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¥40,000 (tax included)
Overview
As part of the Tokyo Biennale 2025 program, we are offering a training course to cultivate “Art Interpreters,” specialists who connect art with society. The goal of this course is to train individuals who can facilitate dialogue through art, making social issues visible and encouraging collaboration among diverse groups of people.
Schedule and Location
Dates: August – December 2025 (includes 9 practical training sessions)
Duration: Each session is approximately 60 minutes. Some sessions may include time for pre-course study.
Location: Online, Tokyo Biennale related facilities, Chiyoda Ward, and Taito Ward areas.
Instructors: Reiichi Noguchi (Curator, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum), Min Nishihara (Curator), Masato Nakamura (Artist), Meruro Washida (Curator), Yumi Shishido (Program Director), and others.
Format
Details
Capacity: 15 people
Application Requirements: Applicants must be able to attend all 6 on-demand lectures and be available for the designated dates and times for in-person practical training. Please check details via the “Application” button below.
Application Deadline:
* Applications will close once the capacity is reached.
Course Fee: ¥40,000 (tax included)
Payment Method: Details will be sent to your registered email address.
How to Apply: Please register using the dedicated application form.
Artist, Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (Department of Painting). Born 1963 in Odate City, Akita, Japan. In the early 1990’s, he set up guerilla art projects –THE GINBURART in Ginza and Sinjuku Shonen Art in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho district (1993). In 1997, he formed an alternative artist initiative called “commandN.” Activities of this group include the international video installation “Akihabara TV” held multiple years in 1999, 2000, and 2002. His work was displayed in the 49th Venice Biennale (2001) Japan Pavilion First & Slow exhibition.
From 2004, he founded a number of art projects including himming in Himi (Toyama Pref.) and ZERODATE in Odate (Akita Pref.) Nakamura then founded 3331 Arts Chiyoda in June 2010 as an independent and sustainable art center. With an extensive background in a variety of expressive activities, starting in summer 2020 he is taking on the challenge of developing the Tokyo Biennale, an art festival that will dig for the cultural and artistic resources underlying the city of Tokyo.
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Recruiting Participants for the Art Interpreter Training Course: Beginner Level
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Wooden Architecture Walk with Masato Nakamura (Guest: Terunobu Fujimori)
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Masato Nakamura's Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho Sanpo
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