TOMOKO MUKAI | raumraum
Works | Biography［Japanese］［English］
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Spatial Projection|Art Direction|Moment Design|Design and Art Education|Intercultural Workshop
Language: Japanese, German, English
Contact: info[at]raumraum.jp
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Tomoko Mukai engages with cultural and spatial projection through computer-generated optical landscapes. Her approach aims to provide intuitive experiences focusing on complex relationships between information, memory and bodily perception shared in social life. She has presented them at various kinds of sites as cultural and historical hubs in local communities, namely architectures as cultural heritage, a church, temples, shrines, former school, river and cultural institutions. For community projects, she works on the utilization of cultural heritage and art resources. She proposes exhibition design and organizes workshops for children from aspects of museum informatics in cooperation with museums and libraries. She emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration with other different fields of professions. In such collaborations, she fosters to stride across the boundary of platforms for expressions between different genres. She also explores bodily perceptions and mental states by using spatial projection in collaboration with professions for the field of wellness.
She engages in design and art education at many domestic and foreign Universities (See “Teaching Experience” below). She struggles with the project-based practical and theoretical teaching from aspects of creation, curation and museum informatics. She contributed to the development of international exchange workshops and projects in cooperation with foreign universities.
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Educational Background
12.1996 Master of Audio-Visual Media, The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Germany
03.1991 Bachelor of Arts, the Department of Scenography, Display and Fashion Design at Musashino Art University (MAU), Tokyo, Japan
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Grant of Arts internship and Scholarship
06/2000 – 03/2001 Grant of Arts Internship of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, at the Department of Intermedia Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
10/1993 – 09/1995 Scholarship of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany
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Academic, Research Positions, and other design and art careers:
04/2021 – 03/20xx Part-time lectureship, School of Network and Information, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan
04/2008 – 05/2018 Associate professor, Department of Design, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan,
04/2017 – 10/2017 Visiting researcher at the International School of Design (KISD), Faculty of Culture and Society, University of Technology, Arts, Sciences (TH), Cologne, Germany (Lectures at KISD of TH Cologne, UdK Berlin, PBSA of HSD Düsseldorf in Germany, HU Utrecht, Netherlands, KADK Copenhagen, Denmark)
10/2009 Exchange program for university professors, Lectureship, Communication University of China, Beijing and Nanjing Campus, China
04/2005 – 03/2008 Assistant professor, Communication Design Course, Department of Design, College of Art, Nihon University, Japan, Tokyo, Japan 04/2001 – 03/2007 Part-time lectureship, Department of Information Design at the Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
04/2004 – 03/2005 Assistant curator and research associate, Art Information Section, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
04/2001 – 03/2004 Curatorial associate, Art Information Section, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
10/2001 – 03/2002 Part-time lectureship, Culture as Representation, Department of Language and Culture, Undergraduate Faculty, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan,
04/2001 – 03/2002 Part-time lectureship, Department of Media Arts, the College of Art and Design, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
04/2000 – 03/2002 Part-time lectureship, Course of Media Zokei Major, Department of Design, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
03/1993 – 03/1994 Assistant, Gallery Gabriele Rivet, Cologne, Germany
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Publication
2023 Essay Kiwa – Wandering the edge” in: DESIGN SCIENCE_01, DESIGN SCIENCE FOUNDATION (ed.). Gakugei Miraisha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Works
2024 Exhibition “Kiwa”, KIWA Project｜Concept / Text Instalation, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany
2023 Exhibition “Exhaling from the Kiwa”, KIWA Project｜Plan and Concept / Text Instalation, Mizunoniwa〈Water Garden〉Soto Zen Tochoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Audio Visual Performance “At the Kiwa”, KIWA Project｜Creative direction and spatial projection, Mizunoniwa〈Water Garden〉Soto Zen Tochoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Audio Visual Performance “Touching Kiwa”, KIWA Project｜Creative direction and spatial projection, Bunyukaku, Soto Zen Tochoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
