Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Vol.3, studying the relationship of Art x People x Society, will be held from 23 to 28 December 2023 and organized by ARTLOGUE, Japan Arts Council, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan.
As its third time of Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival, an exhibition STREET 3.0: Where Is The Street?, rethinking the relationship between street and art and exploring the streets in the era of crisis, will be held at the Semba Excel Building, one of the main venues of the festival.
Highlights
1. Graffiti
2. USB
3. Map
4. Algorithm
5. Perfume
6. Street
7. Calligraphy
8. Blind
9. Wall
Curator's Message
Miwa Kutsuna [MK]: Up to now, a lot of culture has emerged from the streets, and some of it has been sublimated into art. So what exactly is the relationship between street culture and art? By considering the word "street" in the broader sense of "path," we can see works that redefine the existing meaning and context of street and art, such as the mysterious world of art perfumery connected to Kodo (the Japanese art of incense), and the act of deciphering the new value of art in the "path-like place" of social media. We hope this exhibition will serve as a crossroads for explorers seeking unexplored places.
General Information
Title: STREET 3.0: Where Is The Street?
Duration: Saturday, 23th - Thursday, 28th December , 2023
Weekdays 13:00 - 19:00 (last admission 18:30)
Weekends and holidays: 10:00 - 19:00 (last admission at 18:30)
Extended: 2024 January 6 (Sat), 7 (Sun), 8 (Mon), 13 (Sat),
14 (Sun), 20 (Sat), 21 (Sun), 27 (Sat), 28 (Sun)
Preview: Friday, 22th December, 2023
Venue: Semba Excel Building
2-11, Kyutaromachi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0056, Japan
Supported by: Tatsuno Corporation
Cooperation: Semba Art Site Project
*The information is subject to change without notice. Please understand in advance.
*A ticket for Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival vol.3 is required to enter this venue.
1. Graffiti
GRAFFITI IN OSAKA
VERYONE / ®shashinn
Osaka has a graffiti culture that differs from that of Tokyo and other cities. In this exhibition "GRAFFITI IN OSAKA," archival materials and works by VERYONE and ®shashinn, who have been observing the graffiti scene in Osaka for many years, will be exhibited. [MK]
2. USB
Dead Drops
Aram Bartholl
Aram Bartholl has been interested in the digital world. It’s “to question our engagement with media and with public economies linked to social networks, online platforms, and digital dissemination strategies.” In STREET 3.0, Dead Drops (2010-) will be exhibited as STREET 2.0. What does offline data sharing mean? [YM]
3. Map
Google Maps Hacks
Simon Weckert
Simon Weckert is interested in the digital world. It’s “everything related to code and electronics under the reflection on current social aspects.” In STREET 3.0, Google Maps Hacks (2020) will be exhibited as STREET 2.0. How do we deal with "map" that digital data has changed? [YM]
4. Algorithm
AQV-EIKKKM
AQV-EIKKKM, exhibiting for the first time, is an artist who examines the relationship between data and art and questions the value of art. AQV-EIKKKM will present an installation that deciphers the role of capitalism, democracy, and contingency in determining the value of art. A proprietary algorithm unravels and visualizes the valuation inherent in the correlation. In STREET 3.0, the artwork will be exhibited as STREET 3.0. What does the art world look like through data? [MK / YM]
FREE GACHA
28 December 2023 1PM-
Semba Excel Building 4F
5. Perfume
AP
Ai Hasegawa / AKI INOMATA / Algorithmic Perfumery / BYNAM / Disconoma (Thomas Vauthier + Fanny Terno) / Etat Libre d'Orange / FISHKOM / Makoto Aida / MOCAF / NEANDERTAL / II / STORA SKUGGAN / tomotosi / YAP / Yuichiro Tamura / ZOOLOGIST
AP is an exhibition that introduces Art Perfumery. In STREET 3.0, AP will be held as Street 3.0. What is the world of Art Perfumery, where people "read" scents rather than "smell" them? What will the world of Art Perfumery, which is neither designer perfume nor olfactory art, bring in the age of crisis? [YM]
Tomonobu Nakamori x Atsushi Shindo x Yutaro Midorikawa
December 24, 2023, 1-2 p.m
Osaka Grand Front｜Congress Convention Center
6. New Street
[Related Exhibition]
Archive of Street
Takehiro Ishitani + Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group
* This related exhibition doesn’t request a support by Expo 2025
7. Calligraphy
Calligraphy strayed from the beaten track
Guh Nakayama / Hisashi Yamamoto / Kimihiko Hino / Rintaro Hashiguchi / Yuichi Inoue
This exhibition explores calligraphy, which continues to evolve as a visual expression, and where its "path" is heading. The exhibition will feature Yuichi Inoue, who has transcended the existing realm of calligraphy and is internationally recognized as an important art form contemporary with Gutai art, and four contemporary calligraphers who have followed his lead in seeking even more challenging forms of expression. [MK]
Venue: ICHION CONTEMPORARY B2(9-10, Nozakicho, Kitaku, Osaka)
8. Blind
Blind Sensing
meri otoshi
Meiri Otoshi is interested in the body and texture. It's realized in the form of dances, performances, and workshops. In STREET 3.0, Blind Sensing will be done as STREET 1.0. By guiding a person with eyes open to a person with eyes closed, the person with eyes closed perceives a different texture from the person with eyes open. What do we feel beyond the invisible street? [YM]
Unseen Street by YM
9. Wall
Ophelia
Hush Selfie
Hush Selfie is interested in the walls. In STREET 3.0, "Ophelia" is exhibited as STREET 1.0. Hush Selfie focuses on the consciousness of the wall of the street and supports their "selfie". What does this image, which raises the consciousness of the wall rather than humans, ask of us? [YM]
Linked Project
About the Curators
Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Vol.3 has two categories, exhibition and art fair. The curators Miwa Kutsuna and Yutaro Midorikawa take up "street and art" as the theme linking the two, and redefine it as "STREET 3.0."
The definision of STREET 3.0 will be released soon.
Miwa Kutsuna | Contemporary art historian, curator, and director
Visiting professor at Tama Art University, professor of contemporary art at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, visiting scholar at the Institute of Japanese Studies, Tsinghua University, representative of REBIRTH ASIA, director of Boao Cultural Industry Forum Japan. Graduated from Tama Art University and a postgraduate course at Hongik University, South Korea. D. from Tsinghua University, China. D. from Tsinghua University, China; worked on diplomatic events as an expert on East Asian culture and art at the Institute of Japanese Studies, Tsinghua University; curated the exhibition ”Weaving and Signs,"" Fujiyoshida, 2021; curated the exhibition ""Under Current,"" Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, 2022; and was a member of the board of directors of the Boao Culture and Industry Forum Japan. . Regularly appears on NTV program ""The Art House - Can that art be left behind 100 years from now?"" Lecturing on environment and art at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, China, as the first art college in China to lecture on the theme of ""engaging into not making things."
Yutaro Midorikawa | Art Director
Born in 1983. Dropped out of Arts in Performance, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II, Waseda University in 2007. Previously: director of party (project space, 2008-09), a member of 0000 (art group, 2010-11). Currently: director of YAP (art group, 2012-), MOCAF (Museum Of Contemporary Art Fukushima, 2021-), and AP (Art Perfumery, 2023-). Based on transhumanism, post-Anthropocene, and quantum consciousness, he has been directing projects about ART AFTER HUMAN.