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It is a project to reexamine Tokyo, the worldclass metropolis , through workshops ,symposiums, talks, collaborative works and other activities. The goal is to gather people from a wide range of fields, and in working together and through the experiences of the time and space that a rebrought together ,discover and develop new opportunities for the city of Tokyo.
This project organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Gouvernment
Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office
（Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
CIAN (Center for Interlocal Art Network)
This project organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Gouvernment
Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office
（Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
CIAN (Center for Interlocal Art Network)
Born in 1953 . Artist . After serving as a professor in the Department of Inter Media Art at Tokyo University of the Arts from 1994 through 2005 ,currently is a professor at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Project 2010
Shioiri Tower is a wooden observation deck that was completed amid daily developments of new stories made through the meeting of two groups of people—those who were involved in building the tower and those who collected around the tower.
This 2010 project was carried out with focuses placed on “workshops” and “construction of the tower.” In the workshops, elementary school students created palm-sized towers, made up stories about a tower, and put together a picture book. At the construction site were interactions with the local residents. Some even offered us their help.
From the observation deck at the top of the tower, one can view the Tokyo Sky Tree being built as well as the rest of the ever-changing Tokyo cityscape, while feeling the breeze coming from the gently flowing Sumida River.
Shioiri Tower is a wooden observation deck that was completed amid daily developments of new stories made through the meeting of two groups of people—those who were involved in building the tower and those who collected around the tower.
This 2010 project was carried out with focuses placed on “workshops” and “construction of the tower.” In the workshops, elementary school students created palm-sized towers, made up stories about a tower, and put together a picture book. At the construction site were interactions with the local residents. Some even offered us their help.
From the observation deck at the top of the tower, one can view the Tokyo Sky Tree being built as well as the rest of the ever-changing Tokyo cityscape, while feeling the breeze coming from the gently flowing Sumida River.
Support by
Arakawa Ward
Arakawa Ward Board Of Education
River Park Shioiri Neighborhood Association
Arakawa Ward
Arakawa Ward Board Of Education
River Park Shioiri Neighborhood Association
Palmsized Tower
Using the materials they brought such as pencils, buttons, shells, and toys, each of the children made his or her very own palm-sized tower. There was an ocean-floor tower with a hidden treasure chest, a musical instrument tower that plays songs, tower of the pencil land, a futuristic tower where mysterious things beyond the imagination take place, and a miraculous electric wave tower that emits energy balls. Each of the completed towers overflowed with unique personality.
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2010
Location: Shioiri Higashi Elementary School Gymnasium
Number of participating children: 98
Workshop Artist: Mie Miyamoto
(Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Completed the doctoral program in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts. Has been engaging in projects in Japan and Europe to create spaces with children while focusing on their sensory perception and experiences, including BLISS (2003-2004, Neuss and London), and the NEST series (2010) which was also held at Minami Senju Daini Kindergarten.
Using the materials they brought such as pencils, buttons, shells, and toys, each of the children made his or her very own palm-sized tower. There was an ocean-floor tower with a hidden treasure chest, a musical instrument tower that plays songs, tower of the pencil land, a futuristic tower where mysterious things beyond the imagination take place, and a miraculous electric wave tower that emits energy balls. Each of the completed towers overflowed with unique personality.
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2010
Location: Shioiri Higashi Elementary School Gymnasium
Number of participating children: 98
Workshop Artist: Mie Miyamoto
(Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Completed the doctoral program in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts. Has been engaging in projects in Japan and Europe to create spaces with children while focusing on their sensory perception and experiences, including BLISS (2003-2004, Neuss and London), and the NEST series (2010) which was also held at Minami Senju Daini Kindergarten.
Making Towers Shadows
Through a story about a man who lost his shadow and body play, the children were given the chance to think about the relationship between things and their shadows. Afterwards, they cut various shaped shadows of themselves out of a large sheet.
They then took the cut-outs and lined them up at the planned construction site of the Shioiri Tower and thought about the size and meaning of the tower that was about to be built.
