English follows Japanese

マリカ・コンスタンティーノ（Marika Constantino）は、フィリピンを拠点に活動するアーティスト／キュレーター／カルチュラル・ワーカーです。
2012年、マニラのEscolta地区にて98B COLLABoratoryを共同設立し、歴史的建築物を活用してアートと地域をつなぐ実験的なプラットフォームを運営してきました。

現在はRoxas Cityに自ら立ち上げた「KANTINA」を拠点とし、アーティスト・イン・レジデンスを通じて地域住民と共に学び、創造する場づくりに取り組んでいます。
2017年には、エディンバラ大学の「Global Cultural Fellow」やアジアン・カルチュラル・カウンシルのニューヨーク・フェローシップに選出され、また2021年には蓮沼執太の「Silence Park」にも参加するなど、国内外で多彩な実践を行ってきました。

今回の「Beer with Artist vol.7」では、幅広いコンスタンティーノのこれまでの歩みをたどるトークイベントを開催します。 

本イベントは「アーティストに聞いてみる」をテーマに、気軽に相談や交流が楽しめるカジュアルな場として、新しいつながりを築く機会を創出します。

フィリピンの文化や地域の話題にとどまらず、アーティスト／カルチュラル・ワーカーとしての経験や、現在拠点としているRoxasでの取り組みなど、自由な対話を楽しめる場になればと思います。

皆さまのご来場を心よりお待ちしております。

✅イベント情報 

日時：2025年5月15日（木）　19:00~20:30

言語：英語（ときどき日本語サポート）

参加費：自由（ドネーション制）

会場：SUCHSIZE (大阪府大阪市西成区山王１丁目６−２０)

主催：TRA-TRAVEL 

共催：KANTINA

✅アーティスト情報

Marika Constantino／マリカ・コンスタンティーノ（フィリピン）

アーティスト、KANTINAディレクター

フィリピン内外の主要な展覧会に参加。キュレーター及びリサーチャーとしても活動しており、また世界各国の出版物に多数寄稿しているフリーランスのライターでもある。ザ・フィリピン・カレッジ・オブ・アーキテクチャー大学で学位を得た後、UPカレッジ・オブ・ファイン・アーツでは美術史を専攻し、さらに学識を深めた。芸術が持つ知性的、概念的、経験的な側面のバランスを保ちながら、意欲的に活動を続けている。2015年から2018年には、マニラのエスコルタにあるファースト・ユナイテッド・ビルディング・コミュニティ・ミュージアムの事業を取りまとめ、同じくマニラのイントラムロスにあるDestileria Limtuaco Museumの監督も務めた。2018年から2019年には、アジアン・カルチュラル・カウンシルのニューヨーク・フェローシップに選出され、翌年2020年2月には、西ビサヤ地方に知識と創作活動を共有するためのアートスペース「KANTINA」を創立。そして現在は、フィリピンのマニラとカピスの首都ロハスにて活動を続けている。

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Beer with Artist vol.7
 with Marika Constantino

“Art Practices in the Philippines: Alone and Collectively”

Marika Constantino is an artist, curator, and cultural worker based in the Philippines. In 2012, she co-founded 98B COLLABoratory in the Escolta district of Manila, operating an experimental platform that connected art and the local community through a historical building.
  Currently, she runs KANTINA, an artist-in-residence program she founded in Roxas City, fostering spaces for learning and creativity in collaboration with local residents.
In 2017, she was selected as a “Global Cultural Fellow” by the University of Edinburgh and received a New York Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. With a strong international presence, she continues to engage with society, history, and memory through her art-based practice.

At Beer with Artist vol.7, we will hold a casual talk event where we ask Constantino about her past activities.
  This series, themed “Ask the Artist,” aims to create relaxed opportunities for conversation and connection with artists. Participants are encouraged to enjoy food and drinks while exchanging thoughts with the artist.
  Not only will we talk about the Philippines, but also casually explore questions like how she has survived as an artist and cultural worker, and learn more about her current activities in Roxas.
  We warmly invite everyone to drop by and join the conversation!

