Regreen Arts! 2009

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Regreen Arts! 2009 is being held as part of the Regreen Project, which was born out of the concept of "wanting to combine at a comfortable distance urban life and a rich natural environment." Regreen Arts! grew out of a single building in Mizukuchi, Yamanashi city, with the aim of giving root to a new culture in which "art" and "nature," and "cities" and "local communities" are in harmony. It consists of a "slow art project" and a "summer-camp residence" , and various other programs will also be on offer, including a series of video art screenings, and work shops by artists and other expertise, all of which are designed to enable participants to experience communing with and thinking about nature through creating. Arts! involves not only viewing but also action on the part of the audience.

Title: Regreen Arts! 2009
Date: Sept. 26 (Sat), 27（Sun）
Oct. 2 (Fri), 3 (Sat), 4 (Sun)
Oct. 9 (Fri), 10 (Sat), 11 (Sun), 12 (National Holiday)
Hours: 12:00-20:00
Opening Reception: Sept. 26 (Sat) from 17:00-
Venue: Regreen Base 2974 Mizukuchi, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi tel/fax :0553-22-3271
Artists: Taido Ishida, Nagato Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Takahito Kimura, O JUN(special guest artist)
David Buob, Berta Jayo, Jeroen Kooijmans, Marlena Kudlicka, Pak Sheung Chuen Manuel Saiz, Joao Simoes, Elisabeth Smolarz, Jasper Sebastian Stürup, Leung Chi Wo, Yoshiki Imazu, Nagaru Miyake
Instructors: Kenichiro Isaka （Associate Professor of Faculty of Education Human Sciences at University of Yamanashi）, O JUN (Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts), Yoshiaki Kaihats （Artist）
Official HP: http://www.regreenarts.jp

Slow Art Project
Scheduled for completion on July 31, 2014. Observe in real time the art activities of four artists. This project designed to nurture art over five years. Starting this summer, four artists resident in Yamanashi will slowly create art while interacting with the natural environment of the hills at the back of the site. Scheduled for completion in five years time, the project will embody the passage of time and the artists' desires as they change from day to day.

Summer Camp Residence
Experience the group work of the next generation of artists who get together at Regreen.
Three teams of students from Tokyo and Yamanashi will spend around two weeks of their summer vacation living at the camp, each creating their own artwork. The experience will give rise to various encounters with nature, with other residents, and with the artwork.

Video Art Screening
Enjoy the "now" of video art while feeling mountain breezes.
The theme is "a message 'from nature.'" The concept is a conversation with nature in the form of the acceptance of the message being communicated by nature and the transmission of a message back to nature. Artists from Japan and overseas have been invited to submit video artwork for this project, which is an attempt to question from various angles what it means to be in touch with nature.

Other Programs
Under the boundless sky, let's return to the innocence of childhood and make art. The fruits of the earth of Yamanashi, the food culture of the region, art that has escaped the confines of art museums. A variety of programs have been put together offering the kinds of experiences one can only enjoy in the natural setting of Regreen.
Please click here for more detail information on Other Programs.

Organizer: Regreen Arts Executive Committee
Special Sponsor: Sanwa Lease
Sponsor: Takei Clinic, Tagami Shokai, Ceremony Hall Sharite Yamanashi Hakuaisya, Amano Kenchiku Sekkei Jimusho, Sakamoto Construction Co., LTD
Supported by: Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Education Committee of Yamanashi Prefecture, University of Yamanashi, Embajada de España
Planning: void+/Azone+Associates, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
Planning Cooperation:
Kenichitro Isaka（Associate Professor of Faculty of Education at University of Yamanashi）
O JUN（Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts）
Noriyuki Ohtsuka（Interior Designer）
Takayuki Sasamoto（Wine Tourism LLP）
Tomohiro Nishimura（Art Critic）
Operation: Regreen Arts Executive Committee

Contact: Regreen Arts Executive Committee c/o void+
3-16-14 1F, Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 tel; 03-5411-0080 fax: 03-5411-0053 email: info@regreenarts.jp

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