Dates:
First Workshop “Story About Shadows”
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Second Workshop “Becoming a Shadow”
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Third Workshop “Making a Tower with Shadows”
Saturday, December 11,
2010
Location: Shioiri Fureaikan, Shioiri Park
Number of Participating Children: 29
Workshop Artist: Mie Miyamoto (Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Through a story about a man who lost his shadow and body play, the children were given the chance to think about the relationship between things and their shadows. Afterwards, they cut various shaped shadows of themselves out of a large sheet.
They then took the cut-outs and lined them up at the planned construction site of the Shioiri Tower and thought about the size and meaning of the tower that was about to be built.
Dates:
First Workshop “Story About Shadows”
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Second Workshop “Becoming a Shadow”
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Third Workshop “Making a Tower with Shadows”
Saturday, December 11,
2010
Location: Shioiri Fureaikan, Shioiri Park
Number of Participating Children: 29
Workshop Artist: Mie Miyamoto (Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Story about Towers
Before the completion of the Shioiri Tower, a picture book about a tower was created with the children through free imagination. The completed book was full of dream-like stories. For example, the new tower runs out of construction materials and has to ask its friend, Tokyo Tower, to share some pieces of its steel frame, and it also gets into a fight with the Sky Tree.
Dates:
First Workshop “Story Making”
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Second Workshop “Making a Story”
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Third Workshop “Reading Picture Books Together”
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Location: Multipurpose Room, Shioiri Elementary School, Arakawa Ward
Number of Participating Children: 28
Workshop Artist: Masahiro Hasunuma (Artist, Documentary Photographer)
Artist. Born in 1981. Received a Ph.D. in Fine Art in 2010 at Tokyo University of the Arts. His main activities include Fieldwork with Doves (2004, Ueno Park), Reproduction of “Construction Site Shadows” by Jiro Takamatsu (2005 Yokohama Triennale), and Self-Portrait on an Inclined Plane (2010, Lake Kizaki, Nagano Prefecture).
Before the completion of the Shioiri Tower, a picture book about a tower was created with the children through free imagination. The completed book was full of dream-like stories. For example, the new tower runs out of construction materials and has to ask its friend, Tokyo Tower, to share some pieces of its steel frame, and it also gets into a fight with the Sky Tree.
Dates:
First Workshop “Story Making”
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Second Workshop “Making a Story”
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Third Workshop “Reading Picture Books Together”
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Location: Multipurpose Room, Shioiri Elementary School, Arakawa Ward
Number of Participating Children: 28
Workshop Artist: Masahiro Hasunuma (Artist, Documentary Photographer)
Artist. Born in 1981. Received a Ph.D. in Fine Art in 2010 at Tokyo University of the Arts. His main activities include Fieldwork with Doves (2004, Ueno Park), Reproduction of “Construction Site Shadows” by Jiro Takamatsu (2005 Yokohama Triennale), and Self-Portrait on an Inclined Plane (2010, Lake Kizaki, Nagano Prefecture).
Art Constructor Training
An Art constructor is a technical personnel who supports an artist in the creation of artwork. Required skills include civil and architectural engineering skills as well as the instinctive ability to maneuver competently on site by picking up on what is being needed during the art-making process. By welcoming invited guests with experience working at various art-making sites, and through lectures, discussions, and workshops, these training sessions strove to help participants develop their knowledge about their onsite knowledge.
Dates / Instructors
No. 1 “Introduction to Art Constructing” Saturday, October 30, 2010
Instructor: Toru Koyamada
No. 2 “Practical Training for Art Constructor (1)” Sunday, November 14, 2010
Instructor: Itaru Sugiyama
No. 3 “Practical Training for Art Constructor (2)” Saturday, November 27. 2010
Instructor: Itaru Sugiyama
An Art constructor is a technical personnel who supports an artist in the creation of artwork. Required skills include civil and architectural engineering skills as well as the instinctive ability to maneuver competently on site by picking up on what is being needed during the art-making process. By welcoming invited guests with experience working at various art-making sites, and through lectures, discussions, and workshops, these training sessions strove to help participants develop their knowledge about their onsite knowledge.
