Press Release
TRANS ARTS TOKYO̶̶ 1/217 ﬂoors above ground and 2 ﬂoors below ground will be ﬁlled with 16 genres, and 200 creators!
Kanda Community Art Centre Project

TRANS ARTS TOKYO

From October 2012, a new art center in Kanda, Tokyo will start to move. Using all 17 ﬂoors above groundand 2 ﬂoors below ground of building 11 which used to belong to Tokyo Denki University, 16 genres
including contemporary art and design, and approximately 200 creators will gather together in Kanda.
TRANS ARTS TOKYO is a prologue to the creation of a "Kanda Community Art Centre" in the city of Kanda.
Going beyond genre, community, generation, and awareness, a wide variety of people will come together
in the continual development of an art project which shares memories and expectations for the future.
Transcending all manner of things to take a visible form; This is surely the "community art" we are aiming for.
■History and VisionTokyo Denki University which had been based in this area for around 100 years moved to Kitasenju in April
2012. This area is now awaiting a new redevelopment plan, and demolition work on the university buildings have already begun. However, here where a great number of people gathered to study there remains
the memory of its existence within the area of Kanda. In this period when the building still stands, an art
project which shares the memories of the past and the hopes for the future will be held. The project will
become the foundations for the establishment of a new art center for the community which will takeshape in this area, and will continue to be developed.
■Implementation and Outline
Tokyo University of the Arts (Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting) is the organizer who established theKanda Community Art Centre design committee (chairman: Ichiro Sato/Head of the department of Painting,
Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, vice-chairman: Kubo Kinshi/ vice director of NPO Kanda Gakkai)in cooperation with business people active in the Kanda area.The running of the project will be managed byCommand N (6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo) led by 3331 Arts Chiyoda (6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo) director Masato Nakamura (associate professor, the department of Painting, faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo
University of the Arts).

Please direct enquiries about this project to the address below.
[Kanda Community Art Centre Organizing Committee]

TEL: 03-3518-9664 E-MAIL: info@kanda-tat.com (Okada, Kukimoto)Press Release
TRANS ARTS TOKYO̶̶ 2/2■Participating Artists

16 genres including contemporary art, design, architecture, fashion, and performance, and approximately 200 creators will participate in art exhibitions, open studios, live performances, and talk sessions.
□Commission Work Artists : Sohei Iwata (Prominority)/Hiroyuki Oki/O JUN/ Kosei Sasaki/ Tsubaki Noboru/Kanako
Hayashi/ Katsuhiko Hibino/ Milan Fukuda/Hiroshi Fuji/ Shujiro Murayama/ Masahiro Wada
□Portrait Project: Ikeda Masanori (Yukai)□Kanda Town Live Knitting Project: 203gow□Architectural Thinking Paradigm: 403architecture [daijaba]/ assistant/ Shin Aiba/ ARK NOVA Project/
RGSS/Ietsuku/East Japan Project/ issue+design/ON design/kwwek□Performance: Keisuke Sakura × KENTARO!!(curation)/ KENTARO!!/ Tsuyoshi Shirai × Skunk/ Noriuchi
Kiguchi (Akuma no shirushi)/ nejipijin × secret guest (!)/ core of bells/ ﬂep funce! × Oda Kohsey/ Abe “M”
ARIA□Fashion: ASEEDONCLOUD/ suzuki takayuki/ ANREALAGE/ writtenafterwards□Artist in Residence: Aung Ko (Myanmar) / Nguyen Nhu Huy (Vietnam) / Yeoh Lian Heng (Malaysia) / Li
Cheng Hsun (Taiwan)■Participating Organizations
Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Art, Department of Painting "OPEN Lab"/ Art Aﬀair Tokyo Lab #001/
ASYL/EAT TOKYO/ E to Bi to Ga to Jutsu/ Zine's mate/ Design to Change the World/ Genius High School!!!!
/TOKYO GRAPHIC PASSPORT/ Dokuro kogyo/ nico nico kenkyukai / Boctok and others/ Yukai■Event Details
Event name: Kanda Community Art Centre Project "TRANS ARTS TOKYO"
Date: 21st October (Sun) - 25th November (Sun) 2012, 12:00 - 19:00
Closed: Tuesdays 【Charge: 500yen】
Venue: Former Tokyo Denki University Building No.11 (2-2 Jimbocho Kanda, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo)
Organization: Tokyo University of the Arts (Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting)
Hosted by:
Kanda Community Art Centre Design Comittee
Cooperation: Sumitomo Corporation
Management: Command N
Website: www.kanda-tat.com

Please direct enquiries about this project to the address below.
[Kanda Community Art Centre Organizing Committee]

TEL: 03-3518-9664 E-MAIL: info@kanda-tat.com (Okada, Kukimoto)