NISHINARI YOSHIO (NISHIO Yoshinari+ Kioku Shugei-Kan “Tansu”)
© ️ Chihiro Matsushita
INTRODUCTION
It’s a fashion brand initiated by artist Yoshinari Nishio in collaboration with local women who gather at the Kioku Shugei-Kan “Tansu” in Sanno, Nishinari Ward, Osaka.
It focuses on unexpected gaps, such as their unpredictable arrangements, conceptual leaps, and discrepancies with images in Nishio’s mind.
https://nishinariyoshio.com
PROFILE
NISHIO Yoshinari
Born in Nara, Japan, 1982. He lives and works in Nara.He obtained Ph. D. in Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts .After working in Nairobi, Kenya as an overseas trainee artist at the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Nairobi, Kenya, he is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Regional Art-Activities Studies, Nara Prefectural University. His works have consistently referred to relationships between fashion and communication, developing art projects with the cooperation of citizens and students around the world.
Kioku Shugei-Kan “Tansu”
A center for creative activity located in a former dresser in Nishinari-Ku, Osaka City. It opened in 2012 as part of the "Breaker Project," a community art project based in Nishinari-Ku that have promoted by the city of Osaka. From 2018, a general incorporated association, brk collective, took over the management of the center. It has aimed for creating a "place of creation" based on "craftmanship" as a new public place (shared space) that is needed and supported by local people. Based on the concepts of "making the use of what is available in the community," "collaboration with other fields," and "using art as a medium," this project uses unneeded cloth and yarn collected in "tansu" (dresser) to produce and sell original products and the fashion brand "NISHINARI YOSHIO," which are handcrafted by elderly women in the community.
http://tansu.brk-collective.net
Venue
Semba Excel Building 3F South, 3-2-11 Kyutaromachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 541-0056
1-11-5 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 557-0001