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Pick-uped "Attributes"	Fingerprints	Iris	Sound spectrogram	...
New Works	"Pool of fingerprints" Euclid	"2048" Hisato Ogata	"updated memory" Masahiko Sato ＋ Naoaki Fujimoto

In recent years, a number of individual-identifying technologies and measures have been developed rapidly, and are now used in a variety of contexts in our day-to-day life, to prevent crimes and also to help us lead a more comfortable life. This, in turn, means that we are heading into a society where our identities, such as our fingerprints and veins, have their own wings, divorced from their original owners, i.e., ourselves.

The exhibition director, Masahiko Sato has translated the essence of complicated ideas to simple and intimate forms through new methods of expression. "Pitagora Switch" educational program on NHK and art piece "Arithmetik Garden" are some of those representative examples.

This exhibition will introduce new pieces, which leverage interactive devices and cutting-edge technologies, and existing pieces which reveal a theme "intrinsic attributes of ourselves." Through a number of hands-on exhibits, a blend of scientific technologies and art works by designers and artists both in Japan and overseas, the exhibition aims to create an opportunity for the visitors to identify their undeniable "self."

Individuality and identity are something that you take for granted in designs and making things. The exhibition will search for a new perspective on what makes us "us" with the visitors.

Exhibition Title：

Exhibition "The Definition of Self" Directed by Masahiko Sato

Date：

2010.7.16 (Fri.) - 11.3 (Wed.)
Closed on Tuesdays (Except Nov. 2nd)

Time：

11:00 - 20:00 (Endlance until 19:30)

Admission：

General ¥1,000 / University Students ¥800 /
High and Junior High School Students ¥500 /
Ages 12 and under may enter for free
(¥200 discount for a group of over 15 people)

Venue：

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT (Tokyo Midtown Garden)
9-7-6 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN

Tel. +81 (0) 3-3475-2121

Access：

5 min. walk from Roppongi station on the Toei Oedo Line / Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Nogizaka station on the Chiyoda Line

Organizers：

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION

In association with：

Agency for Cultural Affairs; Ministry of Economy, trade and Industry,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Minato City

Grant from：

The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences

In cooperation with：

AI Inc., Analysis Laboratory of Forensic Science, Art Inter Co., Ltd.,
Canon Marketing Japan Inc., Gallery Koyanagi,
Hakodate City Board of Education, Iris ID Systems Inc.,
KDDI CORPORATION, NEC Corporation,
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION,
OMRON Corporation, Panasonic Elecdlic Works Co., Ltd. RIKEN,
SAMSUNG JAPAN CORPORATION, SecurityGate Japan Co., Ltd.
SHUGOARTS, Take Ninagawa, TANITA Corporation,
Tokyo University of the Arts, Toshiba Solution Corporation
(in alphabetical order)