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We are happy to share to have secured our first building for art residency and creative MiSHŌ projects in Fujino.
It is a residential house conveniently located in the centre of the village, providing proximity to the local community and essential amenities.
Although convenience is not the most important feature, we value it as a sustainable, self-sufficient and public-friendly option.
The house, however, requires some repairs. For this we are aiming at purposely slow house renovation,
displaying local lifestyle ethos and characteristics we pursue: sustainable, frugal, DIY, skill share, community work/help.
We wish this process of making a creative space will reflect co-creation between the local community and the artists.
The space will be ready to welcome the first residents in June 2025.
OPEN CALL
MiSHŌ residency is inviting applications from critically and socially engaged artists,
creatives
researchers
writers
educators
musicians
dancers
cooks,
ecological practitioners for a residency in Fujino, Japan.
This self-directed and self-funded residency is open to national and international artists.
While we encourage the development of context-responsive work through direct interaction with Fujino’s community and rich environment,
specific outputs nor project completion are not mandated during the residency.
Development of existing work and contemplation of new projects are welcome.
We do require, however to share work-in-process as Open Studio event, workshop, performance, talk or other interactive format, during or at the end of the residency. This will be discussed and agreed beforehand.
Residents will receive translation support, coordination assistance, a private room and studio, and access to shared communal facilities, providing an ideal environment for site-specific research at the intersection of art, ecology, and community.
During this stage we don’t have hard rules and conditions.
Get in touch with any questions.
Application guidelines
NO DEADLINE
Application to be completed in English.
Other languages of communication: English, Lithuanian, Japanese.
COST
1400 EU for 30 days
We accept payment conditional to funding and can support application for grants by providing oficial invitation.
Please be aware this is applicable only to already selected artists for MiSHŌ program.
Includes: Room, Studio, Utilities, Wi-fi, Artist support (translation, coordination & event organization).
Artist will have to cover own daily expenses, local travel and other optional services.
All additional costs to be agreed before the residency.
We have limited capacity to host more than one person within the same group at extra cost. Please get in touch to discuss.
Please enquire if interested in longer/shorter periods.
About MiSHŌ
Fujino (population of 8000 residents) is known as an art village and one of the Transition Movement towns in Japan. With history as an artists’ colony where artists evacuated during the Second World War, Fujino has been the site of several art projects and residencies since the 1990s.
It is a decentralized satoyama*, consisting of dozens of villages nestled in the valleys overlooked by the Tanzawa Mountains, surrounded by rich forests and streams.
Misho (実生) is named after a Japanese word for “seedling.”
Just as people have maintained the vitality of forests by improving the environment and taken care of satoyama as areas that sustain their daily lives, our project uses this word with the intention to cultivate the ground for co-creation where artists and local people can interact and spontaneously generate new ideas and creative solutions. By connecting these activities and the network of creative people to the world, we aim to make the area a global hub for the regeneration of natural and cultural ecosystems.
We envision MiSHŌ as a space that welcomes everyone for educational and cultural events, spontaneous happenings and organized community activities.
It is a self-directed and self-funded residency. Open to practitioners of diverse, boundary-crossing fields, participants can benefit from the connections to a local community actively engaged in creative and sustainable practices, and an environment rich in nature. MiSHŌ will offer support to residents in the achievement of their goals during the residency.
Our future hope is to develop an artist exchange program for local Fujino artists that will develop into wider ranging opportunities/ partnerships within Japan and with international artists and likeminded residencies.
MiSHŌ is run by Kohei Hashimoto and Vika Množina Hashimoto.
Kohei Hashimoto (Co-founder / Arts Manager)
Born in Tokyo. Studied Sound Arts and Design at the University of the Art London.
After working as an art coordinator for art organizations in Japan such as ARCUS Project IBARAKI and 3331 Arts Chiyoda, became engaged in operating cultural centers and organising cultural events for several communities around Tokyo.
Based in Fujino since 2021.
Vika Množina Hashimoto (Co-founder / Artist)
Originally from Lithuania. Holds a BA in Sound Arts from Middlesex University, London.
Since moving to Fujino in 2021 as a pro-active member of the Fujino community,
utilizes self-directed social photography projects to explore local daily life and traditions.
* Combining the words sato (village) and yama (mountain), satoyama are areas located in areas between mountain foothills and arable flat land. They have been developed by villages and communities through centuries of small-scale agricultural and forestry use.
戦時中この地に疎開してきた芸術家による芸術都市構想をはじめ、80年代以降の様々なアートプロジェクトやレジデンスプログラムを市民主導で行ってきた豊かな文化的土壌、そして、トランジションタウンをはじめとした市民活動やオルタナティブ教育、森の再生活動などを全国に先駆け行ってきた寛容な地域性を背景に、私たちは、アートとエコロジーが交わる現代の視点から、地域内外のクリエーターによる共創を支援するレジデンス・プログラムやコミュニティ・アート・プロジェクトを行っていきます。
種子から発芽して育った幼植物を意味する「実生」。
この言葉を掲げた私たちのプロジェクトでは、里山に人が関わり環境を整えることで森の生命力を生活に活かしてきたように、アーティストと地域の人々が交流することで、新たなアイディアや創造的なソリューションの自発的な芽生えを支える文化的土壌を耕していきます。
そして、この場から生まれる有機的でクリエイティブな活動や人のネットワークを世界へとつなげるハブとなることで、この地域から自然と文化のエコシステムの再生を促していくことを目指します。
今後は、地域や各機関との連携を強めながら複数のパイロット事業を継続的に行い、より恒久的な文化交流拠点としてのレジデンス施設の設立に向け、地域コミュニティとレジデント・アーティストと共に活動を展開していきます。