Tokyo Art Beat presents Tokyo's only bilingual art and design talk every tuesday at Gotanda Sonic.

Towada Art Center, designed by Ryuue Nishizawa (SANAA), opened on
April 26th this year in Towada City, Aomori Prefecture. With its
permanent exhibition spaces that accord each work of art its own
independent space and a building with a distributed, decentralized
structure connected to the urban space around it, the center has
garnered much positive attention owing to its unique approach and
unprecedented style. A photo report of the center's opening can be
seen here.

For this edition of TAB Talks, we are pleased to invite Tetsuyuki
Nagata, overall director of Nanjo and Associates, to speak about his
involvement in the rejuvenative art project, the centerpiece of which
is this newly completed the center. Nagata will also talk about his
experimental planning and direction work with Arts Towada since 2003,
an initiative that focuses on Towada's outlying art and culture zones,
the proposals by five different architects for the center, the
selection process for artists and their works, and other
behind-the-scenes experiences at the front line of new developments
related to the contemporary art boom.

All are warmly invited to attend - those with an interest in center
architecture, the relationship between art and cities, those planning
to visit Towada over the summer vacation…The talk is scheduled to last
2 hours, and English interpretation will be provided.

Right after, we'll have a short segment called The 30-second Pitch.
Five members of the audience will be invited to introduce themselves
to the audience, promote a recent project, or announce a new product,
website or company in under 30 seconds.

Thank you for your support and see you on June 24!

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2008/D2AB

Date
June 24, 2008

Fee
Adults: \1000, students: \800

Venue Hours
Door open 20:00, Start 20:30-23:30

Access
8 minutes walk from the West exit at Gotanda Station on the JR
Yamanote Line. 6 minutes walk from Fudoumae Station on the Tokyu
Meguro Line.

Address
Machihara Bldg. 1F, 3-8-3 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031

Map
http://tinyurl.com/ypnzj5