Message to Japan

“Light tomorrow with today.”

Artist information

Dean Baldwin is a visual artist who lives and works in Montreal. His work often takes the form of temporary architectures which function (pragmatically) as immersive social environments where food and drink are commonly consumed. Recent projects include; Oh Canada! at the MASS MoCA, The Quebec Triennial, Le Travail Qui Nous Attend. Musee D’art Contemporaine, Montreal, Bunk Bed City at Centre Clark, Montreal; The Dork Porch, curated by Michelle Jacques for the AGO; Fattening Frogs for Snakes, for No. 9: Contemporary Art & the Environment, (2009); Minibar, at Space Studios, London, UK and Volta, Markhalle, Basel, Switzerland (2009); Sweet Dreams, curated by Barbara Fischer for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, Toronto (2008); Exit Poll Cocktail Toll, curated by Chen Tamir at WhiteBox, NYC.

In 2009 he was awarded the Canada Council Residency at Space Studios, London, UK and in 2010 he was awarded the Artist in Residence at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. In 2009, he and a group of 22 friends (Reverse Pedagogy) brought their own canoes from Toronto to the Venice Biennale.

Message to Japan

Thank you for welcoming the “Field Trip Project” and providing us with a platform to connect and dialogue. The project’s intentions are good and genuine. People care, they haven’t forgotten. They want to help the way they know best—through art. I hope my work can provide, even briefly, moments of optimism, beauty, wonder, and play.

Artist information

Atanas Bozdarov is an interdisciplinary artist and designer who focuses on deconstructing the ways in which we read and interpret systems and structures. From quoting fragments of architectural blueprints or game sequences, to generating musical motifs from non-musical sources, he constructs incomplete and surprising structures in order to question our understanding of the working systems around us. He has exhibited at the Athens Institute for ContemporaryArt, AGYU, XPACE, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, as part of “Art School (Dismissed),” and “Wade” co-presented by YYZ Artists’ Outlet. Bozdarov holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College, and currently lives and works between Toronto and Brampton.

Official Website: Atanas Bozdarov

Tohoku Project, 2011

Artist Information

The artist Kensuke Miyazaki was born in 1978 in Japan.
After graduating from Tsukuba University, he moved to England and started his art career in various places over the world. He is undertaking the art project which putting people in contact with other people.

Official Website: Miyazakingdom

1978　　Born in Saga
2004　　Join a Fuji Television Program “Ainori” (-2006)
2005　　Graduate Tsukuba University (MA in Art and Design)　　
“Kensuke Miyazaki Exhibition (Zoo Work Project)” Gallery Conceal, Tokyo
2006　　Join a City of London Festival, LONDON
“The Great Escape” 93 feet east, LONDON
“Kenyan Mural Project” Nairobi, KENYA
2007　　Join a NHK Program “Necchuu Jikan” and TV Studio set Production (-2010)
“The Whale” Tokyo metropolitan government Street Paint Project, Tokyo
2008　　”Picnic or Wandering” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto
“Water, the Grand, and the Sun are contained” Gallery Conceal, Tokyo
2009　　”Ohenro Project” Sikoku Ohenro, Tokushima, Kochi, Ehime, Kagawa
2010　　”Kensuke Miyazaki Exhibition” Tamaya Gallery, Saga
“Kenyan Mural Project 2010″ Nairobi, KENYA
2011　　”Tohoku Project” Sendai, Tagajyou, Iwanuma, Kesennuma, Ohfunato, Miyako
“Light of the Legend” Exhibition, Singapore Esplanade
“Koji Singi Ceramic art work project ” China, Jingdezhen
2012 “Roppongi Art Night” Tokyo
“Tanabata Festival” Ohfunato
“Gerden of Hope” Singapore Esplanade
2013 “Light House project” Unnan and Saga
” CAMK collection vol.4 Veni, vidi, vici. Kumamoto!” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto