Data
- Location
- Nanyodo architecture bookstore, Tokyo, Japan
- Team
- Megumi Matsubara, Hiroi Ariyama
- Completion year
- 2010
- Purpose
- Lecture / School
- Collaborators
- Another Africa
- Photographers
- ASSISTANT
- Acknowledgement
- NANYODO
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
The Japan Foundation - Urls
- TOO MANY A'S in 2010: Text by Megumi Matsubara on 10+1
ASSISTANT x Another Africa: Gacha Gacha Asmara Badges
ABSENT SCHOOL : visionary school : vol.2
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TOO MANY A’S
A for Africa, A for Another, A for Architecture, A for Assistant, A for Absent, A for Adjaye, A for Asmara, A for EritreA, A for NigeriA
Date: 12 Jul 19:00-20:15 (door open 18:45)
Venue: Nanyodo Architecture Bookstore 4th floor (1-21 Jimbocho Kanda Chiyodaku Tokyo)
Fee: 500jpy
Reservation: maximum capacity of 10 people email to reserve <absentschool@withassistant.net>
Abstract:
“TOO MANY A’S” is the title of the second class of ABSENT SCHOOL; an abrupt irregular visionary school run by ASSISTANT.
Why is A too many?
Because Assistant’s Megumi MAtsubArA will tAlk about African contemporAry Architecture bAsed on her personAl trAvel documentAtion through NigeriA, besides MisslA LibsekAl of Another AfricA will introduce A myriAd of futuristic Architecture which remAins in AsmArA, the cApitAl city of EritreA.
Furthermore, the progrAm honours to welcome our speciAl guest AmbAssAdor EstifAnos Afeworki from EmbAssy of the StAte of EritreA to JApAn to discuss the topics Among us All.
(We even celebrAte without Any given permission thAt Gallery MA in Roppongi hAs opened the exhibition of DAvid AdjAye; the greAt Architect from AfricA.)
Lecturers:
Megumi Matsubara (ASSISTANT) on urban landscape of Lagos, Nigeria
Missla Libsekal (Another Africa) on futuristic architecture in Asmara, Eritrea
Guest:
Ambassador Estifanos Afeworki (Embassy of the State of Eritrea to Japan)
Notes:
After the class, don’t forget to visit the ultra-micro pop up store: capsule toy machine also known as “Gacha-Gacha” installed at the entrance of Nanyodo. We encapsulated Asmara Architecture badges within.
*Conceived/Organised by ASSISTANT with support of Nanyodo, Japan Foundation, Embassy of the State of Eritrea to Japan
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松原慈(建築家/assistant):ナイジェリア・
ミスラ・リブセカル(Another Africa主宰):エリトリア・アスマラの未来派建築
ASSISTANT
南洋堂書店
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