✅ Event Information

• Date and Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 19:00–20:30
• Language: English
• Admission: Free (Donations welcome)
• Venue: suchsize, 1-6-20 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka, 557-0001
  
  

Organizer: TRA-TRAVEL
Co-organizer: KANTINA

✅ Artist Information
 Marika Constantino (Philippines)
Artist-Curator / Founder of KANTINA

Marika Constantino is an artist, cultural worker and independent curator who has participated in significant exhibitions, events, and projects in the Philippines and abroad. She is also a freelance writer who has contributed to a number of globally distributed publications. Her early exposure to art coupled with her boundless fascination for the creative process resulted in a degree from the UP College of Architecture to further studies at the UP College of Fine Arts, with Art History as her major. Her works and projects are centered on patterns, layers, textures, and materials, and its intersection with history, memory and culture. Constantino is continually striving to strike the balance between the cerebral, conceptual and experiential aspects of art with life in general, thus, fueling her fervent passions for artistic endeavors. In 2017, she was selected to be one of the Global Cultural Fellows of the Institute of International Cultural Relations at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. That same year she was supported by the British Council, Manila to participate in a cultural leadership program at the King’s College in London, United Kingdom. As part of her art practice, she co-directed the programs and activities of 98B COLLABoratory (2012-2018), curated and coordinated the undertakings of the First United Building Museum (2015-2018) in Escolta, Manila and curated the Destileria Limtuaco Museum (2018) in Intramuros, Manila. She was awarded the New York Fellowship for 2018-2109 by the Asian Cultural Council. In February 2020, Constantino established KANTINA, an art space for co-learning and co-creation. She is currently based in both Manila and Roxas City, Capiz in the Philippines.

イベント情報 「ギャラリスト・ジョンスワットに聞くタイのアート」

日時：2024年2月14日　18:00~20:00　要予約

言語：英語

料金：飲食割り勘制

主催：TRA-TRAVEL

—- Beer with Artist vol.4 with Jongsuwat Angsuvarnsiri ” Ask gallerist Jongsuwat Art in Thailand” 

Jongsuwat Angsuvarnsiri is a co-founder of SAC Gallery based in Bangkok and Chiang Mai where he also runs a residency program. Having graduated from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, Jongsuwat’s interest is in art investment, art business development and art collecting. At the gallery, Jongsuwat focuses on working with emerging artists to connect between Thailand and the international art scene. 

Their talk session, Beer with Artist vol.4, is scheduled to take place in Kitakagaya area in Osaka. 

This event is designed as a casual talk session with “Frank Q&A.” It aims to foster casual interactions with the art practitioners, allowing attendees to enjoy meals and drinks, engage in spontaneous conversations, and forge new connections – a refreshing divergence from standard artist talks. We invite attendees to not only discuss the art itself but also to delve into candid inquiries about himself, his life experiences, among other topics. We eagerly anticipate your presence. 

EVENT details Beer with Artist vol.4 with Jongsuwat Angsuvarnsiri ” Ask gallerist Jongsuwat Art in Thailand” 

Venue: Inquiry required (up to 15 people) 

Date & Time: February 14, 2024 18:00-20:00, reservation required 

Language: English 

Fee: Even split for food and drink 

Organized by: TRA-TRAVEL

ジャコモ・ザガネッリ（Giacomo Zaganelli）とシルビア・ピアンティーニ（Silvia Piantini）は、イタリア出身でベルリンを拠点とするアーティスト兼デザイナーのデュオです。彼らはアジア、特に台湾や日本で精力的に活動しており、土地の文脈や地元民と多文化的対話を通じて、空間、身体性、生物と素材の関連性を探求しています。
Beer with Artist vol.2では、西成区の居酒屋を併設するアートスペース「イチノジュウニのヨン」を会場にトークイベントを行います。
本イベントは「アーティストに聞いてみる」をテーマに、気軽にアーティストとの交流を生むカジュアルなトークイベントです。来日したアーティストと一緒に食事やお茶を楽しみ、会話を交わし、新たなつながりを築くことを目的とします。作品の事だけでなく、アーティストに対する素朴な疑問や、イタリアやベルリンの生活についてなど、自由な会話を楽しむ機会をもちたいと思います。この機会に、一緒にお茶を飲みながらアーティストの視点を介して、世界に足を踏み入れてみませんか？皆様がふらりと立ち寄られることを心待ちにしております。

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“Beer with Artist”
Vol.2 Giacomo Zaganelli and Silvia Piantini

November 4, 2023, from 4 to 6 PM @ Ichinojuni no Yon

1-12-4 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka City

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“Beer with Artist”

Vol.2 Giacomo Zaganelli and Silvia Piantini

Date: November 4, 2023 (Saturday) from 4 to 6 PM
*Free entry and exit, no reservation
Venue: Ichinojuni no Yon
1-12-4 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka City

