Reiwa 4rd year OTA Art Meeting

Encouragement of Art Activities @ Ota Ward <<Vacant House x Art Edition>>

• Date: March 2022, 11 (Tuesday)
• Venue: Ota Kumin Plaza Conference Room XNUMX and XNUMX

Taking up examples of renovated vacant houses and old houses in Ota Ward and using them as places for art (places for creation), he talked to guests about art that makes use of existing places and spaces from various standpoints. I will have it.We will explore the creativity of art that creates new value and culture, how art should be in close contact with the community, and the possibilities of urban development through art.

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Guest

Art/Vacant House Two representatives, Sentaro Miki

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1989.He completed a master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts. She made her debut as an artist in 2012 with her solo exhibition, Unbearable Skin.While questioning the significance of creating her work, her interest shifted to connecting art and people, and in 2020, she launched Art / Vacant House Futari in Kamata.

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Omori Lodge Landlord Ichiro Yano

The owner of "Omori Lodge", a street corner revitalization project created by renovating a total of eight Showa wooden houses. In 8, the new building “Cargo House” will open, and in the spring of 2015, “Shomon House” will open.We aim to create a home where people can come into contact with each other and enjoy themselves together.
“I believe that rental housing is a work of art created by the landlord together with all the people involved. This work was created from the planning stage by the two groups of tenants, the designer, and everyone involved, so that the residents can fully express themselves." (Ichiro Yano)

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KOCA Director Kazuhisa Matsuda

Born in Hokkaido in 1985. In 2009, after completing a master's degree in architecture at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, he worked at design offices in Japan and overseas before establishing the UKAW first-class architect office in 2015.Based on research and design methods in the architectural field, she does everything from product design to architectural design and area development.She is also a teaching assistant at Tokyo University of the Arts, a part-time lecturer at Tokyo Denki University, and a part-time lecturer at Nihon Kogakuin College. In 2018, he co-founded At Kamata Co., Ltd. Based in the incubation facility KOCA, OTA ART ARCHIVES focuses on contemporary art in Ota Ward, and FACTORIALIZE is an activity that utilizes local resources by small factories, artists, designers, and others. Planning and managing various other projects.

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Taro Akiyama, Chief of Housing Division, Ota Ward Urban Development Promotion Department

Born in Tokyo in 1964.After graduating from Waseda University's First Literature Department, he entered the Ota Ward Office.In his first year in office, he listened to a rakugo performance by Master Danshi Tatekawa at the Ota Kumin Plaza.He has experience in various fields such as welfare, information systems, community development, and civil engineering.In addition to going to the theater more than 50 times a year, his greatest hobby is art appreciation.