Tsutomu Ikegaya
Koujirou Inoue
Kichijoji Naughty Studio☆Yoshie Miyaji ＆
Yukiko Kitagawa with Children
Kubochi
Yuichiro Kurono
keroria
Sam Stocker
Jaime Humphreys
Ryozo Takashima
Hitoshi Nishiyama
NODAKAORI
Maya Lama
shoko miki
Kaho Mizuno Group
Murakami Kaoru
Yuta Murakami
media+forest
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Tsutomu Ikegaya
Born in Shizuoka prefecture in 1946. After graduating from the sculpture course at Kanazawa College of Art in 1978, he has presented works made of metal in a number of solo shows and open-air art exhibitions. Tsutomu Ikegaya HP→http://homepage3.nifty.com/ttm2110/
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Scene of the watersidecomment：
A subtle presence which melts into the landscape. -
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Koujirou Inoue
1979 Born in Aichi prefecture.
2005 Participated in Japan-Korea friendship year project SUGOREMIG I (in charge of the monument).
2007 Completed mural painting course at Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2007 Since completing his studies, he began employment at a stage design studio where he continues to work.
2010 Participated in Trolls in the Park.
2012 Artist coordinator in Trolls in the Park.
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「Joy’n」comment：
The word, "Joy'n", is a coined word derived from the conjunction of ‘joy' and ‘joint'. Here Inoue presents an interactive stage which conduces a sense of joy as it brings together artists, performers, and audience. -
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Kichijoji Naughty Studio☆Yoshie Miyaji ＆ Yukiko Kitagawa with Children.
A unit consisting of textiles artist Kitagawa and sculptor Miyaji, both co-directors of Kichijoji Naughty Studio, who will be joined by children to create a new work.
http://kwanpaku.exblog.jp/i10/
Yukiko Kitagawa websitehttp://yukiko-k.com/
Yoshie Miyaji bloghttp://ameblo.jp/miya-kodaruma/
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Sky on water’s surfacecomment：
Once there was a children’s world, like a secret base in bush or forest.
In childhood, there was an illusion of a paradise within the forest.
Looking up through the trees, the sky appeared colorful and glittered like water.
This underwater world imagined through the eyes of a child will be expressed in the forest of Zempukuji Pond in a second collaboration between “child artists and adult artists". -
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Kubochi
A unit launched by contemporary artists in Ogikubo who meet and create at Kubochi in Youkobo Art Space. Established in 2013, and currently has 4-10 members.
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Kubochi Blackboard (installation/ performance)comment：
An odd-looking blackboard taking the shape of the Chinese character ”凹” (meaning “sunken”) will suddenly appear on the door of the Youkobo Art Space studio. At one instant, you may notice someone drawing a new variety of troll, or even a map of a sunken world. It will be a wondrous blackboard!Where to go：
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Yuichiro Kurono
1981 Born in Oita prefecture
2005 Graduated from the doctoral program in mural painting at Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Since joining Trolls in the Park in 2007, he has exhibited in consecutive years. He has also participated in a number of open-air exhibitions and exhibitions in alternative spaces.
www.kuronoroku.net
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「monolith」comment：
What will appear in the park is a life-size mass of paraffin wax.
It is also a fragment I have lost and,
like a mirror reflecting the present, it stands before you. -
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keroria
Born in Yokohama city in Kanagawa prefecture in 1965. She has worked as a computer programmer at an independent software house since her 20's and has been involved in the development of electronics firmware and servers for common carriers. Recently she is interested in electronic kits, and pays frequent visits to electronic stores in Akihabara.
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Forest's Artist Information to Otherscomment：
Taking the "Trolls in the Park” concept of “connecting green and urban space”, an application that allows you to connect with the event from your smartphone. Even those unable to attend the exhibition may enjoy “Trolls in the Park” in the palm of their hand!
