Uryuyama Gakuen Educational Corporation Kyoto University of the Arts (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto / President Sakiko Yoshikawa) and Tohoku University of Art and Design (Kamisakurada, Yamagata / President Daisuke Nakayama) selected student exhibition “DOUBLE ANNUAL 2024” on Saturday, February 24, 2024 ) to March 3 (Sun) at the National Art Center, Tokyo. The exhibition will be created under the supervision of two independent curators, Kodama Kanazawa and Hiroyuki Hattori, and Mami Kataoka (Director of the Mori Art Museum). It is a practical art education program in which all undergraduate and graduate students are recruited and selected, and in response to the theme presented by the director, they continue to have dialogue with the director and create an exhibition while receiving production guidance. Starting last year, we will develop a project to select students from our sister school, Tohoku University of Art and Design, and ask, "What can art do?"
■Topics・It has been decided that the Kyoto University of the Arts and Tohoku University of Art and Design student selection exhibition “DOUBLE ANNUAL 2024” will be held from February 24 (Sat) to March 3 (Sun), 2024 at the National Art Center, Tokyo.
・The exhibition will be created under the direction of independent curators Yum Kanazawa and Hiroyuki Hattori, and supervision by Mami Kataoka (Director of the Mori Art Museum).
・A practical art education program in which all undergraduate and graduate students are recruited and selected to create an exhibition in response to a theme presented by the director while receiving direct guidance from the director.
What is the student selection exhibition "DOUBLE ANNUAL"?
Last year's DOUBLE ANNUAL at The National Art Center, Tokyo
Since 2017, Kyoto University of the Arts has been holding a student selection exhibition titled "KUA ANNUAL" in Tokyo. For the five years until 2022 (2021), the venue was the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, but from last year, it has been developed into a project to select students from Tohoku University of Art and Design, and the title has been changed to "DOUBLE ANNUAL". The event was then moved to the National Art Center, Tokyo in Roppongi.
How can we look at the modern world from two different points of view, Kyoto and Yamagata? The pandemic is moving into a new phase as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and global inflation continue.
Based on this situation, the recruiting theme "Inquiries" was announced at the recruiting briefing held on April 25. From April to June, works will be solicited and selected, and the program will begin in earnest in July! Continuing from the previous "DOUBLE ANNUAL2023", we will express the life-size perspective of the artist.
Overview of DOUBLE ANNUAL 2024 *Currently scheduled.
Date: February 24th (Sat) to March 3rd (Sun), 2024
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo Organized by: Kyoto University of the Arts Cooperation: Tohoku University of Art and Design Preview Exhibition: Scheduled to be held at both universities in December
Recruitment theme “Inquiries” (Excerpt from application guidelines)
Recruitment briefing held on April 25
We thought everyone was "inquiring" right now.
The temporary period of movement restrictions due to COVID-19 has come to an end, and the world is moving towards a new phase. However, the infectious disease itself is still there, and we are all trying to take a step forward while gathering information and asking people how we should act.
It's just that this may not be limited to the situation of corona misfortune. (omission) What are you wondering and what are you confused about right now? In the environment that surrounds me, I think that there are things that everyone does not understand. Some of you may have already taken action to resolve your doubts. Please present the movement of the mind, the situation, the event, what you thought, what you noticed, etc. as a work.
Director (Kyoto University of the Arts): Kanazawa Yume
Visiting professor at Kyoto University of the Arts and curator of contemporary art. After working at a public art museum, he has been working as an independent curator since 2013. He deals with areas that go beyond the framework of existing art, such as media art, manga, region and art, and disability and art. Co-representative of Kodamaine Co., Ltd. Co-organizer of contemporary art online event JP. Based in Shanghai since 2016.
Director (Tohoku University of Art and Design): Hiroyuki Hattori
curator. Visiting Professor at Tohoku University of Art and Design, Associate Professor at Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. KUA ANNUAL Director for 2020 and 2021. While investigating and researching new forms of expression in various parts of Asia, he has developed an interest in the relationship between responses in different fields, and is developing projects centered on collaboration with various artists. Recent projects include the 58th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition Japan Pavilion Exhibition “Cosmo-Eggs” (2019).
Supervision: Mami Kataoka
Photo: Akinori Ito
Director of the Mori Art Museum, Director of the National Art Research Center, and Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Kyoto University of the Arts. 2017-2019 KUA ANNUAL Director. As an artistic director, he also served as the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012, co-director), the 21st Sydney Biennale (2018), and the international art festival "Aichi 2022".
■ Kyoto University of the Arts https://www.kyoto-art.ac.jp/
It is one of the largest comprehensive art universities in Japan, consisting of 12 departments and 22 courses. Through art, we are cultivating the necessary power in society.
With the educational goal of creating an “art-based country” where students who study art can change society, we promote art education that emphasizes the relationship between “society and art” in our commuting courses. There are more than 100 “Social Implementation Projects” every year, in which students solve problems faced by companies and local governments with the power of art and design. Through group work that transcends departments and actual work, we are nurturing expressive people with social skills.
Address: 2-116 Kitashirakawa Uryuyamacho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture 606-8271
Departments: 12 departments, 22 courses (Department of Arts and Crafts, Department of Character Design, Department of Information Design, Department of Product Design, Department of Spatial Design, Department of Environmental Design, Department of Film, Department of Performing Arts, Department of Literary Expression, Department of Art Production, Children's Arts Department, Department of Historical Heritage)
Enrollment: 3,976 (Faculty of Arts regular students, as of May 2023)
■ Tohoku University of Art and Design https://www.tuad.ac.jp/
Tohoku University of Art and Design was founded in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, as the first public privately-run university in Japan, based on the founding philosophy of "Aiming to establish a new worldview through the application of science and technology through artistic creation and conscience." . It consists of two faculties, the Faculty of Art and the Faculty of Design Engineering, and has approximately 2,400 students, including graduate students. In order to produce human resources who can play an active role in the real world, it is characterized by emphasizing cooperation with the local community and developing thorough practical education. The university celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and the total number of graduates exceeds 12,000.
Address: 3-4-5 Kamisakurada, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture 990-9530 Departments: Faculty of Arts (Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties, Department of Historical Heritage, Department of Art, Department of Literature, Department of Craft Design), Faculty of Design Engineering (Product Design) Departments, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, Department of Graphic Design, Department of Imaging, Department of Planning and Design, Department of Community Design)
Enrollment: 2,553 (undergraduate students, as of May 2023)
