OPEN STUDIO 2016-2017

About

Tokyo Wonder Site Residency provides opportunities for international creators in various disciplines including art, design, architecture and curation to stay, create works and conduct a research in Tokyo, offering studio spaces and accommodations for the creators.

Open Studio is a special occasion for the audience to see the creative process of residing creators, hear their talks and a dialogue with guest speakers.

13 groups/ 15 creators will exhibit their works, and 8 groups/ 10 creators will give artist talks on March 11.

Artist： 
〈International Creator Residency Program〉
Krissakorn Thinthupthai (Thailand| Video, Installation)
Tobias Zielony (Germany| Photography, Video)

〈Exchange Residency Program〉
Chiang Kai-chun (Taiwan, France| Video, Mosaic Art)
Clémence Choquet & Mickaël Gamio (France| Sculpture, Installation)

〈Institutional Recommendation Program〉
Elisabeth Belliveau (Canada| Animation, Graphic Novel)

〈Research Residency Program〉
Irwan Ahmett & Tita Salina (Indonesia| Performance, Video)
Karolina Bregula (Poland| Film, Photography)
Justine Emard (France| Video, Photography)
Emmanuel Guillaud (France| Video, Installation)

*Exhibit Only
Fiona Amundsen (New Zealand| Photography, Video)
Giovanni Innella (Japan, The Netherlands| Sculpture, Design)
Evan Jacoby (United States| Video, Writing)
Naoe Suzuki (United States| Drawing, Installation)

◇March 11(Sat) 14:00 - 16:00Artist Talk by Creators
◇March 12 (Sun) 14:00 - 16:00 Film Screening & Artist Talk Krissakorn Thinthupthai & Yu Araki

Moderator: Taro Amano (Curator in Chief, Program Director, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino)

On March 12, Krissakorn Thinthupthai, a residing creator, and Yu Araki, who shared the residency experiences with him at TWS in 2011 and has recently shown works at Yokohama Museum of Art and Okayama Art Summit 2016, will show and talk about their new film works.
*No reservation necessary / With Japanese - English interpreter
*Programs may change due to unavoidable reasons.

acility tour / Information Display:
- Visitors will have an opportunity to see the rooms and common spaces where creators stay and communicate with each other.
- We provide the information on the partner institutions of exchange residency programs and answer any inquiries by visitors.

Organize：Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site.Partner Institutions: 
Arts-in-Residence Taipei/ Treasure Hill Artist Village (Taipei, Taiwan)
Atelier Mondial (Basel, Switzerland)
Institutional Recommendation Program Support: 
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec