2021年10月18日
UNKNOWN ASIA 実行委員会
エグゼクティブプロデューサー 高橋 亮
※紀陽銀行 presents UNKNOWN ASIA 2021 ONLINEのアーティストページはアーカイブとして引き続きご覧いただくことができます。 UNKNOWN ASIA has been held since 2015 as an artist-led art fair, and this year marks the seventh time it has been held.
Last year, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, we could not hold an art fair at an actual venue, so we created our original online art fair system and had our first online art fair. The organizing committee members continued to discuss various concerns, such as whether and when the fair could be held, whether exhibitors would be able to gather, and how to deal with infectious diseases. In the end, we decided to have a hybrid art fair in 2021, combining online and in-person venues, to continue providing artists opportunities. We want to thank all of your support in organizing the fair during these challenging times.
First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Kiyo Bank, our special sponsor, and the 13 other sponsors for their support of our first hybrid fair. Without the cooperation of our sponsors, we could not have held this fair. With their continuous support, we can continue our activities to promote art from Osaka. Thank you very much. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to the more than 200 judges and reviewers who participated from every region, and to our cooperating media partners and related companies for their tremendous support. We had participants from Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and New York for the online judging. It must have been not easy to judge the works after viewing them in the online system.
On the other hand, at the actual venue, the art fair returned after a two-year absence. So many people gathered here, and authentic communication with the artists was born. We are looking forward to future collaborations between you and the artists.
We would also like to express our great respect and gratitude to all the artists who decided to exhibit in the challenging situation, holding a hybrid exhibition for the first time. There were probably a lot of worries and things for the preparations. However, we hope that by choosing to take on this challenge under such circumstances, the artists could have encounters that will lead to their future activities. We sincerely hope that various projects will be born out of these encounters between the judges/reviewers and the artists in Asia. UNKNOWN ASIA will also support this year's Grand Prix winner, ”Tomoshi Yasuda,” and the many other artists to further their careers.
Furthermore, the Audience Award, chosen by the general guests, went to "Urata Spancall"! We were thrilled to see her win the Audience Award at UNKNOWN ASIA, which she chose as a place to present her works after a 10-year hiatus. As an additional prize for the Audience Award, we will invite her to exhibit as a guest artist at the next art event.
Online, the event could be accessed worldwide using smartphones and PCs, and the number of visitors (page views) was 11,925. Although we had to limit the number of visitors due to infectious diseases, we had a total of 7,041 visitors over the three days. We want to thank everyone who visited us online and everyone who came to the actual event.
Throughout this year's UNKNOWN ASIA, I have felt that the value of material things has become stronger after a year and a half of daily life, mainly online. I reminded once again that building relationships through dialogue and interaction in the actual venue is still a wonderful thing. At the same time, using online tools to communicate with people overseas in real-time was also a great advantage, and I feel that the hybrid event was able to make good use of the benefits of each. This year, we also added new projects such as gallery booths to enhance the value of the art fair. To continue to hold the fair in the future, we will continue to evolve by exploring new possibilities through trial and error and actively incorporating them.
How will the artists' antennas receive the complicated information from this challenging time, and how will they output it? We hope that UNKNOWN ASIA will become a base for the transmission of information, and we will continue to work on this project to support new possibilities for the next era.
Lastly, I would like to thank all the staff members who worked with me to organize UNKNOWN ASIA. Planning, preparing, and executing the event in the current situation with coronavirus was indeed an arduous task. This fair would not have been possible without the cooperation of those who worked as executive committee members, those involved in various sections such as production, management, and publicity, those who worked at the reception desk on the actual day of the event. They've been such a big help.
We wish you all good health and hope that the day will come when we can travel back and forth to Asia again.
Thank you very much for your continued support!
October 18th, 2021
UNKNOWN ASIA Executive Committee
Executive Producer Ryo Takahashi
The artist page of "Kiyo presents UNKNOWN ASIA 2021 ONLINE" will still be viewed as an archive.
