21 September 2024 Alternative Network Meeting
We will invite people who are engaged in independent/alternative exchange, AIR, and networking with overseas artists in Japan to Nagoya for a conference. We would like to discuss the details of your activities, as well as the possibilities of networking with overseas artists, which is possible only through alternative practices not operated by museums or public organizations, and the possibilities of diversifying your practice by creating horizontal connections within Japan.
Alternative Network Meeting
⚫︎Date & Time: Saturday, 21 September, 2024, 13:00-17:00
⚫︎Venue: Q SO-KO (2-84, Sotoshincho, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya)
⚫︎Admission: Free
⚫︎Application: Here
⚫︎Speakers:
・Qenji Yoshida／TRA-TRAVEL (Osaka)
・mizutama／FIGYA (Osaka)
・Yuhei Higashikata／AIR-H (Aomori)
・Shotaro Ikeda／Yamamoto Seika (Osaka)・OOTE41221 (Nagano)
・Aiko Hashizume／ -yu-, Doma commons (Oita)
・Dian Arumningtyas／indeks (Bandung)
Organized by SEASUN
In collaboration with Indeks
Supported by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation
Equipment Supported by Masayuki Miyaji
Speakers
Qenji Yoshida／TRA-TRAVEL (Osaka)
An artist whose work explores the ” in-betweenness” that exists between people without a common language, between humans and animals, or between you and me—places where mutual understanding might seem impossible. In 2019, he co-founded TRA-TRAVEL, an art hub and organization based in Osaka with the mission of “building an international art network.” Through collaborations with various facilities in Osaka, TRA-TRAVEL has been implementing exhibitions, residencies, and talk events both domestically and internationally.
mizutama／FIGYA (Osaka)
Started operating the art space FIGYA in Konohana-ku, Osaka in 2013. Since 2016, he has been actively involved in exhibitions and performances in Southeast Asia, primarily in the Philippines. In 2017, he was selected as a young art producer for the “Osaka Creative Archipelago” project. In 2018, he participated in the “Southeast Asian Art Residencies Meeting 2018” in Rojas, Philippines as a representative of FIGYA. He engages in a wide range of artistic activities, crossing various genres.
Yuhei Higashikata／AIR-H (Aomori)
He creates three-dimensional works, video installations, participatory projects, and workshops, using “play” as a starting point for his artistic practice. Since 2017, he has been based in Hachinohe, Aomori, where he oversees AIR-H, an artist-in-residence program that invites artists from countries such as the Philippines. In 2021, he participated in the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Emerging Artists Overseas Study Program, and resided in Hue, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (THEN Cafe, Hue University of Fine Arts).
Shotaro Ikeda／Yamamoto Seika (Osaka)・OOTE41221 (Nagano)
A poet and antique dealer. Since 2015, he operating “Project⇆Space Yamamoto Seika” in Tennoji-cho, Osaka, a former rice cracker factory. In parallel with his poetic performances and creations, he collaborates with artists and musicians from both Japan and abroad to plan projects and events. Since 2024, he has relocated his base to Matsumoto, Nagano, and is now actively involved in projects centered around the project space OOTE41221.
Aiko Hashizume／ -yu-, Doma commons (Oita)
After working at a cultural facility in the Kanto region and spending half a year in Indonesia, she moved to Beppu, Oita in 2019. In the same year, she co-founded -yu-, a residency and planning team that connects land with creators and intermediaries, with artist Ine Izumi. In 2021, she started “Doma commons,” an experiment in which she repurposed an expanded earthen floor as a micro-commons and experimented with small-scale divestment. They organize events, artist-in-residencies, and research on commons/ “Asyl”, and even host nabe (hotpot) party.
Dian Arumningtyas／indeks (Bandung)
Program Director of Indeks, a curatorial platform based in Bandung, Indonesia, and a researcher and curator who works closely with topics related to cultural mobility, and community involvement in artistic instruments. Her long-term research project dissects how artist-in-residence programs become a cultural strategy driven by the governmental and funders’ agendas to develop and revitalize communities. Former fellow for the Ishibashi Foundation–the Japan Foundation Research on Japanese Art (2020)
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