Tsumura Kosuke x Kaneuji Teppei, Discharge Mode to Order, 2008
The East Asian contemporary art scene becomes rapidly famous all over the world and has been dramatically changed within the last 5 years, especially in mainland China. FEC has been involved in interesting projects with East Asian artists: “Under the Cheery blossoms and Indoor Hot Spring” (Liu Xiaodong, Yokohama, 2007), “Hyatt Hotel” (Liu Jianhua, Shanghai, 2008), “Platform Exhibition” (Seoul, 2008), “Discharge Mode to Order” (Tsumura Kosuke and Kaneuji Teppei, Yokohama, 2008), Media installation projects by SHIMURABROS. (Yokohama, 2008-09) and AIR projects between Yokohama and Beijing (2007-09). These projects mentioned were showing that “interesting” things happen not at big art museums but at a smaller scale, since most of the art museums are too conservative to experiment or have not established yet in East Asia. Under these conditions, FEC aims to provide opportunities for East Asian artists to experiment together.
Takahiro Kaneshima, born 1977 in Tokyo. Director at FEC. Received the MA from the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University and worked at NOKIA Research Center (Finland), TOSHIBA Digital Media Company (Japan) and Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (China) before founding FEC in 2007. Lives and works in Yokohama, Taipei and Beijing to research and experiment in the East Asian contemporary art scene by supporting artists’ production and organizing exchange programs.
