Tokyo Institute of Technology

BIG CHANGES 2002/2004 etchings

by Jorg Schmeisser

'Big Changes' is an interpretation of the breakup of an　iceberg, printed from different states of the same etching plate. These etchings were done after a trip by the artist to Antarctica in 1998. The complete seven pieces of this work exist solely in the collections of Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Gallery of Australia.

Lithograph

by Bernard Buffet

C.Bechstein Piano

This piano was produced by Carl Bechstein Company, established 1853 in Berlin. It is probably one of the oldest models extant in Japan today. Records show it to have been used for music lecture at our university in 1929. The piano underwent large scale restorations in 1985 and 2004, and is now in use for concerts. The bechstein piano is characterized by its pure and distinct tone, quick response, and colorful, transparent tone extolled by many pianists, including Franz Liszt, Arthur Rubinstein and Cecil Taylor among others. Its extraordinary features charmed Debussy, promoting him to say that all piano music should be composed only for a Bechstein. The piano at Tokyo Tech was designed and completed thanks to various technological advancements and the meticulous manufacturing of Bechstein craftsmen at the time.

COLUMN ENLARGEMENT I 2002 digital print on vinyl cloth LARGE CIRCLE 2002 digital print on vinyl cloth COLUMN ENLARGEMENT 2002 digital print on vinyl cloth

by Keiko Amenomori

CLOUDPLAY 2002 digital print on synthetic 210x110cm

by Keiko Amenomori

He was born in Germany and graduated from art school in Hamburg and did his graduate studies in Kyoto. Teaching appointments and residences took him to Canberra, Jerusalem, Hangzhou, Princeton University and Kyoto, among others. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are included in the collections of the British Museum, the National Gallery of Australia, Bibliotheque National de France, Staatliche Sammlungen Dresden, and the Museum of Modern Art New York.

She was born in Ashiya and graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Hamburg in 1979. In her art she applied the age-old craft of shibori as well as contemporary digital processes. Her works are in the collection of The National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House Art Collection Canberra, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, University of Southern Queensland and Museum of Fine and Applied Art Hamburg.