Artist in Residence Program Inn Hong Kong 2016
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Takuro Kotaka
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
FY28 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term
Business Overview
This project is an artist exchange residency program jointly planned by "soundpocket" in Hong Kong and "Art Center Ongoing" in Tokyo. Soundpocket is a non-profit organization run by Hong Kong artists and has focused on promoting, experimenting and popularizing sound art since it was founded in 2008. Internationally active artists from France, England, Singapore and other countries have been invited to the festival, and Takuro Kotaka has been selected as the fifth invited artist. He will be working in Hong Kong from April 11, 2016 to May 11. In Hong Kong, he will produce a new film with themes of Tokyo and Hong Kong, and will present the new film at an event in Hong Kong.
- Period of Activity / Project
- April 11, 2016 - May 11
- Venues
- C&G Art Parlour (Hong Kong), Floating Projects (Hong Kong)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
Takuro Kotaka
Born in 1984, lives in Tokyo. He has spent time in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, presenting video works that delve into negative histories and social systems, using rumors and forgotten symbols as motifs. Until 2012, he managed "Recycle Shop Kotaka Shoten" in Tokyo where artists, musicians and writers gathered. In recent years, he has been involved in a network that crosses multiple genres, such as Nikoniko Mountains, a brand that fuses decotra culture and fashion, and the National Okutama Art Museum, an artist group that works mainly at a former lumber mill deep in the mountains.