KYOTO STEAM 2022 International Art　Competition

　KYOTO STEAM 2022 International Art Competition was the core program for the second edition of KYOTO STEAM—International Arts × Science Festival, organized by its executive committee. Unique in Japan, this was an international competition exhibiting and awarding works created by artists in collaboration with corporations, research institutes, and other partners.

　An open call for submissions was made in 2020. From the 111 project plans and 41 partners, a panel of experts matched the partners with the artists to selected 11 sets of collaboration.

　Artists and companies, laboratories continued dialogues to superimpose each knowledge and values in own domains until this exhibition. How companies and research laboratories may inspire artists with their materials or knowledge? How artists may find values in companies’ and laboratories’ knowledge, materials, and technologies from their unique perspectives? Both gathered creativities and inspirations through their dialogues to create collaborated art, which would not be possible to create without each other.

　This exhibition was presenting such art collaborations. The 11 art pieces were the outcome from their collaborations and dialogues and also the accomplishments of ‘Art and Science Technology’ experiments.

　We hope you will enjoy witnessing their collaborations through their challenges.

■Venue
・Higashiyama Cube, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

■Exhibiting Artists and Partners
・Onishi Yasuaki × Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder Co., Ltd.
・Kanamori Yoshiaki × FUJIX Ltd.
・Kaneko Miya × MARUSHIGEYA CORPORATION
・Kawamatsu Yasunori × RIKEN BioResource Research CenterPlant-Microbe Symbiosis Research and Development Team
・Kohrogi Yugo × HORIBA, Ltd.
・Sato Soma × KYOTO’s 3D STUDIO Inc.
・Kikoh Matsuura × SHIMADZU CORPORATION
・Miki Maaya × Division of Medical Device Innovation,Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization,Niigata National Hospital
・Mihara Soichiro × mui Lab, Inc.
・Miyata Sayaka × SeedBank Co., Ltd.
・Ami Yamasaki + Michael Smith-Welch × Konel

■Prizes
・Grand Prize｜”Distant Thoughts”
Miki Maaya × Division of Medical Device Innovation,Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization,Niigata National Hospital

・Second Prize｜”Hymn for the Void”
Kaneko Miya × MARUSHIGEYA CORPORATION

・Audience Award｜”Pillar of light”
Kanamori Yoshiaki × FUJIX Ltd.