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Press Release vol. 1 ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future Opening April 29, 2021! The first SDGs-themed art festival to be held in Kitakyushu, a city with ambitious aspirations to be the environmental capital of the world In the spring of 2021, the Executive Committee for the Culture City of East Asia in Kitakyushu 2020 (Chair: Kenji Kitahashi, Mayor of Kitakyushu City) will hold ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future in the Higashida district of Kitakyushu's Yahatahigashi Ward. The festival will run for eleven days, from April 29 to May 9, 2021. ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future is built on the idea that art can attract attention to a sustainable future society and propose a better future through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Kitakyushu prospered as a gateway to Asia and a hub for international exchange thanks to its prime geographical location, producing many important cultural figures throughout Japan's history. Today the city is home to several cultural facilities and museums, and the local government has presented a city-wide initiative to promote culture and the arts. The city has also made the most of experiences such as overcoming pollution and has conducted countless international technical cooperation and urban exchange with cities across Asia to foster dialogue not only between governments but also grassroots exchange between individuals and communities. The Higashida district is home to World Heritage sites such as the former head office of Japan's Imperial Steel Works, which contributed to the nation's rapid modernization from the end of the Edo period and into the Meiji era. With the scheduled opening of a new shopping mall and science museum that combine entertainment and commerce on the former site of Space World in 2022, Kitakyushu City is also working toward fulfilling a global SDG challenge as it enters a new phase in its urban development. This art festival hopes to offer the world a better vision for the future by highlighting the varied expressions of contemporary Japanese artists, who continue to reinvent Japan's rich aesthetic tradition cultivated over its long history. Kitakyushu City, a manufacturing center that aims to become the world's foremost environmental city, is the perfect place for such an ambitious endeavor. The festival will be a beacon of sustainable development and exchange through innovation in a society that is stagnating in the wake of COVID-19. October 26, 2020 About SDGsThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of international goals for building a sustainable and better world by 2030, as stated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015 as the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which first launched in 2001. It consists of 17 goals and 169 targets with the pledge to "leave no one behind" on planet Earth. Kitakyushu boasts a significant role in Japan' s modernization at the end of the 19th century, with a resourceful population that applied their knowledge and skills to overcome difficulties along the way. Having been selected as the first "SDGs Pilot Model City" in Asia by the OECD in 2018, Kitakyushu continues to take on new challenges as a global SDG leader.

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Press Release vol. 1

ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our FutureOpening April 29, 2021!

The first SDGs-themed art festival to be held in Kitakyushu, a city with ambitious aspirations to be the environmental capital of the world

In the spring of 2021, the Executive Committee for the Culture City of East Asia in Kitakyushu 2020 (Chair: Kenji Kitahashi, Mayor of Kitakyushu City) will hold ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future in the Higashida district of Kitakyushu's Yahatahigashi Ward. The festival will run for eleven days, from April 29 to May 9, 2021.

ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future is built on the idea that art can attract attention to a sustainable future society and propose a better future through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Kitakyushu prospered as a gateway to Asia and a hub for international exchange thanks to its prime geographical location, producing many important cultural figures throughout Japan's history. Today the city is home to several cultural facilities and museums, and the local government has presented a city-wide initiative to promote culture and the arts. The city has also made the most of experiences such as overcoming pollution and has conducted countless international technical cooperation and urban exchange with cities across Asia to foster dialogue not only between governments but also grassroots exchange between individuals and communities.

The Higashida district is home to World Heritage sites such as the former head office of Japan's Imperial Steel Works, which contributed to the nation's rapid modernization from the end of the Edo period and into the Meiji era. With the scheduled opening of a new shopping mall and science museum that combine entertainment and commerce on the former site of Space World in 2022, Kitakyushu City is also working toward fulfilling a global SDG challenge as it enters a new phase in its urban development.

This art festival hopes to offer the world a better vision for the future by highlighting the varied expressions of contemporary Japanese artists, who continue to reinvent Japan's rich aesthetic tradition cultivated over its long history. Kitakyushu City, a manufacturing center that aims to become the world's foremost environmental city, is the perfect place for such an ambitious endeavor. The festival will be a beacon of sustainable development and exchange through innovation in a society that is stagnating in the wake of COVID-19.

