TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECT
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2018 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Term 1
Business Overview
TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH is a project that aims to explore Tokyo in the run-up to the Olympic Games from a multifaceted and multifaceted perspective, and to derive a new Tokyo theory from the similarities and differences between the two cities, through "works" based on artist research and "words" exchanged based on the works. TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, as a platform for experimental practice with the expansion of photographic expression, emphasizes the development of contemporary image culture, media environment, and technology, and supports the expression in which the "place" of Tokyo is transformed by the visual language generated beyond the narrow sense of documentarism, and latent aspects of the city and people emerge. TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH will focus on its website until 2020, after which the project will be archived through books and exhibitions, with the aim of preserving the entire project for future generations.
- Period of Activity / Project
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Profile
【TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECT】
TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH is a project founded by photographer Taisuke Koyama. Koyama, who has experience studying biology and the natural environment, has focused on the phenomena and fluidity of the urban environment represented by Tokyo since the beginning of his activities, including the publication in 2008 of a photo collection "entropix" on the theme of urban metabolism. Koyama had been based in London and Amsterdam for about four years through the Agency for Cultural Affairs' overseas training program for up-and-coming artists. When he visited Shinjuku for the first time in two years after the training period, he was overwhelmed by the bustle and bustle of the city, and he felt once again the importance of Tokyo as a theme. After returning to Japan at the end of 2017, Koyama exchanged opinions with many people, including the curator Yamamine Junya (Contemporary Art Center, Mito Art Museum), and in April 2018, he established the Tokyo Photographic Research Project, a voluntary organization to carry out the project.