POCORART World Exhibition
Liberating raw expression of artists and people with/without disabilities.
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the POCORART project,
this exhibition brings together artists and their creations from around the world,
transcending nationality, age, gender, and condition with or without disabilities.
These pieces surprise us by going further beyond even the framework of art.
Contributor
NAKAMURA Masato KANO Rena
Lucienne Peiry
Barbara Safarova
HOSAKA Kenjiro
JP&EN
Production & Publisher : 3331 Arts Chiyoda
As a countermeasure against the spread of the Coronavirus, and for visitors who are unable to come to the exhibition to experience POCORART World Exhibition from distance, 3D virtual tours are now available. You will be able to experience the exhibition as if you were there. You can also watch the curator's commentary video in the 3D space.
Photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
From me to the universe,
from the universe to me
In the time and space in which people spend their day-to-day lives, creative minds freely express their creativity through activities such as painting, making sculptures, cutting, and pasting.
People are born as “me,” and in the course of living my life, encountering the immediate environment, society, and others around me, reflect on things, and occasionally experience happenings. Science has sought to explain the mysteries of the world around us and our existence in it. Philosophy and art also seek the same objectives. The Greek philosopher Democritus stated that “Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.” Like Democritus said, everything on earth, including us, and, in fact, all things in the universe are the fruit of chance and necessity. Although the art of creative minds deals with the small world with which they are familiar, it is something that the larger world can identify with. The larger universe includes smaller universes. My body is an aggregation of microcosms, and I myself am part of a cosmos that goes on without end. Can these creations be called art? Perhaps they can’t be encompassed within the scope of art. All that is certain is that they are pursuing answers to the mysteries of our existence.
Curator, KANO Rena
All 50 Artist
( In alphabetical order of artist’s surname )
Josef HOFER, Untitled, 2009
How do people perceive me when they meet me? Numerous expressions and depictions of me as perceived by the artist’s mind.
TAKEDA Hiraku, Chopsticks, 2010, photo:MIYAJIMA Kei
There comes a time when an action found in everyday life—such as pasting, stacking, inserting, wrapping, gathering, or writing—crosses a line, becoming a primal moment of creation.
Julia KRAUSE-HARDER, Juravenator, 2013, Foto: Atelier Goldstein
Mysteries of physical life
How did the living beings of the earth—people, animals, plants, and other lifeforms—and the things around us become as they are? Every me has its own mystery.
Julius BOCKELT, Untitled, 2013, ©collection abcd/Bruno Decharme
From surroundings to form
Numerous creations closely connected to the cultural customs or environment of a particular age, society, or lifestyle.
George WIDENER, Megalopolis, 2000-2010, ©collection abcd/Bruno Decharme
What is the nature of the world around us? Creations of spaces with information about the world and symbols for processing it.
TSURUKAWA Koji, Untitled, 2013-2019, photo:MIYAJIMA Kei
An exploration of memories transcending space-time
Things that have happened to me (the artist), events that happened on earth in ancient times, and historical realities from throughout the period of human existence transcend space-time and blend together.
NAKAMURA Masato
3331 Arts Chiyoda Supervising Director
Born in Odate City (Akita, Japan) in 1963. Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (Department of Painting). 3331 Arts Chiyoda supervising director. Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 general director. A socially aware artist pushing forth diverse art projects with focus on “art x community x industry”. Represented Japan in the 49th Venice Biennial (2002). Has supervised over the artist initiative “Command N” since 1997. Received the Japanese Government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs Award in Fine Arts (2010) and the Appreciation Prize of AIJ 2018.
KANO Rena
Curator
Born in Hyogo Prefecture.Art anthropologist at the Laboratory of Social Anthropology in EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences). Received a Master’s degree in Art History from Paris-Sorbonne University. Received a Bachelor’s degree in Museolo- gy from École du Louvre. Involved with categorization of art and its periphery, human creations research and projects. Currently also a coordinator for “Pocorart National Open Call” at 3331 Arts Chiyoda.
ABOUT "Pocorart"
POCORART stands for “Place of ‘Core + Relation ART,’”meaning a place where people with and without disabilities can meet and interact, and is used to refer to the act of creating such an environment.
Photo:POCORART Open Call Exhibition vol.9