang around. A variety of events such as
lectures and open discussions will also be held.
 Urban Book Library/Bookstore
 A Library/Bookstore dedicated to the themes of city, architecture and fine
art.


 Your proposal will comprise:



* 1-2 page description of the work you intend to produce  * one page
summary curriculum vitae  * 5-10 slides of past work, videotapes  (or other
support material, as appropriate.)



 Remuneration:




* Remuneration: Selected artists will be paid a fee of $20,000 U.S.
including travel expenses to attend the opening in Tokyo. No additional
fees will be paid.



 Zone
 Zone is an abbreviated title of NewTokyo Lifestyle Roppongi Thinkzone, a
temporary contemporary art/culture space to be operated for the two years
prior to the opening of Mori Arts Center.

     Art Director: Bruce Mau (Bruce Mau Design Inc.)
     Curator: Yukiko Harada (Mori Arts Center)
     Associate Curator: Mizuki Takahashi (Mori Arts Center)
     Space design: Tokujin Yoshioka


 Mori Arts Center
 The Mori Arts Center is a new art and culture museum scheduled to open in
the "Roppongi Hills" new city core of Tokyo in the fall of 2003. As the
largest contemporary art/culture museum in Japan, the Mori Arts Center will
be a driving force for the creation and enrichment of a new urban culture,
presenting the contemporary creations traversing fine art, architecture,
graphic design, fashion design, product design and music.


 Mori Building Company and Roppongi Hills
 Mori Building Company is one of the largest urban developers in Japan and
has been devoted to the planning and creation of dynamic urban complexes
for more than 40 years. Fostering the long-term vision to revitalize Tokyo
into an ever more attractive city, the company is now constructing Roppongi
Hills, a large-scale new town development in central Tokyo. Accommodating a
variety of urban functions including Mori Arts Center, Roppongi Hills will
launch as a new cultural core of Tokyo where diverse energies interact and
new lifestyles are enhanced.



 Tokyo is a huge melting pot of fun, ideas and creativity. It absorbs
abundantly and generates abundantly. The Motion Floor Project at Zone will
become a vital part of the vibrant, stimulating energy of Tokyo.

 Yukiko Harada, Curator, Zone
 Bruce Mau, Creative Director, Bruce Mau Design


 Send proposals to:

 Amanda Ramos
 Bruce Mau Design Inc.
 197 Spadina Avenue, Suite 501
 Toronto ON M5T 2C8
 Canada
 416-260-5777, ext. 233
 fax 416-260-2770
 e-mail ramos@brucemaudesign.com



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