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TWS aoyama

What's a Creator-in-Residence?

Tokyo Wonder Site is a creative and communications platform for the city's arts. It develops more than conventional cross-cultural ex-change programs, as part of its role as a creative communications base supporting artistic activities that contribute to building of a new metropolis of divers cultures and values.
An artist-in-residence program allows artist to stay and create in a location for a fixed period of time. At Tokyo Wonder Site, we provide a temporary home not only for artists, but people working in creative fields such as design, music and architecture as well, as part of our Creator-in-Residence Program, situated in the Aoyama district in central Tokyo, know for its fashion and creative scene.TWS Aoyama is a large facility with 16 rooms for accommodations and 5 studios, and develops new programs in close cooperation with TWS Hongo dedicated to supporting emerging artists in their early careers and TWS Sibuya, which serves as a venue for exhibiting the works of more established, international artist.
TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence provides opportunities for residents to enjoy Tokyo's stimulating environment while talking and working with other creators at every career stage, making it a hub for interactive communication.

Diverse Residency Programs

TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence provides a truly diverse range of opportunities for exchange for people of age or gender, and working in any genre. Creative people including artists, curators, researchers, musicians, performers and designers are able to experience the rich history and culture of Tokyo, do research and work, and exhibit their creations. The central location means that creators can enjoy interactions not solely with their peers, but also with the general public through events, talks, open studios and workshops. TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence Program serves as networking linking artists, visitors and Tokyo's patron of the arts, with the goal of promoting the city's creative culture to the world.

2010 Partner Institutions (subject to change)

Exchange Residency Program
Paris:        Ville de Paris ,CENTQUATRE
Stockholm:IASPIS
Taipei:      Taipei Artist Village
Barcelona:Hangar
Melbourne:ASIALINK,Monash University
London:    Southbank Centre

On Site Lab
International Ensemble Modern Academy

Institutional Recommendation Program JENESYS Program
The Japan Foundation


  • Open Applications
  • Nominations / Recommendations

Exchange Residency Program

Exchange Residency Program

Cultural exchange program for emerging artists, between art spaces and cultural institutions overseas that cooperated with Tokyo Wonder Site.

Research Residence program

Research Residence program

For creators who research for future work in the cultural environment that Tokyo provides.

On Site Lab Workshop Program

On Site Lab Workshop Program

A new form of educational program in which world-renowned tutors are invited to work together with young creators on cross-genre projects linking the arts, music and design.

Local Creator Residence Program

Local Creator Residence Program

For creators who have ability not only to play a central part in cultural exchange with creators from all over the world, but also to produce works during their residency at TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence.

International Creator Residency Program

International Creator Residency Program

This program targets skilled middle-careered creators based outside Japan.

JENESYS Programme

JENESYS Programme

Accepting creators from "21st Century Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Programme"
*Working in tandem with the Japan Foundation.

Institutional Recommendation Program

Institutional Recommendation Program

For creators who selected by public institutions or private art organizations will pursue their artistic or academic research.

International Nomination Program

International Nomination Program

For creators who selected by nominators will create works during their periods in residence and report their results upon completion.

Project Residency Program

Project Residency Program

This is a residency program for creators participating in TWS-hosted projects.

Current Event

OPEN STUDIO 2010/July

OPEN STUDIO 2010/July

Date:
2010.07.24(Sat)
Time:
14:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Venue:
TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence
Artist:
JENESYS Program Win ei ei latt (Visual Art, Photography, Installation / Myanmar) Khvay Samnang (Visual Art, Photography, Installation / Cambodia) Nguyen Anh Tuan (Visual Art, Performance / Viet Nam) Exchange Residency Program (Invitation) Will French(Visual Art, Performing Art / Australia) Local Creator Residence Program Yuko Kamei (Visual Art / Japan) mamoru (Sound Art / Japan) Motoyuki Shitamichi (Visual Art / Japan) Yuichiro Tamura (Visual Art / Japan) Institutional Recommendation Program Kianga Ford (Visual Art / America)
TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence organises monthly public program, "OPEN STUDIO" which is for the public to see the creative processes of residing artists, to communicate and to exchange ideas about their works. In each studio, the artists present the progress of their works or research in various ways.
In the OPEN STUDIO of this month, three artists participating in JENESYS Program will give presentations of the art scene of their countries. Please don't miss this precious opportunity!

