Tamagawa Art Line Project Starting Symposium
Art makes the Train and the Town interesting !?

"Tamagawa Art Line Project" Starting from 2007

We have held a starting symposium as the first indignation meeting of Tamagawa Art Line Project. At the symposium, there were a logo mark launch ceremony designed by a famous art director Katsumi Asaba, a lecture by Toshio Shimizu and Norihiro Nakai, and a panel discussion with local people and companies.

The main feature of the symposium was presentations of artworks for Tokyu Tamagawa Line "Dreamy Shimomaruko Station" by 3 artists Ryoichi Majima, Florian Claar and Shigenobu Yoshida.

Many people from the area, related companies and art industry attended and gave us their opinions at an exchange party after the symposium. This concluded the symposium with great expectations about Tamagawa Art Line Project starting this autumn.

exhibited models and documents by artists		presentation by artists		panel discussion

Logo Mark Launch
The logo mark of Tamagawa art line project is designed by one of representative art directors of Japan Katsumi Asaba. The initial letter of Tamagawa “T “ and flow of Tamagawa-river is the design essence.

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logo mark launch by Katsumi Asaba

"Dreamy Shimomaruko Station" : Proposals for Shimomaruko Station and its neighborhood by 3 artists

Art Plan for Tamagawa Art Line Project
1 Ryoichi Majima:PDF
2 Florian Claar:PDF
3 Shigenobu Yoshida:PDF

Photo Exhibition by Herbie Yamaguchi
Photos specially taken for this project by a photographer Herbie Yamaguchi ( from Ota City ) has been exhibited at Shimomaruko station platform. Herbie walked around the neighborhood and took pictures of local people and landscapes. The photos represent how the photographer sees them through his warm heart. New works will be exhibited soon. PDF

05 ; Herbie Yamaguchi taking photos in the neighborhood of Shimomaruko station



Tamagawa Art Line Project Starting Symposium Outline
Date : 20th March 2007 18.00 - 20.30
Venue : Ota Plaza Hall (3-1-3 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku)
Presenters : Katsumi Asaba ( Art Director ), Toshio Shimizu ( Art Critic, Professor for Gakushuin Women's College ), Tsuneo Tanaka ( Chairman and Representative ), Norihiro Nakai ( Professor for Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology ), Herbie Yamaguchi ( Photographer ), Florian Claar ( Artist ), Ryoichi Majima ( Artist ), Shigenobu Yoshida ( Artist )
Chairperson : Koji Tanaka ( NHK announcer )
Organized by: Tamagawa Art Line Project executive committee and asca
Co- Organizeed by : Ota tourist association
Supported by : TOKYU CORPORATION, Kinyosha Printing Co., Ltd.
Sponsored by : Ota City, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ota Branch
Partner : Tokyo Institute of Technology, Gakushuin Women's College, Ota City Industrial Promotion Organization, Ota-ku Commercial Premises Union, Ota Industrial Union
Coordinator : TOSHIO SHIMIZU ART OFFICE
Official HP : http://tamagawa-art-line.jp/
Capacity : 200 people

Admission : Free
Audiences : Over 240 people

Program
- Announcement of Intent :
Tsuneo Tanaka ( Chairman and Representative of the project,)

Announcement of Project Outline : Chairperson
Logo Mark Launch : Katsumi Asaba ( Art Director )
Introduction Lecture "Aiming at a Beautiful Town and Station" :Toshio Shimizu ( Art Producer of the Project, Art Critic, Professor at Gakushuin Women's College )
Keynote Lecture "Potential of City, Railway and Art" : Norihiro Nakai ( Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology )
Panel Discussion "At the Beginning of the Project" : Moderator : Toshio Shimizu
Panelists : Tsunemasa Tanaka ( Executive President of NPO Ota City Art Assistance Council, District Leader of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ota City branch, Chairman and Representative of the Project ), Herbie Yamaguchi ( Photographer ), Masato Isuka ( TOKYU CORPORATION), Michiko Takayama (Ota School Board Member, Executive Board Member of NPO Ota City Art Assistance Council ) Yukihiro Sayama ( President of Risho kinzoku Co.Ltd., Production Planner of " Ota Collection "), Masaaki Nakamura ( Canon Inc. )