Res Artis Conference 2024 — TAIPEI Interweave the Spectrum: Beyond Collaboration 06 – 09 September 2024 The Termites Studio: In Cohabitation with Other Species “In Cohabitation with Other Species” is a community engaged art project by The Termites Studio on Shodo Island (Seto Inland Sea, Japan). As artists, sailors, farmers, educators, parents and more […]
Book Launch and Panel Discussion: “American Art in Asia: Artistic Praxis and Theoretical Divergence” How do we think and talk about “American” and/or “Asian” art, at a time when the production and display of contemporary art is taking place across diffused borders, under the fluid conditions of a world dramatically transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
bacilli Dirt DJ bacilli (Shotaro Yoshino, Yoshitaka Nanjo & James Jack; based in the archipelago of Japan) listen closely to the energy of microorganisms inside the soil in Zollverein—what do these bacteria inside of land say to us? In this residency we layered geological research on coal memories, oral histories with residents in Ruhr on […]
Soilstory – つちがたり – Tools, images, relics, video and dirt Variable dimensions “We created this work focusing on the voices of historic objects. Research conducted on the local farming ritual “Ae no Koto” along with memories, dialogue and exchanges with local residents and relics obtained from diverse collections are integral parts of this “Soilstory” installation. […]
Can we hear plants or feel the energy flow of microorganisms in the earth’s soil? What happens when we no longer primarily rely on our sense of sight to orientate ourselves in the world? What shifts in our perception and self-conception as human beings are necessary to achieve this? On a performative excursion to the […]
VIEW FILES: In the Elements Curated by Sallie Mize in conjunction with In the Elements: Selections from the Kentler FlatfilesNovember 11 – December 18, 2022ARTISTS: Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez, Chris Gonyea, James Jack, Ellen Kahn, Hilary Lorenz, LUCE, Kate McGloughlin, Margaret Neill, Jaanika Peerna, Josette Urso The VIEW FILES are a publicly accessible, interactive flat file unit located […]
bacilli Artists James Jack, Yoshitaka Nanjo, Shotaro Yoshino form bacilli as caretakers who nurture active spaces for living with dirt, people, food, microbes and spirits. Commencing in 2014 as “World Dirt Association,” the artist collective has evolved into the form of “bacilli” (Bacillus genus of bacteria)growing exponentially from 2022. Their dedication to artistic infusions of […]
Its participants are active in the creation of such actions through their own unique perspectives that embrace cooperative, non-hierarchical, neighborhood centered principles. Composting Knowledge aims to build a supporting system for these initiatives to cooperate in engaging and critical ways. Currently the composting network reunites over twenty participants from Kassel, Tokyo, Sofia, Holualoa, Singapore, Beirut, […]
Panel 10: OCEAN COSMOS Tuesday, 5 July 2022 University Theater (University of Amsterdam) 11:45 am – 1:15 pm Panel Speakers Hana Qugana & Simon Layton, Nadiah Rosli & Basten Gokkon, Wei-Hsiu Tung & James Jack Moderated by: Kim Darbouze https://www.oceansasarchives.org/5-july-panels/project-four-lrgyd
(Excerpt) “In the opening lines of Faisal Tehrani’s novel 1515, Nyemah Mulya comes back from five centuries ago to ask a history professor today, “How would it be if we work together to change history?” Layers of the past opened respectfully with protocols sensitive to the place(s) we are in carry the ability to […]