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Following on Kinan Art Residence Vol.1 in 2023, Kinan Art Residence Vol.2 in 2024 will be held.This program invites artists from Japan and abroad to stay in the Kinan region and conduct research on various aspects of the region's culture an

A Journey of Citrus Sapling began as part of Satoshi Hirose's art project "Commons Farm,” which started in October 2023.This art projectasks foster parents to grow citrus saplings until a potential farmland (abandoned farmland or idle farml

" The Japanese language has two verbs that describe contact: 'touch' and 'feel'. In Japanese, there are two verbs that describe contact: 'touch' and 'feel'.(…) 'Touch' is a one-way contact. Touch the wall. Touching an apple. It is usually u

This is an archive photo of A Journey of Citrus Sapling Event 2024 (transfer meeting) held in March 2024.As part of "Commons Farm"' a long-term art project by Satoshi Hirose, an artist based in Italy, we held a tangerine seedling transfer e

This is an archive photo of the colorful oranges (citrus tasting competition) held in March 2024. We held a ``Citrus Tasting Comparison'' at this time of the year when you can enjoy the most varieties of citrus fruits. Please take a look.Da

A Journey of Citrus Sapling began as part of Satoshi Hirose's art projectCommons Farm,'' which started in October 2023.This art project asks foster parents to grow citrus saplings until a potential farmland (abandoned farmland or idle farml

Would you like to touch it? Key visual for 'Mikankaku' @colographicalBeyond "exhibitions" that are seen with the "eye", to art projects that are experienced through the senses of touch and taste.Reflections on Kinan Art Week 2023 'Mikankaku

We seem to see the same things, but we each see them differently. Individual memories and experiences can act in different ways and we may perceive the same event as something different. It suddenly feels as if people are lonely and unable

Instructor: Mari Rawanchaikul (4th year, Faculty of Literature, Osaka University)Since last summer, I inaugurated an art-business complex project to produce chai products combining Indian spices with tea leaves and ingredients from various

（Photo：Manabu Shimoda, coamu creative）The Commons Farm project is part of the Kinan Art Week project 'Mikan Collective', an art project that will run throughout a long period of time, starting in 2022. The Mikan Collective focuses on citrus

As part of the long-term art project "Commons Farm" started last year by the artist Satoshi Hirose, we will again be holding a citrus seedling transfer event this year.This seedling transfer event, named ”A Journey of Citrus Sapling,'' will

Have you ever fully explore varied citrus of Wakayama at this time of year? Kinan Art Week, a contemporary art group and Mikan Society, a group of citrus lovers will be hosting a citrus tasting event at Ipe Wakayama in Tanabe on Sat. Feb. 1