最終的には、アーティストの皆様に機会を提供し続けることを念頭に、2021年はオンラインと実会場を組み合わせたハイブリッドアートフェアの開催を決定させていただきました。2021年は長期間の緊急事態宣言下にあり、不要不急の外出の自粛、県をまたぐ移動自粛、イベントへの開催における制限・制約など、取り巻く環境は引き続き困難を極める中でのフェア開催に際し、ご尽力いただきましたすべての皆様に御礼申し上げます。
まず、初の試みとなるハイブリッド開催にご賛同いただき、ご支援を賜りました特別協賛の紀陽銀行様、ならびに13社のご協賛各社様に厚く御礼申し上げます。ご協賛各社様のご協力なくしてこのフェアの開催はできませんでした。我々が大阪からアートを発信する活動を続けさせていただけているのも継続的なご支援の賜物です。誠にありがとうございます。
また、各国からご参加くださった総勢200名以上の審査員・レビュアーの皆様、協力・メディアパートナーの皆様、関係各社様にも多大なるご協力をいただきました。オンラインの審査では日本に加えて、韓国、中国、タイ、マレーシア、インドネシア、そしてニューヨークからも審査にご参加いただきました。オンラインで作品を鑑賞した上で審査をおこなうことには難しさもあったかと思います。
一方の実会場では、リアルな審査が2年ぶりに戻ってきました。ここでは多くの方々にお集まりいただき、アーティストとのリアルなコミュニケーションが生まれていました。皆様とアーティストとの今後のコラボレーションにも期待しております。
そして、初めてのハイブリッド開催という未知の状況で出展を決断し、UNKNOWN ASIAに挑戦してくださったすべてのアーティストの皆様に多大なる敬意と共に御礼申し上げます。多くの不安、準備をする中でわからないこともあったかと思います。その状況下で挑戦する選択をしていただいたことでアーティストの皆さんに今後のご活動に繋がる出会いがあったのであれば幸いです。その中から日本、そしてアジア各地で、審査員・レビュアーとアーティストによる様々なプロジェクトが生まれていくことを心より願っています。
また、今年のグランプリを受賞した安田知司さんをはじめ、多くのアーティストがUNKNOWN ASIAを機に更に活躍ができるよう、UNKNOWN ASIAとしてもサポートして参ります。
さらに、一般来場者が選ぶオーディエンス賞はウラタ・スパンコールさんに決定しました。10年ほど制作から離れた後、久しぶりの発表の場として選んでくださったUNKNOWN ASIAでオーディエンス賞を受賞するというストーリーが生まれたことにも感動しています。オーディエンス賞の副賞として、次回のUNKNOWN ASIAにはゲストアーティストとしてご出展いただきます。
オンラインではスマートフォンやPCを使って世界中からアクセスでき、訪問者数は11,925人でした。また、感染症対策で入場人数制限を実施した中ではありましたが、グランフロント大阪の実会場には3日間合計で7,041人のご来場をいただきました。オンラインをご覧いただきました皆様、会場にお越しくださった皆様、誠にありがとうございます。
今年のUNKNOWN ASIAを通して感じたことは、早1年半のオンラインを中心とした長期間の日常生活を経て、より物質的な物への価値が強まったことを感じています。実会場での対話や交流での関係性作りはやはり素晴らしいものであることに改めて気付かされました。それと同時に、オンラインのツールを利用して海外とのリアルタイムでの通信などのメリットも大きく、それぞれの利点をうまく活かすことができたハイブリッド開催だったのではないかと感じております。
また、今年はギャラリーブースの設置など新しい企画も加わり、アートフェアとして価値を高めていく取り組みをおこないました。今後も継続的に開催するために、試行錯誤しながら新しい可能性を模索し、積極的に取り入れていくことで進化を続けたいと考えております。
このコロナ禍で錯綜する情報をアーティストのアンテナでどのように受信され、どのようにアウトプットされるのか。
それは次なる時代への新しい可能性を示唆するものとしてUNKNOWN ASIAが少しでも発信基地となれるように、これからも継続的に活動をして参りたいと思います。
最後に、手前味噌ではありますがこのUNKNOWN ASIAを開催するにあたって共に動いてくれたスタッフの皆さんに大きな感謝を述べさせてください。
コロナ禍の中でこの規模のフェアを計画して準備し、それを実行するのは本当に骨の折れる大仕事でした。実行委員として動いてくださった皆さん、制作・運営・広報など各セクションで携わってくださった皆さん、実会場の当日に受付をしてくださった皆さんに至るまで、多岐に渡る多くの方々のご協力があってこのフェアは成立しています。本当は全員をここでご紹介したいくらい、大きな力になっています。ありがとうございました。
皆様の健康をご祈念するとともに、またアジアを行き来できる日を願って。
今後とも変わらぬご愛顧のほど、何卒よろしくお願い申し上げます。
2021年10月18日
UNKNOWN ASIA 実行委員会
エグゼクティブプロデューサー 高橋 亮
※紀陽銀行 presents UNKNOWN ASIA 2021 ONLINEのアーティストページはアーカイブとして引き続きご覧いただくことができます。
UNKNOWN ASIA has been held since 2015 as an artist-led art fair, and this year marks the seventh time it has been held.
