24/25 MARCH 2012 : ROPPONGI ART NIGHT with Yayoi Kusama

During two days, we could enjoy art stuff in a nice place of Tokyo : Roppongi Midtown and Roppongi Hills.
Nice architecture with art pieces inside and outside.
Also, we could see art from the amazing Yayoi Kusama !!!
As said on the organisation site :
“Roppongi Art Night 2012” is an all-night art festival and is held as one facet of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project led by Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture. This year it will be held from 10:00 am on March 24 (SAT) until 18:00 pm March 25 (SUN), 2012.
With the entire town of Roppongi as its stage, Roppongi Art Night is an all-night art festival for one night only, transforming the area with art of every form from fascinating installations to music, films and live performances. For visitors, it offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience Roppongi as never before.
This year marks the third Roppongi Art Night since the inaugural event in 2009. For 2012, the uplifting theme of “creating art and giving genki back to Japan” has inspired the exhibition of exciting artworks from participating artists in Japan and from abroad. Visitors can look forward to art that uplifts spirits and energizes, and many works that send a very powerful message.
Several special area-wide programs are planned including “Love forever, The Future is Mine” by avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, the festival-motif “Legend of Roppongi 2012” by Antenna - the up-and coming Kyoto-based artist duo, and “Roppongi Agora” – a project to support the recovery of areas devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami co-planned by Sendai Mediatheque, Tohoku University of Art& Design and Tokyo Wonder Site.
In addition to the unveiling of a 10-meter tall “Yayoi-Chan” and “Ring-Ring” constructed out of balloons, the festival features the “Mizutama Café” (Polka Dot Café) decorated in Yayoi Kusama’s iconic polka-dot motif and the exhibition of many works from her long career all over Roppongi, transforming the town into the wonderful world of Kusama.
The art duo Antenna boldly adopts the unique “Jappy” character as the motif of their interpretation of traditional Japanese matsuri (festival) culture, complete wth a portable shrine parade and an impressive main shrine.
“Roppongi Agora” will display a number of works that seek to create a bridge between the disaster-stricken area and Roppongi. The program will be a cathartic experience featuring an illuminated “yobune” (night boat) that conveys the profound emotions surrounding the tragedy. Through the night, a diversity of art expression will help all deal with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, and help Japan move forward.
ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2012