Activity Record of Projects Supported by the Socially Engaged Art (SEA) Grant
* This article has been edited and reconstructed based on the report submitted to the Kawamura Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and Arts.
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- FY2024 - Madang: The Square Where the People ConjureProject Name: Madang: The Square Where the People ConjureApplicant: Madanggeuk Project
Madanggeuk Project brings together artists, curators, and local communities from Japan, South Korea, and North Korea to collaborate on workshops, performance prototypes, and talk events related to Mad...
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OPEN STUDIO / 3.11 reconstruction reference libraryProject Name: OPEN STUDIO / 3.11 reconstruction reference libraryApplicant: Lieko Shiga
Since 2021, I have been regularly hosting an open studio event titled “DOMING NOTHING BUT STUDIO OPEN” at my production studio (Studio Parlor), which is a converted pachinko parlor located in Misato T...
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Building a Queer and Modern Family ImageProject Name: Building a Queer and Modern Family ImageApplicant: Kento Terada
This project is an artistic practice to reconsider the normative ideology of family that has been shared within Japanese society, while examining the possibility of a new concept of family from a quee...
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Docu Athan Theatre––Project with Myanmar creators to Raising/Giving “Athan (Voice)”Project Name: Docu Athan Theatre––Project with Myanmar creators to Raising/Giving “Athan (Voice)”Applicant: Docu Athan
Docu Athan is an organization/project launched in 2021 to build networks through artistic and cultural practices, with a main focus on moving-image media, in collaboration with creators in Myanmar who...
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- FY2023 - Project to build a solar-powered kayak from trash that has washed ashore in Tsushima, the biggest marine plastic waste landfill in Japan.Project Name: Project to build a solar-powered kayak from trash that has washed ashore in Tsushima, the biggest marine plastic waste landfill in Japan.Applicant: Hydroblast
Hydroblast is a collective founded by film director and actor Shingo Ota to create works across film, theater, and the visual arts. Ota has been collaborating with artist Sachia Kanou for several year...
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Re-heat and RebornProject Name: Re-heat and RebornApplicant: Yukina Komiya
In November 2021, my grandmother in Okinawa passed away at the age of 93 while looking forward to celebrating “Kajimayaa,” the Okinawan longevity celebration for her 97th year, according to the tradit...
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Crossing boundaries with MockumentaryProject Name: Crossing boundaries with MockumentaryApplicant: Takuro Kotaka
This project involves the production of a new film in collaboration with artists and musicians from Indonesia and Papua, using a mockumentary approach to explore the fictional “negative legacies” left...
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- FY2022 - High Heel ProjectProject Name: High Heel ProjectApplicant: Mari Katayama
— We hope high heels will no longer be something extraordinary,
but simply one important choice available to you.
The “High Heel Project” was launched in 2011 by artist Mari Katayama with the goal of ... -
Circulation Community Launching ProjectProject Name: Circulation Community Launching ProjectApplicant: Field Trip Project & Field Trip Project Asia
The “Field Trip Project” has continued as a project in which randoseru school backpacks, distributed as relief supplies following the Great East Japan Earthquake, are transformed into artworks by arti...
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“Encore” ProjectProject Name: “Encore” ProjectApplicant: Yuni Hong Charpe
The “ENCORE” project involves workshops with people of overseas backgrounds living in and around Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture; the development of a lecture performance in collaboration with a Korean...
You can view the activity records for the First Patronage Program here .