October 26, 2020

【About SDGs】

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of international goals for building a sustainable and better world by 2030, as stated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015 as the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which first launched in 2001. It consists of 17 goals and 169 targets with the pledge to "leave no one behind" on planet Earth.

Kitakyushu boasts a significant role in Japan's modernization at the end of the 19th century, with a resourceful population that applied their knowledge and skills to overcome difficulties along the way. Having been selected as the first "SDGs Pilot Model City" in Asia by the OECD in 2018, Kitakyushu continues to take on new challenges as a global SDG leader.

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Information (As of Ocbober 26, 2020)

Title ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future

Slogan For A Sustainable Well-Being

Dates April 29 - May 9, 2021 *Exhibition at Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History will be open until Exhibition at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art will be open until July 11, 2021. *Private view and press preview are scheduled on April 28, 2021 by invitation only.

Venues Higashida Oodoori Park, Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Higashida Blast Furnace 1, Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery& Studio, Kitakyushu Environment Museum, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, and etc.

■Higashida Oodoori Park Higashida Odori Park is located on the former site of the Kitakyushu Expo-Festival 2001. Built as a manifestation of a low-carbon footprint in urban development, the park was designed with an awareness of the connection between living things, people, and greenery. As a public space, it incorporates the latest technologies, such as a naturally cooling bioswale that allows rainwater to permeate the soil and evaporate over time; fruit trees that attract birds; and a water fountain where dragonflies can thrive. The park will feature large-scale symbolic artworks on sustainability and host community-based art projects for citizens to join.

■Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human HistoryThe Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History is one of the largest museums of human and natural history in western Japan, all based around one central concept: the journey of life. The museum features an impressive collection of dinosaur skeletons and an animatronic dinosaur diorama that allows visitors to experience firsthand creatures from a primeval world. From a wealth of valuable historical materials, visitors can also learn about major shifts throughout human history. The museum will keep you learning and having fun all day long. The museum is currently planning a large-scale solo exhibition in collaboration with Yoichi Ochiai.

■Higashida Blast Furnace 1Completed in 1901, Higashida Blast Furnace 1 was built as Japan's first modern steel mill. The current furnace is the tenth generation, built on the site where the first blast furnace sat. The whole area is maintained as an important historical site with related materials on display. An art installation using the latest technology and the hydrogen energy is slated for the festival to produce a dynamic spectacle of light.

■Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery& StudioKitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio provides opportunities for visitors to learn about and experience the manufacturing technologies and innovations that have driven Japan's development since the end of the 19th century. There will be an exhibition of works by artists using cutting-edge technologies in addition to workshops and talks.*The venue will be closed for one year from April 2021 due to renovations. After renovations finish, it will reopen as an annex to the new science museum.  ■Kitakyushu Environment MuseumThe Kitakyushu Environment Museum was built using the pavilion from the Kitakyushu Expo-Festival 2001 as an environmental education facility with a three-fold mission: education, information, and environmental activities. Here visitors can learn about Kitakyushu's historical struggle overcoming pollution and discover ways of becoming more eco-friendly in their everyday lives.An exhibition of collaborative community-based art projects is being planned for the festival.

■Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of ArtThe Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art was established in 1974 as a landmark located in the city's geographical center. The museum has an impressive and thoroughly symmetrical entrance, with two distinctive geometric "tubes" jutting out from atop a hill. The structure is one of the early masterpieces of Arata Isozaki, who was awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 2019. The museum has a diverse collection of works that represent modern and contemporary art in Japan and abroad.We will present a group exhibition entitled "The Path to Diversity." We select artworks that suggest the realization of a diverse and inclusive society for this exhibition.

Organizer Culture City of East Asia 2020 Kitakyushu Executive Committee (Chair: Kenji KITAHASHI, Mayor of Kitakyushu City)

Director Fumio NANJO (Curator)

Website https://art-sdgs.jp

The details of this announcement are subject to change due to the spread of COVID-19. We prioritize the health and safety of our visitors.

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ConceptIn 2018, Kitakyushu City was desinated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a "SDGs Pilot Model City", the first city in Asia to be selected as an official promoter of the SDGs. At ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future, we aim to visualize the goals of the SDGs through art and present a forward-looking vision for a new way of life after COVID-19.

