Shibata Yusuke ＋ Token Art Center
This is a collaboration between the artist Shibata Yusuke, known for his work that focuses on the ambiguity and uncertainty of reality, and Token Art Center, which holds exhibitions of up-and-coming artists and atypical performance events around the city. They undertake a range of research on food and, based on that, create work that provides an experience of eating and drinking.
Year Selected
2024
Project
Daitaiya Ⅱ
Summary
This project explored what it means to eat and live, based on the concept of substitute food—a vital component of Japanese food culture since modern times. Through research on the ecosystem, history, and cuisine of Shibuya, a highly urbanized area of Tokyo with no agriculture, the project searched for what influences food today. The results were presented publicly in the form of an exhibition, participatory food performance, and dedicated website. The process of the research involved holding workshops on harvesting insects and foraging for weeds, and reflecting on technology for procuring and producing substitute ingredients in Shibuya. In this way, the project created new opportunities for participants and members of the public to learn. The culmination of the project was the performance, which served dishes made with substitute ingredients and cooking methods, and explored approaches to technological alternatives that transcend binaries of real and fake, and natural and artificial.
Profile
Shibata Yusuke
artist
Born in 1980 in Fukuoka. He obtained a MFA in Printmaking in Fine Arts at Musashino Art University in 2007. Focusing on the ambiguity and uncertainty of the real world, he has presented installation works using a variety of media including video, photography, and objects. He conducted research on video media of Southeast Asia traveling in 10 cities of 6 countries in 2019. In recent years, he has been working on several food-related projects, including Popular Kappou Daitaiya -Culture Dish- (2023, Yahiro Shokudo, Tokyo), New Authentic (2023, ya-gins, Gunma), and Finger on the Rice (2022, Finger in the Soup,Tokyo).
Token Art Center
TBU
CCBT Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs, the Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better. Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.
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