Neighbouring: A Meeting of Japanese and Scottish Artists - 15 to 18 June 2021

Neighbouring is a 4-day on-line workshop from 15 to 18 June 2021 programmed as a part of Glasgow International 2021 that brings together practitioners from Japan and Scotland to give voice to and partake in a shared desire for closeness and intimacy despite physical separation and barriers to engagement.

Against a backdrop of pandemic restrictions affecting movement, touch and the very notion of being next to one another, this exchange considers ‘neighbouring’ as an active endeavour, taken from Scottish working-class vernacular meaning ‘working together’, while considering how different aspects of togetherness are being affected by Covid’19, such as the Japanese omoiyari (おもいやり) or the act of caring for others.

What can we learn from and share with each other? How do we produce nearness? With practices spanning photography, installation, performance and spoken word, artists Shizuka Yokomizo, Megan Lucille Boettcher, Mio Harada and Shoko Imai, Nile Koetting, Jessica Ramm, Hanna Tuulikki and Tomoko Konoike will draw from lived experiences, claim agency within solitude, choreograph spaces, consider the summoning of community, and re-interpret mythological narratives.
Full programme here: https://www.thedrouth.org/ 

Shizuka Yokomizo 15th June 10am – The Drouth

Mio Harada, Shoko Imai & Megan Lucille Boettcher 16th June 10am – The Drouth

Nile Koetting 17th June 11am – The Drouth

Jessica Ramm 17th June 10am – The Drouth

Tomoko Konoike 18th June 10am – The Drouth