クリエイティブな街づくりを推進する、世界の港町による文化交流プロジェクト BUILDING AND SUSTAINING INTER-CITY RELATIONS THROUGH CULTURAL EXCHANGE AMONG PORT CITIES OF THE WORLD
ONLINE-CALL FOR ENTRIES 7 SEEDS YOKOHAMA – COMMUNICATION UNDER TREES NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 05, 2024 Japanese Version here! How can artists formulate plans for a sustainable future?How do we start now by planting seeds as ideas for tomorrow?How is sustainability part of each one…
The amount of daylight in Finland varies greatly according to the season. From the white nights of the arctic summer to the darkness of the polar nights, Finland is home to natural phenomena which do not occur in Japan. In his installation at Gallery Forum…
Due to growing awareness of the need to prevent marine pollution, there is now an international movement to reduce single-use plastic products such as straws. Living a more eco- friendly lifestyle is now a global trend. Zou-no-hana Terrace, too, is taking efforts to reduce plastic…
Rahel Bruns an artist who has been producing art works in the motif of the worlds surrounding her and the strangeness she feels in her everyday life. Over the two years from 2011, she had been carrying out a project on the theme of the…
This project aims to taste the water from the river flowing through the city by cooking traditional local soup. Since 2011, this project has been conducted at different locations around the world. This time, a performance was held by providing soup to the audience made…
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KAN-BUTSU BASEL This was a performance conducted by overlapping the layers of culture in producing dried goods by traditional Japanese methods in Switzerland’s climate, similar to Japan. Processing more typically Swiss foods such as dairy products and meats, I entertained and served soup to visitors…
Maritime Craft is a project/installation that explores the port landscapes of San Diego and Yokohama. The project documents a singular object and the world it sees. Floating on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan and California, the object absorbs visual data with multiple…
Upon discussion with directors and curators of arts, city officers, government staff and others in Yokohama and Melbourne, “PORT JOURNEY Yokohama ⇄ Melbourne” formed a partnership with West Space, Melbourne’s leading artist-run organization in December 2011. In support of Melbourne-based curator, Zara Stanhope, we invited…