この夏、アートNPO団体「C.A.P.芸術と計画会議」の主催するアーティストインレジデンスプロジェクト「See Saw Seeds」に参加します。
See Saw Seeds プロジェクトは副題に“Cultural Kaleidoscope“を掲げ、C.A.P.から8名のアーティストをフィンランドへ派遣します。現地アーティストを中心としたコレクティブ「Videokaffe」 のメンバー9名と共に、2つの拠点でプロジェクトを作り上げます。
以下、企画書より
アーティスト・イニシアチブ団体C.A.P.（神戸市1994～）は、「アートと社会を結び、文化交流の活性化に寄与する」をポリシーに多岐にわたるアート活動を通じて地域のアートコミュニティを育て、さらに、地球規模の視点で地域を見るべく、グローカルな視点で運営方針を同じくする海外のアートグループ（独、芬、米、唖）と協力・交流してきた。
国際交流プログラム「See Saw Seeds」 （2015～）では、互いの地域の行政・団体施設や市民らとも連携し、8年の間に「See Saw Seeds Effect」と名付けた交流展を始めとする展覧会13回、互いの国での滞在制作60名以上、記録誌の出版6冊（日英バイリンガル 発行：C.A.P.）、さらに国際チームで挑んだ六甲ミーツ・アート 芸術散歩2020（主催者特別賞受賞）などの実績を積んできた。
本企画では、『三つの地域（ハンブルグ・トゥルク・神戸）から地球規模の視野で地域のアートを考える』ことを目的に、すでに交流のあるアートグループ（独、芬）が現地のホストとなり、神戸を拠点に活動するアーティスト11名による展覧会 ・連連イベントを行う。
文化の万華鏡を意味する展覧会タイトル「Cultural Kaleidoscope」は、様々なアーティストやトピックが一堂に会し、多様でダイナミックな体験を生み出し、変化し続ける性質を意味する。本展を通じて、三カ国に共通する興味連心である「生活の場」「生活・文化への連心」「自然環境への連心」などについて語り合い、地域のアートをめぐる新たな共創の場を生み出すことを目指す。SEE SAW SEEDS EFFECT 2024 – Cultural Kaleidoscope
Videokaffe and Conferrence on Arts and Art Projects (C.A.P.)The Art House Turku || Temporary Art Space provided by the City of Turku – The warehouse of the old Tram Hall at Amiraalistonkatu 8
Art House Turku: 1. – 25.8.2024
Open for public: 6.8.2024 14.00 PM | Vernissage: 8.8.2024 17-19.00 PMTram Hall: 1. – 30.8.2024
Finissage: 23.8.2024Cultural Kaleidoscope is an international exchange exhibition by art groups from Japan, Finland and USA, that are working for the empowerment of local art. The exhibition title “Cultural Kaleidoscope”, meaning a kaleidoscope of cultures, refers to the ever-changing nature of the various artists and topics brought together to create diverse and dynamic experiences. Through this exhibition, we aim to create a new space for the co-creation of art in the region by discussing the common interests of the countries, such as “place of life,” “linkage to life and culture,” and “linkage to the natural environment”.
The international exchange program See Saw Seeds started in 2015, in collaboration with local governments, organizations, and citizens in Japan, Germany and Finland. It has produced 13 exhibitions including the See Saw Seeds Effect -exhibitions, over 60 residencies in each country, and 6 bilingual (Japanese/English) publications.
Japan: C.A.P. – The Conferrence on Arts and Art Projects
Established in 1994 and is a non-profit organization and an artist initiative organization that has been fostering the local art community through a wide range of art activities based on the policy of “connecting art and society and contributing to the vitalization of cultural exchange”. It has also been promoting the local community from a global perspective in order to see the region from a global perspective. In addition, the organization has been cooperating and exchanging with overseas art groups (Germany, Finland, the U.S., and more) that share the same management policy. C.A.P. is one of the oldest non-profit and artist initiative organizations in Japan, and has always approached society from an inclusive perspective.
Participating artists: ASAYAMA Miyuki, IKEDA Kei, IKEHARA Yuta, MORI Nobuko, NAKAMURA Yukiko, OHTSUKA Naoko, SAKUMA Hana, UEOKA Yuki
Finland/USA: Videokaffe
Founded in 2012 and based in Turku, Videokaffe is a collaborative network of ten artists, an artists’ collective, between North America and Europe. We work across a range of disciplines, including sculpture, video, performance and new media art. We believe our mission is to reclaim the values we are in danger of leaving behind and to strengthen them by promoting curiosity, the use of our own hands and the joy of invention. Videokaffe explores the intersection of craft and technology through public art sculptures, exhibitions, residencies and web-based online platforms. Between exhibitions, Videokaffe members meet regularly online, connecting their studios through web technology and video capture devices. In this collaborative way, the Videokaffe collective explores themes such as the future of making, collective action versus individual practice, and the performativity of work and play as a means of exploration and discovery.
Participating artists: AHO Heini (FIN), ANDREAS Mark (USA), BURTONWOOD Tom (USA), HOLMES Holly (USA), MILD Jenny (FIN), PIKKARAINEN Sami (FIN), PYSTYNEN Erno (FIN), SUORLAHTI Olli (FIN), WESTPHAL Thomas (GER/FIN), ZIEGLER Sebastian (GER/FIN).
The project is supported by Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, Finnish Institute in Japan, Pola Art Foundation, Consulate of Germany in Osaka, Kobe City, C.A.P. supporting members, The Art House Turku, Ars Nova Aboa Vetus Contemporary Art Museum, The City of Turku and Fimbul Artist’s Studio Space.
Cultural Kaleidoscope is part of the pilot of the intermediate cultural space model and is implemented in cooperation with the City of Turku as part of the Culture key project.