archive FY2018 ARCHIVE

* This article has been edited and reconstructed based on the report submitted to the Kawamura Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and Arts.

Socially Engaged Art Support Grant
2018 target project

[Application project]
NEW TOKYO SCHOOL EXCURSION PROJECT: KURD VERSION/JAPANESE ORPHANS IN CHINA VERSION/FUKUSHIMA VERSION

[Applicant]
General Incorporated Association Port B

[Subsidy] Upper limit 5 million yen

[Overview]
The "New Tokyo Study Trip Project" is guided by refugees with the aim of creating a new model of social engaged art by committing to the refugee problem, which is less of a theme in Japan than the Western art scene. It was planned to update the view of Japanese society and Tokyo through sightseeing tours. The Kurdish edition and the Chinese residual orphan edition dealt with "Great Kanto Earthquake / Tokyo Air Raid" and "Tokyo Trial and Postwar", respectively, and the Fukushima edition dealt with the theme of "Tokyo Olympics".

[Held / Implemented / Announced]

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: Kurdish Edition

July 13th (Fri) to 15th (Sun), 2018, 2 nights and 3 days (Eve festival on 12th (Thursday))

Eve Festival: 88 people / Period: Approximately 200 people (both including 17 staff members and invited people)

July 12 (Thursday): Eve Festival (at Scool (Mitaka, Tokyo)) …… Reading a statement about refugee recognition procedures, lectures about Kurds, etc.
July 13 (Friday): Day 1 …… Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau (Tokyo / Konan) -Tokyo Metropolitan Yokoamicho Park (Tokyo / Yokoami) Tour
July 14th (Sat): Day 2 ... Kurdish cooking class (Saitama, Warabi) -Tokyo underground guided tour (Tokyo, Asakusa, etc.) seen from the rubble, etc.
July 15 (Sun): Day 3: Visit to the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Japan (Jingumae, Tokyo) -Workshop to read the Greek tragedy "Women Who Plead" (Tokyo University of the Arts) -Presentation Tournament & Forum (Ueno Culture) Hall) etc.

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: China Remaining Orphans

November 24th (Sat) to 25th (Sun), 2018, 1 night 2 days (Eve festival on 23rd (Friday / holiday))

Approximately 180 people (including 10 staff and invited people)

November 23 (Friday / holiday): Eve festival (at MISA SHIN GALLERY (Minami Azabu, Tokyo)) …… Lecture by the second generation orphans remaining in China
November 24th (Sat): Day 1 ... Lecture (Ichigaya, Tokyo) -Yasukuni Shrine Shrine (Kudankita, Tokyo) Tour-Ikebukuro Tour-Movie "Tokyo Trial" Appreciation Party, etc.
November 25 (Sun): Day 2 ... Guide Walk (Ikebukuro, Tokyo) -Wasteland Poetry Workshop (same) -Cleaning Workshop (same) -Talk & Supper (Kamata, Tokyo), etc.

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: Fukushima Edition

March 9th (Sat) -11th (Mon), 2019, 2 nights and 3 days

220 people (including 10 staff and invited people)

March 9th (Sat): Day 1 …… Kick-off meeting (Sendagaya, Tokyo) -Supper & social gathering (Yoyogi, Tokyo), etc.
March 10 (Sun): 2nd day …… Public workshop (video screening, etc. | Tokyo / Jingumae) -Bus sightseeing (Tokyo / Bay area) -Tokyo Disneyland (Chiba / Urayasu), etc.
March 11 (Mon): Day 3 …… Olympic-related facility tour (Saitama / Asaka) -Debriefing session (lecture performance etc. (Tokyo / Shibaura) etc.

[Outcome]

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: Kurdish Edition

Warabi, Saitama, where many Kurds live. We held a cooking class with a Kurdish family. I had time to learn about Kurdish history and ethnic backgrounds and interact with them. Through Kurdish cuisine and their behavior, cooking class participants had the opportunity to recognize their existence in a way that was different from what was simply spoken of as a "refugee problem."
At the "Kurdish" eve, a screening and talk event was held by inviting Kurds who have lived in Japan for many years as guests. It was a great achievement to be able to reach and share the place with people who are difficult to catch through the existing media.
A state of the talk at the "Kurdish" eve
At the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall (Yokoamicho Park), where the remains of those who died in the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Great Tokyo Air Raid are enshrined, we set up a place to invite two guests to talk about "consolation" from their respective standpoints. .. Participants gained a new perspective on the history of the war about the Halabja massacre of the Kurdish massacre in their homeland and the actual massacre of Koreans in Tokyo.
Mr. Juff Hiwa, a Kurdish who talks about the Halabja incident in the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall
The challenge of this project as a theatrical production was where and what kind of "audience seats" could be created in society. The historical function of theater is "creating an audience," which is synonymous with creating a new audience, that is, updating individual values. Events such as cooking classes and talk events are practices in which participants are aware of the refugees' eyes and rewrite the distance between individuals and society, and theatrical activities of art's involvement in cities and communities through this project. It can be said that a methodology using thinking was shown.

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: China Remaining Orphans

Reading by Mr. Yohachi Nakajima, the first orphan remaining in China
While watching the documentary movie "Tokyo Tribunal" and listening to the personal history of the remaining orphans, we set aside time to reconsider how postwar Japan faced Asia. Such practices have shown that art can also contribute to the "collective impact" of different communities facing social issues together.
In addition, the method by which theatrical tours convey the reality of society to the audience can be applied to education, tourism, and social inclusion, and the range of participants / audiences can be expanded with impact on society, according to Social Engaged Art. It also overlaps with the possibility of social participation.
A social gathering at the Chinese restaurant "Original Feathered Dumplings Nihao Hotel" run by Tsutomu Yagi, the first orphan who remains in China

● New Tokyo School Trip Project: Fukushima Edition

In the "Fukushima edition," which limits the main participants to high school students, while further expanding the interpretation of the word "refugee," we emphasized the aspect of creating a place and time as a platform for high school students in Fukushima and Tokyo to interact.
Workshop in which high school students from Fukushima and Tokyo participated

[Related Sites]
New Tokyo School Trip Project: Kurdish Edition
http://portb.net/schoolexcursionkurds/

New Tokyo School Trip Project: China Remaining Orphans
http://portb.net/%e6%96%b0%e3%83%bb%e6%9d%b1%e4%ba%ac%e4%bf%ae%e5%ad%a6%e6%97%85%e8%a1%8c%e3%83%97%e3%83%ad%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a7%e3%82%af%e3%83%88%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e6%ae%8b%e7%95%99%e5%ad%a4%e5%85%90%e7%b7%a8/

New Tokyo School Trip Project: Fukushima Edition
http://portb.net/schoolexcursion_fukushima/