Wardrobe Memories

2014.10.10 - 2015.01.13

【Past Exhibition】

Try to visualize your favorite clothes in your closet: the one-piece you put on for your first date, the sweater you received by your grandmother, the dress you have been longing for since when you were a child…Have  you  ever  noticed how those clothes, tailored by a stranger’s hands, are now telling your story and helping you to build your relations with the other people?
This  exhibition will take you to distance yourself from the limits imposed by such  concepts as “trend” and “consumption” created by the design and fashion industry. It will also lead you to include the way you dress in the view  of  your  personal  and public relations and make you reconsider your everyday act of “wearing clothes”.
In June, Gunma Prefecture had the honor to see the Tomioka Silk Mill and the Related Silk Industrial Heritage being inscribed to the World Heritage List. Gunma Prefecture  once prospered thanks to silk production and exportation  and  it is right from this place that we would like to suggest you to rethink the meaning and the purpose of wearing clothes.

10 October 2014 –13 January 2015
Venue : Arts Maebashi
Open hours : 11:00-19:00 (entry up to 30 minutes before closing)
Closed on Wednesdays
Admission:
Adult 600 (400) yen, University students, Over 65 years old 600 yen.
Free for High school students and Under.
Fares in brackets are rates for groups of 10 more.
Free entrance on 28 October for “kenmin no hi”and  29 November for “iiifuku no hi”
Entrance between 5 pm and 6:30 pm : 400 yen
Wear handmade dress :400 yen
Organizer: Arts Maebashi
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Artists
AOKI Shoichi (1955-)
ARAI Junichi (1932-)
ANREALAGE (MORINAGA Kunihiko 1980-)
ISHIUCHI Miyako (1947-)
THEATRE PRODUCTS (TAKEUCHI Akira 1976-／FUJIWARA Miwa 1979-／KANAMORI Kao 1974-)
STORE (KUNITOKI Makoto 1975-／KUNITOKI Saori 1977-)
NIGO® (1970-)
HIRANO Kaoru (1975-)
FORM ON WORDS (NISHIO Yoshinari 1982-／TAKEUCHI Daigo 1977-／USUI Takashi 1987-／HAMA Yuto 1987- )

1　青木正一　撮影／編集発行　『FRUiTS』創刊号表紙　1997年　ストリート編集室蔵／2　新井淳一 《気根》1983年　作家蔵　photo by  UENO Norihiro／3　ANREALAGE　《SEASON》2014-2015秋冬コレクション　2014年　株式会社アンリアレイジ蔵　photo by Yoshiyuki Okuyama( band )／4　石内都　《絹の夢＃6　桐生　2011》2014年　タイプCプリント　作家蔵／5　THEATRE PRODUCTS　《THEATRE, yours 00 ワークショップ》　2013年 photo by Mai Narita／6　 STORE《ボーダーシリーズ》2009年〜 ハトバカルチュラルメゾンフォーアーツ株式会社蔵／7　 NIGO®　ディレクションの『HUMANMADE』よりスカジャンとデニム　本人蔵／8　西尾美也《ことばのかたち工房［関口農園］》2008年
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Events
Talk program
Lecturer : ISHIUCHI Miyako
Date & Time : Saturday, 10 January 2015 , 14:00-16:00

FORM ON WORDS  Fashion Show
Date & Time :Saturday, 8 November – Sunday, 9 November, 13:00-, 15:00-, 17:00-