Language: English, Japanese
Fee: Free (One-drink order system)
Organizer: TRA-TRAVEL
In cooperation with: C-index, FIGYA, NART

■ Artist Profile

Giacomo Zaganelli and Silvia Piantini

Giacomo Zaganelli and Silvia Piantini are an artist+designer duo from Italy, based in Berlin. Working together and sharing the same approach towards art and life, the duo investigates the connection and the relationships between space and physicality, living things and materials.
The research and discovery of different contexts, exploring peculiar details and activating a multicultural dialogue with locals, are considered fundamental moments and integrant part of their practice. A participatory approach and an unconventional involvement of the local resources always influence the outcome of their collaboration, encompassing different types of languages that, from time to time, take the form of actions, interventions, installations, performances, case studies. Art as a medium to get in touch with local contexts.
The duo has been actively working in Asia for many years, mainly in Taiwan and Japan and recently also in Thailand. In 2021 Zaganelli participated in the Thailand Biennale in Korat and Piantini joined him as project coordinator.

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“Beer with Artist”
Vol.1 Fanni Futterknecht

May 21, 2023, from 6 PM @Hoffma
https://goo.gl/maps/nAZze3raxPfvhBe57?coh=178571&entry=tt

TRA-TRAVEL’s new venture, “Beer with Artist,” is a casual talk event themed around “drinking with the artist”. The aim of this event is to enjoy meals and drinks with artists visiting Japan, exchange conversations, and build new connections. Unlike typical artist talks, we aim to create a space where casual interactions can occur.
Our first guest is Fanni Futterknecht, a contemporary artist from Austria. You can enjoy free conversations while delving deeper into her works, thoughts as an artist, and current interests. Why not take this opportunity to step into the artist’s world while sipping on a drink or coffee together? We look forward to your participation.

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“Beer with Artist”

Vol.1 Fanni Futterknecht

Date: May 21, 2023 (Sunday) from 6 PM
*Free entry and exit, no reservation
Venue: Hoffma
6-13-6 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture 542-0012
https://goo.gl/maps/nAZze3raxPfvhBe57?coh=178571&entry=tt

Language: English, Japanese
Fee: Free (One-drink order system)
Organizer: TRA-TRAVEL
Co-host: Hoffma

■ Artist Profile

Fanni Futterknecht
https://www.fannifutterknecht.com/

Born in Vienna Fanni Futterknecht has been studying fine art, contextual painting and video at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She participated at CNDC in Angers in France researching live performance, space and the body.
Fanni Futterknecht’s works adopt a position that spans media, ranging between video, performance and installation. In her works she reflects on sociological and social questions, converting them into poetic interpretations. In spatial and plastic realizations and translations, and by means of language, the artist works on – in the form of performance, demonstrations, videos and installations – the construction and deconstruction of scenarios. Performance-installations are understood as processual sculptures, transforming creatively during their staging.Part of this investigation is a concern with processes of media translation and a questioning of the media employed in each context: the translation of the performance into a video. The video as an exhibition. The installation as a performance

■pre-interview with the artist

Qenji Yoshida (QY): We will be discussing this at our event, “Beer with Artist,” but could you briefly tell us about yourself as an artist and the kind of field/area you explore?

Fanni Futterknecht(FF): thank you so much for this invitation. I am really happy about this idea and to have the opportunity to exchange with you and other artists about my work.

So briefly, I am a Vienna based visual artist working with different media mainly of narrative nature such as performance, installation, video and text. I work a lot with different performers as well as musicians depending on the specific project. My last project was about the act of scribbling (in Austrian German kritzeln) as an extended form of writing and speaking and a performative gesture of protest. The work is based on an extensive exploration about rhetoric in public space.

QY: I’ve seen some of your projects, and I’m particularly interested in your performance. While you’re in Japan, what kind of project are you working on?

FF: I came to Japan this time in the frame of an ICA fellowship based on my current research around the theme of play culture and toys in its social and political dimensions. Main goal was to get a broad image, idea or even imagination of where play begins and where it ends in peoples everyday life.

QY: I believe Japan is rich in “play” cultures and would provide an excellent location for researching this topic.

FF: Definitely, Japan is the perfect ground for this exploration as it offer endless opportunities and inputs around the notion of play and game.

This time I found my stay in Japan, even though it was my third time already, challenging, mainly due to language barriers but also I found the artistic context of Kyoto more closed than other bigger cities in Japan such as Tokyo or Osaka . It might have to do with the fact that Kyoto is a very touristic place and emerging in this context as a foreigner can be harder than for example in Tokyo. 

