Art Incubation

The largest artist fellowship in Japan, recruiting projects by artists to serve as CCBT partners

Mission
Artist Fellows
Past Artist Fellows

Artistic Expression, Exploration, and Action Changing Tokyo for the Better through Creativity and Technology

Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better.

Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.

What CCBT Artist Fellows Do

Develop and present new creative projects and research
Conduct creative activities and R&D while based at CCBT, and exhibit and present the results of those projects at CCBT and around the city
Make their creative activities and research processes public
Foster opportunities for members of the public to come into contact with the intersection of creativity and technology through creative endeavors and making these processes public as well as holding workshops, lectures, and other events
Collaborate and co-create with others
Lead collaboration with the various kinds of people who come together at CCBT (members of the public, artists, designers, engineers, etc.) and the organizations and groups in the CCBT network, and build a platform for co-creating the future

What CCBT Artist Fellows Do

Production Support
Financial and environmental support for fellows in the form of production costs of up to ¥10 million and facilities for working on the project and holding meetings, etc.
Leveling Up
Opportunities for advice and technical support from mentors and other experts to help realize the project
Promotion
Promotion via the CCBT website and social media channels, publicity in pamphlets and venue signage, and documentation and archiving of the work/project
Management
Help with procedures for using venues necessary for exhibiting work/project widely, venue operation, equipment use, artwork installation, etc.

Artist Fellows

Mentors

Shikata Yukiko (Curator, Critic)
Shimizu Tomoko (Media researcher, Cultural theorist)
Hal Seki (Founder, Code for Japan)
Tsugawa Eri (Architect, Director / ALTEMY)
Mizuno Tasuku (Lawyer, Attorney) 　and others.

Application Outline

Application Period

April 1 (Tue) – April 20 (Sun), 2025

Theme

Future Commons
Based on the digital commons ushered in by technology and the global commons as a way of understanding the planet’s environment and ecosystems, we are seeking creative projects and practices that are inspired by and experiment with ideas, mindsets, and narratives exploring “future commons” for rethinking society and the individual in the years to come.