Image by Kenichi Aikawa c/o British Council Japan
We are working in partnership with the British Council to offer an exciting opportunity for two artists to travel to Tokyo to undertake a Playable City Residency this year.
The Playable City Tokyo Residency is an opportunity to collaboratively research and develop playful ideas at the intersection of art, technology, society that innovate around public space in Tokyo. We are offering two places for creative people from any discipline who believe we can start a new kind of city conversation through play.
Building on the work of an ongoing Playable City Tokyo programme, the Tokyo Residency will support, inspire and challenge participants to develop playful interventions using creative technology to respond to public space in and around central Tokyo.
Playable City Tokyo launched in 2015 to develop imaginative new ideas for urban spaces and to engage communities in thinking about the future of Tokyo (particularly in the run up to Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Games). Since 2016, a multiannual programme of creative labs including the Playful Welcome, presentation of previous Playable City Award Winners and public presentations have created a thriving local network of creatives, producers and supporters including Rhizomatiks.
Participants will create and deliver prototype experiences for the public and attendees of the Making the City Playable Conference on 28-29 September.
Artists, designers, architects, urbanists, magicians, interaction designers, technologists or other kinds of professional creative practitioners can apply - anyone who can demonstrate a history of delivering high quality, innovative professional practice in public.
Applications are open now - if you have any questions or queries please contact playablecity@watershed.co.uk
To find out more please visit Playable City Tokyo Residency.
The Playable City Tokyo Residency is produced by Watershed in collaboration with the British Council and JKD Collective Inc. with special cooperation from Rhizomatiks. The Residency is a Tokyo Tokyo Festival Grant Program and is supported by Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 May, 2018 - 17:00