Japan and Brazil: two countries on opposite sides of the globe. This summer, the TURN project supervised by artist Katsuhiko Hibino went to Brazil for the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. During TURN in BRAZIL, artists based in Japan and Brazil visited local welfare facilities, and gave workshops and exhibitions of artworks resulting from the process of exchange with people at the facilities and local communities. Over 18 successful days of events in Rio de Janeiro, venues reported in excess of 40,000 visitors.
Following their productive time in Brazil, returning project members are holding a TURN in BRAZIL debriefing. As well as featuring footage of the exchange program rolled out in Brazil and results of the exhibitions, the session will include guest art and welfare practitioners who will join project members for a debriefing session.
General Supervisor: Katsuhiko Hibino (artist; Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Professor, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts)
The TURN team reports on encounters and exchanges in Brazil that transcended country and community characteristics. Meanwhile guests art and welfare practitioners join TURN members to think about what sort of society Japan should strive for through the medium of art projects, ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics in four years’ time.
Venue:”TURN in BRAZIL” gallery
Friday, October 21, 20:30-21:30
Report: TURN in BRAZIL
・Katsuhiko Hibino (artist; Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Professor, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts)
・Yasuaki Igarashi (participating artist, TURN in BRAZIL)
・Yukie Takiguchi (participating workshop facilitator, TURN in BRAZIL)
・Maria Hata (Arts Council Tokyo)
Saturday, October 22, 14:00-15:30
“The fine line between Autista and Artista: PIPA rehabilitation for autistic children”
・Kenji Takano (Director, Atelier La Mano)
・Yasuaki Igarashi (participating artist, TURN in BRAZIL)
Saturday, October 22, 17:30-19:00
“Joining and sharing: new people drawn to traditional handicrafts”
・Yoshiyuki Oshita (General Manager and Principal Consultant,
Center For Arts Policy & Management, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co.,Ltd)
・Marcelo Nishiyama (Chief researcher, Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum)
・James Jack (participating artist, TURN)
Saturday, October 22, 20:00-21:30
“Blank spaces and incompletion: interacting with people different to you”
・Shinya Sato (Professor, Nihon University / architect)
・Shin Fukumori (General Director, SHOBU Gakuen; Facility for the Intellectually Disabled / Director, Studio SHOBU)
・Katsuhiko Hibino (artist; Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Professor, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Sunday, October 23, 13:30-15:00
“Small towns and welfare facilities: the art projects getting up close to the world and its people”
・Takashi Serizawa (Director, P3 art and environment)
・Shingo Yamano (Director, Koganecho Bazaar)
・Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (Director of Center for Arts and Culture, NLI Research Institute)
Sunday, October 23, 16:00-17:30
Closing talk: “Putting into words, leaving in words”
・Katsuhiko Hibino (artist; Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts & Professor, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts)
・Riko Okuyama (TURN Coordinator, Arts Council Tokyo; Curator, Mizunoki Museum of Art)
*Katsihiko Hibino, Tsukasa Mori, or Riko Okuyama will be a facilitator for each session.
*A sign language interpreter available for all session.
*The contents are subject to change at any time.
Free
*No pre-registration needed
Project Coordination Division,
Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL:03-6256-8435
Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22 2016, 10:00-22:00, Sunday, October 23 2016, 10:00-18:00
*Last entry 30 minutes before closing.
The National Art Center, Tokyo, Exhibition Gallery 2E (2nd floor)
*For access to the venue, please refer to the website of The National Art Center
*This exhibition will be held as part of “First Steps toward Art, Design and Disability” (organized by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan).
TURN
Art Project, Others
TURN
Friday, March 3 - Sunday, March 5 2017, 9:30-17:30
Citizen’s Gallery 1 & 2 (1F) and Auditorium, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Art Project, Exhibition / Screening
TURN
Friday, June 17 - Thursday, June 23 2016, 19:00-21:00
Arts Council Tokyo ROOM302 (Arts Chiyoda 3331)
Art Project, Lecture / Symposium
