PARADISE AIR 2014 Artists selected!!

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We are pleased to announce the following two artists selected for PARADISE AIR 2014 Long Stay Program!

 

   Matt Sheridan (USA, Animation/Video/Painting)

  Aleksandra Wałaszek (Poland, Installation Art/Performance/Graphic Design)

 

Term of Residence: Friday, December 15th, 2014 to Thursday, February 12th, 2015

This year, the Long Stay Program proposed “HERE” as the keyword for the open call. We encouraged artists to incorporate Matsudo’s people and regional resources into a proposal that explores the town’s temporal, spatial, and/or physical “place.”

We received 253 from 65 countries and 138 cities. The field of expression varied from Fine Arts, Performance, Project-based Art, and Music.

The PARADISE AIR team conducted total of four in-depth examinations; the judges Mr.Fumihiko Sumitomo (President, Arts Maebashi), Mr.Yoshitaka Mohri (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts) and Mr.Isamu Kinoshita (Professor, Chiba University) were not the only voices for the selection. The final selection was done by Matsudo Community Planning Council, a local organization consisting of leaders representing a wide array of local districts.
The evaluation axis being used were,

  1. The quality of works and the attraction of the artist
  2. Feasibility of the proposed plan
  3. Affinity with town

During their residency, a number of events and activities will take place in Matsudo. We will announce updated information soon, so please check our website again.

About the theme “HERE”

“You are HERE,” the familiar phrase emblazoned upon maps to orient a passing traveler, marks not a specific location, but rather a fleeting subjective experience. “You are HERE, in this exact location, for this exact moment.” This particular instance of presentness may serve as a point of transit between one’s origin and destination, or perhaps merely as the moment one must seize in order to travel from the past into the future.
Just as Matsudo often became the “You are HERE” for travelers along the Edo River and Mitokaido Highway, those who participate in PARADISE AIR will recognize Matsudo as their temporal and spatial “HERE” along their artistic journey. Rather than operating under the mindset of “come, create, and leave – oh, and remember to incorporate the locals!,” we encourage our artists to ask, “how may I capture this presentness,” and, “what can I do specifically because I am HERE?” Just as the map and the traveler coexist as object and subject, we are searching for proposals that uniquely focus upon the relationship between the artist and his/her residence.

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