Since ancient times, Japan has elevated a love of nature and an eco-friendly way of life to an aesthetic that can be found in the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese art and the shapes of Japanese gardens. These nature motifs of Japanese influence, termed Japonaiserie by Vincent van Gogh, swept through Europe in the 19th century. This simple yet notable feature of Japanese aesthetics can make significant contributions in building a more sustainable world—the very goal of the SDGs—advocating for a better natural environment and a poverty-free society of equality and diversity.

That is why this art festival introduces such a wide variety of art: art made from waste materials, art related to nature and medicine, art that expresses the diversity in society, and art that applies cutting-edge technology. Together, they will form the first art festival of its kind. The festival aims to transcend conventional boundaries in art to build a new platform for learning and entertainment. Our goal is to leave a lasting creative legacy in the local community by eliciting new works related to other fields such as science and technology, nature, public welfare, and sports. To achieve sustainable development, we must reconcile three core elements: economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection. This art festival attempts to propose, through art, a better future for society by promoting a new way of thinking that would encourage a new way of life.

Fumio NANJO, Director

Fumio NANJO

Born in 1949 in Tokyo. Graduated from Faculty of Economics (1972) and Faculty of Letters (Philosophy, Aesthetics & Science of Arts,1977), Keio University. Now a Senior Advisor of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (since January 2020), and a Representative Director of N&A Inc. (1990-2002, 2015-). Nanjo formerly served as Mori Art Museum's Deputy Director (2002-2006) and Director (Nov. 2006-2019), after working for prominent cultural organizations such as the Japan Foundation (1978-1986), ICA Nagoya as the Director (1986-1990).

The notable positions he has assumed to date are: Commissioner of "APERTO 88", 43rd Venice Biennale (1988), Commissioner and Juror of"Carnegie International", Pittsburgh (1991), Curator of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art(Brisbane, 1996), Commissioner of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1997), Commissioner at the Taipei Biennale (1998), Member of Jury Committee of the Turner Prize (1998), Co-Curator of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Brisbane, 1999), Member of the Selection Committee of the Sydney Biennale (2000), Art Specialist of the Japan Pavilion of the Hanover Exposition (2000), Artistic Co-Director of the Yokohama Triennale 2001, Tokyo-Section Co-Curator of the São Paolo Biennial (2002), Co-Curator of San Paulo International Biennale of Architecture & Design (Tokyo Section, 2003), Selector of the Artes Mundi Prize in Wales (2004), Jury Member of the Golden Lion Prize of the Venice Biennale (2005), Artistic Director of the Singapore Biennale (2006 & 2008), General Director of KENPOKU ART 2016 (Ibaraki Pref., 2016) and the first Curatorial Director of Honolulu Biennale (2017).

At the Mori Art Museum, the exhibitions Nanjo was actively involved in curating in recent years include: "Kusama Yayoi: Exhibition Kusamatrix" (2004), "Archilab, New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City, 1950-2005" (2004-2005), "Le Corbusier: Art and Architecture - A Life of Creativity" (2007), "Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art" (2008-2009), "Medicine and Art: Imaging a Future for Life and Love - Leonardo da Vinci, Okyo, Damien Hirst" (2009-2010), "Metabolism: The City of the Future" (2011-2012), "French Window: Looking at the Contemporary Art Through the Marcel Duchamp Prize" (2012), "Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World" (2012), "All You Need Is Love: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku" (2013), "Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty" (2015), "The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab" (2016), "Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation" (2018), and "Future and the Arts: AI, Robot, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow" (2019-2020).

Advisory positions include: Member of International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) and Member of International Association of Art Critics (AICA). He was awarded Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation for Fiscal Year 2007 for his contribution to international cultural exchange over the years, as well as Officier de l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres by the Republic of France in 2016.

Publications include: From Art to the City, a Record of 15 Years as an Independent Curator (1997), Asian Contemporary Art Report: China, India, Middle East and Japan (2010) and A Life with Art (2012).

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ArtistsWe are pleased to announce that there are 8 artists currently confirmed to participate in the festival. More participating artists and information will be announced later.

