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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

🗣「切り離された細胞は誰のものか」
2024年度アーティスト・フェロー
HUMAN AWESOME ERRORによるトークを開催!

自身の細胞を題材にその所有や、倫理、自己といった問題を提起し、新たな生命像を構築する方法論を探るアーティスティック・リサーチ・プロジェクト「Super Cells Infinite」。

HAEメンバーのがん細胞は、アート・プロジェクトのために取り出され、凍結保存されていますが、本人を含め誰もそれを簡単に扱えない状況があります。なぜそのようなことが起こるのか、あるいはどのような視点や立場の相違が影響しうるのか、そもそも私たちの体は私たちのものと言い切れるのか。これらの問いについてがん哲学、バイオアート、芸術人類学など複数領域を跨いで活躍する専門家やがん罹患当事者を迎え、考えます。
どなたでもお気軽にお越しください🤲🏻

🧪「切り離された細胞は誰のものか」ーSuper Cells Infinite 関連トーク①
🗓2025年1月13日(月・祝)13:00〜16:00
📍CCBT
🙋‍♀️事前申込不要・無料
🎤塚本隆大(東京大学大学院総合文化研究科 博士課程)、樋野興夫(順天堂大学 名誉教授、一般社団法人がん哲学外来名誉理事長)、古河美夏(乳がん経験者)
ホスト:蔡 海、福原志保(HUMAN AWESOME ERROR)#ccbt #ccbtokyo #AIP #artincubation
🍏CCBTアーティスト・フェロー🍏

柴田祐輔+Token Art Centerによる
ワークショップ開催!

渋谷周辺の文化や歴史や、高度に都市化され田畑のない渋谷周辺における代替食材のリサーチなどを通して「今、どう食が揺れているか」を探り、その成果を体験型パフォーマンス作品として2025年2月に発表します💫

渋谷に自生する雑草を渋谷の旬の特産野菜として捉え直し、自生する雑草を観察し、それらを安全で美味しく食べるために、どのように栽培するべきか実際に植えながら学びます!🔍

・・・
柴田祐輔+Token Art Center
ワークショップ「渋谷雑草栽培入門」

講師:前田純(雑草料理研究家、合同会社つむぎて代表社員) 
ファシリテーター:Token Art Center(秋葉大介、高村瑞世)、柴田祐輔
調理協力:植村遊希(波動料理家、波動セラピスト)

🗓️12月15日(日) 13:00~17:00
📍シビック・クリエイティブ・ベース東京[CCBT]、渋谷街中
🙋定員10名(事前申込/先着順)
🔍食文化、渋谷の生態系、野草に興味のある方
🎫参加無料

詳細・申込はWebサイトから!
https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/events/shibuya-weed-workshop(プロフィールにもリンクがあります)

#ccbt #ccbtokyo #AIP #artincubation #artistfellows #opencall #tokyo #art #technology #design 
#ワークショップ

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