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International Creator Residency Program
update: 2019.11.7
Matthias Wermke
| Participating Project | International Creator Residency Program |
|---|---|
| Activity Based | Germany |
| Period | 2012.1 - 2012.3 |
Purpose of the residency
We use TWS as the starting point for our investigation of public space in Tokyo. We will start our explorations every day from Aoyama. We brought our film equipment and will go around the city by bike and will work on architectural sites and situations that cause our interest. Going to places that we do not know is part of our concept. We will "drift" around the city and eventually end up in very uncommon locations. We come up with a video work where we use the public space in an uncommon artistic way. Our concept is to investigate the rules and regulations of the public space in Tokyo. We will try to find a way to "ignore" or "go around" these rules and plan to use the public space in our own playful way. It might happen that we get in trouble with the city authorities due to our activities. Playing among the city is only possible if we ignore certain rules in order to show an artistic alternative way to use the city and its architecture.
Plan during the residency
We plan to use TWS as the starting point for our investigation of public space in Tokyo. We will start our explorations every day from Aoyama. We brought our film equipment and will go around the city by bike and photograph architectural sites and situations that cause our interest. Going to places that we do not know is part of our concept. We will "drift" around the city and eventually end up in very uncommon locations. From time to time we will also make some rehearsal shootings at these locations. Later on we will make a list of these locations and develop a shooting plan for them. We will try to come up with a concept for a video work where we use the public space in an uncommon artistic way. Our concept is to investigate the rules and regulations of the public space in Tokyo. We will try to find a way to "ignore" or "go around" these rules and plan to use the public space in our own playful way. It might happen that we get in trouble with the city authorities due to our activities. Please note that we do not plan to harm anybody or to cause any damage. Playing among the city is only possible if we ignore certain rules in order to show an artistic alternative way to use the city and its architecture. All our activities have artistic reasons as their basic intention! After the research period we will work on a shooting plan in Berlin. We hope to be able to develop an activity plan for the creator residency in 2012 and to produce a wonderful work during our upcoming creator residency.
