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THEME
The more we try to make things with integrity, the more involved and tangled we get in multiple relationships -- or more so, countless stakeholders. Now imagine you’re making a chair. If the chair is to be used by an old man, the chair must be designed so it will serve him right -- both physically and figuratively. The chair must be a proud one, just like his life. But, what if, if the old man’s daughter is taking care of the elderly man? The chair must be something that would be useful and accessible for the daughter. And what if the chair will be placed in a parlor that once used to be the man’s father’s room? Shouldn’t we give thought to the dead, and the struggles the deceased man had to go through to build that very house? Then comes the material. Where did the timber for the chair come from? Who planted what used to be a tree, and what living organisms surrounded the tree? Which birds sang atop the tree and what insects dwelled there? What type of viruses were there, and how were all these parties affected when the tree was cut down? How was the timber transported? Last but not least -- when the chair is no longer in use, how will it be dismantled or remade?
JUDGES
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Asa Ito
Director, Future of Humanity Research Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Asa Ito
Director, Future of Humanity Research Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Asa Ito is Director of the Future of Humanity Research Center at the Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Institute of Innovative Research, and Visiting Scholar at MIT (2019), specializing in aesthetics and contemporary art. After initially intending to become a biologist, she turned her academic focus to the arts while in her third year at university. She obtained her PhD in Literature in 2010, having studied aesthetics, fine arts, and culture at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology. As author, Dr. Ito’s major works include Me no mienai hito wa sekai wo do miteiru no ka (How Do People Without Sight See the World?, Kobunsha), Domoru karada (The Stuttering Body, Igaku-Shoin), Kioku suru karada (The Remembering Body, Shunjusha), and Te no Rinri（Ethics of hands, Kodan-sha）. Her work was recognized with the 42nd Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2020.
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Cascoland
International Amsterdam-based network of artists, architects, designers and performers
Cascoland
International Amsterdam-based network of artists, architects, designers and performers
Projects are initiated by Fiona de Bell and Roel Schoenmakers and are executed with multi-disciplinary teams of artists and designers, promoting mobilisation, participation and networking through artistic exchange and collaboration. Since 2004 Cascoland has executed projects internationally in The Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Japan and in Europe.
Cascoland projects/interventions/artworks are tools to be used by participants and audiences rather than artworks to be exhibited. Cascoland interventions aim to challenge and change perceptions and create awareness about the need for social and ecological sustainable development, not only with audiences and residents, but with planners, designers, organisations and authorities as well.
Cascoland promotes a sustainable use of spaces, skills and resources. Empowerment of communities, bottom-up development of public space and the implementation of innovative solutions addressing local needs are equally important ingredients in our way of working: Art as a tool to make change happen! -
Kampire Bahana
DJ / Nyege Nyege collective
Kampire Bahana
DJ / Nyege Nyege collective
Among East Africa's most exciting DJs and a core member of Kampala's Nyege Nyege collective, Kampire’s vibrant bass-heavy sets have transported her to clubs & festivals across the world.One of Mixmag's picks for Top Ten Breakthrough DJs of 2018, Kampire's set on Boiler Room broadcast from Nyege Nyege festival was a legitimate ‘internet moment’, with thousands of shares on Facebook leading to serious FOMO from electronic music fans watching online.
Kampire’s DJ mixes have been featured on Resident Advisor, Dekmantel and Fact Magazine, which saw her chosen amongst the best mixes of 2019 on Pitchfork & Fact’s end of year lists. Her Rinse FM radio residency has seen her shine a light on other East African DJs & artists, including Hibotep, Faizal Mostrixx & Catu Diosis. -
Arina Tsukada
Curator / Editor
Arina Tsukada
Curator / Editor
Arina Tsukada is an explorer in new fields of Art & Science. Founder of The Whole Universe Association since 2018. With a diverse professional background, she is known for her participation as the director of the Sound Art project “See by your ears”, led by a sound artist Evala, as well as for being the editor in chief of the Art & Science online magazine “Bound Baw” since 2016. She continues to explore new worlds of possibilities through an interdisciplinary approach. Using art and science, and her multidisciplinary background, she has organized multiple conferences, exhibitions, media-productions, and the other spectacular events. She is also the author of the books “Art Science is (2018)”, co-author “Information Umwelt - Guidebook for playing between AI and human body(2019).”
PRIZE
Kohei NAWA
Born in 1975. Currently based in Kyoto.
Director of “SANDWICH,” a creative platform for production established in 2009 in Fushimi, Kyoto.
Website：http://kohei-nawa.net/
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