“Ephemera” is a term referring to the hand-written materials and printed-matters designed for short-term uses such as memoranda and exhibition tickets. Following the publication of Anthology on Archives in 2021, we asked seven experts to write their thoughts on ephemera that are critical to the constituent materials of artists’ archives and museums.

Preface
Shigeru Yokota, Board of Director, Japan Cultural Research Institute

“Ephemera as the Shadow of a Memoranda or When We Gaze at the Supporting Roles of Artworks and Exhibitions”
Tatsuo Kawaguchi

“Materials Related to the Gutai Art Association: On the Utilization of Ephemera”
Aya Kunii, Chief Curator, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka

“Garbage Philosophy: On the Man Who Never Threw Anything Away and Archives, or on Ephemera”
Hitoshi Kubo, Archivist, Keio University Art Center

“Tracing the Contours of an Era through Fragments: From the Shozo Kitadai Archive and the Tatsuo Ikeda Archive”
Reiko Sato, Curator, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki

“Fluxus Editions and George Maciunas”
Akiko Takiguchi, Curator, Urawa Art Museum

“Ephemera and Art Works, at the Points They Merge”
Shimako Yamada, Curator, Urawa Art Museum

“The Value of ‘Temporality’: On Ephemera”
Yohko Watanabe, Vice Director & Curator, Keio Museum Commons Professor & Curator, Keio University Art Center

Product Detail

Authors	Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Aya Kunii, Hitoshi Kubo, Reiko Sato, Akiko Takiguchi, Shimako Yamada, Yohko Watanabe, Shigeru Yokota
Publishing	The Japan Cultural Research Institute
Editing	The Japan Cultural Research Institute erA Corporation
Date of Issue	May 31, 2023
Number of Pages	67 pages, color
Number of Copies	300
Language	Japanese

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