Nai(K/T)enKai
The Ichida Family’s house, designated as a cultural heritage site of Japan, was built during the Meiji Period and has hosted many residents and students since the end of WWII.
During Japan’s modernization, traditional houses and the surrounding neighborhood gradually began to disappear.
In response, a group of people gathered with the intention of preserving the traditional atmosphere—keeping the houses “alive” by inviting others to live in them and to engage with the space through exhibitions and events.
This time, we also have the opportunity to spend five days here. During our stay, we invite anyone to choose a spot within the house and engage with it — by bringing something that makes their first encounter with this shared space feel more comfortable.
1. You will have an overview of all the places that are available in the space. (Onsite we have a postcard set; for online please refer to https://nai-ken-ten-kai.github.io/ken.html)
2. Think of what can be in this space. It does not have to be an "artwork".
3. Choose one of the photos (the space corresponding to the photo) and its ID number
4. Inform us online/ on site
Congratulations, you have just claimed this specific place!
You can either bring something or send data/instructions online, by 6th of September 2025
Or, you can just drop by to look at the space! All processes would be alslo updated at https://nai-ken-ten-kai.github.io/ten.html
An important condition as a housing guest is not to harm the space.
The space should be returnable to its former state with no traces.
I feel like I'm really begining to have night as a keyword in photography, but it's sort of weird when I have to start thinking about what night means to me and what night means to photography... I thought I knew about it but that's apparently not yet good enough for the base of a real project. I feel like for T3 I submitted something terrible as a portfolio. I had a bunch of visual experiments that I love as individual photos but they don't really work as a whole that much - nor did the thesis.
For now, though, maybe it's good enough to just relax a bit and step back a little from taking photos too seriously. I'd think of it as a form of Yoasobi.
