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As the information society moves
faster and faster, we are inundated with a proliferation of purely
symbolic and virtual images. And while art and science approach one
another more and more closely, we are always surrounded by these superficial
concepts, and the present fin-de-siecle feeling scatters and betrays
us. Couldn't we at least have an exhibition rediscovering the dialogue
with natural phenomena that was the origin of both art and science?
Can't we have a return to innocence, a poignant memory of our unity
with all existence? That is precisely what we hope to achieve with
this exhibition.
In place of high tech and ultramodern creations, here we have art
works of a kind that have moved mankind since time immemorial, and
excited his aesthetic sense and curiosity. Natural phenomena like
water, sand and air that have nurtured the flower of science, the
simple process of crystallization, the innumerable vibrations and
movements that make us feel the rhythm of earth and space, are here
in profusion. Moreover, the artists here today, just like scientists,
all feel the mystery of the hidden principles underlying existence,
are capable of an expression that can be felt with the five senses.
The hard and fast line dividing art from science is already gone..
While the overwhelming tendency of contemporary media art is to move
from the atom to the bit, this school of artists must surely take
it upon itself to bring about the coexistence of bit and atom which
will become more and more necessary to the next generation. They must
become catalysts for a new consciousness of the interplay between
bit and atom. It's summer. Isn't this the season for people to recall
the past, and return to commune with space and spirits with water
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July 29 (Tuesday)--September 7 (Sunday), 1997 [Finished]
Gallery A, D, Theater
Artists' Talk 
Workshop