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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'
Dialogues with Kinan Locals

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
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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
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#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
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#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
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#31 What is Kinan’s “Port”? -Koza Culture and Rockets-

◆Kinan Art Week Dialogue #31<Guest>Koza MORI CorporationRepresentative Director/Chartered AccountantNaoya SakamotoBorn in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. While serving as the general representative of icube, which supports the expa