Akari-Lisa ISHII [venue: Higashida Blast Furnace 1]

Lighting designer. Born in Tokyo in 1971.After studying fine art and design and training in pioneer lighting design firms in US, Japan, and France, Ishii founded I.C.O.N. (Ishii Conception Office Network) in 2004.Based in Paris and Tokyo, I.C.O.N. realizes a wide range of lighting design projects all over the world as an expert in urban space, architecture, interior, event, museum, and stage lighting.Besides, Ishii is active in painting, giving talks and writing as well.Her representative works include Japonismes 2018 Eiffel Tower Special Light-up, Kabuki Theater, Pompidou Center Metz, Colosseum Light Messages, Perfumes Christian Dior Champs-Elysée store, Festival of Lights in Lyon and more.

Major honors: Member of French and international lighting designers associations (ACE & IALD)Author of Iconic Light (Kyuryudo) etc. Winner of many international awards, including "Award of Excellence" IES, "Grand prix of Lighting design" ACE, Recylum Trophy Lyon Festival of Lights etc. Selected among the 120 most representative women of Japan by BungeishunjuMember of Committee for reflection on tourisme promotion of Tokyo Member of Brand Advisory Group for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

https://www.icon-lighting.com

Akihito OKUNAKA [venue: Higashida Oodoori Park]

Artist. Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1981. Lives in Kyoto Prefecture.Graduated from Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University, Okunaka is now the co-representative of AO Institute of Arts. He also directs the experience art course at Yamashiro Cultural Center in Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture.Okunaka became an artist after his experience of working as an art-play instructor at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art and social welfare facilities for people with intellectual disabilities, during which he learned about modern and contemporary thoughts alongside. He then took a long-term training at AIR program in France, South Korea, and China with the support of Nomura Foundation and The Asahi Shimbun Cultural Foundation and others. In Okunaka's early artistic career, he participated in regional art events around Japan. Gradually he developed as an artist who creates experiential large scale works and workshops.Besides, he also works as a curator of international art exhibitions, and art therapist for the community. Okunaka suggests a new perspective as an emerging artist through his comprehensive art activities.

Major exhibitions and honors:LUXELAKES A4 Art Museum ARIE 2019 International Artists Residency ProgramJPN and CHN, Contemporary Art Exhibition and Residency 2019 "Right Place, Right Work"Nomura Foundation Art GrantRokko Meets Art 2017 Organizer Special Award7th Moscow International Biennale Parallel Program "Yearning for The Sky"Kawaguchi Art Gallery, ATLIA "AIR-REAL"Kizugawa Art 2016 Grand Prix + Citizen's Award etc.

http://world-akihito.com

Yoichi OCHIAI [venue: Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History]

Media Artist. Born in 1987 in Tokyo. Lives in Tokyo.Received his Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from the University of Tokyo, the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies. Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba, Director of Research and Development Center for Digital Nature. Exploring the boundaries in "End to End Transformation of Material Things", exploring the boundaries between images and materials, nature and computers, and freely crossing the boundaries of computer science, applied physics, and media arts.

Major exhibitions and honors: Image and Matter, Kuala Lumpur, 2016Sehnsucht Nach Masse, Tokyo Amana Square, 2019Reminiscence of the Unknown, in Shibuya, 2020World Technology Award 2015the Prix Ars Electronica 2016the STARTS Prize from the EU 2016Laval Virtual Award 5 times for 4 consecutive years until 20172019 SXSW Creative Experience ARROW Awards and more.

https://yoichiochiai.com

reference image:Eiffel Tower dressed in Japanese lights 2018Japonismes 2018 The special Light-Up

reference image:INTER-WORLD / OVER THE MOUNTAINS2018Kizugawa Art 2018Photo by Tadashi Hayashi © Akihito Okunaka

reference image:Colloidal Display2012/2016KENPOKU ART 2016

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Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. (Hiroya TANAKA, Yasuo NAGURA, Shin AOYAMA, Meg KAWAI, Moriyasu CHINEN, Nanaka MATSUKI, Mayuki OMURA)

Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. pioneers in developing the cutting-edge technology that explores digital fabrication and possibilities of 3D/4D printing from a design engineering point of view. Its graduates are active in establishing design tech venture firms. Currently, the lab centers on the invention and development of "special modeling techniques", the archiving of the "design language", and the imagination and creation of "the vision of space and life of the future cities."

