蕭壠文化園區

Kenji Makizono is a visual artist based in Japan. He studied video work and new media art. Then, in 2011 he came back to his hometown Fukuoka and worked as an artist.  He did a series of project questioning the nature of his art and “electricity” being a requirement of the art. The natural landscape is an essential inspiration for Kenji, and so are the people living there, which is why he often collaborates with people from different backgrounds in the projects.

2016 “Itoshima International Art Festival 2016″ Itoshima Arts Farm, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 “FULL CONTACT” art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan
2016 “Views of Chikugo – Exploring Primal Scenes” Kyushu geibun-kan, Fukuoka, Japan
2015 “hari / pass” art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan
2013 “morning” art space tetra, Fukuoka, Japan

Through my residency, I created an imaginary “Cultural Park” through workshops and parties with various groups of people. In this exhibition, different video installations and documentations of the four workshops that I’ve hosted here define the gallery space. I want to create “an open cultural park,” a space for individuals to communicate, learn, eat, and live. Through the project, I sought to propose an opportunity to reconsider “art” in “public sphere” and to think of an alternative form of relationship that is different from “obedient” or “confrontational.”