Utopia Table

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Room

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2022 1st Startup Subsidy

Utopia Table (2022) Photo by Naoki Takehisa

Utopia Table (2022) Photo by Naoki Takehisa

Utopia Table (2022) Photo by Naoki Takehisa

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Business Overview

Utopia proposed an alternative community to capitalism. It was an equal, clean, crime-free, complete place. Tama New Town, which was planned in Japan to make up for the housing shortage after World War II, also aimed at utopia. Spacious parks designed to reach residents, stainless-steel kitchens and car-free paths were designed. However, in the early days of the project, Tama New Town faced many local and social challenges, including a lack of infrastructure such as a train station and a lack of cultural facilities and places to raise children. The men went to work during the day and the women were left there. They sat around a table in the new town, made up for the lack of infrastructure, and solved problems through community. Their work to fill the void of utopia was creating, so to speak, another utopia. How can utopia exist now? This exhibition will create a place for artists and researchers to observe and share Tama New Town. Curation Room Artist Natsuki Kurota Kentaro Shimoyama Fumiyo Suzaki Takehiko Inmaki, Makuho Amamiya, Takeharu Inoue

implementation period

Sunday, December 11, 2022 - Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Place of implementation

THE 5TH FLOOR (Taito-ku, Tokyo)

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Profile

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A collective made up of Makuho Amemiya, Gaku Inoue and Koei Kiyohara. Research and exhibit the place from the viewpoint of furniture, architecture and images.