www.yoro-arts.com Yoro falls, which boasts a 1,300 year history, and the Site of Reversible Destiny, which can be called a sacred ground of contemporary art: Yoro park is home to these two picturesque sites, and it is here that new event will be born. The setting will be the park’s gently sloping lawn. We will line up a number of tents and hold a lively function. There, free from obstructive thoughts, you may open your eyes in wonder while working up a sweat. You may remember someone far away and your heart may pound with the excitement of discovery. With the autumn wind blowing through the brightly colored leaves, you may catch a glimpse of a future that connects the past with the present, and life with architecture. The Yoro Art Picnic is a mere two days, but it is nowhere! We hope to see you there. Director Masayuki Akamatsu  （Doctor of Art, Professor at IAMAS） Event Overview ~Objective~ This art event is held in collaboration with the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (hereafter IAMAS) based on Gifu Prefecture’s “City Park Revitalization Initiative” and in line with Yoro park’s founding principle: “pray for health and longevity, and follow

Reversible Destiny Foundation & Dillon + Lee & National Sawdust presents: Screening of Arakawa’s 1969 Experimental Film Why Not (A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology) Monday October 16, 7:00pm National Sawdust 80 N 6th Street Brooklyn, NY 11249 For tickets visit: nationalsawdust.org Film written and directed by Arakawa Girl: Mary Window, Music: Toshi Ichiyanagi, Narration: Madeline Gins 110 minutes, 1969 7:00pm | Screening of Why Not (A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology) 9:00pm | Discussion & Q&A Join Reversible Destiny Foundation and Dillon + Lee in the film screening of Arakawa’s Why Not (A Serenade of Eschatological Ecology) (1969) at Williamsburg’s National Sawdust. Renowned for his paintings, drawings, prints, and visionary architectural constructions, Arakawa was one of the earliest practitioners of the international Conceptual Art movement of the 1960’s. His wide range of experimentation extended into filmmaking. Why Not is a surrealistic exploration, by a young female protagonist, of both her psychological and physical realms, shot entirely within an enclosed space of an apartment (Arakawa’s studio). The screening is a rare opportunity to see it in full, in the backdrop of the innovative venue of National Sawdust.  The program is introduced by Miwako Tezuka, Consulting Curator of the Reversible Destiny Foundation and Diana Lee, partner of

Special Screening “Children Who Won’t Die, ARAKAWA” November 3, 2016 7:00 p.m. 264 Canal Street, 3W, New York, New York Free admission Triple Canopy is pleased to present a screening of Children Who Won’t Die (2010). Directed by Nobu Yamaoka and scored by composer Keiichiro Shibuya, the documentary is a meditation on the work of Japanese artist Arakawa and his efforts, with his wife and creative partner Madeline Gins, to “reverse destiny” and free humanity from the necessity of death. Arakawa, who died in 2010, and Gins, who died in 2014, advocated for their singular vision of immortality through works of visual art, philosophical and poetic writings, and architecture. Considering the lived environment to be of the utmost importance to their project, the duo designed housing using esoteric principles they called “architectural procedures,” such as “biotopological scale-juggling” and “tentativeness cradling.” The resulting spaces are meant to simultaneously expand inhabitants’ physical capacities and challenge their intransigent modes of thought. As Arakawa and Gins write in Making Dying Illegal (2006), living in such a “tactically posed surround/tutelary abode” is “an all-out effort to go on living,” and, in their view, an ethical mandate for all of humanity. Juxtaposing the duo’s utopic transhumanism

