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This exhibition, which will mark the opening of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, encompasses 40 artists from 17 countries, and includes 80 works from the Museum's collection. 20 of the 40 artists represented will be creating new works specifically designed for the Museum space. For example, in Chris Burden's new work "Metropolis", a profusion of mini cars race along a labyrinthine monorail-like structure that resembles Medusa's head. Within this work, speed is manifested to convey the naked essence of the city. Sarah Sze has created a galaxy that hangs like a pendulum from a 11 meter-high vaulted ceiling. Matthew Ritchies flowing lenticular panels and murals convey an intense energy and speed suggestive of the Big Bang. Ernesto Neto envelopes the observer with soft sculptures, while a robotic movement of an orchid in Fujihata Masaki's "Orchisoid" conveys the plants consciousness. This exhibition represents works that are fragile and delicate, and also, those that are open and resonant with the world while emanating their very own "sound."
The works spill out from one exhibition space to another and scatter, expanding out into the encompassing circular space; a current reminiscent of a neural network. Within this circuit, the spatial orientation such as front and back, above and below, and linear progression of time, and even, gravity are all lost. Instead, an unknown sensibility will be extracted. The design of this museum itself reprograms individual experiences into something unique. At the end, every visitor would utter a different story, a different experience. Out of this new realignment, these diverse utterances would then blend to create a resonance, which in turn composes multiple melodies. The result would be a never-ending polyphony. Through these new channels of expressions in the 21st Century the "Polyphony_ Emerging Resonances" exhibition will provide opportunities for every visitor to encounter his or her "unknown self." And now, a new sensibility is being created as a result of the encounter with this Museum. |