The Shape of the Sky creates a collective space for sharing stories of past traditions alongside contemporary enquires of how we can navigate with the sea as a centre. Islanders’ oral histories focus on the abundance of natural resources, methods of a sharing economy and wisdom obtained from ancestral knowledge. Published lies have damaged islands with […]
“Some things are too sacred for images, other things are waiting to be imagined.” In Conversation with James Jack James Jack’s practice revolves around creating socially engaged art works. In this conversation, he traces his practice spanning works using dirt from the Cu Chi tunnels, to social activism in Okinawa, focusing on how soil […]
Donkey Mill Art Center: Inundation Art and Climate Change Program (Hōlualoa, Hawai‘i Island) Artist James Jack’s virtual studio visit reconnects him with his community of artists, friends and community members with whom he collaborated with on his digital work, Sea Birth three, featured in INUNDATION: art and climate change in the pacific. Together, conversations […]
Soilstory 土がたり A New Installation and Performance Artwork by: World Dirt Association (James Jack, Shotaro Yoshino & Yoshitaka Nanjo) with Marie-Cécile Conilh de Beyssac, Sakika Matsuda, Kenta Shinya, Momoka Kano and others. Oku-Noto Triennale 2020+ A foremost art festival at the furthest edge of the world. Artist No. 44 4 September – […]
James Jack James Jack is an artist and an assistant professor of Art Practice at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, who is “concerned with rejuvenating stories that exist in the world.” His work has been exhibited and published in Asia and the U.S. Learn more about him at www.jamesjack.org https://www.osgf.org/alumni/james-jack
Art Linking Communities Artist Talk FUJINOMIYA BIENNALE 2020 18:30- 20:00 28 September 2019 Ishibashi Historic House 3-chōme-23-3 Kanbara Shimizu-ku Shizuoka, Japan, 421-3203 For more Information http://fujinoyama-biennale.com 『コミュニティをつなげるアート』 日時 2019/9/28 18:30- 20:00 場所 旧五十嵐邸歯科医院 静岡県静岡市清水区蒲原3-23-3 『 コミュニティをつなげるアート、 ホノルルと小豆島での実践について』 今回のトークでは、 ジェームス氏のこれまでの活動や、各地で行っているの実践を手法を取り上げながら その活動の意義や目的、私たちの中にある”piko”について考える 詳細 Flyer: 2019fgak.pdf E-mail:contact@fujinoyama-biennale.com http://fujinoyama-biennale.com
RESILIENT ISLAND STORIES Date 16:00- 18:00 14 July, 2019 Arts Tropical 688-3 Kokuba, Naha-City, Okinawa, Japan “DIRT IS NOT DIRTY” – Walter Ritte James Jack’s art projects place emphasis on social processes and question dominant political worldviews of power and ownership of land. For this talk, he will focus on Molokai Window (Honolulu Museum […]
What Flows in Our Sea? Dates 14- 17 July 2019 A Participatory Drawing 参加型ドローイング Sakata studio #1F 1-4-4 Tsuboya Naha-shi, Okinawa 902-0065 Download flyer HERE 私達の海に何が流れているのか 会期 2019.7.14 – 7.17 A Participatory Drawing 参加型ドローイング 阪田清子スタジオ 〒902-0065 那覇市壺屋1-4-4 1F左 チラシのダウンロードはこちら
“Identity XV” exhibit at NCA Tokyo 23 May – 29 June Work selected for a group exhibit James Jack “Botanical Lessons in Idleness” Handmade walnut ink on paper Triptych (76 x 56 cm each) Identity XV Curated by Meruro Washida Date 23 May – 29 June nca | nichido contemporary art Web https://www.nca-g.com/en/ […]