Dates / Instructors
No. 1 “Introduction to Art Constructing” Saturday, October 30, 2010
Instructor: Toru Koyamada
No. 2 “Practical Training for Art Constructor (1)” Sunday, November 14, 2010
Instructor: Itaru Sugiyama
No. 3 “Practical Training for Art Constructor (2)” Saturday, November 27. 2010
Instructor: Itaru Sugiyama
Tower Construction “Shioiri Tower”
Shioiri Tower stands on the bank of Sumida River. In the process of building it, many people, both local and from other areas, offered their cooperation. Students of the art constructor training seminar and local volunteers participated in the actual construction, which began in January 2011. Not only adults, but children, too, helped by cleaning the construction site and making sandbags.
In hopes that this Shioiri Tower will take root in this community, Shinto rituals such as “jichinsai,” a groundbreaking ceremony, and “jōtōshiki,” a ridgepole-raising ceremony, were held. The tower was finally completed after two months of construction,
on March 20. A ceremony to celebrate its completion was canceled in consideration of the affects of the Great East Japan Earthquake that took place on March 11, and the tower was formally opened to the public on April 8.
The Shioiri Tower is a wooden observation tower that stands facing the Tokyo Sky Tree, which is being constructed on the opposite bank of the Sumida River. Climb all the way to the top of its gradual ramp that connects to the observation deck, and the Tokyo Sky Tree will appear straight ahead.
The Shioiri Tower is scheduled to stay erected for three years. From it, people will be able to survey the ever-changing Tokyo cityscape while also enjoying the view of the quietly flowing river.
Shioiri Tower stands on the bank of Sumida River. In the process of building it, many people, both local and from other areas, offered their cooperation. Students of the art constructor training seminar and local volunteers participated in the actual construction, which began in January 2011. Not only adults, but children, too, helped by cleaning the construction site and making sandbags.
In hopes that this Shioiri Tower will take root in this community, Shinto rituals such as “jichinsai,” a groundbreaking ceremony, and “jōtōshiki,” a ridgepole-raising ceremony, were held. The tower was finally completed after two months of construction,
on March 20. A ceremony to celebrate its completion was canceled in consideration of the affects of the Great East Japan Earthquake that took place on March 11, and the tower was formally opened to the public on April 8.
The Shioiri Tower is a wooden observation tower that stands facing the Tokyo Sky Tree, which is being constructed on the opposite bank of the Sumida River. Climb all the way to the top of its gradual ramp that connects to the observation deck, and the Tokyo Sky Tree will appear straight ahead.
The Shioiri Tower is scheduled to stay erected for three years. From it, people will be able to survey the ever-changing Tokyo cityscape while also enjoying the view of the quietly flowing river.
Shioiri Park
Location: Minami-Senju 8-chome, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo (near Suijin-Ohashi Bridge)
Access: 20-minute walk from Minami-Senju Station on the JR Joban Line,Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, or Tsukuba Express; 10-minute walk from Kanegafuchi Station on Tobu Isezaki Line.
Opening hour:
Summer[April-September] 9:00-17:00
Winter[October-March] 9:00-16:00
* The Shioiri Tower may be closed due to bad weather conditions or security reasons.
Location: Minami-Senju 8-chome, Arakawa Ward, Tokyo (near Suijin-Ohashi Bridge)
Access: 20-minute walk from Minami-Senju Station on the JR Joban Line,Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, or Tsukuba Express; 10-minute walk from Kanegafuchi Station on Tobu Isezaki Line.
Opening hour:
Summer[April-September] 9:00-17:00
Winter[October-March] 9:00-16:00
* The Shioiri Tower may be closed due to bad weather conditions or security reasons.
Toward the project in 2011
The project started in July 2011 from discussions on next action following the earthquake of March 11. We came to the conclusion that since we are in Tokyo, we could not go forward with a project that was not related to the earthquake. We decided that in addition to the 2010 theme of “considering Tokyo’s landscape,” the project would also consider its relationship with the earthquake.