You can download the application on your iphone directly from App Store at the following URL:
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/faito-forests-artist-information/id573850504?mt=8 -
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Sam Stocker
Born 1977, UK. Graduated from Reading University in 2002. Graduated from the MA course of Edinburgh College of Art in 2012. He is currently a research student at Tokyo University of the Arts. He has exhibited widely, presenting work in the UK, the Netherlands and Japan.
http://www.samstocker.com
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The colour of the sunshine.comment：
This project is to explore representations of the idea of happiness in the environment we live in. In my research I have chosen three types a structures, religious buildings, our homes and advertising. We rely on these types of buildings for guidance, comfort and safety. In combining elements from these structures are we able find any form of real happiness? In these places is there a true representation of the idea of happiness? -
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Jaime Humphreys
A collaborative drawing/video realized together with residents of Zempukuji which reflects on everyday routine, public and private space, and a sense of belonging to where you live.
Jaime Humphreys explores the medium of drawing through installation, video and paper-based work. Using drawing as a tool, his work draws attention to the often overlooked visual features and relational elements within sites. In addition to running an innovative children's art workshop hosted by Youkobo Art Space, he is pursuing a range of creative activities.
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tracing terra firmacomment：
Screening & Exhibition :
A collaborative drawing/video realized together with residents of Zempukuji which reflects on everyday routine, public and private space, and a sense of belonging to where you live.
Jaime Humphreys explores the medium of drawing through installation, video and paper-based work. Using drawing as a tool, his work draws attention to the often overlooked visual features and relational elements within sites. In addition to running an innovative children's art workshop hosted by Youkobo Art Space, he is pursuing a range of creative activities.
November 5 (Tue) - 24 (Sun) ＋café
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Ryozo Takashima
1972 Born and lives in Nishi Tokyo-city (formerly Hoya-shi), Tokyo.
1996 Graduated from Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University.
2001 Established own fan club ‘Kamisky’.
2010 Initiated the swap meet, “Everything 0 yen sale”.
www.kamisky.jp
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Everything 0 yen - MOMOSHI Shopping Arcade 2013comment：
The “Everything 0 yen Sale” is a proposal for a swap meet where anyone can open their own shop to trade disused items. With the help of MOMOSHI community school students, their parents and neighbors, the “Everything 0 yen Shopping Arcade” will appear in the school district during Trolls 2013.
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Hitoshi Nishiyama
He has learned archtecture at school. Upon graduation, he shifted to art, then became independent aft er work ing for an artis t. He works in a manner where he sculpts space.
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Happy Trailcomment：
I make a path, not straight, nor flat. This path may have already existed, or it may be one to be walked from now. Since there are no rails, danger lays at its side. This is a path of happiness I myself have carved out. Tea ceremony (the way of tea), Ikebana (the way of flowers), kendo (the way of the sword), judo (the way of self defense); There are many “paths”, but if you follow to the end you will find they connect to happiness. That is art. -
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NODAKAORI
1981 Born in Asagaya (Suginami-ku, Tokyo)
2007 Completed mural painting course at Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2012 Participated in Trolls in the Park.
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Park with a windowcomment：
If a "window" not usually found in the park were to exist, how would our way of perceiving the landscape change? -
That time when I lost my mother in a crowded Assan bazaar!
人で溢れているアッサン市場で、お母さんと、はぐれてしまったあの時profile：
Maya Lama
Maya Lama is a Nepali-Japanese artist. She completed her BA in Studio Art at Williams College, Massachusetts, USA. Having grown up in Kathmandu, she is now living in Tokyo producing new work.
http://www.mayalama.com/
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Voicescomment：
Chairs provide a space for many stories of interactions filled with longings, loneliness, and the potential for a lot more. Through the voice of famous poets, this installation explores our longings for human connections even if they be ever so fleeting. -
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shoko miki
Working within the field of “environmental art”, she creates installations using tree branches, charcoal, earth, and other natural materials which respect the environment, while also making photographic work based on her surroundings. She has participated in exhibitions both in Japan and overseas.
shokom.lolipop.jp
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Silent voices from Fukushima, 2013comment：
Natural scenes from spring to autumn 2013 in Hirono, a town within the 20-kilometer no-entry zone of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant. I wonder if the fleeting and beautiful tiny living things there are not crying out for something?