Schedule:
14:00 - 18:00  OPEN STUDIO
15:00 - 16:30  ARTIST TALK
                      Artists: Win ei ei latt (Myanmar)
                                     Khvay Samnang (Cambodia)
                                     Nguyen Anh Tuan (Viet Nam)

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OPEN STUDIO 2010/June

OPEN STUDIO 2010/June

Date:
2010.06.26(Sat)
Time:
11:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Venue:
TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence
Artist:
Exchange Residency Program (Invitation) Will French(Visual Art, Performing Art / Australia) Local Creator Residence Program Yuko Kamei (Visual Art / Japan) mamoru (Sound Art / Japan) Motoyuki Shitamichi (Visual Art / Japan) Yuichiro Tamura (Visual Art / Japan) JENESYS Program Win ei ei latt (Visual Art, Photography, Installation / Myanmar) Khvay Samnang (Visual Art, Photography, Installation / Cambodia) Nguyen Anh Tuan (Visual Art, Performance / Viet Nam ) Institutional Recommendation Program Pilar Albarracín (Visual Art / Spain) Kianga Ford (Visual Art / America) Juha T. Koskinen(Compose / Finland) Bertrand Meunier (Photography / France) Research Residence Program Marwa Arsanios (Visual Art / Lebanon) Kyungwon Moon (Visual Art / Korea) Chikako Morishita (Compose / England)

TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence organises monthly public program, "OPEN STUDIO" which is for the public to see the creative processes of residing artists, to communicate and to exchange ideas about their works. In each studio, the artists present the progress of their works or research in various ways.
In the OPEN STUDIO of this month, an exhibition coordinator of the Japan Foundation, Yasuko Furuichi will give a talk about "Art Exchange in Asia 1990-2010." Please don't miss this precious opportunity!

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OPEN STUDIO 2010/May PRESENTATION: Dai Fujikura(Composer) GUEST TALK: Tsuyoshi Ozawa(Artist)

OPEN STUDIO 2010/May PRESENTATION: Dai Fujikura(Composer) GUEST TALK: Tsuyoshi Ozawa(Artist)

Date:
2010.05.22(Sat)
Time:
11:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Venue:
TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence
Artist:
Guest Creator Project Program Bitter/ Weber(Photography / Austria) Local Creator Residence Program Yuko Kamei(Visual Art / Japan) mamoru(Sound Art / Japan) Motoyuki Shitamichi(Visual Art / Japan) Yuichiro Tamura(Visual Art, Performing Art / Japan) Research Residence Program Liang Xing Jin(Visual Art / China) Jongeun Lim(Curation / Korea) Momu & No Es(Visual Art / Spain) Vishwa Shroff(Visual Art / India)

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TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-Residence organises monthly public program, "OPEN STUDIO" which is for the public to see the creative processes of residing artists, to communicate and to exchange ideas about their works. In each studio, the artists present the progress of their works or research in various ways.
In the OPEN STUDIO of this month, we hold two intriguing talks. An emerging composer, Dai Fujikura, who is becoming a focus of world attention, gives a presentation about his creative activities and pieces of his own composition. An active artist, Tsuyoshi Ozawa will talk about "Journey and Creation" based on his diverse working experience abroad. Please don't miss this precious opportunity.