Points of Convergence: Arakawa and the Art of the 1960s－1970s PANEL DISCUSSIONPoints of Convergence: Arakawa and the Art of the 1960s–1970sWednesday, October 12, 6:30 p.m. PRESENTED BYReversible Destiny Foundation & Asia Contemporary Art Week HOSTED BYartnetWoolworth Building233 Broadway, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10279 The Reversible Destiny Foundation is dedicated to supporting research and a greater public interest in the artistic practices of Arakawa and Madeline Gins, further advancing and preserving their legacy. The 11th edition of Asia Contemporary Art Week is a season-long event, lasting from September 8 to November 18. This platform connects over 40 art institutions from Asia and New York, with the goal of promoting cutting-edge exhibitions, innovative projects, and provocative dialogue. The program will be moderated by Dr. Miwako Tezuka, consulting curator of the Reversible Destiny Foundation. For questions regarding the event, please email miwakotezuka@reversibledestiny.org. Arakawa – Born in Nagoya, Japan, Arakawa rebelled against the Japanese art world of the late 1950s. Fiercely independent and inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s “art in the service of the mind,” he moved to New York in 1961. This growing city of avant-garde experimentation attracted artists from all over the world, including many from Japan, such as Ay-O, On Kawara,

From September 20 to 27th of 2015, we had the 10th Anniversary events at the Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka -In Memory of Helen Keller-. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to you for supporting us to make a great 10 years. It was a significant milestone in the history of Arakawa + Gins’ creative life, and having your support and participation was just priceless. We will make continued efforts in the reversible destiny mode, wishing to celebrate another decade, and even more!! Again, thank you very much for your patronage and well wishes! * Here we are pleased to share the memories with photos taken during the celebration week as the event report. September 20th（Sun.）, 2015 10th Anniversary Party & Talk Event Lecturer : Hiromi Fujii (Architect / Professor Emeritus, Shibaura Institute of Technology） Yoshihiko Sano（Architect / President, Yasui Architects & Engineers, Inc.） Shingo Tsuji（Architect / CHIASMA FACTORY） Navigator : Momoyo Homma (Arakawa+Gins Tokyo Office) Shingo Tsuji（Architect / CHIASMA FACTORY） Hiromi Fujii (Architect / Professor Emeritus, Shibaura Institute of Technology） Yoshihiko Sano（Architect / President, Yasui Architects & Engineers, Inc.） Introduction by Momoyo Homma Reversible Destiny Party Food September 21st（Mon.）, 2015 Mathematics Concert Lecturer : Masao Morita（Independent Scholar） Sepbember

Date &Time: August 21, 20:00〜 Venue: B & B – Honya Book and Beer（Shimokitazawa, Tokyo） Lecturer: Yasuo Kobayashi (Philosopher, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) Hideo Namba（Art critic, Director, Sezon Museum of Modern Art） Admission: 1,500yen ＋ 1 drink order Further Information: http://bookandbeer.com/event/20150821_yurei/

DOCSPECTIVE #4 Shusaku Arakawa Special Screening of “Why Not” and “Children who won’ t die. Arakawa” Lecturer：Nobutaka Yamaoka (Film Director)Day & Time: Sunday, August 2410:00 – “Children who won’ t die. Arakawa”15:00 – “Why Not”Venue: CINEMA AMIGO (Zushi, Kanagawa pref.)http://cinema-amigo.com/movie/000367.html Special Screening of “For Example” Lecturer: Shingo Tsuji (Architect)Day & Time: Sunday, September 14 17:00 –Venue: Reversible Destiny Lofts MITAKA (Tokyo)http://www.rdloftsmitaka.com/forexample

“For Example (A Critique of Never) ” 1971 The screenings of the films “Why Not” & “For Example” by Arakawa + Gins will be held in Yokohama (@ Yokohama Museum of Art) on this coming Friday, June 27th. Organized as one of the special programs of the 28th Image Forum Festival, these experimental, avant-garde films are showing us a fundamental approach to our bodies as “organism that person” by Arakawa + Gins. Detail Image Forum Festival 2014 [Filmmakers in focus] Arakawa + Gins Date：Friday, June 27, 13:30~ “Why Not” & 16:00~ “For Example” Venue：Yokohama Museum of Art, Lecture Hall http://imageforumfestival.com/index-en

We are pleased to announce you that we are expecting to have many events related to Arakawa + Gins this Spring-Summer in Japan, entitled as “Landing Sites”. We hope to see you sometime topologically in those ubiquitous sites landing us together ! Please check below http://arakawagins.noor.jp/2020agtokyo/?p=2296&lang=en