Tokyo Wonder Site has just opened the call for the International Creator Residency Program 2013

We have selected the following creators as the result of the screening by juries.

--- Institutional Recommendation Program 2013 ---

Sabine Lubbe Bakker

Izabela Chlewinska

Thomasz Bergmann

Olivier Menanteau

Rania Fouad Ahmed

Sarah Cuvelier-Bernard

Paul Bernard

Alexandre Maubert

--- Research Residency Program 2013 ---

Marina Kappos

Ligyung

Carlos Eduardo Tsuda

Claudia Larcher

Giovanni Flore

Michaela Gleave

Steff Hensel

Alexandra Dementieva

Raul Walch

Seung Woo Back

Kian Peng Ong

Fiona Amundsen

Joachim Fleischer

Szu-Han Ho

Thank you very much for your interest in our residency program!

■Date/Time: March 30 (Sat.) 14:00-17:00
■Venue: Tokyo Women's Plaza Hall
■Admission: Free, Reservation required

MOCHIKERA
Performance: OLTA (Visual Artist)

Toshi Ichiyanagi, Symphony No. 8--"Revelation 2011" (chamber orchestra version)
Performance: Ken'ichi Nakagawa (Cond.), Heidi Schaul-Yoder (Vn.), Gen Takeuchi (Vn.), Saori Nakazawa (Vn.), Mio Wakamatsu (Vla.), Kei Yamazawa (Vc.), Misuzu Matsuzawa (Cb.), Daisuke KINO-SHITA (Fl.), Hannah Reardoh-Smith (Fl.), Yoshio Uehata (Ob.), Yuta Tsubone (Cl.), Ayumi Iketani (Cl.), Satoshi Kawasaki (Fg.), Eiri Shomura (Hn.), Hisaki Ise (Hn.), Satoko Rikitake (Tp.), Fumito Ujiie (Tb.), Shin'ya Hashimoto (Tuba), Reina Iwami (Perc.), Tomohiro Nishikubo (Perc.), Hisano Hirakawa (Pf.)

Motoharu Kawashima, Dialogue with My Shadow for Solo Clarinet, and Clarinet as His/Her Shadow
Performance: Samuel Dunscombe (Cl.), Aviva Endean (Cl/Bass Cl.

Michio Mamiya, Kio for Shakuhachi and Violoncello
Performance: Shigeo Tachibana (Shakuhachi), Kei Ymazawa (Vc.)

John Cage, String Quartet in Four Parts *1st and 4th movements only
Performance: Heidi Shaul-Yoder (Vn.), Gen Takeuchi (Vn.), Saori Nakazawa (Vla.),
Michael Kasper (Vc.)

Toru Takemitsu, Toward the Sea
Performance: Ryo Iijima (Alt. Fl.), Baku Nakata (Mar.)

Misato Mochizuki, Intermezzi II
Performance: Nobutaka Yoshizawa (Koto)

Jo Kondo, Theatre
Performance: Samuel Dunscombe (Cl.), Yi-Wen Chen (Cl.), Mchiko Ogawa (Cl.), Aviva Endean(Bass Cl.)

Toshi Ichiyanagi, Resonant Space for clarinet and piano
Performance: Michiko Ogawa (Cl.), Yusuke Ishii (Pf.)

Morton Feldman, The Viola in My Life II
Performance: Saori Nakazawa (Vla.), Daisuke KINO-SHITA (Fl.), Yuta Tsubone (Cl.), Sachiko Horibe (Cel.), Baku Nakata (Perc.), Heidi Schaul-Yoder (Vn.), Michael Kasper (Vc.)

Music Theatre
John Cage: Variations VIII
Toshi Ichiyanagi: PRATYĀHĀRĀ Event
Music Theater Tryout Based on New Sketch by Toshi Ichiyanagi
Performance: Yuichiro Tamura (Visual/Media Art), Ishu Han (Visual/Performing Art), Kento Nito (Visual/Performing Art), OLTA (Visual/Performing Art) and others.

International Ensemble Modern (IEMA) & TWS Academy, set as a part of TOKYO EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL, is a cooperative project of TWS and IEMA, which was founded by the worlds' leading ensemble of contemporary music, Ensemble Modern (EM).

PRE-CONCERT will be held on March 29 (Fri.) !

■Date/Time: March 29 (Fri.) 19:00-20:30
■Venue: Tokyo Women's Plaza Hall
■Admission: Free
■Programs

Toshi Ichiyanagi, Mirage for shakuhachi and piano
Performance：Mirai Kuge (Piano), Masaya Hasegawa (Shakuhachi)

Ernst Krenek, "2. Patience" from Four Songs
Performance：Haruki Tamura (Voice), Konami Tanaka (Piano)

Sesshū Kai, Musik für Geige und Klavier '67
Performance：Saori Nakazawa (Violin), Yusuke Ishii (Piano)

Manfred Stahnke, Leierlieder
Performance：Michiko Ogawa (Clarinet), Yuta Tsubone (Clarinet), Yi-Wen Chen (Clarinet), Samuel Dunscombe (Clarinet)

Olivier Messiaen, La Mort du nombre
Performance：Haruki Tamura (Voice), Saori Nakazawa (Violin), Haruka Ebina (Piano)

Motoharu Kawashima, Polyprosopos for solo flutist, clarinet, marimba &piano
Performance：Hannah Reardon-Smith (Flute), Megumi Ito (Clarinet), Yusuke Ishii (Piano), Baku Nakata (Marimba)

* Please note that the program is subject to change.

Ryusuke Kido, who is participating the residency program in Berlin, will hold the exhibition with the Berlin based artists.
Details are following.  Please visit and join the event.

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Tuesday 11 December 2012 between 18:00 and 21:00 GMT

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Yuken Teruya, who is participating the residency program in Berlin, will open his studio.
Details are following.  Please visit and talk with him!

OPEN STUDIO:
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Room 139
Friday, the 9th November 19 to 22 clock
Saturday 10th and Sunday, 11 November each 15-18 clock
You are welcome!

We are pleased to inform that the «Genuine Swiss II» Symposium on Swiss Design, the main side-event of the Design Prize Switzerland Exhibition (6-18 November 2012 at Spiral Garden SPIRAL 1F) will take place on November 10 (Sat.) at Spiral Hall (SPIRAL 3F).

Acclaimed professionals from the Japanese and Swiss design industry - such as Claudio Colucci, Naoto Fukasawa, Pierre Keller, Patrick Reymond and many others - will get together to reflect on current design topics and exchange views on common grounds and differences.


Date: Saturday, 10 November 2012 (14:00 - 18:00)
Venue: Spiral Hall (SPIRAL 3F)
Admission: Free. Preregistration required (limited to 250 persons)
DPS_Genuine Swiss II Symposium.pdf

 
For details and online registration, please refer to the website of the Design Prize Switzerland Exhibition.

In the OPEN STUDIO coming this weekend, 10 creators will show their studio for 3 days! 
Here is the program of the live performances.
Please don't miss this precious opportunity!

Ichiro Endo, who is now in London from Tokyo Wonder Site as an exchange program will hold his exhibi at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London.

Dates: 4 - 12 October, 2012
Opening hours: 11:00-18:00
Venue: DG12A Studio, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.

Since he arrived in London in Septemebr, Endo has been "clowling" (slow method of progression) and "kate flying" everyday.  And finally he has started driving his yellow car "Go For Future" carrying the dreams of people.

Endo's statement:
http://office.goforfuture.com/?eid=190