NYAB Event - Mariko Mori, Ingo Günther & DJ Spooky "Benefit Artists Talk for Japan"

Mariko Mori, Ingo Günther & DJ Spooky "Benefit Artists Talk for Japan"

Gallery 61 NYIT

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To help with the relief efforts of the Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Crisis, Love Art & Help Japan presents a benefit talk event: "Dialogue with Mariko Mori and Ingo Günther" with a guest appearance of DJ Spooky (aka Paul D. Miller) introduced by Ethan Cohen of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York.

The program is organized in conjunction with "We Are One," a benefit exhibition by Reiko Tomii, who will discuss Nature, Earth, and Art with the internationally active artists.

Admission is free and we ask the audience to donate in the "Love Art & Help Japan" box (cash only). All donations will go to the disaster relief in Japan through the Japanese Red Cross.

April 11, Monday, 6–7:30 pm, 2011
New York Institute of Technology, 11th Floor Auditorium
16 West 61st Street, west of Broadway
(Entrance on 61st Street)

About artists:
Known in New York for her Wave UFO, Mariko Mori has for the past few years focused on preservation of natural resources and revitalization of local cultures through art. Her goal is to best express our appreciation and respect for nature, as demonstrated by her work in progress at Miyako Island in Okinawa.

Ingo Günther originally studied ethnography and cultural anthropology before studying art under Nam June Paik. In addition to his signature projects, Worldprocessor and Refugee Republic, which reflect his strong concern with global geopolitics, he has also explored nature by proposing a project to reclaim Japan's coast lines.

DJ Spooky (aka Paul D. Miller) is a versatile composer, multimedia artist, and writer whose border-crossing activities link sound to art, and vice versa. His interest in globalization and ecology brought him to Antactica, the Republic of Nauru, and Vanuatu for the past few years, resulting is such new works as Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica of 2009.