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Tatsuya Matsui "Flower Robotics"

Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
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Artists

Tatsuya Matsui
This exhibition introduces the work of robot designer Tatsuya Matsui, who has developed such humanoid robots as "Posy" and "Palette." Aware of the limits of both human beings and technology, Matsui designs robots through the notion of a common "weakness" that he believes both human beings and machinery possess, and creates a complementary relationship between the two. It is through this belief in the similarity between this relationship and flowers that he makes and develops his diverse works.

The exhibition presents the activities of Matsui's studio, Flower Robotics, Inc., whose work symbolizes his ideas, and carries out development both from a scientific and technological viewpoint, as well as through the ideas of design, environment and marketing. As the robot industry is one key to Japan's future success, the exhibition attempts to build a platform where visitors can imagine a hopeful future by glimpsing the outcome and the plans of Matsui and his company.

Schedule

Nov 3 (Sat) 2007-Jan 27 (Sun) 2008 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Closed during the New Year holidays.
Notice
Closed for New Year's Holidays: December 27th (Thur) to January 3rd (Thur)
FeeAdults ¥900; High School Students and Under, Seniors 70 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free.
Websitehttp://www.arttowermito.or.jp/matsui/matsui.html
VenueContemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
https://www.arttowermito.or.jp/english/
Location1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki 310-0063
Access20 minute walk from the North exit of JR Mito Station; From the North exit of JR Mito Station, take the Ibaraki Kotsu bus and get off at Izumicho-itchome. The venue is 3 minute walk from there.
Phone029-227-8111
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