KAB Library and Residency
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- KAB Library and Residency
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4(2022) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
As an international exchange project, this project creates creativity through art (Exhibitions, workshops, performances, events, networking events, etc.) between foreign artists (Sweden, France) and Japanese artists. In particular, as an exchange project with Marseille, France, artists from Marseille and Sumida Ward were dispatched and invited. The artists stayed in the neighborhood of Kyojima and worked with local residents to enhance the cultural power of the area. It also aimed to reopen Tokyo as an international city beyond the pandemic.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, September 23, 2022 - Friday, June 30, 2023
- Venues
- Kyojima Area, Sumida Ward [KAB Library and Residency, Kyojima Kyodo Woodworking Workshop, Kyojima Kyodo Tsuboukosho, Kirakura-Tachibana Shopping Street, Barber Araki, Kyojima Station, Uradana Tonari, CHAYA Rooftop, Former Residence Training Room]
Profile
【KAB Library and Residency】
The KAB Library and Residency is a membership library established in January 2020 by a private organization. It is a unique organization that serves as an artist-in-residence (AiR) where artists from Japan and overseas can stay while making use of the books in its collection. Various programs such as workshops and exhibitions by artists from Japan and overseas, exchange meetings and book clubs are held. Director Shoko Kato holds international exhibitions and international exchanges cultivated through her international career.