Exhibition Proposals “What is Curation?”. Tokyo Wonder Site
Application Period: June 22 (Fri.), 2012
1. Entry (By e-mail) June 19 (Tue.), 2012
2. Send Files (By post or By hand) Final reception June 22 (Fri.), 2012
Established for the purpose of supporting and training young individuals aspiring to plan and host art exhibitions, this part of the “Emerging Artist Support Program” is open to proposals of concrete exhibition plans from the general public. With the support of TWS, the selected plans will be given the opportunity to stage actual exhibitions at TWS Hongo.
In this time of significant transitions, we have come to a point at which we reconsider the very foundations of our mission at the forefront of art and culture, along with the meaning of staging exhibitions, and other issues that have been taken for granted without much examination in the past. Against the backdrop of a multifarious, fluctuating global community, our approach to value standards and information is changing, and the act of “curating” along with the underlying philosophies has come under critical review. In addition, endeavors aiming to capture reality through a redefinition of art based on artistic practices and processes at large, rather than on artworks as objects, have become increasingly prominent.
“What is curation?” – this is the theme and central question that the program’s 7th installment in 2012 addresses. How can we commit to society and break new collaborative ground, not only by way of possible new forms of artistic expression, but also through the exhibition format itself as a stage for expression? TWS is calling for plans designed to re-examine the framework of the “exhibition” as we know it, while thoroughly investigating together what functions it can fulfill. We are looking forward to hearing innovative ideas, and seeing exhibition plans with lots of energy.
Application Guideline: EASP2012_outlline.pdf
Application Package: TWS_easp2012_ENG.zip
Judges
Yoshitaka Mouri
(Sociologist, Associate Professor of Media Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment, Tokyo University of the Arts,)
Atsushi Sugita
(Art Critic, Professor of Joshibi University of Art and Design)
Mizuki Takahashi
(Senior curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
Kayoko Iemura
(TWS Program Director)
website:
http://www.tokyo-ws.org/english
