Konya 2023





Contact Details	Dai-ichi-Matsumura Building 201, Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka Japan
	TEL	+ 81-92-984-6292
	FAX	+ 81-92-984-6292
	E MAIL	travel-front@travelers-project.com
	URL	http://konya2023.travelers-project.info/konya2023/
Contact	Yukiko Miyazaki


Administrative Organization	Travel Front
Administrative Body	Travel Front
Facility Name	Konya 2023
Facility Address	Dai-ichi-Matsumura Building 201, Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka Japan
Facility Description	- konya-gallery Regular open hours: 11:00 - 20:00 Rooms: Room 201 and 202 Usage: Exhibition, lecture, event, live performance, workshop, etc. Space: Floor space: approx. 40 ㎡, Ceiling height: approx. 3.5m (Exhibition panel height: 2.4m) - konya-stay L / konya-stay S Rooms: Room 401 (short-term), Room 501 (long-term) Facilities: Toilet, shower, bed, desk, refrigerator, sink, air conditioning, etc. Space: Room 401: approx. 19 ㎡, Room 501: approx. 35 ㎡ To use the facility, reference from members (excluding the administration staff) is required. - konya-sky Floor space: approx. 165 ㎡ Notes: No water and gas supply. Each facility will charge for use.
Access	The building is located in Daimyo area, which is about 10-minute walk from Tenjin area, the center of Fukuoka city. With many restaurants and cloth stores, this area is always attracting youngsters. - Access From Fukuoka Airport By subway: on Kuko Line, Fukuokakuko (airport) station -> Tenjin station (10 min) -> 10 to 15-minute walk From JR Hakata station By subway: on Kuko Line, Hakata station -> Tenjin station (5 min) ->10 to 15-minute walk By Nishitetsu bus: Hakata-eki Kotsu Center 1st Floor -> bus stop near Tenjin station (10 to 15 min) -> 10 to 15-minute walk By Kyushu Expressway Approx. 15 min from Tenjin Kita Ramp (depends on traffic)
History	“Konya 2023” is the third building renovation project that is planned and organized by Travelers Project (administration office: Travel Front). The project term is 15 years from 2008 to 2023, and it gathers directors from a variety of fields in 17 rooms in a 45-year-old building. The theme of Konya 2023 is “multi-tenant building of the future”, and a particular emphasis is placed on the concept of “multi-timeframe building”. Users may sign a one to three-year lease, visit for two hours for an event, or spend an hour for drinking. Among such variations of timeframes, residential users spend a day to half a year in stay rooms. Konya-stay is initiated to serve a wide variety of users: residential artists engaging in creative activities for exhibitions at konya-gallery; researchers and scholars who visit Fukuoka to participate in projects; and businesspeople and tourists visiting Fukuoka.
Year of Commencement	2008
Program Objectives	In collaboration with konya-gallery and konya-stay, konya 2023 intends to serve artists who exhibit their works at the gallery, participants in events, researchers and participants in projects, and businesspeople and tourists visiting Fukuoka. Therefore, it is not a facility exclusively for Artist-in-Residence program. Due to operational concerns, it is available only for people referred from members. ; however, if an artist wants to use the gallery as well, his/her portfolio can be reviewed without reference. Konya 2023 is a place for a variety of people in multiple timeframes, and the variation will be further widened by long or short-tem residents. We believe that visitors and residents can actually feel the dynamics of the project.
Program Activities	Once in three years, we invite artists from Japan and abroad for about three months, and support their residential work, workshops in the local community, and exhibitions at galleries.


Focus Area	Arts, architecture, graphics, photography, IT, editing, fashion, education, dance, events, foods, etc.
Residency Period	Up to six months.
Conditions	Reference required (if the applicant also wants to use the gallery, his/her portfolio can be reviewed without reference.) Capable of communication in Japanese or English
Application Procedure	Reference required (if the applicant also wants to use the gallery, his/her portfolio can be reviewed without reference.)
Selection Process	Documents screening or interview by the administration staff and advisors.
Achievements and Outcomes	From September to December, 2008, a German artist Michael Otto was invited. From November 14 to December 10, 2008, Michael Otto Solo Exhibition [shizukesano maeno arashino maeno shizukesa] (the silence before the storm before the silence) and relevant projects were held.