Schedule: 20 April 2024 (Saturday) / 8 June (Saturday) / 15 June (Saturday) / 16 June (Sunday)
Venue: Art Gallery Miyauchi, Saharada Assembly Hall *Tentative
Organizer: The Miyauchi Art Foundation
Curated by: Yutaka Inagawa
Supported by: Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation
The talk sessions were conducted bilingually in English and Japanese. As part of a creative exploration, a hybrid of AI simultaneous translation and a human interpreter was employed. This approach aimed to maintain the natural flow of conversation while embracing occasional mistranslations and the awkward moments inherent in intercultural dialogues.
トークセッション｜存 / 依 / 鳴 / 栄 / 創
BE / BIND / BREATHE / BUILD / BLOOM
《奇数ソックスとノード》では、トークセッションを完成した展覧会に付随する関連イベントとしてではなく、展示空間で生じた関係や問いを、異なる立場、言葉、経験との接触を通してさらに展開していく、プロジェクトを構成する重要な要素として位置づけた。
会期中の4日間にわたり、国内外の参加アーティストに加え、キュレーター、研究者、教育者などを招き、「共存（Coexistence）」「共依（Codependency）」「共鳴（Resonance）」「共栄（Co-prosperity）」「共創（Co-creation）」という5つのテーマから対話を展開した。作品と作者の関係や《奇数ソックスとノード》における実験的な展示構造を起点に、地域とアートコミュニティ、文化的な拠点としてのアートスペース、異なる国や地域を横断するアーティスト・ネットワーク、さらにアーティストとキュレーターの役割や関係へと、議論の射程を段階的に広げていった。
日英の対話には、AIによる同時翻訳字幕と人間の通訳を組み合わせたハイブリッドな方法を導入した。2024年当時のAI翻訳に生じる意味のずれや不完全さを完全に取り除くのではなく、異なる言語や文化的背景を持つ人々のあいだで生じる誤訳や違和感も含めて共有することで、コミュニケーションそのものに内在する揺らぎを、このプロジェクトの経験の一部として取り込むことを試みた。
また、セッションの合間や終了後には飲食を交えた交流の時間を設け、登壇者／オーディエンス、アーティスト／キュレーターといった立場を固定することなく、対話がより自由に継続していく場をつくった。展示をめぐる考えや経験を共有するだけでなく、参加者同士が互いの活動や関心を知り、その後も継続し得る人的な関係やネットワークが形成されていくことも、このトークセッションの重要な目的の一つであった。
写真：橋本健佑（＊印の写真：稲川豊）｜提供：アートギャラリーミヤウチ
II-a. 20 April, 2024 (Saturday) | 10:30-18:00
Venue: Saharada Assembly Hall (4230 Miyauchi, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture), a 5-minute walk from the gallery.
Theme 1: Coexistence
This session explores the alternative relationship between artworks and their creators, alongside how audiences receive and interpret these connections. It includes a dialogue with participating artists and Yutaka Inagawa, who curated the exhibition “Nurturing Nodes in the Nook of an Odd Sock.” The discussion will examine the exhibition's experimental structure, moving away from the norms of thematic exhibitions to invite a wide array of perspectives and interpretations through active engagement.
Theme 2: Codependency
Focused on the symbiotic relationships between long-term art communities, experimental exhibitions, and their regional impact, this segment explores how art activities shape and are shaped by their locations and the communities they foster. Through various case studies, participants will gain insights into the complex interplay between art and regional dynamics.
Part 1: 11:00-12:30
Speakers: Kara Chin (SG/GB, Artist) / Gary Clough (GB, Head of Programme/ Artist, Royal College of Art) / Ryo Uchida (JP, Artist) Sai (SG, Artist/Comma Co-director of Comma Space)
Moderator: Yutaka Inagawa *Part 1 participants may attend from the introduction.
From left to right: Gary Clough, Kara Chin, and Sai.
From left to right: Yutaka Inagawa and Ryo Uchida.
Part 2: 14:00-15:30
Speakers: Anthony Chin (SG, Artist) / Rikako Kawauchi (JP, Artist) / Daniel Silva (CO/ES, Artist) / Kyung Hwa Shon (KR/GB, Royal College of Art researcher/artist)
Moderator: Yutaka Inagawa
From left to right: Daniel Silva, Kyung Hwa Shon, and Anthony Chin.
From left to right: Yutaka Inagawa and Rikako Kawauchi.
Part 3: 16:30-18:00
Speakers: Yu Araki (JP, Artist) / Ayaka Ura (JP, Artist/Curator) / Anna Francis (GB, Associate Professor, Staffordshire University/ The Portland Inn Project CIC Co-director/artist) / Rebecca Davies (GB, Co-director/artist, The Portland Inn Project CIC)
Moderator: Yutaka Inagawa
From left to right, facing the camera: Rebecca Davies, Anna Francis, and Yu Araki. In the foreground, Yutaka Inagawa and Ayaka Ura are shown with their backs to the camera.
Part 4: 18:00-20:00
Social
II-b. June 8, 2024 (Saturday) | 15:00-19:00
Theme3: Resonance: Art Spaces as Cultural Hubs
This session delves into the vital role of art spaces as nodes for cultural diversity, particularly within the Asian region, and their capacity to foster international exchanges. With case studies from Singapore and Hiroshima, the conversation will explore how such spaces, supported nationally, can bridge diverse cultures and spur global connections.
Part 1: 15:30-17:00
Moderator: Fumio Iwamoto (Researcher/Curator, National Center for Art Research)
Speakers:
Wang Ruobing
(Lecturer, LASALLE College of the Arts / Artist / Curator / Director of Comma Space)
Sai (Artist / Co-Director of Comma Space)
Yutaka Inagawa (Artist-Curator / Curator of “Odd Socks and Nodes”)
From left to right: Yutaka Inagawa, Wang ruobing, and Sai.
Fumio Iwamoto
Part 2: 17:00-19:00 (Social)
II-c. June 15, 2024 (Saturday) | 15:00-19:00
Theme 4: Co-prosperity
What triggers artists to build networks through exhibitions and other encounters? This session focuses on artists and curators operating within diverse countries, regions, and communities, and will explore the possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration among creative and other professionals.
Moderator: Ying Kwok (HK, Curator)
Speakers: Bouie Choi (HK, Artist) *Online / Tang Kwok Hin (HK, Artist) *Online / Kaho Ikeda (JP, Independent Curator) / Yutaka Inagawa (JP, Artist/Artist-Curator of "Nurturing Nodes in the Nook of an Odd Sock")
From left to right: Yutaka Inagawa, and Kaho Ikeda.
From left to right: Ying Kwok, Yutaka Inagawa, and Kaho Ikeda. On the screen, top to bottom: Tang Kwok Hin and Bouie Choi
II-d. June 16, 2024 (Sunday) | 13:30-17:30
Theme 5: Co-creation
To expand the interrelationship between artists and curators, this session will broadly explore the intersection of their roles, taking into account unconventional and experimental curatorial practices.
Moderator: Ying Kwok (HK, Curator)
Speakers: Kong Chun Hei (HK, Artist) *Online / South Ho (HK, Artist) *Online / Kodama Kanazawa (JP, Independent Curator) / Yutaka Inagawa (JP, Artist/Artist-Curator of "Nurturing Nodes in the Nook of an Odd Sock")
From left to right: Yutaka Inagawa, and Kodama Kanazawa. On the screen, top to bottom: South Ho and Kong Chun Hei.
Ying Kwok