Formscape Arts Society

Formscape Arts Society A nonprofit arts society in Vancouver Canada. Formscape Arts aims to connect Canada and Japan through collaborative artwork creation and presentation.

The final weekend of Shiki & Kū is here — open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre. Please join us before it closes!—...
09/25/2025

The final weekend of Shiki & Kū is here — open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre. Please join us before it closes!



Formscape Arts Society is delighted to co-present an immersive audio-visual exhibition, Shiki & Kū, with VIVO Media Arts Centre (), in partnership with Vancouver New Music () and IM4 Media Lab ().

The exhibition features two thematically linked immersive installations: Kūsou / 空相 and Shinshiki / 神色. It marks the culmination of a five-year project, created in collaboration with team members in Japan, Italy, and Canada.

📍 Location: VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St, Vancouver, BC, V5M 1Y8)
📅 Dates: Sep 13–28, 2025

🕑 Exhibition Hours:
Tue–Fri: 1–9 PM
Sat & Sun: 12–6 PM
Closed Mondays

The artworks created by Studio Programsounds:

Soundscape Art, Concept & Direction - Yota Kobayashi ()
Visual Art - Ryo Kanda ()
Flute Performance - Mark McGregor ()
Japanese Calligraphy - Aiko Hatanaka ()
Strings Performance - Quartetto Maurice ()
Historical Research - Rurihiko Hara ()

With gratitude to the Canada Council for the Arts (.council), Creative BC (), British Columbia Arts Council (), the Province of BC, Epson Canada (), UBC School of Music (), and UBC ICICS, for their generous financial and in-kind support in making this exhibition possible.

For more info about the artworks:
👉 formscape.art

Snapshot  #4 from Shiki & Kū exhibition. Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().
09/25/2025

Snapshot #4 from Shiki & Kū exhibition.

Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().

Snapshot  #3 from Shiki & Kū exhibition. Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().
09/25/2025

Snapshot #3 from Shiki & Kū exhibition.

Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().

Snapshot  #2 from Shiki & Kū exhibition. Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().
09/25/2025

Snapshot #2 from Shiki & Kū exhibition.

Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().

Snapshot  #1 from Shiki & Kū exhibition. Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().
09/25/2025

Snapshot #1 from Shiki & Kū exhibition.

Open until Sep 28 at VIVO Media Arts Centre ().

Formscape Arts is delighted to co-present an immersive audio-visual exhibition, Shiki & Kū, with VIVO Media Arts Centre ...
08/29/2025

Formscape Arts is delighted to co-present an immersive audio-visual exhibition, Shiki & Kū, with VIVO Media Arts Centre (), in partnership with Vancouver New Music () and IM4 Media Lab ().

The exhibition features two thematically linked immersive installations: Kūsou / 空相 (premiered at the New Media Gallery () / Anvil Centre Theatre () in 2022) and Shinshiki / 神色 (a new work premiering in this exhibition). It marks the culmination of a five-year project, with the two artworks created by an international team of artists from Japan, Italy, and Canada.

📍 Location: VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St, Vancouver, BC, V5M 1Y8)
📅 Dates: Sep 13–28, 2025
🎤 Artist Talk: Sep 13, 2–4 PM
🍷 Opening Reception: Sep 13, 5–8 PM

🕑 Exhibition Hours:
Tue–Fri: 1–9 PM
Sat & Sun: 12–6 PM
Closed Mondays

The artworks created by Studio Programsounds:

Soundscape Art, Concept & Direction - Yota Kobayashi ()
Visual Art - Ryo Kanda ()
Flute Performance - Mark McGregor ()
Japanese Calligraphy - Aiko Hatanaka ()
Strings Performance - Quartetto Maurice ()
Historical Research - Rurihiko Hara

Many thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts (.council), Creative BC (), British Columbia Arts Council (), the Province of BC, Epson Canada (), UBC School of Music (), and UBC ICICS for their generous support in making this exhibition a reality.

For more info about the artworks:
👉 formscape.art

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