About 『Inter Image』

■ Inter Image - contemporary Japan/Australia art encounters
Inter Image is part of cultural exchange activities between the Sakaguchi Postgraduate Research Class of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Students with differing cultural backgrounds have made artworks, through the exchange of images, with the goal of mutual understanding. It is aimed that the process of expression that is shared will surpass the differences in environment and culture.

■ Project Details
Images of participants’ artworks were sent to the partner university, and viewed. Participants then selected partners according to their interest in the artworks shown.

Artists were paired, and each pair exchanged one artwork each. Their partner was responsible for taking inspiration from that artwork, and making an artwork in response. Artworks will be exhibited in relation to each other, as an outcome of the project.

Collaborative activities will also be carried out using this project blog and email

Participants from Japan will visit QCA in Brisbane from August 26thh to September 8th 2006. Various collaborative activities have been planned, including a creative workshop on Stradbroke Island, drawing trip to the Glasshouse Mountains, and sculpture workshop on the QCA campus.

Results of this collaborative process will be exhibited at Queensland College of Art in from August 29th to September 7th 2006.

A follow-up exhibition is also planned to be held in Tokyo in the December 2006.

■ Inter Image - 日本／オーストラリア 現代美術交流
「インターイメージアートプロジェクト」は、東京芸術大学大学院油画第３研究室（東京・日本）とグリフィス・クイーンランド芸術大学大学院（クイーンズランド・豪州）の相互交流として開催されます。それぞれの異なる文化的な背景を持つ学生達が、共通のモチーフから沸き上がるイメージの交感を通してアート作品をつくり相互の理解をテーマとしています。アート作品というものが、それぞれの環境や文化の違いを超えた共有可能な表現となることを目指しています。