Deadline: 26-Jun-23
Tokyo Arts and Space is excited to announce the “Curator Residency Program” which aims to invite distinguished and highly motivated curators in the field of curation, art criticism, and cultural research from all over the world and offer them with opportunities to conduct research in Tokyo.
They provide support to allow curators to develop and present their research and ideas. Selected curators are required to give mentoring sessions to local emerging creators, and deliver a public talk.
Target for this program
- This program is aimed at those curators
- Who are willing to conduct new research in Tokyo?
- Who practice in any of the following cultural/ artistic fields:
- curation, art criticism and cultural research.
- Who are eager to exchange with local emerging creators
What TOKAS offers?
- Living space (single room)
- In principle, this program does not provide working studio for participating curators.
- Airfare: A round-trip economy-class air ticket between the nearest airport from the place of residence and Tokyo (either Narita or Haneda Airport) will be provided.
- Fee for research/project: JPY 100,000 (consumption tax excluded) *Income tax (20.42%) will be deducted from the above amounts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Resides outside of Japan.
- Has 3 years or more of experience in his/her specialized area of expertise.
- Has sufficient ability to communicate in English with other residing creators and TOKAS staff for mutual understanding.
- Independent and capable of working and living on his/her own.
- Curators working as a duo are ineligible.
- Students are ineligible (except for Ph.D. candidates.)
Requirements / Conditions
- Able to stay consecutively at TOKAS Residency during the proposed residency period.
- Shall present their research at a public talk event and submit a comprehensive report on the proposed project.
- Give mentoring sessions to local emerging creators, participate in talk events if asked by TOKAS, and cooperate with its public relations activity.
- Do not carry out any commercial or profitable activities throughout the residency period.
- Do not conduct any activities that would make big noise or vibration in TOKAS Residency.
- The accommodation is provided for the participating curator only. Family members, partners, friends or guests are not permitted to stay at TOKAS Residency.
For more information, visit TOKAS.