The project was subject to different circumstances than the previous year. What activities are possible in Tokyo at this time, so far from the disaster areas? We continue to examine these possibilities through a variety of activities, while staying abreast of current conditions.
The project started in July 2011 from discussions on next action following the earthquake of March 11. We came to the conclusion that since we are in Tokyo, we could not go forward with a project that was not related to the earthquake. We decided that in addition to the 2010 theme of “considering Tokyo’s landscape,” the project would also consider its relationship with the earthquake.
The project was subject to different circumstances than the previous year. What activities are possible in Tokyo at this time, so far from the disaster areas? We continue to examine these possibilities through a variety of activities, while staying abreast of current conditions.
Workshop at temporary Housing in Iwate
With the cooperation of locals, we were able to realize a workshop for making benches and tables at the temporary housing complex in Miyako City, Iwate.
From elementary school students to senior citizens, all sorts of people participated in the workshop. When we gathered around the finished tables to have dinner, one person said “we’ve never shared a meal outdoors with so many people like this before.”
It was an opportunity to come to grips with an elusive side of the disaster area.
Dates: October 15-16, 2011
Location: Green Pia Sanriku-Miyako, Iwate
*This worshop was organized as a part of Art Support Tohoku-Tokyo
With the cooperation of locals, we were able to realize a workshop for making benches and tables at the temporary housing complex in Miyako City, Iwate.
From elementary school students to senior citizens, all sorts of people participated in the workshop. When we gathered around the finished tables to have dinner, one person said “we’ve never shared a meal outdoors with so many people like this before.”
It was an opportunity to come to grips with an elusive side of the disaster area.
Dates: October 15-16, 2011
Location: Green Pia Sanriku-Miyako, Iwate
*This worshop was organized as a part of Art Support Tohoku-Tokyo
Tokyo Plan:
Through the research, the keywords “connection with the world” came up in relation to metropolises as places that can communicate with the outside world. We hit upon the Chuo Ward Tsukuda Ishikawajima Park Paris Plaza as potential site for our project as a place on the Tokyo waterfront with a “connection with the world.”
We exchanged views with local residents to discuss what sort of structure to build at this location as part of the project. In the end, we built a terrace with a view of the Sumida River and Tokyo Sky Tree.
Through the research, the keywords “connection with the world” came up in relation to metropolises as places that can communicate with the outside world. We hit upon the Chuo Ward Tsukuda Ishikawajima Park Paris Plaza as potential site for our project as a place on the Tokyo waterfront with a “connection with the world.”
We exchanged views with local residents to discuss what sort of structure to build at this location as part of the project. In the end, we built a terrace with a view of the Sumida River and Tokyo Sky Tree.
Original plan.
Woodterrace Construction:
Dates: February 8- March 20, 2011
Location: Tsukuda Ishikawajima Park Paris Plaza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo
Tsukuda Terrace
The terrace has become a new place to rest and relax for visitors to the park. The slope that leads to the observation deck was built to wind through the trees of the plaza. As you climb the winding slope and turn each bend, your field of vision rises higher and higher above the earth. From the observation platform at the top, you can enjoy a view of the waters of the Sumida River and the Sky Tree that soars above it from a different point of view than usual. The Tsukuda Terrace incorporated in its construction the various reactions to the changing Tokyo landscape in 2011. The project will carry on various elements and continue forward in 2012.
Dates: February 8- March 20, 2011
Location: Tsukuda Ishikawajima Park Paris Plaza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo
Tsukuda Terrace
The terrace has become a new place to rest and relax for visitors to the park. The slope that leads to the observation deck was built to wind through the trees of the plaza. As you climb the winding slope and turn each bend, your field of vision rises higher and higher above the earth. From the observation platform at the top, you can enjoy a view of the waters of the Sumida River and the Sky Tree that soars above it from a different point of view than usual. The Tsukuda Terrace incorporated in its construction the various reactions to the changing Tokyo landscape in 2011. The project will carry on various elements and continue forward in 2012.
