Artist: Ima theater (performance project)［Saori Azuma, Miho Inatsugu, Aki Miyatake,Tomo Yamazaki］
Project planning: Shinya Satoh (Architect / Professor, Department of Architecture. Nihon University College of Science and Technology)

Operations staff
Rinako Horikiri (Research assistant, Department of Architecture, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University)
Ryohei Tomita (photographer/videographer)

Study Managers
Shinsuke Ouchi (Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)
Manaka Murakami (Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)

– Tokyo, sculpture, theater
– Performing arts, performance art
– Fiction, plays
– Workshops, research, discussions
– Creation

– People who want to think about performance
– People who are interested in learning about the process by which artists create something, and who are interested in creating artworks.
– People with a sense of humor who want to explore the creative process
*Any expressive form or specialty such as art, film, music, theater, architecture.
*The fundamental premise of the project is face-to-face interaction in workshops etc., so it is a prerequisite that applicants are able to participate directly. (Depending on the situation with coronavirus and any accompanying social measures, we may switch to implementing the project online)

– We will conduct several intensive workshop sessions between October and December, of 2-3 days per month. Including lectures, tasks and the creation of small pieces, the workshops will feature guest artists from different genres.
– The aim of the workshops is for participants to produce something creative such as a small piece of art, by actually working the hands, head and body, all the while learning about each artist’s activities and how they create their works.
– In addition the program will include workshop reviews, discussions, and presentations by navigators.
– We may conduct research and field work as necessary as the Study progresses.
– In January we plan to hold workshops focusing on the navigators. At the end there will be a trial performance of small pieces, based on experiences from the workshops.

About 10 persons

General 30,000 yen, students 20,000/for approx. 8 months
*Does not include transportation expenses for fieldwork and other activities.

Wednesday, September 2 19:00 – 21:00 Orientation and self-introduction
Sunday, September 27 Outing (visit to Sumida Mukojima EXPO 2020)
Sunday, October 18 Guest workshop (1) Guest: Takayuki Imaizumi (creator of “Imaginary Maps”)
Friday, October 23 (evening) – Sunday, 25 Guest workshop (2) Guest: Taiyo Tochiaki (dancer/actor/director)
*Workshops will take place between Friday, October 23 – Sunday, 25 (up to 3 days long)
Wednesday, October 28 19:00 – 21:00 Review /discussion sessions
Saturday, October 31, Saturday, November 7 Guest workshop (3) Guest: Shun Owada (artist)
*Workshops will take place on Saturday, October 31/Saturday, November 7 (up to 2 days long).
Wednesday, November 11 19:00 – 21:00 Review/discussion sessions
Saturday, November 14 Joint sharing session 1
Friday, December 11 (evening) Guest workshop (4) Guest: Mariko Tomomasa (contemporary artist, video artist)
*Workshops will take place between Friday, December 11 – Sunday, 13 (up to 3 days long)
Wednesday, December 16 19:00 – 21:00 Review/discussion sessions
Friday, January 22 (evening) – Sunday 24 Ima theater workshop
*Workshops will take place between Friday, January 22 – Sunday, 24 (up to 3 days long)
Sunday, January 31 Joint sharing session 2

*Schedule / details are subject to change.
*Details of workshop dates and times will be decided shortly.
*Sharing sessions will be held jointly with all Study programs.
*From February through March there may be work related to summary/creation of deliverables.

Please use the application form here. The application is closed.

Deadline
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 18:00

*Priority will be given to people able to attend all dates of activities and joint sharing sessions
* How we hold project activities – face-to-face, online or such like – will be determined as occasion calls, based on the situation with coronavirus and any accompanying social measures.
*Please note that after the project has begun, there will be no refunds due to cancellation of attendance.
*Program details are subject to change.
*Your personal information will be used only to send you information from the organizer about this project.

Selection schedule
Sunday, August 9 and Monday, August 10 (public holiday): Selection period
*After the document screening we may contact you online or by telephone.
Around Wednesday, August 12: Notification of results

TARL office
Project Coordination Division,
Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL: 03-6256-8435(Weekday 10:00-18:00)
E-mail: tarl@artscouncil-tokyo.jp