Story Room Body, Freedom and Space

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Name of the organization or individual

channel

subsidy category

Startup Grant

Grant Type

single year individual

Reiwa 5(2023) 3rd Startup Grant

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Business Overview

Collaborated with Catherine Vall, a contemporary art artist based in Germany and active in Europe, she carried out the project “STORY ROOM ” in which the stories of individuals are connected to the stories of society. In this project, Chinese, Korean, and Malaysian university students and artists, who sympathize with the question, "What does it mean to live as a woman in today's society?" have collaborated to create an exhibition and workshop. The two exhibitions will feature two works: a series of self-portraits in which the artist disguises herself as female philosophers of all ages, and a series of photographs taken by the artist during her stay in Hong Kong. In the first exhibition, a workshop focusing on food, clothing and housing was held, and in the second exhibition, a yoga workshop, talks with visitors and photo sessions were held. Between the exhibitions, a MANIFESTO WORKSHOP was held on March 2, and a photo session was held using the kitchen as a stage, featuring the words and philosophies cherished by the participants.

implementation period

Thursday, February 15, 2024 -19 (Mon)
Thursday, March 7, 2024 -11 (Mon)

Place of implementation

Art Room Planning Office (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Uradana (Sumida-ku, Tokyo)

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Profile

【 Channel 】
With the theme of "Crush border, Open air" and (transcending boundaries and blowing new winds), this is a collective that connects all the boundaries as the intersection of society and art.
It was established in December 2022 by two members, Uminuma of Musashino Art University and Takeda of Nihon University Faculty of Art. With the aim of expanding the space for soft dialogue by mediating different positions and voices and working across fields, the group holds talk events "PLAZA," conducts interviews, and conducts cultural and art projects that cross artistic genres. He also participates in management and coordination of the TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESERCH project in "TOKYO CREATIVESALON 2023". The channel, which works with different members on different projects, is collaborating with new members from China, Korea and Malaysia.