Tsukuda Ishikawajima Park Paris Plaza
Location: Tsukuda 2-1-2 Chuo Ward, Tokyo Access: 10 min. walk from “Tsukishima” Station (Toei Oedo Line, or Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) Open
Location: Tsukuda 2-1-2 Chuo Ward, Tokyo Access: 10 min. walk from “Tsukishima” Station (Toei Oedo Line, or Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) Open
Plan
We propose the 3rd construction to observe the ever-changing city Tokyo in Toyosu Area. This is a wooden dome using with rubbles in Tokyo. Finally, we finish to set 3 points of observation platform in October 2012. These platform will become the place to rethink about Tokyo’s Landscape.
We propose the 3rd construction to observe the ever-changing city Tokyo in Toyosu Area. This is a wooden dome using with rubbles in Tokyo. Finally, we finish to set 3 points of observation platform in October 2012. These platform will become the place to rethink about Tokyo’s Landscape.
Dome construction
Date: September 1st- 27th October, 2012
Public Open: 27th October
Date: September 1st- 27th October, 2012
Public Open: 27th October
Project Site
Venue: Harumibashi Tokyo Metropolitan Park
Toyosu 2-16-4, Koto Award, Tokyo
Access: 7 min. walk from “Toyosu” station (Yurikamome line or Tokyo metro Yurakucho line)
Venue: Harumibashi Tokyo Metropolitan Park
Toyosu 2-16-4, Koto Award, Tokyo
Access: 7 min. walk from “Toyosu” station (Yurikamome line or Tokyo metro Yurakucho line)
Link
Tadashi kawamata website:
>>http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~onthetab/
Tokyo Art Point Projet
>>http://www.bh-project.jp/artpoint/
CIAN(Center for interlocal Art Network)
>>http://www.interlocalization.net/
CafeTalk+Tadashi KAWAMATA
>>http://www.cafetalk.net/
Ecole national Superiure des Beaux-Arts a Paris
>>http://www.ensba.fr/
Facebook Tokyo in Progress
>>http://www.facebook.com/TokyoinProgress
Tadashi kawamata website:
>>http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~onthetab/
Tokyo Art Point Projet
>>http://www.bh-project.jp/artpoint/
CIAN(Center for interlocal Art Network)
>>http://www.interlocalization.net/
CafeTalk+Tadashi KAWAMATA
>>http://www.cafetalk.net/
Ecole national Superiure des Beaux-Arts a Paris
>>http://www.ensba.fr/
Facebook Tokyo in Progress
>>http://www.facebook.com/TokyoinProgress
What is Tokyo Artpoint Project ?
The Tokyo Artpoint Project is a shared art project between artists and residents, promoting collaboration across different disciplines and locales in the city.In this project, an “Artpoint” represents a crossover point where people, towns, and activities meet and connect through art.
The Tokyo Artpoint Project is a shared art project between artists and residents, promoting collaboration across different disciplines and locales in the city.In this project, an “Artpoint” represents a crossover point where people, towns, and activities meet and connect through art.
Project team
CIAN(Inter Local Art Network Center)
Project manager
Shohei Yamaguchi
Project coordinator
Masataka Nochi
Coordinator
Tomoyo Mizuya
Coordinator
Shunsuke Sakurai
Coordinator
Saki Matumiya
Project architect
Yusuke Suzuki
Document directer
Workshop Artist
Masahiro Hasunuma
Art directer
Ryosuke Kato
Web designer
Ryoya Chihara
CIAN(Inter Local Art Network Center)
Project manager
Shohei Yamaguchi
Project coordinator
Masataka Nochi
Coordinator
Tomoyo Mizuya
Coordinator
Shunsuke Sakurai
Coordinator
Saki Matumiya
Project architect
Yusuke Suzuki
Document directer
Workshop Artist
Masahiro Hasunuma
Art directer
Ryosuke Kato
Web designer
Ryoya Chihara
