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1 week exhibition
At the conclusion of the open call, 9 ideas were carefully selected by the for Cities team to be presented and tested at for Cities Week.
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At the conclusion of the open call, 9 ideas were carefully selected by the for Cities team to be presented and tested at for Cities Week.
In addition to the week-long exhibition, various workshops were organized to bring people together and test some of the ideas submitted to the for Cities platform.
for Cities Week 2021 took place in two Japanese cities: Tokyo and Kyoto. Each location held a week-long series of exhibitions, workshops, events, performances, pop-up shops, meetups, lectures, and short-term projects.
Download the exhibition booklet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ioH8-LjRcYpz96X021QMItkaxFB7m4Xi/view
by Studio PLiZ
Studio PLiZ challenges the obsession with comfort in our daily lives through the introduction of non-ergonomic elements into existing infrastructures. By making the human body uncomfortable in certain areas, they seek to encourage semi-sport activities and exercise in the everyday lives of individuals. Photo Gallery
by Carlos Soler Eugene Architect
The current pandemic has seen changes in our social and urban context through social distancing. This installation explores the body and its relationship to our surroundings by giving urban, in-between spaces throughout Kyoto a physical form delineated by inflated balloons. These inflatable objects temporarily interrupt and reveal connections as the body navigates our environment and our relationships with each other. Photo Gallery
by Chris Berthelsen
Small spaces of anarchy are zones of human(e)-scale action, attachment, and care. They can 1) Supplant state control in an aspect of city life, 2) Exist outside majority rule, and 3) Promote unimposed order as a style of working. For this exhibition, Chris Berthelsen’s previous project archives were presented as books, photographs, and videos. Photo Gallery
by Melita Studio
During the harsh, socially-isolated period of lockdown between March and July 2020, the Oggetti Socievoli (Sociable Objects) project was started as a way to investigate, discover, rediscover, and reinterpret home-objects. The Oggetti Socievoli project sought to build community and share lockdown experiences by asking people to send photos of their home-object along with a short description. Photo Gallery
by Yoshimitsu Nippashi
This project is a series of illustrations based on the theme of reimagining relationships between the old and the new. Berlin-based Nippashi created six original pieces for the show - “Tower of old coffee shops,” “Out of Style Landfill,” “Reggae Park,” “Waikiki Apartment Complex,” “Restrooms in Shibuya,” and “Nakagin Capsule Sauna.” This work proposes a series of humorous ideas for preserving old architecture and culture for the future of a city. Photo Gallery
by Rik Stabel
During lockdown we were creatively challenged to continue our cultural development. This series of illustrations by Rik Stabel, depicting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Amsterdam, is an ode to everyone who tried to make the most of this strange and difficult time. Photo Gallery
by Nikawa Lab
Soft Structure is made by saturating textile products with glue dissolved in water. This process provokes a transition from the soft quality of the fiber to its hardened state. In addition to the performance of these material properties as everyday objects, the team used this installation as an opportunity to demonstrate Nikawa’s architectural potential. Photo Gallery
by Maintenance Club
In this project, the Maintenance Club has conducted temporal, performative maintenance on some of the bridges of the Jodo-ji neighborhood in Kyoto. This act of maintenance is not about simply restoring the bridge to its former state; rather, it is about imagining its past and generating time in which it will continue to exist and be sustained. Photo Gallery
Tokyo: Nishiike Valley (23rd - 31st October 2021)
Kyoto: Bridge To Kyoto (7th - 14th November)
Get a physical copy of the booklet from here