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OPEN CALL !! \\Tobichi Museum 2025 Exhibition Theme: “Twilight in the Vacant House Exhibition” （Japanese: 空き家の彼は誰時 / Akiya no kataware-doki）

OPEN CALL !! \\Tobichi Museum 2025 Exhibition Theme: “Twilight in the Vacant House Exhibition” （Japanese: 空き家の彼は誰時 / Akiya no kataware-doki）

Tobichi Museum 2025
Exhibition Theme: “Twilight in the Vacant House Exhibition”
（Japanese: 空き家の彼は誰時 / Akiya no kataware-doki）

 Overview of Tobichi Museum

In Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, the town becomes an art museum: exhibitions are held using vacant houses as art venues.
About 10 vacant houses in Tobichi district will be used as exhibition spaces. Items found in these vacant houses are called “Treasures of the Vacant House” and are used as materials in artworks.

Purpose of Tobichi Museum

Aiming for “a future where art is naturally part of everyday life,” this project utilizes vacant houses to create connections between art and daily life. We also hope to encounter new artworks through various communications between local people and artists, and between the artists participating in this project.

This is our 5th year to hold the program and 4rd time to give an open call. We invited 2 artists  from France last year.  The invited artists will be one of the Juries  for this year’s program.

  

We will also provide some materials that have been found at vacant old houses and shops. You are the one who will create art with those “Treasures from useless places”.

By selecting residence artists with an open call, we expect  some good chemistry by coincidence and would like to bring a variety of things and movements of the heart to the local community, through communicating with other artists, staff and local people.

We hope that local residents will gain various “insights” from each other through this AIR project.

 

Looking forward to seeing you in Tatsuno Town!

 Support for Artists

  • Accommodation (provided by the organizer)
  • Access to our car, bicycles, shared office and the local community networks  
  • The capacity and the support provided for the Artist In Residence program vary depending on the type (A, B, or C) as follows.
  • For A.I.R. Part-time job (B), we can introduce you to on-demand part-time jobs in Tatsuno Town.

Watari-dori Program (Migratory Bird Program)

A.I.R. Competition  A.I.R. Part-time Job  A.I.R. Intern
Period 3 weeks – 2 months 3 weeks – 2 months 1 month ~
Capacity 2 people 2 people 2 people
Role Artist Artist Assistant
Reward fees 1st Prize : ¥200,000

2nd Prize : ¥100,000

 None None
Traveling fees ¥100,000 (Maximum) ¥100,000 (Maximum)
*1 round trip		 None
Accommodation  Provided Provided Provided
Meals None None Provided

We offer various AIR styles so that artists can stay and create in the local area throughout the year. This project is called “Wataridori Program”(Migratory Bird Program) as we see artists visiting the town every year as Wataridori (Migratory Bird). 

 

Application Deadlines & Residency Periods

A) A.I.R. Competition / B)  A.I.R. Part-time Job

  • Application Deadline: September 14
  • Result: Wil be announced by September 30
  • Residency Possible: From October 1st to December 28th.
  • Exhibition period: November 1st to December 28th 
  • Core period: November 15th to 24th 

*Please make sure that you can stay in the town during the core period.

C️)  A.I.R. Intern

  • Application: Accepting at anytime 
  • Residency Possible: From October 1st to December 28th.

*Please make sure that you can stay in the town during the core period.　（November 15th to 24th）

How to Apply

Please scan the QR code and fill out the Google Form with follows:

  1. Name
  2. Artist name
  3. Home address
  4. Phone number 
  5. Email address 
  6. Genre of your artwork
  7. Preferred period of residency
  8. Preferred schedule of residency (From middle of  September to middle of November)
  9.  If you have any experiences with AIR program before 
  10.  Portfolio (Please attach PDF file: maximum 3 pages of A4 size)
  11.  If you are interested in 【B】A.I.R.Part-time job in case you are not selected as 【A】A.I.R.Competition artist.

https://forms.gle/3ce184bDxvQTPtrKAhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdatGNjFqKsOUTej8brJ-Ec–NVrkzwikWTWp_rgZWiv07aOQ/viewform

 

Judges for Open Call Artists

  • Alexandre-Takuya Kato – Visual Artist (2024 First Award Winner)
  • Célia CASSAÏ – Visual Artist (2024 Special Jury Award Winner)
  • Mosuku Wakanu – Playwright
  • Jiro Kogi – EU Japan Fest / Japan Committee Deputy Secretary General
  • Shu Kawashima – Curator at Tatsuno Museum of Art

Contact –

MARU to Edit,inc.

1705-1, Tatsuno, Tatsuno Town, Kamiina Gun, Nagano Prefecture 399-0421 JAPAN

revision@maruto.or.jp

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