2020-2022 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with a panorama projection｜Creative direction, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan (every autumn repeatedly exhibited)
2019 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with a panorama projection and an AR system｜Creative direction, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2019 Drama “The 1000 Year Unicorn”｜moving images, Tokyo Engeki Emsamble, Theater Green BOX in BOX THEATER, Tokyo
2018 Public projection “open paths”｜Project “Yanaka: liberated street – Kashiwa-Yu Dori”, “UENOYES BALLOON DAYS #2”, Yanaka, Tokyo
2018 Spatial projection “Distances”｜Recital Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo
2017 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with 4K images｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2017 Public projection “para || axis”｜St. Gertrud, Cologne, Germany
2017 Spatial projection “Deep into the Resonant Forest”｜ “Exhibiting Music – The Resonance of Forests”, sonorium, Tokyo
2017 Spatial projection “The Woods of Labyrinth”｜“Exhibiting Music – The Resonance of Forests”, sonorium, Tokyo
2017 Spatial projection “In the Dim Light”｜“Exhibiting Music – The Resonance of Forests”, sonorium, Tokyo
2016 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with 4K images｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2015 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with 4K images｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2015 Spatial projection “The Woods of Labyrinth”｜“Exhibiting Music + Live Concert: Juxtaposition / Crossing”, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo
2015 Spatial projection “A Silver Note of the Perfumed Moon”｜“Exhibiting Music + Live Concert: Juxtaposition / Crossing”, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo
2014 Exhibition design for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” with HD projections and 4K images｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2014 Spatial projection “Cyan Blue”｜Kameoka Hachimangu-Shrine, MEDI–ARTz Zushi, Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
2014 Spatial projection “Pink Gradation” ｜“Parallel Crossing: Performative Architecture”, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2014 Spatial projection “Cyan Blue” ｜“Parallel Crossing: Performative Architecture”, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2014 Spatial projection “Notation”｜“Parallel Crossing: Performative Architecture”, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2013 Video “Notation”｜”Showcase #0″、Gallery bldg., College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2010 Public projection “Into the picture” for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)”｜Along Ichinosaka River, Yamaguchi, Japan
2009 Exhibition design “Into the picture” for “Landscape Scroll of the Four Seasons by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)” ｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2007 Ichinosaka River Landscape Project “Bridging Landscape”｜ “Heart” Yamaguchi, Japan
2006 Public projection, “Imaginary-scape impressed by children”｜Former Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Building (Important Cultural Properties), Yamaguchi, Japan
2006 Exhibition design for “Four Seasons Landscape Scroll by Sesshu Toyo (national treasure)”｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2004 Public projection “Only white deep white”｜”Suo no Kuni Project”, Hofu Tenmangu Shrine (The oldest Tenmangu in Japan), Suo Kokubunji Temple (completion ceremony of “Large Scale Heisei Era Conservation)”, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan
2003 Installation “Only white deep white – beyond eyes”｜ Summer Festival@Former Senkawa Elemental School, Tokyo
2003 Spatial projection, “Particles of a space” ｜50th Anniversary Memorial Convention, the Japanese Society for the Science of Design (JSSD), Sogakudo Concert Hall, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2002 Public projection “Only white deep white – projection for art–Link”|Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo National Museum (Main Building as Important Cultural Properties), Kanei-Ji Temple, Tokyo
1999 “Noch Weiß Schon Weiß – Zwischen Dunkel und Licht” (Only white deep white – between darkness and light) ｜“Digital Bauhaus: A Vision of Education and Creation for the New Century”, NTT Intercommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo
1999 Museum spot “Trommelkasten” (Drum case)｜“Digital Bauhaus: A Vision of Education and Creation for the New Century”, NTT Intercommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo
1998 Spatial projection “Grüne Hölle (green hell)”, experimental exhibition design for exhibition room of “Grüne Hölle”, Erlebniswelt Nürbrgring Museum, Nürbrgring, Germany
1998 “Noch Weiß Schon Weiß – Vorstellung eines Raumes” (A perceived space)｜“milia 98”, Cannes, France
1997-1998 Installation “Noch Weiß Schon Weiß – Über das Auge” (Only white deep white – beyond eyes)｜Bonner Kunstverrein, Bonn, Germany
