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Preface
Admission
Works
Participation Artist's

July 29 (Tuesday)--September 7 (Sunday), 1997 [Finished] Theater





Preface


There have been many films and videos dealing with artists and works of art which inhabit the borderlands between art and science; so many in fact that they have come to constitute a field of their own. Sometimes considered objects for artistic appreciation and sometimes materials for teaching science, they have their share of fans. The works presented here, however, are slightly different from these science/art films. They are drawn from my personal collection of materials that I have assembled over thirty years of writing about and planning exhibitions in this area. I have chosen to present those works which are of particular relevance to the theme of this exhibition. Among them are rare images of the pioneers of the art and technology movement from fifty years ago, documentary works recording the bizarre and beautiful behavior of natural phenomena, and even images put together on mathematical themes. All of them are valuable records. I also have pieces on perception, on mathematics and art, on cosmic art, and many other themes in the field of art and science. But I have had to leave them out this time. (Sakane Itsuo)