“MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2023 ‘Time to Change'” is one of the largest art and culture festivals in Japan, exhibiting more than 100 artists.
“MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL” is a cross-disciplinary art festival that aims to bring together adjacent cultures such as music, food, fashion, and lifestyle, with art as its core, to create awareness of the appeal of each culture beyond its domain, and to design new encounters and discoveries about art. It was held for the first time last year, and approximately 30,000 visitors attended over 3 days.
The second “MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2023” will expand the scale and will be held over 4 days in the Tennozu Canal area of Tokyo, centered on the Terada Warehouse.
An art exhibition, two art fairs, live performances, talk sessions, and markets will be held simultaneously at 6 venues, and more than 100 up-and-coming artists will participate.
IN FOCUS’s creative studio, “CONTRAST” will exhibit at one of the two art fairs, “CROSSOVER” held this year.
CROSSOVER is a mixed-culture art fair in which more than 15 curators/galleries will present their own perspectives on the landscape where art and various cultures intersect.
In this exhibition, Keita Uno, representative of “Mucha-Kucha”, an art producer based on the theme of “Chanoyu (tea ceremony) x contemporary art”, will participate as co-curator.
The president of our company, Tadamasa Iguchi, Ray Kunimoto, and Kosuke Motohashi will explore new expressions that are not bound by preconceived ideas.
CROSSOVER: CONTRAST
https://avex.jp/meetyourart/festival/art_fair_crossover/gallery/?id=417
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Shibuya_20230625／2023
Tadamasa Iguchi
CEO, Creative Director, Photographer of IN FOCUS Inc.
Born in 1984 in Tokyo.
While working as a manager at a club in Shibuya, started learning design by himself, then worked for a design agency.
In 2007, moved to San Francisco and experienced web intern at btrax Inc.
After moved back to Japan in 2009, became a web director and photographer for a web media company.
In 2012, founded IN FOCUS Inc.
The main fields are web design and photography, and also has deep knowledge of digital contents such as movie and graphic design.
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SHIZUKU#1, #2, #3／2021
Ray Kunimoto
Born in New York, 1991 and raised in Tokyo.
Lives and works in New York and Tokyo.
Graduated from Keio University, Bachelor of Arts, Aesthetics and Science of Arts Department.
His artworks employ unique 3D sound systems and technology to create intimate connections between the audience as they see and hear the work, and the space in which the work itself is situated.
Under the theme of Silence, these aural experiences and physical objects utilize the tools and traditions of a variety of fields including composition, engineering, sculpture, installation art, and performance.
He has presented his sound installation works in Japan, UAE, Taiwan, and other countries.
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MATRIX（9×9, silver)／2023
KOSUKE MOTOHASHI
Born in 1989 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from Ritsumeikan University. Studied sociology and social psychology after experiencing the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in his childhood, and began his artistic activities after working on 3.11 relief activities and as an intern at the United Nations.
Currently based in Tokyo. Major exhibitions include “Eternal Finite” at MIAKI Gallery, Tokyo, and the art fair “Art on Paper” in NYC. Awards received include “Contest in New York” at Ashok Jain Gallery. He is also actively involved in public projects, including art direction for Kansai International Airport.
Statement:
My personal interest is “what is the truth (what is certain for the world = myself, what we cannot help but accept, and what we believe in),” and my theme as an artist is to materialize the fragments of truth that I have found at that time as a medium that can be confirmed beyond “I” and “present”.