SALOON TOKYO


MANAGEMENT

Organised, planned, managed by：



extrapole


extrapole is a hybrid organisation specialising in the performing arts field, based in Paris. Imparting and experimenting with various representations of the contemporary world, introducing new work, supporting initiatives: extrapole aims to be a structure that serves artistic creation. Our purpose is also inspired by the prospective necessity of a renewal of cultural action and practice particularly in light of local constraints and global geopolitical contexts. Thus, engaged in a long-term reflection on the social and political implications of artistic practice, extrapole seeks to nurture a space for reflection and experimentation centered around the challenges relative to the fabric of art and its relationship to society. The philosophy of cooperation is a cross-disciplinary element present in all of our activities. Through partnership building, it confronts a variety of devices and intercultural contexts.



Organised by：



N.O.W. -New Open Working process for the performing arts


N.O.W. aims to build the groundwork for a transnational competency cluster. Starting from a common expertise (managing the implementation of an artistic project and its reception by audiences), the 7 partners are engaging in an exploration within an experimental setting. They aim to develop a long-lasting prospective reflection in regards to their practices. This experimental structure is made up of 4 labs that shape the project and determine the 3 years program of activities.


• LAB 1 - Strengthening competencies
FORMULATING AND SHARING research and needs relative to the evolution of the work environment and its impact on artistic practices and their social integration / PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE the synergy between the different stakeholders in the artistic management field for a common vision of art as experimentation / STRENGTHENING new competency profiles surrounding artistic careers, now and in the upcoming years

• LAB 2 - A management structure based on networks
RETHINKING the artists’ careers beyond national contexts and frameworks / EXPERIMENTING with a collegial and transnational management approach that is adapted to the current setting / MANAGING the projects’ strategic development and financial models in order to ensure a better sustainability for the artists’ careers

• LAB 3 - Innovating tools of production: investigating commissions
SETTING UP a framework in which artistic commissions invite citizens to participate / SETTING UP a framework in which the backer doesn’t only participate in the beginning and end of the process but also becomes a representative or advocate promoting the process itself / SETTING UP a framework that allows for the artist’s local involvement in response to a request or need arising from civil society

• LAB 4 - Outreach and representation tools as restitution of the creative process
EMPHASIZING AND RELAYING the importance of the creative process to professionals, backers, and audiences / WORKING on new tools that enable other kinds of relaying, restitution, and promotion of the creative process / INVESTING in the field of outreach and representation by creating a space for critical thinking


Partners：
EXTRAPOLE – France; FABBRICA EUROPA – Italy; INDISCIPLINARTE – Italy; LATITUDES CONTEMPORAINES – France; LÓKAL – Iceland; MOM / ELVIVERO – Spain; TRAFÓ – Hungary; WP ZIMMER – Belgium


Associated Partners：

Ann Olaerts - (coordinator) – Belgium; Roger Christmann - ( admin supervisor ) - Germany ; Laure Fernandez - NoTHx (young team THALIM-CNRS); Valerie Pihet - Documentation - Belgium/France; Carole Salis - CRS4 – Italy; SISMÓGRAF - Festival – Spain

With the support Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
With the support of FSIR Arcadi -IDF (local fund supporting innovation and research/ region of Paris)



Co-planned, managed, facilitated by：



YUKA SUGIYAMA (Ms.)



Born in 1981. Sugiyama graduated at MA Engineering, Architecture and Building Engineer in Tokyo University of Science, and MA in Performance, School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. She studies and practices performing arts with focusing on the relationship between mind/body and space. She worked as an intern at the Freud museum and Camden art centre in London, then came back to Japan. She worked as an oversea coordinator and program research at the Festival/Tokyo, an international performing arts festival (2012-2013). She also worked as a planner/public relation at SHIBAURA HOUSE, a community space (2014-2016). Currently she is working as a freelance and exploring the way of planning, managing, researching and creating performing arts.



Saloon tokyo



organised by extrapole
in collaboration with Yuka Sugiyama
as part of European network N.O.W.

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