1997 Spatial projection “Noch Weiß Schon Weiß – Zwischen Dunkel und Licht” (Only white deep white – between darkness and light) ｜Trinitatis Church, Cologne, Germany
1997 Artist presentation “Only white deep white” ｜The eighth International Symposium on Electronic Art – isea97, Chicago, USA
1996 Exhibition “Only white deep white”｜“The 4th Fukui International Youth Media Art Festival”, Fukui, Japan
1996 Video “Only white deep white”｜“The 4th Fukui International Youth Media Art Festival”, Fukui, Japan
1995 Museum spot (video) “Trommelkasten” (Drum case)｜“Die Klappe, 17 Internationaler TV-Spot- Werbefilm – Wettbewerb und Junior Special”, Cologne, Germany
1995 Installation “Noch Weiß Schon Weiß” (Only white deep white)｜Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
1992 “The International Mobile Electronic Café”｜Kassel, Germany, Nagoya and Fukui, Japan
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Project Management and Curation
2011, 2013 – 2017 International Design Workshop, planning and interpretation｜ Department of Design, College of Art, Nihon University and International School of Design (KISD), Faculty of Culture and Society, University of Technology, Arts, Sciences (TH), Cologne, Germany
2014 Intersection Project, project representative｜Program for the Promotion of Culture and Art by Utilizing University for the fiscal year 2014, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Nihon University, Tokyo
2013 Intersection Project, project representative, art directior｜Program for the Promotion of Culture and Art by Utilizing University for the fiscal year 2014, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Exhibition “Nichigei Artists meet Zushi”, curation｜A&D Gallery, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2006 Workshops, pre-event for “The Art Exhibition of the 21st. National Cultural Festival in Yamaguchi”, general art direction｜Saiko–Tei, creative space “C.S. Red Bricks”, Odono Community Center, The Yamaguchi Furusato Heritage Center and others, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi
2005 Lecture series “Representation – Vorstellung”, planning and interpretation ｜ “Deutschland in Japan” (Germany in Japan)”, College of Art, Nihon University, Tokyo
2005 Geidai Collection Exhibition “Constellation of Masterpieces and Art Materials” chief curation｜The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2003 Exhibition “KOGEI – A View of a Century of Modern Japanese Crafts”, management and texts for the catalogue｜The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2002 Exhibition “ ‘Masterpieces from dem Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienne’ From the Renaissance to the Barock – Art Treasures of Habsburg”, texts for the catalogue｜The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2001 Exhibition “Reading Oil Paintings – From Yuichi Takahashi to Seiki Kuroda – Analyzed Masterworks of the Meiji Era –”, texts for the catalogue ｜The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2001 Exhibition “Design Spirit of Japan”, management ｜The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2000 “Identity Art Competition”, management and interpretation ｜ Department of Intermedia Art, Toride, Ibaraki
1997 Exhibition design “the stand of Mercedes Benz, assistant art direction and interpretation ｜Tokyo Motor Show, assistant art direction and interpretation ｜ Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
1993 Exhibition “Andreas M. Kaufmann” management and interpretation｜The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama and Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo
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Workshops
2018 Workshop “Streets in Yanaka” ｜Project “Yanaka: liberated street – Kashiwa-Yu Dori”, “UENOYES BALLOON DAYS #2”, Yanaka, Tokyo
2018 Workshop “In the light of projection: yoga and meditation exercise”｜&moment, Tokyo
2017 Workshop “Spatial projection: Designing intercultural places”｜KISD, Cologne, Germany
2016 Workshop “Let’s make animation”｜College of Art, Nihon University, Saitama, Japan
2013 Projection for the workshop “Zushi map”｜Zushi Civic Center, Zushi Media Art Festival 2013, Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
2013 Workshop “Zushi map”｜Zushi Hisagi Elemental School, Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
2013 Workshop “Zushi map”｜Zushi Civic Center, Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
2010 Workshop “Play the character in the story of scroll picture”｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2006 Exhibition for the workshop’s series｜”the 21st. National Cultural Festival in Yamaguchi”, Former Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly Building (Important Cultural Properties), Yamaguchi, Japan
2006 Workshop “Model de Yamaguchi”｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2006 Workshop “Let’s print Kawara-Ban Newspaper by eraser !”｜Yamaguchi Prefectural Library, The Yamaguchi Furusato Heritage Center, Yamaguchi, Japan
2004 Workshop “Let’s join Suo no Kuni Project !”｜Hofu City Regional Exchange Center, Aspirante, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan
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