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Akigawa Art Stream 2024

  • Organization : Creative Cluster Institute
  • Section : None
  • Type of Grant Program : Single

Outline

Set in the clear-streamed mountain haven of Akigawa Valley of Tokyo, spanning Hinohara Village to Itsukaichi in Akiruno City, this art festival-style project is developing into its fourth year, uniting local residents, experts, and multidisciplinary artists to foster the region’s organic evolution.

The 2024 exhibition is planned across eight venues, featuring 14 artists.

Exhibiting Artists:
MAKI UEDA: Olfactory Art / anno lab: Media Art / MIYAKE Mai: Painting / ASANO Nobuharu : Sculpture / KUSANO Emi: Generative AI Art / SHIMAZAKI Ryohei: Contemporary Ukiyo-e / NanaAkua: Craft / IKESHIRO Yasutake: Design / NAKAMOTO Hirofumi: Video Art / SUGAYA Aki: Contemporary Art / Konseki-in: Sculpture / KANEKO Moe: Contemporary Art / MATSUYAMA Ryota: Archive of Wildlife Centered Around the Village / HONJO Ushimatsu: Sound Art
Live Artists:
DAISHI DANCE (DJ) / Ayako KANISASARE (Gagaku – Traditional Court Music) / YABUUCHI Yosuke (Shakuhachi – Bamboo Flute)

Director: OKADA Tomohiro

Space Design and Renovation: MIYACHI Yo
Festival Logo Design: KYN-CHOME

Profile

Creative Cluster Institute
A Do-Tank that generates emergence through culture and the arts, established in 2002 by OKADA Tomohiro (Director) as a platform for expanding possibilities through art, innovation, and social progress and vitalization. In 2022, the Arts Camp Hinohara (Hiinohara Village) has opened in Nishitama, a mountainous area of the Metropolis, and develop a field of creation through regional co-creation under the theme of “Rooted Future in Tokyo”.

Contact

OKADA Tomohiro Ph.D
Director
Creative Cluster Institute
Arts Camp Hinohara, 4258 Hinohara Village, Tokyo 190-0200
+815052160876
tokyo@creativecluster.jp

Venues

Specially prepared eight venues are located across Hinohara Village and Akiruno City, had included “Arts Camp Hinohara” and “Kobayashi-ke House – the nationally designated Important Cultural Property,” and old storehouses provided by local residents.