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GALLERY494 12：00〜19：00 木曜定休
※GALLERY494ではこのほか、「トロールの森」の記録を写真や映像、資料を交えて紹介する「トロールの森」アーカイブを展示します。 -
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Kaho Mizuno Group
Kaho MIZUNO, Seikou HATSUGAI, Reika KAYAMA, Karen KUMAZAWA, Seishun TAKAGI
Kaho Mizuno (profile)
Joined the Sogetsu Ikebana school in 1969, and currently director of The Sogetsu Teachers Association. Has continued to make his own work while running and teaching his own class. Has continued to participate in an open-air exhibition in Showa Kinen Park in Tachikawa for the past 15 years.
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Movementcomment：
Four elements are necessary in a person: wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation. This was stated by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato in his book " Gorgias", circa 400 BC. These elements are essential for people in order to help and cooperate with each other. The Kaho Mizuno Group expresses its ideas through spatial installations that connect and change shape in response to contemporary society. In the performance, wisdom is expressed as the color green, justice as white, courage as red, and moderation as blue. -
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Murakami Kaoru
Born in Tokyo. Graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in 2008.
After studying oil painting and copper plate painting, she went to England to study contemporary art. Since 2008, she has started to develop installation work. She has participated in such exhibitions as P&E (Osaka), Gumma Youth Biennale (Gumma), and TAMA VIVANT Ⅱ (Tokyo).
www.kaorumurakami.info
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Vibgyor footpathcomment：
A transparent curtain that reflects light appears in the grove of trees overlooking the lake of Zempukuji Park. Small intertwining elements are combined with the light that filters through the autumn leaves. For this exhibition MOMOSHI communty school children will also participate, working together to create a large curtain. -
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Yuta Murakami
Born in Tokyo in 1987. Graduated from the sculpture course of Nihon University College of Art. Participated in “U30 Exhibition - Esubasu Mirabo” in 2012, and “Daisougen” at Gallery KINGYO.
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From here to somewherecomment：
I will create a snake which has made this park its home. -
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media+forest
(Yumiko Hayakawa(Japan), Chanrasmey Koam(Cambodia), Listen to the City(Korea), Emma Ota (Japan/UK))
A collaborative unit of artists from Japan, Cambodia and Korea, brought together by curator Emma Ota. This group of creatives draws upon a range of artistic backgrounds in support of citizen media, social activism, media advocacy and freedom of speech, working together with local residents to instill a greater awareness that we are not merely passive bystanders, but are invested with an ability to actively voice our opinions towards the events around us.
www.dis-locate.net/media+forest/
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Between You and Wecomment：
An investigation of ideas of community and commonality created by collaborations between local people of different ages and backgrounds in a series of video workshops. Here residents take a step out from their familiar “we” and document their attempts to enter the “we” of the other. A group ranging from children to senior citizens will be joining in a series of video workshops between September and October in which they will explore their neighborhood with new eyes and attempted to connect with people they have never spoken to before. Each of them will film and edit their own video interview which reflects the simultaneous bond and distance between people living and working in the same area.
In addition to exhibition in Zempukuji park this unit will also be holding a series of workshops, along with screenings in Shinmachi Shopping Street and Momoshi Community School.■Yuyu Zempukujikan “Video Workshop”
5th(Sat), 12th(Sat), 19th(Sat), 26th (Sat) October
Please book by Thursday before the workshop
Reservation: Emma Ota info@dis-locate.net
■Video Tour “Screening + Local Stroll” Including picnic in Zempukuji Park
4th November(Monday/Public Holiday) 11:50- Please gather outside Youkobo Art Space
■Momoshi Community School ”Screening” 17th November(Sun) 18:00- Momoshi Sports Hall
■Shinmachi Shopping Street ”Exhibition”
Screening throughout the Trolls in the Park period within the business hours of each shop