The city:
Amid the throbbing contradictions of Tokyo, a metropolis of 8 million people, Japanese contemporary art also moves in ever new directions between Eastern traditions and Western discourses, between concept and intuition, sense and sensuality. In the process, the art platform TOKAS (formerly: Tokyo Wondersite - TWS), co-founded by the city of Tokyo in 2001 and located in the Sumida and Hongo districts, has quickly developed into Tokyo's most important hub for the latest ideas, theories, and experiments in the field of the arts.

Studio / Apartment:
The TOKAS residences are located in the Sumida area in eastern Tokyo, close to the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo and the Edo Tokyo Museum. TOKAS offers a total of 12 fully equipped small rooms with bathroom/toilet and internet connection on 6 floors, including 8 single rooms (25 square metres) and 4 double rooms (48 square metres). The kitchen, laundry, library, and living room are shared with the other residents. There are two different types of open-plan studios, each of which has to be shared with other artists.

Special features:
Since its founding, TOKAS has quickly established itself as a centre in the stream of contemporary art, dedicated not only to an exchange between cities but also between art forms: the programme welcomes artists, curators, and mediators from the fields of visual arts, design, music, and architecture. The institute, which is active in two locations within Tokyo, offers workshops, networking, and support programmes as well as exhibitions in its own project space in Hongo. In autumn 2017, the organisation of the residency programme changed, which is also reflected in the name change from TWS to TOKAS, and the «Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo», which is geographically very close by, took over the management of the programme. TOKAS is a very ambitious institution, which also entails a lot of bureaucracy on site!

Requirements:
The open call is intended as a targeted promotion for artists who already have artistic experience and national exhibition activities and who are at the same time prepared to address certain peculiarities of Japanese culture in their cooperation with TOKAS.

Adress:
Arts Kikukawa 1F, 2-14-7 Tatekawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0023

Partner organisation:
Tokyo Arts and Space, www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/