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“5 Chome 4-1 Ginza, Tokyo” by Ann Veronica Janssens
Japanese original:
「東京、銀座5丁目4-1」アン・ヴェロニカ・ヤンセン展
The first solo exhibition in Japan by the Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens, born in Folkestone, England, in 1956 and based in Brussels; its title is the gallery's address. Since around 1990 she has worked with light, sound and artificial haze. The ten or so works here include Rose, which gives light a body with seven spotlights and artificial dust, Swings, swings whose seats are covered in heat-sensitive film, and Donut, a new work that uses her own voice.
Venue taking part: Art Week Tokyo 2026 · Ginza (Route C)
1 / 5 Image: Le Forum, Ginza Maison Hermès
- Dates
- Sep 11, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027
- Address
- 東京都中央区銀座5-4-1 銀座メゾンエルメス8・9階Open in Google Maps
- Hours
- 11:00–19:00
- Admission
- FreeOriginal: 無料
Visit planning
The calendar entry covers the whole run of the exhibition. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
Entry notes
Open 11:00–19:00, last entry 18:30; closed on Wednesdays and over the New Year. Free, no booking needed. Take the lift on the Sony-dori side up to the 8th floor; the shop's lifts do not lead to the gallery.
- Open 11:00–19:00, last entry 18:30; closed on Wednesdays and over the New Year. Free, no booking needed. Take the lift on the Sony-dori side up to the 8th floor; the shop's lifts do not lead to the gallery. (Source: Hermès：「東京、銀座5丁目4-1」アン・ヴェロニカ・ヤンセン展, 2026)
From the organizer's announcements and press reports. Arrangements can change; please check the official site before your visit.
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Credits
- Artists
- Ann Veronica Janssens
- Organized by
- Le Forum, Ginza Maison Hermès
Knowledge cards
Installation ArtインスタレーションThree-dimensional work that does not sit on a wall or a pedestal but changes how a whole space feels, and that visitors walk into.Read moreClose
01About
Installations are often made for one particular site, and visitors move through them, so where you stand is part of the looking. Materials range from everyday objects and natural materials to video and sound, and a work may be permanent or taken down when the exhibition closes. As the name of an art form, “installation” is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1969; in 1958 Allan Kaprow called the indoor spaces he transformed “Environments.” The events the Gutai Art Association staged in Japan from 1954 are counted among early installation art, and they influenced Kaprow. Some artists step inside their own installations: Aki Sasamoto builds spaces from string, tubes, household things and sound, then talks and moves within them, so that the work becomes an event that changes over time.
02In the gallery
Look from the entrance, from the middle and from a corner. Notice how the light, the sound, and the path you take change the work.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インスタレーション
- Installation
- サイトスペシフィック
- Site-specific
- エンヴァイラメント（環境）
- Environment
- 具体美術協会
- Gutai Art Association
- パフォーマンス
- Performance
03Notes
Installations are mostly made for a particular place, and where you stand is part of the looking.
This time, at “5 Chome 4-1 Ginza, Tokyo” by Ann Veronica Janssens —
After moving to a few spots, where do you think the work begins, and where does it end?