Hiroshima MoCA FIVE 23/24

[Application Period] October 24—December 18, 2023
[Exhibition Period] March 30—July 9, 2024

Outline
Application
Selection Results
Schedule
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Outline

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, since its opening in 1989, has continued to hold Open Call based exhibitions to support the artists’ creative activities. The museum’s Open Call has changed its style several times for the better, providing support for the artists and achieving an attractive form of exhibition for the visitors. This time, as we celebrate the museum’s renewal opening, our Open Call changes again to “Hiroshima MoCA FIVE.” We seek a proposal that opens the diverse energy that contemporary art carries.

- The Main exhibition space will change from a public space to a gallery.

- The exhibition period will be extended from 3 weeks to 3 months.

- The monetary award for the selected artists has increased to 400,000 JPY per artist/group.

- Both the open call and exhibition will be theme-based.

- The museum will support the selected artists to organize the exhibition together.

Application

Theme”Renewal”

- The theme for the Hiroshima MoCA FIVE 23/24 is “Renewal.” How to interpret the word is up to the applicant. We look forward to challenging plans that match this year’s theme.
- There is no restriction on genres (painting, sculpture, video, installation, performance, etc.) and materials (wood, metal, porcelain, etc.) of the proposed work
- The proposed work must be exhibited throughout the exhibition period unless the work is in the form of a performance. The performance-based work must be performed on the first day of the exhibition, and the performance needs to be sharable, in some way, with the visitors throughout the exhibition.
- One artist or a group can make one proposal.
- The proposed work must be original and previously unpublished.
- The exhibition space for the selected works is Gallery B-1, corridor, and approach plaza.

Flyer
Application Procedure
Application Form
Application Form [Excel]

GalleryB-1

Plan1

Corridor

Plan2

Approach Plaza

Plan2

How to Apply

- Download the application guideline and form from the website and send the filled form via email or post.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023—17:00 JST on Monday, December 18 (must arrive within the application period)

Hiroshima MoCA FIVE
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
1-1 Hijiyama-koen, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0815

E-mail: hiroshimamocafive2324@gmail.com

Eligibility

- Anyone can apply.

Participating Fee

- Free

Selection

- The proposals will be screened by the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art curators and a special jury.
Special July for 23/24 Tomoko Yabumae (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
- The result will be announced on January 23, 2024, on the museum’s website.

Award

- Five artists/groups will be selected.
400,000 JPY will be awarded to each artist or group.
- Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Award/Special Jury Award
After the installment of the work, the juries will select one artist/group each for a special prize (Award: 200,000 JPY)
- Documentation images of the exhibition will be provided to the selected artists.

Exhibition making

- "Where to exhibit the work and how" should be discussed with the museum curators.
- Installing and dismantling works should be done by the artist or a person arranged by the artist. The museum will support the installing as well.
- The artist is responsible for preparing the necessary equipment to exhibit artworks, such as frames, pedestals, video-related equipment, etc.
- The museum will provide information on local hotels if the artist needs to stay in Hiroshima during the installation period. Please ask the museum in advance.

In cooperation with

Guest House akicafe inn, Guest House COCO Hiroshima

Selection Results

After an in-house selection process by the director, deputy director, and curators of the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, and a special selection by Ms. Tomoko Yabumae (curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo), the following five ideas were selected from among the 326 entries received.

Hirai Koki, Cities as inkwell, HIROSHIMA/KURE

Hozumi Eri, To Preserve The Memory 　(tentative)

Nishikawa Shigeru, Sealed Building -Atomic Bomb Dome-

Tsugawa Nana, settler　(tentative)

Urakami Mana, Tie while floating 　(tentative)

Schedule

1
Announcement
October 24
2
Application Form
October 24—December 18, 2023
3
Result
January 23, 2024

Result will be announced on the museum website.
4
Installation
March 26—29, 2024
5
Exhibition
March 30—June 9, 2024

See HERE for the exhibition informatoin.
6
Dismantling
June 10—12, 2024

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