DeepDigDug is a project of the artists Pablo Alonso, Motoko Dobashi, Martin Hast, Matthias Männer and Kaori Nakajima. It started with an exhibition in Tokyo 2010, the second exhibition will take place in Munich featuring also the five artists Shigeru Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Kouhei Kobayashi,
Ritsuko Ozeki and Ryozo Tsumaki from Japan. Moreover due to the earthquake in Japan, an aid project with more than 120 artists was initiated together with the Japanese artist Fumie Sasabuchi.
For the second part of the DeepDigDug Exhibition Project five artists from Japan will join our group. There will be an exhibition at the Maximiliansforum in Munich with different performances and events in public spaces.
The participating artists are Pablo Alonso, Motoko Dobashi, Shigeru Hasegawa, Martin Hast, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Kohei Kobayashi, Matthias Männer, Kaori Nakajima, Ritsuko Ozeki and Ryozo Tsumaki.
There will be dancing and mucicial performances during the exhibition as well as a special Japanese party.
DATES
Exhibition
May 25th - June 18th, 2011
Opening times
Thursday to Sunday, 14:00 - 19:00
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011,
Beginning: 19:00
Opening, 'Japanese Night' with VJ mo and special guests
Saturday, May 28th, 2011,
Entrance 19:00
Beginning 20:00
dance performance by Satoko Mohri (Berlin) and Chizu Kimura (Berlin) with Live music by Plapla Pinky (Paris/ Brussels) on the occasion of 'Lange Nacht der Musik'
Saturday, June 4th, 2011,
Entrance 19:00
Beginning 20:00
dance performance by AYA (Tokyo) with Live music by Ryo (Tokyo)
Saturday, June 11th, 2011, Entrance 15:00
Beginning 16:00
Butou dance performance by Aya Irizuki (London)
Saturday, June 11th, 2011, Entrance 19:00 Beginning 20:00
Butou dance performance by Aya Irizuki (London)
Saturday, June 18th, 12:00
Natsumatsuri - Japanese street party with delicacies from Japan
Opening: Friday, April 1st, 19:00
Exhibition until Saturday, April 2nd, 13:00 - 19:00
at the art-report show room, Klenzestr. 4, 80469 Munich
Together with the artist Fumie Sasabuchi we have initiated an aid project to support the people in Japan. More than 80 artists have donated their works. You can buy the works on this site: help-japan. The money will go directly to a reputable Japanese aid organisation.
The works will also be shown in an exhibition.
Pablo Alonso, Motoko Dobashi, Martin Hast, Matthias Männer, Kaori Nakajima
Opening Reception: 06/03/2010, 17-19h
Performance by DJ KIKI MOORSE ( Ex.Chicks on speed )
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo
2-4-16 Hongo,
Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
www.tokyo-ws.org/english/hongo
Joint Artists’ Talk
March 13, 2010, 16 - 18h
Open Forum
March 14, 2010, 14 - 16h
“Off Space“ - The current situation in Japanese/German alternative art scenes
Guest Panelists:
Nozomu Ogawa ( Art Center Ongoing )
Shigeru Hasegawa ( Artist, T&S Gallery )
Junya Sato ( Artist, BOICE PLANNING )
Miyuki Yamashita ( Artist, BOICE PLANNING )
About the project
DeepDigDug is an exhibition project by the artists Pablo Alonso, Motoko Dobashi, Martin Hast, Matthias Männer and Kaori Nakajima. The first part of the project will take part at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo in Tokyo in March 2010. There will be an exhibition with the five artists from Germany but also a Symposium with members of different art spaces from Germany and Japan.
Subsequent to the exhibition in Japan there will be an exhibition in Munich with artists from Japan.
