Akiyoshidai International Art Village has supported cultural and philosophical exchange among international artists through the artists in residence program, which has been run every year since its inauguration in 1998. Three ｓｅｌｅｃｔed artists/group have participated in the trans_2009-2010 artist in residence program.
Reception is to perceive, to receive the signal, the process of accepting and also to welcome. Each artist will elaborate the "reception", which they experienced in newly acquired space.
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro / artists
Born in Australia, 1971 (Claire) / 1974 (Sean) / Live and work in Berlin, Germany
Claire and Sean, living and working in Berlin and Sydney, are the installation artists, who have worked on the various projects while exploring the issues of namadism, space invasion, transformation and impermanence. At AIAV, the pair has worked of the installating using 13000 pieces of Lego bricks and reconstructed the images of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.
Valeria Roxana Primost / dancer
Born in Argentina, 1978 / Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Born in Buenos Aires, Valeria has moved to Amsterdam and then to Berlin. She has explored a relation between body and environment by performing not in the theatre but in public space. In Yamaguchi, she has researched a particular narrow street in the city in order to explore how the body can be related to a certain space. Valeria will perform on the opening day of the exhibition.
Takehito Shiina / artist
Born in Iwate, 1973 / Lives and works in Sendai, Japan
Shiina has been exploring a better relation between the energy of earth and a human being through his artworks. In recent years, he has worked on a science fictional theme, which is to question whether a human would be able to photosynthesise and if it would make the world better. In Akiyoshidai, Shiina has worked on a monumental sculpture as well as photographic works.