​Rolling Counterpoint has been making headlines as it travels to different locations across the Bay Area. Click on the links below to read the coverage!

Taro Hattori on Creating Conversations through Installations 

Jen Chien, KALW Public Radio

"If you take a stroll around your neighborhood in Oakland, Berkeley, or San Francisco this summer, you might happen upon a Japanese Teahouse that wasn’t there before. It’s part of a mobile art installation by Taro Hattori called Rolling Counterpoint, where he engages guests in conversation around social issues like immigration, exclusion, or homelessness — all over steaming cups of tea. . The project was developed while Hattori was in residence at the Montalvo Art Center where there’s a permanent version of the teahouse that he created..." Read More >>

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Can We Talk? Saratogans Spark Conversation

​Brandy Miceli, The Mercury News

"As part of Montalvo Arts Center Open Studios event on Sunday, an art installation called Rolling Counterpoint aims to inspire conversations about belonging, exclusion and social division with artist Taro Hattori. Rolling Counterpoint consists of two teahouses: one stationary space installed outdoors on Montalvo Arts Center’s 175-acre public park in Saratoga, and one mobile teahouse that travels to various Bay Area cities.  Hattori’s frustration with the current political climate inspired him to create Rolling Counterpoint..."   Read More >>

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An Interview with Taro Hattori 

David M. Roth, Square Cylinder

"Once seen, the art of Taro Hattori isn’t easily forgotten.  He’s best known for monumental cardboard sculptures, like the giant copulating insects displayed at Art Market in 2013 and the airplane that appeared to have crash landed at the San Jose ICA in 2016.  After Donald Trump was inaugurated, Hattori began driving a mobile teahouse around the Bay Area. He calls it Rolling Counterpoint.  The idea: serve tea to friends and strangers and engage them in conversations about identity and community... " Read More >>

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Traveling Teahouse a Real Conversation Starter

Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News

"East Bay artist Taro Hattori is putting a modern twist on the traditional Japanese teahouse — and literally taking it on the road to San Jose’s Japantown this weekend. Hattori’s project, Rolling Counterpoint, launched Wednesday night at the Euphrat Museum at De Anza College in Cupertino. Commissioned by the Lucas Artists Program at the Montalvo Arts Center, the project’s centerpiece is a mobile teahouse where Hattori invited visitors in for tea and conversation, aiming to talk about the divisions in society..." 
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