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VACANT/Harajuku

Project: Multi-purpose Space
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo
Year: 2009-2019

#space, #curation

2009.05.01

OVERVIEW

Vacantのプロジェクトスペースとして、2009年に東京・原宿でスタートした。 展覧会、ライブ、フード、ワークショップなどのイベントを、アート、音楽、デザイン演劇など、あらゆるジャンルを横断的に扱い、当時の日本のカルチャーシーンのみならず、海外アーティストとも積極的に紹介する文化施設として、10年のあいだに数百のイベントを開催した。


Started in 2009 in Harajuku, Tokyo, as a project space for Vacant. Over the course of 10 years, it hosted hundreds of events spanning exhibitions, live performances, food, and workshops, crossing genres such as art, music, design, and theater. It served as a cultural hub that not only engaged with Japan’s cultural scene at the time but also actively introduced international artists.


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Event Archive List (Selected)

Dates / Genre / Title / Artist

2019.12.10-28 / Closing Event / Wrong Dance, Right Steps(2019) / Various Artists

2019.08.03-25 / Exhibition / Heavymetal / Seiji Nagai

2018.09.15-30 / Exhibition / Pendant 1957-2018 / Suilen Higashino

2018.02.24-25 / Live / In Between Sound & Vision / Aki Onda, Akio Suzuki, Takashi Makino

2018.02.02-25 / Exhibition / Makoto Latest Ceramic Works / Makoto Orui

2017.12.02-25 / Exhibition / Tanz / Kota Aoyama

2017.02.25-03.13 / Exhibition / David Bowie by Mick Rock / Mick Rock

2017.02.10-19 / Live&Exhibition / Pollution Symphony / Various Artists

2016.06.24-07.24 / Exhibition / Winter / Yuko Noguchi

2016.06.04-19 / Exhibition+Live / Help Me Find My Noodle / Devendra Banhart

2016.04.15-05.15 / Exhibition / when a night ends—the sun rises / Amit Berlowitz

2016.02.19-03.20 / Exhibition / Boxer / Kristin Loschert

2015.12.04-27 / Exhibition / Everything Has Beauty / Makoto Orui

2015.11.27-29 / Exhibition / Ladders, Artifacts and Trees: Selected Works from Hiroshima / elin o’Hara slavick

2015.10.23-11.23 / Exhibition& Publishing / BLACK&WHITE - Portrait of James Chance by Anya Phillips / Anya Phillips

2015.08.29-09.27 / Exhibition / HARD CORE / Seiji Nagai

2015.05.06-13/ Exhibition / Trash Weekend / Makoto Orui

2014.11.22-30 / Exhibition / Change Your Mind a Million Times / Devendra Banhart

2014.05.03-27 / Exhibition&Publishing / Les Chroniques Purple / Various Artists

2013.09.28-29 / Live / Boombox-Mellotron Project / Various Artists

2013.09.13-26 / Exhibition / Norwegian Outlet / Bendik Kaltenborn, Espen Friberg

2013.03.02-17 / Exhibition / X / Isamu Gakiya

2012.09.01-15 / Exhibition / Good Stuff To Look At / Bruce Davenport Jr.

2011.08.13-08.28 / Exhibition / iO Tillett Wright “The Kid” / iO Tillett Wright and Various Artists

2011.01.15-01.30 / Exhibition / Self-portrait / Yukio Nakagawa

2010.12.11-26 / Exhibition / DAVID BYRNE ART EXHIBITION / David Byrne

2010.11.22-12.05 / Exhibition / Back is always the void / Hideki Makiguchi

2010.10.31-11.12 / Exhibition / Kozo Miyoshi Photographs / Kozo Miyoshi

2010.09.08-20 / Exhibition / The Situation / Ari Marcopoulos

2010.01.27-02.05 / Exhibition / On a Genetic Level: Smell Light Laugh Memory Tear / Hanayo

2009.11.28-12.04 / Exhibition / The Wisdom of Flowers / Susan Cianciolo

2009.11.01.13 / Exhibition / The Far Fog / Makoto Orui

2009.11.01.13 / Exhibition / The Family Is a Pubis, So I Cover It With Pretty Panties / Motoyuki Daifu

2009.08.11-21 / Exhibition / Circle of Friends / Various Artists

2009.07.04-08.09 / Exhibition / Without Records / Yoshihide Otomo

2009.05.01-06 / Opening Event / Wrong Dance, Right Steps / Various Artists

2009.04.25 / Performance / CARRY-IN-PROJECT / AKUMA NO SHIRUSHI

2009.03.19-22 / Exhibition / Hiroshima! / Chim↑Pom


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