In Japan many relationships establish through being introduced through others, as a foreigner you kind of depend a bit on others taking care for you. That can be on the one hand something really beautiful as my experience in Japan has always been defined by meeting many warm and welcoming people, but sometimes this dependence can also become suffocating when you do need to sort things on your own.

QY: Since this event is titled “Beer with Artist”, I’d like to ask you about your own drinking culture or that of your country. In Japan, we have “Nomikai” (drinking parties). These are gatherings where friends come together at an izakaya (Japanese-style pub) to drink and chat. In business, contracts are often made at “Nomikai” instead of formal meetings or conferences, and in the dating scene, we have a special “Nomikai” called “Gokon”. So, “Nomikai” serves various social functions. What about Austria?

FF:  I have had many Nomikais, I guess, in my previous stays in Tokyo, at least many social moments in bars with friends and colleagues. 

In Austria we have a strong drinking culture too and we also have this saying that many contracts are made in the bars and not in the formal work environments. There is though quite a huge cultural difference. Despite the fact I consider austrians on a European scale  rather shy, in comparison to Japan, they really are very direct in addressing issues that we disagree with or dislike. It is also something I personally always find challenging being in here: How to address a problem or discomfort in a non direct way and by all means avoiding an uncomfortable situation for the other? In Japanese culture you aim to avoid confrontation by all means but in Austria we do the opposite many times. As a consequence people argue much more, especially when they get drunk.

 
QY: Oh, it’s true that I don’t like confrontation either, and tend to think of a dialectic, or a third alternative if there is a conflict. Some people say that people in Japan don’t like confrontation because it is an island country, and they value harmony. Maybe there are political, social, or geopolitical influences… I’d like to talk more about this, but let’s talk more the bar!

It’s true, I also avoid confrontation, and when there’s a conflict, I tend to think dialectically or try to find a third alternative. Some people say that because Japan is an island country, there is a tendency to value harmony and avoid confrontation. Perhaps there are political, social, and geopolitical influences at play… I’d love to delve deeper about you and your practices as well as this topic, but let’s save that for the bar!

ブレーカープロジェクトでは、Yukawa-NakayasuとQenji Yoshidaを迎えて、「[Co-mirroring コ・ミラーリング] – 共にうつしあう-」というテーマのもと、二つの展覧会「Dear」と「来日」を開催いたします。
個々の作家活動にくわえて、”観光と人の動線を生み出す”アートハブ「TRA-TRAVEL」の共同代表としてアジアのネットワークを独自に展開し、海外での活動も多い二人ですが、今回は普段の生活圏である西成区において、約1年半かけてリサーチを行いながら、創作活動を進めてきました。その過程で両アーティストが着目したのは「他者との身体的／心理的距離」、そして「共感」についてです。Yukawa-Nakayasuは、飛田新地料理組合の古写真から肖像画を描くことや、地域の人々の夢を集める行為を通して、コロナ禍で他者と隔絶された時勢に「未来の親愛なる人と出会う方法」について思いを巡らします。一方、Qenji Yoshidaは、フィールドワークで出会った在日中国人との交流を通して、言語や価値観の違い、そこから生まれる摩擦やズレに着目しつつ、異文化の共存や折衷を想像することから作品制作を行いました。
通底するテーマのもと、二名のアーティストが異なるアプローチと表現方法で結実させる二つの展覧会をご高覧いただければ幸いです。

※ Co-mirroring コ・ミラーリング：社会的／身体的など非対称な力学をはらんだ異なる主体が、互いに影響を与えあう双方向的ミラーリング状態を示す造語

■２つの展覧会の詳細：

〇 展覧会A：「Dear」
作家：Yukawa-Nakayasu
会場：飛田会館
住所：大阪市西成区山王3-1-13
入場料：無料
会期：2022年2月11日(金・祝)-13日(日)、17日(木)-20日(日)、23日(水・祝)-27日(日)
開場時間：13:00〜19:00 　

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〇展覧会B：「来日」
作家：Qenji Yoshida
会場：白壁(「紳士用品 丸亀／動物園前一番街商店街」 向かい）
住所：大阪市西成区太子1-11-2
入場料：無料
会期：2022年2月26日(土)・27日(日)、3月3日(木)-6日(日)、10日(木)-13日(日)
開場時間：13:00〜19:00

