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The Goethe-Institut offers artists from Germany the opportunity to live and work in Japan as part of a three-month scholarship. The stay in Kyoto, at the Villa Kamogawa, is intended to serve as inspiration and artistic orientation for the scholarship holders. In direct personal exchange with t

NION 二オン is building bridges between Japan + Europe exploring new models of living and working. Since the beginning of 2018 Birgit is an active member of this growing community. Please visit their website for more information: https://www.nion.berlin NION is supporting our work here in Kyoto, t

Studio B. Severin is a design studio with a conceptual, aesthetic and material-research driven approach, aiming to bridge between craft, industry, object, and user. Believing in the value of concepts, their works investigate how objects acquire meaning by being part of personal as well as univers

Over the centuries, a culture of cleanliness has developed in Japan which not only finds its expressed in the bathing culture. Cleaning is part of everyday life, but also has a spiritual and religious background. Rituals and practices of purification are central in both Shintoism and Buddhism an

Purification rituals and handcrafted cleaning tools are strongly rooted in Japanese tradition. We aim to explore both during our stay in Japan. Understanding the spiritual meaning of cleaning in Shintoism and Buddhism will allow us to analyse the behaviour and attitudes towards cleaning in contem

無鄰菴は、異なる文化的バックグラウンドを持つ方々の目を通して、日本文化を再発見する公開講座を行っています。今回は、自然と文化の関係性をテーマに作品制作を行うデザイナーのお二人。京都での3ヶ月間の滞在で「そうじ」の意味を追求しました。日本では、昔から「そうじ」は単に清潔さを保つためだけでなく、修行に通ずる精神的な意味を担っています。これは世界的には珍しいこと。無鄰菴で体験した「そうじ」を通して、お二人は何を発見をしたのでしょうか!? これからの創作にどう活かされるのでしょうか？作品展示と写真スライドを交えた発表。お楽しみに！ 開催概要 開 催 日　 　2019年4月7日（日)開催時間　　

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We had a wonderful talk event and discussion at MTRL in Kyoto together with Japanese architect and designer Kiyomi Suzuki. It was very inspiring to share our design approach with the diverse audience. We would like to thank the team of MTRL for the wonderful organisation and the flower artist o