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Creators-in-Residence Tokyo Wonder Site 2009-2010 "TOKYO STORY"

Creators-in-Residence Tokyo Wonder Site 2009-2010

Date:
2010.04.09(Fri) –2010.05.02(Sun)
Closed:
4/12-15, 4/19-22, 4/26-29
Time:
11:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Cooperation:
ASIALINK / Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces (Australia), IASPIS (Sweden), Cite Internationale des Arts / 104 Centquatre / Ville de Paris (France)/Ambassade de France au Japon, Hangar (Spain), Taipei Artist Village (Taiwan), SAMUSO: Space for Contemporary Art (Korea), SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
Venue:
TWS Aoyama: Creator-in-REsidence

On top of the TWS's Four Residency Programs that the artists exhibiting at TWS Shibuya (4/7-5/23) and TWS Hongo (5/1-5/23): Local Creator Residency Program, International Creator Residency Program and Exchange Residency Program Dispatch/Invitation; a variety of other residency programs that we offer (Project Residency Program, International Recommendation Program, International Nomitation Program, On Site Lab Workshop Program) will be introduced through archives, and presentations.  We will also be showing documentations of past residents at TWS Aoyama, as well as information about the associating Residency Programs abroad.

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OPEN STUDIO 2009_10 GUEST TALK: Hisako Hara (Art Producer/Prof. Osaka Electro-Communication University)

OPEN STUDIO 2009_10 GUEST TALK: Hisako Hara (Art Producer/Prof. Osaka Electro-Communication University)

Date:
2010.03.13(Sat)
Time:
14:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Artist:
Åbäke [Kajsa Sara Ståhl & Maki Suzuki] (Artist / England / International Creator Residency Program), Raquel Ormella (Artist / Australia / International Creator Residency Program), Chung-Han Yao (Artist / Taiwan / Exchange Residency Program), Nicolas Lelièvre (Artist / France / Exchange Residency Program), Matt Rogers (Artist / England / Exchange Residency Program), Bettina Berger (Flutist / Switzerland / International Nomination Program), Laurent P. Berger (Institutional Recommendation Program), Yu Kuwabara, Nobuhiko Terasawa, Hanako Murakami, Takayuki Yamamoto (Local Creator Residency Program)

TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence has started monthly public program titled "OPEN STUDIO" focusing on the process of productions. In their studios, the residents will communicate and exchange the ideas about their works with the audience. On the occasion of OPEN STUDIO, the creators from all over the world will introduce their works in progress to the public.

This month, TWS invites Ms.Hisako Hara (Art Producer, Professor of Osaka Electro-Communication University).
We look forward to your attendance!

 

Schedule:

14:00       OPEN STUDIO

15:00 - 16:30   GUEST TALK "Current Role and Issues of Artist-in-Residence in Tokyo"
           Speaker: Hisako Hara (Art Producer, Professor of Osaka Electro-Communication University)    

16:30 - 18:00   OPEN STUDIO

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OPEN STUDIO 2009_09 GUEST TALK: Minoru Hatanaka (Curator/ICC)

OPEN STUDIO 2009_09 GUEST TALK: Minoru Hatanaka (Curator/ICC)

Date:
2010.02.13(Sat)
Time:
14:00–18:00
Admission:
Free
Organize:
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Artist:
Åbäke [Kajsa Sara Ståhl & Maki Suzuki] (Artist / England / International Creator Residency Program), Raquel Ormella (Artist / Australia / International Creator Residency Program), Yao Chung-Han (Artist / Taiwan / Exchange Residency Program), Nicolas Lelièvre (Artist / France / Exchange Residency Program), Matt Rogers (Artist / England / Exchange Residency Program), Bettina Danielle Berger (Flutist / Switzerland / International Nomination Program), Meri Nikula (Performer, Artist / Finland), Yu Kuwabara, Nobuhiko Terasawa, Hanako Murakami, Takayuki Yamamoto (Local Creator Residency Program)

TWS Aoyama:Creator-in-Residence has started monthly public program titled "OPEN STUDIO" focusing on the process of productions. In their studios, the residents will communicate and exchange the ideas about their works with the audience. On the occasion of OPEN STUDIO, the creators from all over the world will introduce their works in progress to the public.

This month, TWS invites Mr. Minoru Hatanaka (Curator, NTT InterCommunication Center).
We look forward to your attendance!

 

Schedule:

14:00       OPEN STUDIO

15:00 - 16:30   GUEST TALK "Production × identity"
           Speaker: Minoru Hatanaka (Curator, InterCommunication Center)    

16:30 - 18:00   OPEN STUDIO

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