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Shibugya Radio "After the Exibition"
Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery curators will choose topical themes and invite not only artists and experts but a wide variety of guests to talk on the program.
The podcast’s second series “After the Exhibition” will be offered in fiscal 2024.
We will invite artists and facility staff we have met in exhibitions held at the gallery to talk about the “after” of the exhibitions.
Please tune in at your leisure.
#13.～#16. Association “crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO” & Okan Art Team [2024/12 Recording date]
#17.～#23. YONEDA Masanori (art npo kobo cocopelli) [2025/02 Recording date]
(These contents can only be listened to in Japanese.)
| Guest4: crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO & Okan Art Team （episode #13. ～ #16.） |
Guest5: YONEDA Masanori （art npo kobo cocopelli） （episode #17. ～ #23.） |
Jingle|ottotto[CLAP] |
Guest 5. YONEDA Masanori (art npo kobo cocopelli)
Our guest in these episodes is YONEDA Masanori, the head of "art npo kobo cocopelli", an organization that supports art activities for people with disabilities. He manages the works of artist ISONO Takayuki, who participated in the 2023 exhibition "Art Brut Then & Now Vol.2 Echoing Cityscapes".
Host:KAWAHARA Koya (Curator of Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery)
Edit:KOYAMA Yuya
[2025/02 Recording date]
#23 ● Future Prospects A world connected by disco!?
"It would be good to have a variety of options for the presentation of artwork and expression, wouldn't it?" and "a place where people don't have to do anything," we discussed the future development of Kokopelli.
#22 ● Coveying the appeal of works
In order to convey the appeal of the creators whose lives and work are connected to each other, it is important to talk about the environment and background of the creators.
#21 ● Art Brut as a place, exhibition as a meeting place
We discussed the characteristics of "Art Brut" and "expressions of people with disabilities."
We also discussed the introduction of these works in exhibitions and the creation of points of contact with society.
#20 ● Looking Back at the Exhibition
Listening to Reverberations coming from everywhere
We asked Mr.Yoneda about ISONO Takayuki’ｓ works in detail, looking back on the "Echoing Cityscapes" exhibition.
#19 ● "What place is the creator in?" think about it.
Mr. Yoneda is always mindful of the place that the creator is aiming for.
He also creates an environment and encourages them to work toward that goal.
#18 ● Encounter with raw expression, the starting point of his activities.
This time, We spoke with Mr. Yoneda about his mysterious encounter with "Art Brut" and "expression by people with disabilities."
From his perspective as an artist, we can see the starting point of his search for how to convey the fun of expression.
#17 ● Cocopelli as a place to make connections
This time, we interviewed Mr. Yoneda about his self-introduction, the origins of Cocopelli, and past activities.
YONEDA Masanori (art npo kobo cocopelli)
1965 Born in Toyama
1988 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art Japanese painting Course
2003 The VOCA Exhibition
2005 Trained in traditional Buddhist painting in Nepal as Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists.
After returning to Japan, began working on supporting art activities for people with disabilities.
After establishing a non profit organization, he has been involved in a variety of activities, including the transmission of traditional art, solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, exhibition planning, and manga publication.
Member of HITOHITOTEN
representative of art npo kobo cocopelli and BE=ART◎TOYAMA
Guest 4. Association “crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO” & Okan Art (Mom's Art) Team
Our guests in these episodes are Association "crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO" and Okan Art Team, the guest curators and artists behind the 2022 exhibition "Museum of Mom’s Art".
Host:KAWAHARA Koya (Curator of Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery)
Edit:KOYAMA Yuya
[2024/12 Recording date]
#16 ● Looking Back at the Exhibition
This time, we talked about the exhibition “Museum of Mom's Art”, its venue and preparation stages.
#15 ● "Okan Art” for Okan Artists
This time begins with the question, “What does ‘Okan Art’ mean to each of the Okan artists? We talked about what we felt and thought through our activities related to “Okan Art”.
#14 ● The Night Before the Formation of the Okan Art Team: Part 2
This time, continuing from the previous installment, we discuss the encounters and connections between each of the Okan Artists. How did the Okan Artists become attracted to “Okan Art,” chance encounters, reunions, destiny! ... the charm of “Okan Art” will be revealed little by little.#13 ● The Night Before the Formation of the Okan Art Team: Part 1
This time, Association “crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO” & Okan Art Team joined us in recalling about how the “Okan Art Team” was formed. During their activities, they encountered many handicrafts everywhere they went that “caught their attention. That was “Okan Art,” she said. We will look back on the encounters of each of the “Okan Artists” and their early activities.
Association “crazy about SHITAMACHI-RETRO” & Okan Art Team
Based in Wadamisaki, Hyogo-ku, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and led by ITO Yuki (owner of sweets and crepe shop, Awajiya) and YAMASHITA Kaori (director of architecture and urban development firm, atelier situationniste). Since its establishment in 2005, the Association has sought to discover local resources in the form of people and spaces that still remain in “shitamachi,” Japan’s old, inner-city neighborhoods, and communicating their charm to others by holding Shitamachi Excursion tours and publishing Shitamachi Retro maps. After first encountering Mom’s Art here and there along the tour routes, the Association became obsessed with this art from. Today, the Association collaborates with Mom Artists, leveraging passion and taste, to hold the monthly “Mom’s Art University” and the “Mom’s Art Exhibition,” a festival held once a year.
Jingle|ottotto [CLAP]
illust：ARIKAWA Ruriko
Otto & orabu is a 30-member "super amateur group" whose concept is "uneven, good feeling sounds" played on ethnic instruments by Shobu Gakuen staff and members. The song "ottotto" was especially created for the special session "Discovery of Sound from Nowhere," a related event of the exhibition Open to Surprises.
"CLAP," derives from a hand-clapping session originally performed at the song’s end by the chorus group, "orabu" ("shout" in Kagoshima dialect).
While the jingle does not feature any clapping, its good-feeling sounds and rhythm make hard not to clap along and give a spirited opening and closing to the podcast. Please give "ottotto" a listen.
