Asahi Entertainment 2023-2024
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Assassa Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Grant for Artistic City
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2023 1st Term Grant for Artistic City
Business Overview
ASAKUSA ENTERTAINMENTS 2023-2024 was planned as a community-based art festival held throughout the year in Tokyo, including the production and presentation of works by artists. Pre-events from September 2023 to January 2024 included Hanaga Mitsutoshi's exhibition "Dark Ecology" featuring photographs of the Jokusatsu Corporate Monastery, Michael Kalikis and Marouane Sippert's performance "Listening stones making landscapes," and "Holding the Storm," the first solo exhibition in Japan of the Amsterdam-based design artist collective Meta Haven. During the three weeks from June 28, 2024 to July 15, the climax of this project, Choi Kafai's solo exhibition was held at Asaksa, and Yu Centa's pop-up event "Fancy Fantasy! by FAMEME" was held at Kabukicho in Shinjuku.
- Period of Activity / Project
- September 29, 2023 - October 22 Dark Ecology Exhibition/October 8, 2023 Performance by Michael Kalikis and Maruan Sippert Listening stones making landscapes/December 22, 2023 - January 28, 2024 Meta Haven Holding a Storm Exhibition/June 28, 2024 - July 15 Choi Kafai Seeking Sorrowful Souls Exhibition/July 5, 2024 - July 7 "Fancy Fantasy! by FAMEME"
- Venues
- "Fancy Fantasy! by FAMEME" AWAKE (Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku) Others will be held at Asakusa (Taito-ku).
Profile
[Assassa Executive Committee]
Assassa is a 40 square-meter project space converted from an ordinary house. It introduces artists from Japan and overseas who express themselves in society and promotes collaboration among curators. It hosts "Asakusa Entertainment," which supports artists in creating and presenting works.