EVENTS
Workshop
Sanpo
Venue
Nihonbashi/Bakurocho Area
Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
1-15-15 Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku
Date
13:00–16:00
¥2,000
Limit: 10 participants
Workshops by Camila Svenson, a biennale artist.
This workshop invites participants to explore the concept of urban transformation through the lens of an old Tokyo travel guide. Using the guide as a starting point, we will investigate how tourist narratives shape our perception of cities and create spaces of imagination.
The day begins with a collective reading and discussion of selected passages, followed by the creation of an affective map that reinterprets these references in the local context. Participants will then engage in a performative walk, following instructions inspired by the guide while documenting the journey through photography, video, sound, and object collection. Returning to the workspace, each participant will produce a “guide page” that combines text, image, and found materials, blending fiction, memory, and observation. Together, these pages will form a collaborative, hybrid guide — a poetic translation of past visions into the present urban experience.
Schedule (tentative)
13:00–13:40 Introduction & Workshop 1 “Reading the Guide and Poetic Mapping”
13:40–15:10 Performative Walk
15:10–16:00 Workshop 2 “Translation and Assembly”
Notes
Map
2 min walk from JR Sobu Line Bakurocho Sta. (Ex. 4)
6 min walk from Toei Shinjuku Line Bakuroyokoyama Sta. (Ex. A1)
Camila Svenson is a Brazilian queer interdisciplinary artist and photographer based in São Paulo. Her research focuses on the relationship between people, memories, and places, and how these elements transform over time. Her work often involves participatory methods that include others in the creative process, exploring how encounters happen and how they are changed when mediated by a camera. In her practice, Camila collects objects, stories, events, ghosts, and images, and she is interested in living with these collections to observe how they evolve and intermingle over the years.
Nihonbashi/Bakurocho Area
Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
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