third week
At this time Tokyo Art Week was happening and I took a bus tour around different galleries districts. The whole event started with the symposium at Keio University where international guests such as Adam Szymczyk and Chuz Martinez spoke about contemporary understanding of objects in visual arts. During the weekend I visted an opening a small artists run bookshop Tata Books in Koenji and met some local artists. I also saw a great 5 hours buto performance by Conan Amon at the historic Terpsichore Theater in Nakano that I definitely recommend. The performance was a part of The Line Festival - the local festival that included also another exhibition based on community archives. Also - I found a great restaurant close to Koenji station with Okinawa cuisine. Search for that!
second week
I had a nice chance to visit Mori Art Museum and meet its curators as well as see some galleries around the museum. My friend and great performance artists was viisting Tokyo during this time. She's staying now at another residency in Seul and attented with me opening at Ongoing of Sony Suzuki and Itaru Ogawa. We visited together with Ania some lesbian trans bars in Schinjuku that were very welcoming. On Sunday my friends living in Tokyo took me for a one day trip to Mt. Oyama. On the way back we visit traditional onsen with the view to Mt. Fuji. It was a real beauty to see such a sunset. Also - my custom made stamp, which is based on my drawing and will be used during my exhibition arrived during that week.
First week
I had a good start at of my residency time. The area near Ongoing and my place is great. I even found some nice antiquities at the shop close Zenpukuji Park (adress: 2 Chome - 24 - 20 Zenpukuji, Suginami City). I also tried local second hand shops that present mostly US clothing, which is not impressive, but you can find some very cool handbags. In Shinjuku I manged to buy some great fabrics. The shop I recommend is Okadaya, not far from the stations. All of this might be useful for my upcoming project here, or later, at other occassions. Whenever I go I always focuse on these two things - some small antique figurines and fabric.
I was lucky to partcipate after my arrival in the last week of the Ongoing Fes - the annual performance festival that happens since the foundation of the center. I saw 4 different music concerts and took part in the performance workshops with some other students. I could learn new techniques in approach towards body, communications and movement and also some different perspectives on the idea of performing in general. (for more information check out their website).
My welcome party was super nice. We had some nice Polish-Japanese food (including rachy - Polish apple pie) and I presented the documentary 'Filipka' shot by my friend and a fil director Dawid Nickel 3 years ago. The movie introduced the audiance into the subject of my work, which is mainly queer performing. There were even some guests from Eaastern Europe, like Nikita Kadan visiting at that time Tokyo and Piotr Bujak, who is doing some post-doctorate research here at the Academy of Fine Arts.
First impressions
I started my exploration of the area with visiting of the local parks. It's my natural way to dive into new areas.
The closest one to home Zenpukuipark is gorgeous, however I was intrigued that you can encounter a misterious turtle that can be potentially harmful. I heard once about this species and wouldn't mind to see it in person, althought from a safe distance! The park nearby is very useful to bring one's thoughts together and think how to use the time of residency in a best possible way. The other park, close to Kichijoji station is far bigger. Staying there after darkness was like entering fairy tale, especially that all these areas are so safe. My next step will to visit the Ghibli Museum, whcih is broadly recommended as one of the Tokyo highlights.
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