The global spread of coronavirus has created a situation in which not just overseas travel but also travel within Japan has had to be greatly restricted. Although the situation has eased of late, the experience of having to stay at home has also been an opportunity to realize that we enjoyed the act of free movement as a matter of course.
One setting for art which is closely related to movement is the artist-in- residence (AIR) scheme, which allows artists to live and work away from their usual activity base and explore a variety of places in order to produce work. In a situation where it is difficult to know what will happen to restrictions on movement in future, Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio in Sapporo, Hokkaido is running an ongoing experimental program in which artists engage in a residency without visiting Sapporo. What forms of collaboration and creative possibilities will this style of AIR, which does not involve a temporary stay in the region, lead to? What are the benefits of moving and traveling in the first place, and how will the experience of moving change,going forward?
For this second discussion, we welcome as guests Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio AIR program director Mami Odai, and visual ethnographer Kana Ohashi who studies people’s experience of movement and transition, and has developed practices to present this theme in video documentary form. We explore pointers for future art projects from our two guests’ stories of the practices and research they are engaged in.
Mami Odai (Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio AIR program director)
Kana Ohashi (Visual ethnographer/Full-time lecturer at Tokyo Keizai University)
Moderator: Rika Uechi (Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)
People who want to get involved with art projects in future
People looking for insights/tips for new projects
Free (No reservation required)
*Viewers responsible for internet costs
The program will be streamed on Tokyo Art Research Lab Official YouTube Channel.
*The program is subject to change.
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Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
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*You can not watch the program at the venue.