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Artistic restaurant exploring sustainability

Artistic restaurant exploring sustainability

Artistic restaurant exploring sustainability

Artistic restaurant exploring sustainability

Artistic restaurant exploring sustainability

空手× デジタルテクノロジー「KATA」

2021.02.03

Facebook更新 (Coleman)

日米ダンス合作：
ストリートとコンテンポラリー

2021.04.07

イベント情報 (McKinney)

旅はすみか - The Journey Itself Home

2021.02.25

イベント情報 (marksearch)

サステナビリティを探究するアートレストラン

2020.10.09

Facebook更新 (Schlesinger)

日米キッズ・パブリック・アートプロジェクト

2020.11.17

Facebook更新 (Volta)

Introduction

日米芸術家交換プログラムは、日米友好基金（The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission）と全米芸術基金（The National Endowment for the Arts）の主催のもと、日本の文化庁と国際文化会館の協力を得て、1978年より実施されています。

以後41年間に渡り、毎年米国を拠点とするアーティストが選出され、日本で文化・芸術の研修が行われてきました。2020-21年のプログラムでは発足以来初の試みとして、日米のアーティストがチームを組んで作品をつくり、2021年のオリンピック・パラリンピック開催時期に合わせて東京で展示・上演します。アートを通して長きに渡る日米の友好関係を象徴し、東京オリンピック・パラリンピックを記念する特別企画です。

Projects

01

空手 × デジタルテクノロジー「KATA」

日時：2021年7月30＆31日

場所：渋谷文化総合センター

02

日米ダンス合作：ストリートとコンテンポラリー

日時：2021年7月17＆18日

場所：シアターX（カイ）

03

旅はすみか The Journey Itself Home

日時：2021年夏

場所：世田谷美術館他

04

サステナビリティを探究するアートレストラン

日時：2021年夏

場所：世田谷美術館他

05

日米キッズ・パブリック・アートプロジェクト

日時：2021年夏

場所：TBA

News

2020.08.09: 短編ドキュメンタリー公開
2020.08.06: メディア掲載 (Japan Forward)
2020.06.22: ウェブサイトリニューアル公開
2020.04.09: COVID-19感染拡大によるプログラムの方針変更について

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Composer Gene Coleman (@soundfield7) and his Nichi

Composer Gene Coleman (@soundfield7) and his Nichi Bei Creative Artists teammates have released “KATA: Transient Geometry” (watch at bit.ly/KATA_Video), a new music video that showcases elements of their collaborative and multi-disciplinary project KATA. The video features footage of martial artists, original music composed by Coleman, and digital imagery based on the brain’s neural architecture. Coleman’s collaborators—electronic musician @vidikulous, shamisen player Sansuzu Tsuruzawa, and shakuhachi player Akikazu Nakamura—are featured in the video as well. Coleman describes the full KATA project - which was inspired by Zen Buddhism and cutting-edge neuroscience - as a “docu-opera” that uses martial arts, traditional Japanese music and contemporary music and video to tell story about the connections between physical and virtual realities. On stage, KATA’s karate practitioners and musicians will wear motion detectors and brain scanners, which will provide real-time data for graphics and visualizations during the performance. Originally planned for last year but postponed due to the pandemic, KATA will premiere at Sakura Hall in Tokyo on July 30 and 31, 2021 during the rescheduled Summer Olympic Games. KATA will also be performed in the United States in Autumn 2021. Follow KATA online at instagram.com/kataproj and kataproject.org. And for more on the Nichi Bei Creative Artists Program - made possible with support from @japanusfriendship, @neaarts and @i_house_japan - 国際文化会館 - visit nichibei-artists.org/en/.

On 4/12 (in the U.S.) and 4/13 (in Japan), choreog

On 4/12 (in the U.S.) and 4/13 (in Japan), choreographers Cameron McKinney and Toru Shimazaki will join former Asian Cultural Council executive director Miho Walsh for an online discussion of dance and international collaboration. McKinney is the founder of @kizunadance, a New York City ensemble that celebrates Japanese language and culture through dance. Shimazaki is directing professor of dance at Kobe Jogakuin University in Japan, and founder of the Dance Barbizon company. For their Nichi Bei Creative Artists, the two are creating an original work of contemporary dance that features performers from both Kizuna Dance and Dance Barbizon; the performance will portray Japan’s and the United States’ enduring friendship. The work was scheduled to debut last year, but postponed due to the pandemic; the project will instead premiere at Tokyo’s Theater X this summer. McKinney’s and Shimazaki’s virtual discussion is the third in a series of online events that introduce Nichi Bei Creative Artists fellows and team members to the public, and will include simultaneous interpretations for both English- and Japanese-speaking viewers. Pre-registration is required; visit bit.ly/Dance_Roundtable to sign up for the event. For more on the Nichi Bei Creative Artists Program - made possible with support from @japanusfriendship, @neaarts and @i_house_japan - visit nichibei-artists.org/en/.