https://fab.sfc.keio.ac.jp/

METACITY (Ryuta AOKI)METACITY is a research team exploring forms of "possible city" through thought experiments and prototyping.METACITY collaborates with The TEA-ROOM, an art collective of the teaism, media "WIRED", engineer group CARTIVATOR, and Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. in a number of projects. Its current project explores a new form of autonomy through "Makuhari City", a fictitious administrative district.

https://metacity.jp/

Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. + METACITY (Ryuta AOKI)[venue: Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery& Studio]

reference image:Medical Herbman Cafe Project

reference image:Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. Fabrick Beehive2015© Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab.

reference image:METACITYSOTOROJI #02019 © The TEA-ROOM

reference image:Chinu, the Black Sea Bream of Uno2010Courtesy of the artist and YUKARI ART

Eiki DANZUKA [venue: Higashida Oodoori Park]

Fukeishi. Born in Oita Prefecture in 1963. Lives in Tokyo. Born on Onyu-jima, a small island in the Kuroshio Current, Danzuka was raised in the forest region where a clear fresh stream flowed. The virgin landscape he grew up in exerts a strong influence on his work.After finishing Kuwasawa Design School, he studied under Nobuo Sekine, an artist who represented the "Mono" school. Danzuka works on landscapes that connect time, space, and people both at home and abroad, emphasizing the sustainable process by which the creative activity itself returns to nature.

Major activities:Visiting professor at Tama Art UniversityPart-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the ArtsFounder and supervisor of EARTHSCAPEMajor honors: Cityscape Grand Prize and BCS Award in JapanGreen Good Design Award in the U.S. and many more

http://www.earthscape.co.jp

Yodogawa Technique [venue: Higashida Oodoori Park]

Yodogawa Technique is the artist name of Hideaki Shibata (Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1976, Lives in Tottori Prefecture).Yodogawa Technique started its activity in 2003 at the river terrace of Yodogawa (Yodo river) in Osaka, Japan. It mainly uses garbage and floating objects that have drifted to the riverbank to create works. Its creations involve making beautiful models and sculptures that do not resemble its original form as garbage. "Chinu, the Black Sea Bream of Uno" in Uno port, Okayama, Japan is its well-known public art work. Yodogawa Technique's works and activities are introduced in primary and secondary art text books. Based on his original ideas, Shibata also conducts workshops around Japan. Moreover, Shibata initiated collage senryu, a form of comic haiku made of collages from newspaper headlines. In recent years, he often participates in exhibitions relating to environment problems.

Major exhibitions:Kunst&Byrum Helsingør The life in the Sound, 2014, Denmarkthe Breathing Atolls: Japan-Maldives Contemporary art exhibition, 2012, MaldivesTWINISM, 2009, Germany and JapanKITA!!, 2008, Indonesiathe Busan Biennale, 2006, Korea

https://yukari-art.jp/en/artists/yodogawa-technique/

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Ei WADA [venue: Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery& Studio]

Artist/musician. Born in 1987 in Tokyo. Lives in Tokyo.Ei Wada began working as an artist and musician while still a student, occupying a space between music and the visual arts. In 2009, he formed Open Reel Ensemble, a group that performs live music using instruments fashioned from vintage reel-to-reel tape machines. That same year, he won the Japan Media Arts Festival's Excellence Award in the Art Division for his musical performance art piece Braun Tube Jazz Band, in which CRT TVs were used as instruments. His work has been presented in concert and at exhibitions and events around the world, including Ars Electronica and Sónar. He has also contributed music to the unveilings of collections from ISSEY MIYAKE in Paris on 11 separate occasions. In 2015, Wada launched ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!, a musical ensemble project in which old electrical appliances are brought back to life as new electromagnetic musical instruments. For this ongoing project, Wada won the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's New Artist Award in 2017.

https://eiwada.com/

Co-curator of the exhibition at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

