Tokyo Zokei University 60th Anniversary Project: 'Gestaltung Project' to be Held!
To commemorate its 60th anniversary, Tokyo Zokei University will host the 'Gestaltung Project' at BAU SHIBUYA from May to December 2026. The project features multiple exhibitions exploring the comprehensive nature of art and design.
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Tokyo Zokei University (Location: Hachioji City, Tokyo; President: Junri Ikushima) will hold the "Gestaltung Project" to commemorate its 60th anniversary. This project will unfold over three periods from May to December 2026 at BAU SHIBUYA in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The word "Zokei" in Tokyo Zokei University's name originates from the German word "Gestaltung," used in 20th-century art and design movements. It is a word expressing the act of forming or shaping, representing a philosophy that encompasses the realms of art and design without distinction.
The "Gestaltung Project" is an attempt to return to that spirit and develop multiple projects centered on "handling form comprehensively." Multiple exhibitions will be held across three sessions at BAU SHIBUYA. Each project is constructed based on different ideas, and rather than creating direct relationships with each other, sharing the space allows diverse audiences and participants to intersect. They are connected to explore new possibilities of "Zokei" through the friction and resonance created there.
Taking the opportunity of Tokyo Zokei University's 60th anniversary, this project aims to question the nature of formative activities connecting the past, present, and future from multiple angles, and to become a project capable of connecting with society outside the university.
Exhibition 1
Medium and Dimension: Continuum
Curation | Takuya Nakao
Artists | Nozomi Suzuki, Takuro Tamayama, Nerhol, Midori Mitamura
Retrospective Exhibition: Multiple-delay
Artists | Yuki Okumura, Nao Osada, Shinichiro Kano, Nozomi Suzuki, Takuro Tamayama, Yasuko Toyoshima, Takuya Nakao, Nerhol, Manami Murakami, Midori Mitamura, Shota Yamauchi, Kazuaki Yamane
"Medium and Dimension: Continuum" is an exhibition held under the theme of "Continuum," encompassing multiple time axes. Spanning three periods, it creates a single flow through the three sessions without separating them into distinct exhibitions.
However, it is not a single group exhibition based on uniform time and space, but rather expands toward multiple space-times and unfolds individually, set against the stage of "BAU SHIBUYA." Against the linear sense of time of past, present, and future, the four groups of artists handle and rearrange the flow in their own ways—progression, regression, transition, and substitution. Therefore, while formally a single exhibition, this exhibition can be said to hold four simultaneous exhibitions attempting to go back and forth across different time axes.
Along with such multiplicity, furthermore, an exhibition in a retrospective format...
The word "Zokei" in Tokyo Zokei University's name originates from the German word "Gestaltung," used in 20th-century art and design movements. It is a word expressing the act of forming or shaping, representing a philosophy that encompasses the realms of art and design without distinction.
The "Gestaltung Project" is an attempt to return to that spirit and develop multiple projects centered on "handling form comprehensively." Multiple exhibitions will be held across three sessions at BAU SHIBUYA. Each project is constructed based on different ideas, and rather than creating direct relationships with each other, sharing the space allows diverse audiences and participants to intersect. They are connected to explore new possibilities of "Zokei" through the friction and resonance created there.
Taking the opportunity of Tokyo Zokei University's 60th anniversary, this project aims to question the nature of formative activities connecting the past, present, and future from multiple angles, and to become a project capable of connecting with society outside the university.
Exhibition 1
Medium and Dimension: Continuum
Curation | Takuya Nakao
Artists | Nozomi Suzuki, Takuro Tamayama, Nerhol, Midori Mitamura
Retrospective Exhibition: Multiple-delay
Artists | Yuki Okumura, Nao Osada, Shinichiro Kano, Nozomi Suzuki, Takuro Tamayama, Yasuko Toyoshima, Takuya Nakao, Nerhol, Manami Murakami, Midori Mitamura, Shota Yamauchi, Kazuaki Yamane
"Medium and Dimension: Continuum" is an exhibition held under the theme of "Continuum," encompassing multiple time axes. Spanning three periods, it creates a single flow through the three sessions without separating them into distinct exhibitions.
However, it is not a single group exhibition based on uniform time and space, but rather expands toward multiple space-times and unfolds individually, set against the stage of "BAU SHIBUYA." Against the linear sense of time of past, present, and future, the four groups of artists handle and rearrange the flow in their own ways—progression, regression, transition, and substitution. Therefore, while formally a single exhibition, this exhibition can be said to hold four simultaneous exhibitions attempting to go back and forth across different time axes.
Along with such multiplicity, furthermore, an exhibition in a retrospective format...