Years before she became a Nichi Bei Creative Arti

Years before she became a Nichi Bei Creative Artists team member, renowned chef and restaurant founder @masayofunakoshi participated in a unique collaboration with the @moriartmuseum, entitled “Sacred Food.” Funakoshi interviewed artists whose works were featured in the Museum’s 2017 exhibition “SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now” (read about the exhibition at Sunshower_Exhibition). Funakoshi then created an array of distinctive dishes inspired by those conversations; the dishes were served at a special rooftop celebration hosted by the museum, and later for a public meal as part of Roppongi Art Night　六本木アートナイト. (Learn more, and watch a short film documenting the original event, at bit.ly/Funakoshi_Mori and bit.ly/MoriSacredFood). For her Nichi Bei Creative Artists project, Funakoshi is collaborating with multi-disciplinary artist @jesse_____singer to create a temporary and experimental restaurant and architectural installation that examines sustainability through the lens of food and agriculture; originally scheduled for last year but postponed due to the pandemic, the project will debut at Tokyo’s Setagaya Art Museum this summer. Learn more at bit.ly/Sustainability_Restaurant and bit.ly/JUSFC_Sustainability_Food. For more on the Nichi Bei Creative Artists Program - made possible with support from @japanusfriendship, @neaarts, and @i_house_japan - visit nichibei-artists.org/en/

The World - a long-running public radio news progr

The World - a long-running public radio news program - recently featured the work of Journey Itself Home, a Nichi Bei Creative Artists project that commemorates the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster through poetry, sound, personal stories and public engagement. In conversation with the creators of Journey Itself Home, host Marco Werman explores the project’s goals, its evolution before and during the pandemic, and the challenges associated with addressing such a momentous topic through art. The segment also examines how Journey Itself Home incorporates recorded audio from members of the public, including reflections from children and teenagers who survived the catastrophe. Hear the full story at bit.ly/TheWorld_Journey. Journey Itself Home is a collaboration between Oakland-based artists marksearch (Sue Mark and Bruce Douglas) and Tokyo artists Hiroyuki Abe and Natsuka Endo. The team will present their work via an online session on Friday 3/19 in the U.S. (Saturday 3/20 in Japan), hosted by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission - JUSFC in collaboration with East-West Center and International House of Japan - 国際文化会館. Learn more about the virtual roundtable, and sign up to participate, at journeyitselfhome.com/Interaction-Workshop. For more on Journey Itself Home, visit JUSFC's blog (bit.ly/JUSFC_JourneyItselfHome) and the project’s homepage (journeyitselfhome.com). And for more on the Nichi Bei Creative Artists Program - made possible with support from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, National Endowment for the Arts and International House of Japan - 国際文化会館 - visit nichibei-artists.org/en/.

How do we begin again? 10 years after the Great Ea

How do we begin again? 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and in the midst of a global pandemic, learn how Oakland-based artists @marksearchoakland (Sue Mark + Bruce Douglas) and Tokyo-based artists @hiroyukiab and @natsukaendo creatively approach community-engaged art when it is not safe to gather in person. Join a participatory conversation about their new work 旅はすみか/ @journeyitselfhome, a memorial to the Tohoku region. Launching with the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, these interactive sound monuments feature the voices of young adult 3.11 survivors. This dynamic round table will be moderated by Honomi Ijima - environmental scientist and cultural translator for the artist team - and Miho Walsh, former Executive Director of the Asian Cultural Council.

The event takes place on Friday, 3/19 in the United States / Saturday, 3/20 in Japan. It is hosted by @japanusfriendship in collaboration with East-West Center and @i_house_japan - 国際文化会館.

Kizuna 絆 Dance - the NYC-based dance company fou

Kizuna 絆 Dance - the NYC-based dance company founded and directed by Nichi Bei Creative Artists fellow Cameron McKinney - will give its first in-person performances of 2021 in late March. @kizunadance blends dance styles and cross-cultural traditions to create performances that are physically complex, and that celebrate aspects of Japanese language, culture, and history. As part of the @artsonsite Arts Alive Performance Series in New York City, Kizuna will share two forty-minute programs of their signature works. Their shows at Arts On Site are designed to bring artists and audience members together indoors in a low-risk way—performances are hosted in a large, well-ventilated studio, audiences are limited to 16 people per show, and social distancing precautions will be observed. Kizuna’s Arts On Site: Arts Alive performances are scheduled for Friday, 3/19 in New York City’s Astor Place neighborhood; to reserve tickets and learn more, visit cameronmckinneydance.com. For his Nichi Bei Creative Artists Artists project, McKinney is working with renowned Japanese choreographer @toru_official on a collaborative work of contemporary dance. Their piece will feature dancers from both Japan and the United States, and will highlight the two countries’ friendship and cooperation. To learn about the project, visit bit.ly/NichiBei_Dance. And for more on the Nichi Bei Creative Artists Program - made possible with support from @japanusfriendship, @neaarts and @i_house_japan - visit nichibei-artists.org/en/.

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