Jidaigumi Basara have gained worldwide recognition online. But what do they hope to achieve through their performances, besides some clever PR?
Overall I spent nearly two years in Japan. 5 months of that I’ve been traveling the country – usually off the beaten paths. This is the first part of a…
This year, Birgit and Guillaume started an artist residency in Kyoto. February was shaped by focused research, concretisations of first ideas and the Design Week Kyoto!
The installations of Chiharu Shiota have an air of mystery about them. This portrait explores her approach in addition to what it means to live and work in Berlin.
There are apparently unwritten laws in Japan concerning both taking the elevator and the escalator. Find out more in our series of everyday life observations.
Birgit and Guillaume started an artist residency in Kyoto. Until now, their Year of the Wild Boar was full of discoveries and encounters with many new and wonderful people.
Kyoco Taniyama explores the concept of Ubiety – the sense of being in a particular context, in a particular place and their interrelations.
This is about calligrapher Juju Kurihara’s personal journey and how her work in Berlin is inspiring others in Japan to break free from tradition.
Europeans often have a corny idea of what Japan is like thanks to the narratives of travel agencies. But beauty also lies in the details of everyday life.
The community met Kyoto based Mitsuyasu Okamura to exchange ideas about work environment design. It was also an introduction to NION community member Birgit Severin who will start an artist residency in Kyoto.
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