■アーティストプロフィール
Yukawa-Nakayasu
1981 年大阪生まれ。歴史や習俗や習慣をもとに、社会や身体、日常に内在している営為や現象を視覚化する作品を制作。 近年では「生命の循環」まで視野を広げ、人々の営みから発生するエネルギーの循環に着目している。2018 年に The 12th Arte Laguna Prize 大賞受賞 ( Arsenale, ヴェネツィア )、2017 年に『Japanese Connections』( Nikolaj Kunsthal, コぺンハーゲン ) など。http://yukawanakayasu.net/

Qenji Yoshida
1982年大阪生まれ。言語、翻訳、対話などをテーマに、間違いや誤解を積極的に採用することで国内外で作品制作を行う。2020年文化庁新進芸術家海外研修生として台湾にて滞在制作。主な展覧会に2020年「In Teleland」（宝蔵巌国際芸術村、台北）、2018年「行為の編纂」（TOKAS本郷、東京）、2017年「DELIKADO PELIGROSO」（MATADERO MADRID、マドリード）。https://www.qenjiyoshida.com/

Mong-jane Wu

台北在住。ボストン美術館芸術大学にてMFA取得。写真やパフォーマンスなどから文化風習や様式への介入、写真メディアの境界を思索する作品で知られている。近年では、2018年「台南国際フォトフェスティバル」（台南）に参加。
www.mongjanewu.com

Prapat Jiwarangsan

バンコク在住。ロイヤルカレッジ・オブ・アート（ロンドン）修了。特に移住・移民をテーマにタイの歴史と記憶、政治の関係性を表現する作家として知られている。近年では、2019年にシンガポールビエンナーレに参加。
www.prapat-jiwarangsan.com

Qenji Yoshida

TRA-TRAVEL共同代表。「言語」「翻訳」「対話」から、異言語間や異文化間におけるミスコミュニケーションを考察、探求する試みと実践を行っている。近年では、2017年「Delikado Peligroso」（マドリード）に参加など。
www.Qenjiyoshida.com

Wantanee Siripattananuntakul

シラバコーン大学（バンコク）講師。社会、政治、経済、文化などへ批判的な視線を扱うメディア越境型の作風で知られ、第53回ヴェネチア・ビエンナーレ・タイ館代表。近年では、2018年に個展「THE BROKEN LADDER」（バンコク）など。
www.wantaneesiri.com

Yukawa-Nakayasu

TRA-TRAVEL共同代表。大阪を拠点に歴史や習俗や習慣をもとに、社会や身体、日常に内在している営為を視覚化する作品を制作発表している。近年では、2018年にThe 12th Arte Laguna Prize（ヴェネチア）大賞受賞。
www.yukawanakasu.net

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“Statement of the exhibition”

The rise of low-cost carriers (LCCs) brought a new perspective on geopolitics that closely connected cities beyond countries’ borders. For instance in Europe in 1993, the “Third Package” was adopted as the last stage of the step-by-step process of air transport liberalization, in order to fully open up airline markets. Since then, the EU’s “sense of community” actually started being cultivated beyond countries in accordance with the policy that “allows its people free movement of borders and guarantees them equal treatment with the citizens of the host country”.
Physical/psychological distances between cities have been reduced, and exchanges, intermingling, solidarities, or repulsions in multiple levels became normalized. Such situations could be described as a post-LCC era.
On the other hand, the network proposed by LCCs in Asia, unlike the EU, are subject to firm restrictions upon entry, such as the right to stay for both travelers and immigrants. The social movement dynamics are generated not freely, but formed by the intertwining interests of each country, which makes us imagine post-LCC situations in Asia distinct and diverse when compared with the one in the EU.
Japan, for instance, has started to ease the restrictions on travelers and workers coming from other Asian countries in recent years. The so-called “Inbound Travel Promotion Project (Visit Japan Project)” is part of the government’s measures to resolve the serious shortage of domestic labor. It has triggered more flows and movements of people, things and information, creating new dimensions of social phenomena that are becoming more visible and apparent. It would question, challenge and possibly alter traditional values and social conventions.

The exhibition, which invites a total of seven artists from four Asian countries, examines the “current dynamics brought about by the movement of people, things and information beyond borders”, through the artists’ perspectives on the themes such as tourism, immigration and communication.
The exhibition entails various processes and forms of collaboration, and cooperation, which embody current movement dynamics in Asia. By bringing together a series of excises and a collection of art works, the exhibition aims to trigger imaginations and reflections about a prospective time we call post-LCC.

TRA-TRAVEL

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