The Art of Living: Creative Communities in the 21st Century - Tottori and Kamiyama
Name of Event/Lecture
The Art of Living: Creative Communities in the 21st Century - Tottori and Kamiyama
Location
Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan in Singapore
The Japan Creative Centre (JCC), Embassy of Japan in Singapore, will be holding an exhibition “The Art of Living: Creative Communities in the 21st Century – Tottori and Kamiyama” from 2 to 12 March 2022 that features Dr Simone Chung’s field research under the Japan Foundation Asia Center fellowship. The launch will be online, LIVE on JCC’s Facebook page on 2 March, 2pm SGT (3pm JPT: https://www.facebook.com/JCCEOJ
The exhibition explores how two communities in Japan impacted by depopulation and dereliction – Tottori and Kamiyama – have been driving art projects, community revitalisation programmes, and convivial gatherings in alternative spaces. It profiles unconventional individuals who have chosen to live life on their own terms. This will be showcased through interview videos, visual documents of the spaces they occupy and original drawings arising from Dr Chung’s fieldwork. She will be available in person at the Japan Creative Centre (JCC) on Friday and Saturday afternoons, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, during the exhibition period for informal tours. For more information, see:
https://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JCC/invite_artofliving_2022.html
There will be an online talk on Tuesday 8 March 2022, 7.30pm SGT (8.30pm JPT) by Dr Chung with Dr Motohiro Koizumi (Rikkyo University) on “Contemporary Art Projects & Alternative Spaces”. Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ej1nd8gs4be830b9&oseq=&c=&ch=