The second phase of "Kamisai," a project to form a platform for discourses on the performing arts
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Editorial Department of "Paperbacks"
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
In this project, as an effort to eliminate the absence of places for discourse that contribute to the construction of a sustainable creative environment, a platform was launched to continuously provide places for discourse on performing arts. The biggest feature of this project was the selection and matching of artists/works and writers based on curation led by editor in chief Kenta Yamazaki, and the one-stop posting of artists' own words and external reviews before and after performances. His long-term vision was to serve as an archive that would serve as a reference for audiences and readers to think about in society based on the ideas and practices of all artists. In addition, it became a place to visualize the existence of the next generation of writers and critics, including Ryo Sekine, Mei Shirao, Fujimoto University, and Mayu Yamaguchi.
- Period of Activity / Project
- From Wednesday, November 1, 2023 to Sunday, June 30, 2024
- Venues
- Online
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Paperback Editorial Dep]
In 17, as a personal project of critic Kenta Yamazaki, he launched a new style of theater criticism magazine, Paperback, which publishes both plays and theater reviews of performances. A total of 4 books were published until 2018.
Restarted in November 2023 as the second phase. In addition to publishing a theater criticism magazine, he opened the online platform "Kamisai WEB" for words of performing arts. It features interviews and reviews of 11 performances as of June 2024.