SYNONYM is an online and offline network project space focusing on community-based storytelling, created by Soichiro Kimura and Axel Wang. We are directors, curators and producers of art & design projects and exhibitions, from conception to realisation, we aim to bridge and to expand the horizons of the commercial, niche and cultural sectors.

 

Formed in both Nagoya, Japan and London, UK, the underlying connotation behind our name ‘SYNONYM’ implies that despite all the individual differences we are all similar one way or another. On this constantly evolving platform, we would like to take you along a journey starting from Japan, presenting a curation of ideas and objects. Drawing from our extensive experience working with both emerging and established artists from Japan and around the globe, our mission is to foster increased collaboration and meaningful dialogues, aiming to engage audiences in exploring the transformative power of art, encouraging them to envision the potential for artistic expression as a catalyst for positive change and to conceive new possibilities for local communities.

 

In a parallel universe simultaneously, SYNONYM cultivates an online journal documenting cities, museums, art spaces and fairs across the globe accompanied by critical studies and literature works. Acting as a mediator, we initiate dialogues with creatives, artists, gallerists and designers in the field of art, fashion, craft, design and more, aspired to bring exceptional creative talents all over the world together.

 

SYNONYMは、コミュニティ(共同体)と、そこに根差す人々が紡ぎ出す物語に焦点を当てた、オンラインおよびオフラインのネットワーク・プロジェクト・スペースで、木村宗一郎とアクセル・ワンによって創設されました。アート及びデザインのプロジェクトや、展覧会のディレクター、キュレーター、プロデューサーとして、構想から実現までを担い、商業、潜在的価値、文化の各分野の架け橋となり、その領域の限界を超えることを目指しています。
 

名古屋(日本)とロンドン(英国)から始まった【SYNONYM】には、「個々人の違いを超えて、共有できる『何か』が私たちの中には在る」という意味が込められています。常に進化し続けるこの空間を介して皆さんを、この日本を起点として、様々なアイディアや「もの」が結びつくことで生まれる新たな価値と、それを共有してゆく旅にお連れしたいと思います。日本と世界中の新進気鋭のアーティストや確立されたアーティストとの豊富な経験を基に、私たちの使命は協力の促進と有意義な対話の育成です。観客を巻き込み、芸術の変革的な力を探求させ、芸術表現の可能性を積極的な変化の触媒として捉え、地元コミュニティに対する新しい可能性を構想することを目指しています。

 

同時並行的に、SYNONYMは世界中の都市の美術館、アートスペース、イベントを記録するオンライン・ジャーナルでもあります。この空間を通して、アート、ファッション、クラフト、デザインなどの分野で活躍するクリエーター、アーティスト、ギャラリスト、デザイナーとの対話を進め、世界中の才気溢れるクリエーターを結びつけることを目指しています。

 
 

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