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Art Incubation

The largest artist fellowship in Japan, recruiting projects by artists to serve as CCBT partners

Artistic Expression, Exploration, and Action Changing Tokyo for the Better through Creativity and Technology

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.

What CCBT Artist Fellows Do

  1. Develop and present new creative projects and research
    Conduct creative activities and R&D while based at CCBT, and exhibit and present the results of those projects at CCBT and around the city
  2. Make their creative activities and research processes public
    Foster opportunities for members of the public to come into contact with the intersection of creativity and technology through creative endeavors and making these processes public as well as holding workshops, lectures, and other events
  3. Collaborate and co-create with others
    Lead collaboration with the various kinds of people who come together at CCBT (members of the public, artists, designers, engineers, etc.) and the organizations and groups in the CCBT network, and build a platform for co-creating the future

Support Available for Fellows

  1. Production Support
    Financial and environmental support for fellows in the form of production costs of up to ¥10 million and facilities for working on the project and holding meetings, etc.
  2. Leveling Up
    Opportunities for advice and technical support from mentors and other experts to help realize the project
  3. Promotion
    Promotion via the CCBT website and social media channels, publicity in pamphlets and venue signage, and documentation and archiving of the work/project
  4. Management
    Help with procedures for using venues necessary for exhibiting work/project widely, venue operation, equipment use, artwork installation, etc.

Artist Fellows

2024

Mentors

Ukawa Naohiro (Artist of “right now” / Artistic Director, DOMMUNE)

Shimizu Tomoko (Media researcher, Cultural theorist)

Tanaka Miyuki (Curator, Producer)

Mizuno Tasuku (Lawyer, Attorney)

Application Outline

Application Period

April 25 (Thu) – May 26 (Sun), 2024

Categories
  1. Tools and platforms with a focus on future creativity, and artistic practices harnessing such tools and platforms
  2. Inquiries and artistic research on future humanity, and artistic practices harnessing such research
Application numbers

86

Fellows’ Activities

CCBT Presents「シビック・クリエイティブ ! NOW!!」@ SUPERDOMMUNE🎥
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今年のアーティストフェローたちが一堂に集結し、これまでの軌跡やこれからの展開について語り合う素敵な時間になりました🎊
39日間に合計32回のイベント、そして5つの展覧会を開催する2024年CCBTアーティスト・フェロー成果発表はここからさらに続いていきます🔥
この機会にぜひCCBTに足をお運びいただければ幸いです🙌

🗓️日程:1月31日(金)〜3月23日(日) 
📍会場:シビック・クリエイティブ・ベース東京[CCBT]、葛西臨海公園、コスモプラネタリウム渋谷、Salon de Zuppaほか
🎫参加無料
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https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/core-programs/art-incubation/2024events

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Archive

2023

Mentors

Isu Taeko (Art director, Graphic designer)

Ukawa Naohiro (Contemporary Artist, DOMMUNE CEO)

Kuze Shozo (Artist, Engineer)

Takekawa Junichi (Director / MUTEK Japan)

Tanaka Miyuki (Curator, Producer)

Hosokawa Asami (General Manager / Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee Secretariat)

Application Outline

Application Period

Thursday, May 11, 2023 – Sunday, Jun 4, 2023

Themes
  1. New artistic expression responding to artificial intelligence and other forms of technology
  2. Projects and artistic expression that engage with aspects of Web3 creativity like NFTs and XR
  3. Music and performing arts aiming to build a new scene for the digital age
  4. Projects accessible to both able-bodied and disabled people
  5. Platforms that are socially engaged or participatory for members of the public, such as hackathons and workshops
Application numbers

141

2022

Mentor

Ito Takayuki (R&D Director, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM])

Seiichi Saito (Director, Panoramatiks)

Isu Taeko (Art director, Graphic designer)

Iwaya Tamio (Graphic Designer)

Takekawa Junichi (Director, MUTEK Japan)

Hosokawa Asami (General Manager, Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee Secretariat)

Application Outline

Application Period

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Themes
  1. New artworks using technology
  2. Performing arts and interactive art staged in the city
  3. Videos/films about Tokyo youth culture
Application numbers

70