TOKAS : International Creator Residency Program 2023
Features
StudiosAvailable
AccommodationsAvailable
Presentation(exhibition, performance, and open studio)Available
Grants and subsidies for travel expensesAvailable
Grants and other financial supports/ Support by coordinators and art professionalsNot available
Art genresVisual arts/ Fine arts , Film / Video , Others
RegionsKanto
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| Application period | Jun. 13, 2022 (Mon.) - Jul. 26, 2022 (Tue.) |
| Description | Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS), operated by a division of The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, offers artist-in-residence programs for international creators working in various creative fields to stay, engage in creation and conduct research activities. "International Creator Residency Program" aims to invite distinguished and highly motivated international creators in the field of visual art, film, design, architecture and administration and to give opportunities to work in Tokyo. We offer financial support to allow creators to develop and present new works and ideas. The result of the residency will be presented at the Open Studio and/or the Result Presentation. Under this program, there are two categories: A) Individual Project and B) Theme Project A) Individual Project Residency Period: 3months from the beginning of January to the end of March, 2024 Number of Creators: 2 Disciplines: Visual art, film, design and architecture What TOKAS Residency offers: Airfare, living expenses (per diem), fee for creative work/project and living space (single room) Studio/workspace: Shared studio B) Theme Project *Based on the theme: “Ecology around the City” Residency Period: 3 months from the beginning of May to the end of July, 2023 Number of Creators: 2 Disciplines: Visual art, film, design and architecture What TOKAS Residency offers: Airfare, living expenses (per diem), fee for creative work/project and living space (single room) Studio/workspace: Shared studio Project Theme: “Ecology around the city” Our environment is facing a huge turning point. Amid the decarbonization trend, recent trends such as questioning our assumption towards flying long distances by plane and the rapid diffusion of digitalization have had a great impact on our society, as well as on our lives and mentalities. Environmental issues were taken up gradually in the 1970s, and in the 1990s, various frameworks against global warming were formulated. French thinker Félix Guattari suggested the idea of “écosophie,” a word coined by combining “écologie” and “philosophie,” in his book entitled “Les trois ecologies” (first published in 1989). Using this word, Guattari raised the necessity to perceive ecology as a complex notion which spans three domains, including not only the global environment but also the social and human spiritual environments. Tokyo is faced with multiple dangers of natural disasters: there is a 70-percent probability of a massive earthquake occurring beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area within 30 years, and approximately a third of Tokyo’s 23 wards are at risk of being flooded due to a storm surge caused by a “super typhoon.” By considering topics around this city’s ecology such as the relation among nature, society, and people as well as the balance and challenges between economy and ecology from various aspects, the set of values, thoughts embedded in the people, and even a picture of society as a collective may emerge. Such discoveries may lead to obtaining clues for a co-existing future among various environments. TOKAS now calls for creators from various backgrounds who will work on the theme and seek to actively exchange ideas on the cultural differences in thoughts, recognitions, actions and languages while engaging in creative activities in Tokyo/Japan during their stay at TOKAS Residency from May to July 2023. We hope that the program provides an opportunity to examine the underlying phenomena of our customs and societies in the metropolis Tokyo, a city where diverse identities intersect, through the framework of ecology around the city. More information>> https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/archive/application/2022/20220613-241.html |
| Residency location | Tokyo Arts and Space Residency (TOKAS Residency) |
| Residency period | A) Individual Project Residency Period: 3months from the beginning of January to the end of March, 2024 B) Theme Project *Based on the theme: “Ecology around the City” Residency Period: 3 months from the beginning of May to the end of July, 2023 |
| Qualification | ① Resides outside of Japan. ② Has 5 years or more of experience in his/her specialized area of expertise. ③ Has sufficient ability to communicate in English with other residing creators and TOKAS staff for mutual understanding. ④ Independent and capable of working and living on his/her own. ⑤ Creators working as a duo are also eligible. (A duo consisting of at least one creator residing outside of Japan is eligible.) ⑥ Students are ineligible (except for Ph.D. candidates) |
| Pay by artists / Support for artists | Living space (single room), shared studio, Airfare, living expenses (per diem), fee for creative work/project. *Accommodation will be provided for the participating creator only. A twin-bedded room will be provided to creators applying as a duo. |
| Selection process | Selection stage: review with external juries in the end of August, 2022 *The successful applicants will be informed of their final results individually by the end of September, 2022. The final results will be announced through our website at the beginning of October, 2022. *We do not respond to any individual inquiries on the selection process and result. |
| Contact | Email: contact_residency2022@tokyoartsandspace.jp *For inquiries not listed in the FAQ page on our website, please contact us by Email by July 5, 2022. We will update the FAQ on our website after July 12, 2022. Please note that in principle, we cannot answer each inquiry individually. |