Shino SUGIMOTOArt Consultant. After graduating from university, Sugimoto worked at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York and completed a contemporary art course at Sotheby's Institute. She then worked at a gallery of modern and contemporary art before becoming independent. Sugimoto's older brother is severely disabled, which led her to begin visiting artists with disabilities and conducting research into their work. At EYE OF GYRE in 2017, she organized the exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider art? Or...? Inherent Creativity" to bring outstanding creations by people with disabilities into the public eye. That same year, she was a panelist at the Arts Forum for the Disabled held by the Japan Foundation. She is currently a lecturer for "Welcome to Art Brut" sponsored by the Chofu City Cultural Community Promotion Foundation. In 2018, she established Arts and Creative Mind and opened the ACM Gallery. In 2019, she hosted the exhibition "Contemporary Outsider Art REAL-What comes next for contemporary art?" at GYRE GALLERY, which explores the roots of human creativity by tracing disabled persons' first encounters with artistic expression.

http://aacm.tokyo/exhibitions/534/

reference image:Ei Wada + Nicos Orchest-Lab Iron Island Electromanetic Band2018Photo by Mao Yamamoto

Artist

Mari KATAYAMA [venue: Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art]

Artist. Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1987. Raised and lives in Gunma Prefecture.Katayama graduated with a Master's degree in Department of Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2012. Suffering from congenital tibial hemimelia, Katayama had both legs amputated at the age of 9. Since then, she has created numerous self-portrait photography together with embroidered objects and decorated prostheses, using her own body as a living sculpture. In addition to her art creation, Katayama leads "High heel project" in which she wore customized high-heeled shoes specially made for prosthesis to perform on stage as a singer, model or keynote speaker.

Major exhibitions:KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020, Kyoto, 2020the 58th Venice Biennale, Giardini and Arsenale, Venice, 2019Broken Heart, White Rainbow Gallery, London, 2019Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2016the Aichi Triennale 2013, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, 2013Publication:Gift (Tokyo: United Vagabonds, 2019)Honours:45th Kimura Ihei Prize, 2020New Photographer category, Higashikawa Award, 2019

http://shell-kashime.com

reference image:in the water #0012019 © Mari Katayama

Exhibition at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Within the ambitious theme of "ART for SDGs," we present an exhibition entitled "The Path to Diversity" at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.Centering on goals such as "No Poverty," "Quality Education," "Gender Equality," "Good Health and Well-being," "Reduced Inequalities," and "Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" among the 17 SDGs goals, we select artworks that suggest the realization of a diverse and inclusive society for this exhibition. We present 15* artists and artist collectives. *subject to change

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Collaboration Project Kyungilu Chung, an art manager based in Kitakyushu, is planning collaborative projects that include the production and exhibition of interactive community artworks at Kitakyushu Environment Museum and performances along Higashida Oodoori Park. During the festival, cultural facilities and companies will carry out SDGs-themed initiatives and events throughout the city.

Design

The first main visual for the festival is a randomly generated color scheme of the 17colors representing each SDG. The 17 goals overlap and intersect with each other to form an image that generates innovation.(Design by DOSO)

Pre-Event

To celebrate the opening of ART for SDGs: Kitakyushu Art Festival Imagining Our Future, we will hold an online talk series hosted by director Fumio Nanjo.

Access

Kyungilu CHUNG

Art Manager/Producer. Born in 1986 in Kitakyushu. Fourth-generation Zainichi Korean living in Japan. Graduated from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. Since 2012, he has been involved in the operation of Edamitsu IRON THEATER, a privately-owned theater in Fukuoka Prefecture, where he was appointed director in 2013. He is mainly engaged in contemporary dance and visual art. Since 2013, he has organized and directed the Edamitsu street art festival, an annual outdoor dance event. Chung has been involved in various art projects, working with numerous dancers and companies in Japan and abroad.

Inquiry

[Inquiry about the festival]

City of KitakyushuCulture City of East Asia Promotion Office

1-1 Jonai, Kokurakita, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, 803-8501TEL +81 (0)93-582-2390 / FAX +81 (0)93-582-5755 E-MAIL [email protected]

[Inquiry about the press release]

Promotion Office (N and A Inc.)

3-11-15 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0072TEL +81 (0)3-6261-5784 / FAX +81 (0)3-6369-3596 E-MAIL [email protected](Weekdays: 10:00-17:00)

The details of this announcement are subject to change due to the spread of COVID-19. We prioritize the health and safety of our visitors.