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The future is coloured by pine smoke ink -Current situation and challenges in the ink industry –

GuestRepresentative of Kishu Shoen Ink StudioMr. Masao HoriikeBorn in Shizuoka Prefecture. He is the only ink craftsman in Japan who makes "pine smoke," which is the raw material for ink. At the age of 35, he moved to Kinan and started maki
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What flows in Nanki Shirahama

Yuto Yabumoto, Representative Director of Aura Contemporary Art Foundation, publishes curator's note as below towardsthe exhibition ’＜ I ＞ opportunity’ by Ai Kawano, Hirotsugu Horii.＜I＞- What Flows in Shirahama -Nanki Shirahama is a tourist
Orange Collective

Orange ‘Democracy’ – What is Collectivism? –

1. Is the orange (mikan) a collective?In contemporary art practice, the 'social turn', as described by art historian Clare Bishop, continues to retain a certain influence. Social turn refers to the ongoing shift from 'aesthetic' to 'social'
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Dialogue #37 Aiming to Maintain the Fishery

Kinan Art Week Dialogue #37GuestsDirector and Fleet Captain, Tosa Maru Co.,Ltd.Mr. Takamasa TanookaBased in the Egawa area of Tanabe, he is the fleet leader of a fleet of six boats. He specialises in purse seine fishing, using underwater li
Dialogues with Kinan Locals

Preserving traditions and passing them on to the future – The state of forestry and agriculture –

<Guests>President of Ryujin Natural Food Centre Ltd.Representative Director of m to R Co.,Ltd.Yoshio SougawaHe is a lumberjack and farmer in the Ryujin area of Tanabe City. He manages all aspects of his business, from forest managemen
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#35 Farmers Are Artists!? The Real Voice of Young Satsuma Mandarin Farmers

◆紀南アートウィーク対談企画 #35〈今回のゲスト〉松下農園松下真之さん高校卒業後、大阪・和歌山の地元スーパー「松源」に入社し、日常の業務を行いながら社会人野球のチームで活躍。そのあと、和歌山県田辺市の上芳養にある実家、松下農園で家業を手伝っている。農園の経営をされている父親と二人三脚で、みかんや梅の畑作業を勤しんでいる若手農家。〈聞き手〉藪本雄登紀南アートウィーク実行委員長〈参加者〉杉眞里子紀南アートウィーク副実行委員長農家はアーティスト！？若手ミカン農家のリアルな本音
Dialogues with Kinan Locals

#34 Nurturing the Future of Our Region -Art and Learning-

◆Kinan Art Week Dialogue #34<Guest>Representative Director of KCR IncKeishi HondaBorn in Kushimoto town, Wakayama Prefecture. He runs a Turkish café-restaurant "Tsumugi Café" (Shirahama town) and a book and Turkish bazaar "Taiyou no C
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Orange Collective: From Mikan and Spiritual Traditions in the East, to the Orange in the Global Market

The "Orange Collective"--a take on the term “Artist Collective” --will focus on the Kinan region’s specialty, Mikan (Japanese mandarin oranges), and will gather people from different backgrounds around it to exhibit their work. It is also a
Dialogues with Kinan Locals

#33 The Value of Plum Wine and Art

Kinan Art Week Dialogue project #33<Guest>Senior Managing Director of Hamada Co.,Ltd.Senior Managing Director of Hamada Farm Co.,Ltd.Senior Managing Director of Ishigamimura Co.,Ltd.Mr. Tomoyasu HamadaHis company manufactures and sell
Dialogues with Kinan Locals

#32 The Future Created by IoT

Kinan Art Week Dialogue Project＃31GuestUhuru Corporation CRO (Senior Researcher)Founder of ARTSNETAtsushi KojoBorn in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, he founded ARTSNET, a CMS development company, in 2003 (currently active as an artist support
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Globalisation and Locality: Two Worlds Coming Closer Together (Part 2)

This is part 2 of the text archive for the online talk session “Globalisation and Locality: Two Worlds Coming Closer Together ” held on December 15, 2021.https://kinan-art.jp/en/info/7545/[4] What is the Value of Local?Individual Values an
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Globalisation and Localisation: Two Worlds Coming Closer Together (Part 1)

This is part 1 of the text archive for the online talk session “Globalisation and Localisation: Two Worlds Coming Closer Together ” held on December 15, 2021.Date: Wednesday 15 December 2021, 19:00 - 20:30Venue: OnlineParticipation: free o