Study of modern societies and outfits in Ginza
Study of modern societies and outfits in Ginza
Study of modern societies and outfits in Ginza
Initially the plan was to develop a completely non-contact exhibition format using audio guides. However, since key measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus had been issued by Tokyo Metropolitan Government from January through March, P3 went ahead with research into audio guide production via a workshop and other means, exchanging opinions with people in the Ginza area based on research content. With the cooperation of the Ginza Association, the decision-making body of the Ginza district, as well as street associations and community associations, artist Yoshinari Nishio and audio guide producer Takako Matsuda were brought on board as lecturers for a workshop in which participants “collected” people by watching them coming and going through the backstreets of Ginza from fixed points of observation and making real-time audio recordings describing them in words. After participants had gone around two backstreets together, the workshop allowed for some free time in which participants selected their own “collection” sites. Afterward, they listened to each other’s audio recordings and swapped ideas and opinions.
P3 art and environment
This organization opened the P3 Alternative Museum Tokyo (now P3 art and environment) in 1989. Until 1999 the group worked out of its headquarters in a basement auditorium in the grounds of Tochoji Temple, a Zen temple in Yotsuya, Tokyo; since then, the group has used a variety of non-specific locations for diverse art projects that complement their various environments (natural, urban, social, etc.). The group has been involved in the Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Demeter (2002), Yokohama Triennale 2005, Beppu Contemporary Art Festival “Mixed Bathing World” (2009, 2012, 2015) and Saitama Triennale 2016, amongst other events.
Yoshinari Nishio
Artist, born in 1982 in Nara Prefecture where he lives and works.
He completed a doctoral program in Fine Arts from The Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts. After a stint which included time overseas as the recipient of an Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study grant, Nishio is currently Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Promotion, Nara Prefectural University. He develops art projects in Japan and overseas which consistently refer to the relationship between fashion and communication. He has also established a fashion brand, NISHINARI YOSHIO. Major group exhibitions his work has featured in in recent years include Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival and Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021. Nishio is Director of the practical art management training program CHISOU at Nara Prefectural University. In January 2022 in Nara City, Nishio opened art, fashion and learning hub DATSUEBA, operated by the General Incorporated Association CHISOU for which he serves as Representative Director.
Backstreet alleys in Ginza