Last year, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, we could not hold an art fair at an actual venue, so we created our original online art fair system and had our first online art fair. The organizing committee members continued to discuss various concerns, such as whether and when the fair could be held, whether exhibitors would be able to gather, and how to deal with infectious diseases. In the end, we decided to have a hybrid art fair in 2021, combining online and in-person venues, to continue providing artists opportunities. We want to thank all of your support in organizing the fair during these challenging times.
First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Kiyo Bank, our special sponsor, and the 13 other sponsors for their support of our first hybrid fair. Without the cooperation of our sponsors, we could not have held this fair. With their continuous support, we can continue our activities to promote art from Osaka. Thank you very much. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to the more than 200 judges and reviewers who participated from every region, and to our cooperating media partners and related companies for their tremendous support. We had participants from Korea, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and New York for the online judging. It must have been not easy to judge the works after viewing them in the online system.
On the other hand, at the actual venue, the art fair returned after a two-year absence. So many people gathered here, and authentic communication with the artists was born. We are looking forward to future collaborations between you and the artists.
We would also like to express our great respect and gratitude to all the artists who decided to exhibit in the challenging situation, holding a hybrid exhibition for the first time. There were probably a lot of worries and things for the preparations. However, we hope that by choosing to take on this challenge under such circumstances, the artists could have encounters that will lead to their future activities. We sincerely hope that various projects will be born out of these encounters between the judges/reviewers and the artists in Asia. UNKNOWN ASIA will also support this year's Grand Prix winner, ”Tomoshi Yasuda,” and the many other artists to further their careers.
Furthermore, the Audience Award, chosen by the general guests, went to "Urata Spancall"! We were thrilled to see her win the Audience Award at UNKNOWN ASIA, which she chose as a place to present her works after a 10-year hiatus. As an additional prize for the Audience Award, we will invite her to exhibit as a guest artist at the next art event.
Online, the event could be accessed worldwide using smartphones and PCs, and the number of visitors (page views) was 11,925. Although we had to limit the number of visitors due to infectious diseases, we had a total of 7,041 visitors over the three days. We want to thank everyone who visited us online and everyone who came to the actual event.
Throughout this year's UNKNOWN ASIA, I have felt that the value of material things has become stronger after a year and a half of daily life, mainly online. I reminded once again that building relationships through dialogue and interaction in the actual venue is still a wonderful thing. At the same time, using online tools to communicate with people overseas in real-time was also a great advantage, and I feel that the hybrid event was able to make good use of the benefits of each. This year, we also added new projects such as gallery booths to enhance the value of the art fair. To continue to hold the fair in the future, we will continue to evolve by exploring new possibilities through trial and error and actively incorporating them.
How will the artists' antennas receive the complicated information from this challenging time, and how will they output it? We hope that UNKNOWN ASIA will become a base for the transmission of information, and we will continue to work on this project to support new possibilities for the next era.
Lastly, I would like to thank all the staff members who worked with me to organize UNKNOWN ASIA. Planning, preparing, and executing the event in the current situation with coronavirus was indeed an arduous task. This fair would not have been possible without the cooperation of those who worked as executive committee members, those involved in various sections such as production, management, and publicity, those who worked at the reception desk on the actual day of the event. They've been such a big help.
We wish you all good health and hope that the day will come when we can travel back and forth to Asia again.
Thank you very much for your continued support!
October 18th, 2021
UNKNOWN ASIA Executive Committee
Executive Producer Ryo Takahashi
The artist page of "Kiyo presents UNKNOWN ASIA 2021 ONLINE" will still be viewed as an archive.