●Residency Period: August to December in 2010

One person or a group in 2010

●Age limit: No
●Specification of Countries: No

●Traveling expense: Available
* It is included within 400,000 yen of the Supporting Grant
●Production fee: Available
* It is included within 400,000 yen of the Supporting Grant
●Living expense: Available
* It is included within 400,000 yen of the Supporting Grant
●Professional and staff support: Available
* Director, support staff, staging technical staff, and other professional/technical staff can be arranged depends on a request.
●Opportunities for presentation/exhibitions: Available
* Presentation does not require being an exhibition.
●Publication and distribution of program report: Not available

Open call

N/A

Asahi Art Square Administration Board

Asahi Breweries Ltd.　Arts NPO Link

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

Same as above

Same as above

●Exhibit space: Available
Approximately 260m2, 6m high. Studio is also used as Exhibition space.
* Open flame is prohibited in the studio.
●Production area: Available
* Approximately 260m2
* Same as above
●Accommodation: Not Available
* Lightning with catwalk and large screen are equipped at all time. Picture rail and partition board are not available.

An art/theater space within a building on the bank of Sumidagawa River with a large golden object on the top. Located near popular sightseeing areas, such as Asakusa and Ryogoku. With many family-run factories and artisan workshops, this area has a distinct touch of commoners’ culture. Within 5 km away are Ueno, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa which have many cultural facilities. Good public transportation access to the center of Tokyo, as the nearest railway station, Asakusa Station, is on both Ginza and Asakusa Lines. It is a convenient location for visitors from other parts of Japan and from overseas countries, as these train systems are directly connected to Haneda and Narita Airports.

○Five minute walk from Asakusa Station (Exit 4 or 5) on Ginza subway line
○Tem minute walk from Asakusa Station (Exit A5), or six minute walk from Honjo Azumabashi Station on Asakusa subway line
○Six minute walk from Asakusa Station on Tobu Isesaki Line

Key themes of Asahi Art Square are “future, citizens, and community.” In 2008, a project focusing on the first theme “future” was launched with the title of Asahi Art Square Residency Project. After two years of the launch, the project was combined with another artist support program for contemporary dance choreographers, “Grow up! Dance Project,” and relaunched with a new name, “Grow up! Artist Project.”

2008

Aim to support aspiring artists of any genre who seek the further devolvement of their artistic expression and new challenges. As its purpose is to support artists in reviewing and reflecting on their expression, the project does not necessarily require participants to demonstrate the results of the project in the form of exhibitions or theater performance. (Participants will report their activities at an open debriefing event.)

Support artists already having debut on stage or exhibition in bringing themselves up to the higher level through the process of stepping back and reflecting on their artistic expression from various angles. Financial aid, complimentary use of studio/art creation space, and useful important information and means to think of their artistic projects will be provided to the artists selected.

* Details of the support will be determined based on the discussion with the participating artists, which may include:
For choreographers: Practicing the Critical Response Process method;
For other artists: Introducing artists for possible collaboration in the genre selected; and
For theater performers: Introducing an appropriate dramaturge (theatrical advisor) who is deemed appropriate for the theatrical work the artist is working on.
* Poster preparation and advertising of the open debriefing event to be held at the end of the project is taken care of by Asahi Art Square Office.

2008 Asahi Art Square Residence Project: Dance performance “New World” by Mure.
* The above was pre-performed on June 2007.
2008 Grow up!! Dance　Project: Dance performance “syzygy” by Neji Pijin, “Time Difference” by Yuta Ishikawa.
AAS Residence Project 2009: Exhibition "Rat, Hide Behind the Gut of Whale" by Taro Izumi.

Mure, Pijin Neji, Taro Izumi, Yuta Ishikawa

Asahi Art Square Administration Office
Super Dry Hall 4F, Azumabashi, Sumida-ku 130-0001 Tokyo
TEL: 090-9118-5171 (Administration Office) / FAX: 03-5608-5319
E-mail: aas(at)arts-npo.org
Website: http://arts-npo.org/aas/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/AsahiArtSquare
Contact Person: Suzuka

June 10, 2010