一定期間更新がないため広告を表示しています
Ordinary lives as we knew them have changed.
If art is a mirror that reflects the society, the
world, what would you reflect when you stand on this ground today?
WATARASE Art Project, which started in 2006, is a
continuing art project located along Watarase Keikoku Railway running through
Kiryu City and Midori City of Gunma Prefecture and Ashio Town/ Nikko City of
Tochigi Prefecture in Japan.
The area once flourished with several tens of
thousands of residents, centered around Ashio Copper Mine and a silk textile industry
(Kiryu City) and played an important role in Japan’s modernization. Later on, Ashio
Copper Mine closed down leaving behind several problems such as a pollution caused
by mineral poisoning, a discrimination due to wide-spread negative public
perceptions, and economic disparities between the affluent and working class;
and a silk textile industry has deteriorated with changing times, casting a
dark and heavy shadow onto the area as “negative legacy” and “remnants of the
old times.”
Witnessing rise and fall of the times and falling
victim of the economic development are no longer the area’s localized memory,
but a universal story as well.
Perhaps, the area can be the epitome of the
“world.”
Then, what will you reflect when you stand on this
ground of Watarase today?
Art cannot change the world, but only art can
change the view of the world.
Guidelines for applicants
WATARASE Art Project is seeking for artists/
projects to participate in the art festival planned for 2012.
The production will take place as an
Artist-in-Residence Program for two years of 2011 and 2012.
WATARASE Art Project is an artist-led project.
Artists play a central role in the operation of the
project and the exhibition, not mere participants to the exhibition.
We will select artists/ project teams who can
proactively co-work with other artists and local residents to develop the
project, and will provide a support in such process.
1. Eligible artists/ project teams
Forms: Any form of the expression (fine arts,
architecture, music, performing arts etc.)
* In addition to applications as an individual
artist, applications as a project of multiple members via a media such as food
or communication are welcome
Age/ Nationality: 18 and above, any nationality.
(for participants below 20, an approval of a guardian will be required
separately for residence)
2. Period of the Project
Exhibition (subject to future change)
Pre-Exhibition: September 11, 2011 (Sun) -
September 25, 2011 (Sun) * Mainly open-studio workshops
Main Exhibition: August 12, 2012 (Sun) - September
23, 2012 (Sun)
Artist-in-Residence/ Production period
July 2011 - Late July 2012 * From 1 month to 1 year
* Most of the residential facility and the
exhibition sites will be closed during the winter
* Residence period is flexible according to each
participant’s production plan and schedule
* Artists are free to leave the site during the residence
period
* Oversight of production and exhibition sites is
under each artist’s responsibility
Compensation
Production aid of JPY20,000 up to JPY100,000
depending on the production budget (Not a guarantee for the full compensation)
Out-of-pocket expenses include travel, meals and
accommodation (if staying at hotels etc.)
* Travel costs can be partially reimbursed
* Please consult the Secretariat if you are living
in a remote location or overseas
* Staying at the residential facility on site is
free of charge for the entire period
Application
Application period: April 25, 2011 - June 30, 2011 (as
indicated by the postmark on the envelope)
* As full exhibition by the residence is intended
for 2012 (and exhibition in process for 2011), we are not accepting
applications for exhibition only in 2011
Forms: Please mail 1) the application form and 2) a
summary of the exhibition (artist statement or summary of the project, plan of
the production, pictures of the main items etc.) in less than three A4 papers
(one-side printed) or jpeg image and PDF file (WEB application form only / less
than 3MB).
* Following can be attached to the above
application documents as a reference; Portfolio/ Files in A4 size (please do
not send in the original materials), electric recording (CD-R, DVD etc.) of
portfolio or summary of past projects
* If you require these materials to be returned,
please indicate so upon submission
* Schedule and plan for the production to be
submitted do not need to be final and definite at application
Address: WATARASE Art Project Secretariat (Ashio),
5-12 Akakura Ashio-machi, Nikko-shi, Tochigi-ken , Japan, 321-1502
Selection Process
1st Round: Application screening
-> results will be notified within one-two weeks
of the deadline
2nd Round: Hearing
-> results will be notified within one-two weeks
after the hearing
* We will conduct hearing in conjunction with a site
visit to be scheduled according to your availability
* Travel cost of up to JPY5,000 will be reimbursed
* Final participants will be determined after the
hearing
* We might ask for an additional presentation in
order to determine the allocation of production aid and site location
Screening Committee
Shumpei Minagawa (WATARASE Art Project
Representative 2010 - )
Kazumi Uehara (WATARASE Art Project Representative
2008 - 2009)
Kaori Takahashi (Sociologist/ Waseda University,
Doctoral Course)
Participating artists in 2006 - 2010
External screening committee (local public
authorities, etc.)