Missions and Aims of Tokyo Culture Creation Project
Tokyo Culture Creation Project” undertakes a variety of programs to establish “Tokyo as a global culture creation city” and plays the leading role in fulfilling the objectives of the cultural policy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
The programs are organized with four points of view:
1.To internationally gather culture creators in Tokyo and to create cultural diversity
We develop systems for discovery of and support for creators of new culture, gather Japanese and overseas culture creators in Tokyo, invent new uses of the cultural resources that have been accumulated in Tokyo, and cooperate with highly creative industries, in order to create cultural diversity.
2.To have people who gather in Tokyo themselves as the players of new culture creation
In cooperation with diverse organizations such as creative NPOs, regional shopping malls, corporations or universities, we build bases for creative activities across the city to improve environment for even more active involvement of people in new culture creation, and support training of personnel that will support the bases.
3.To disseminate new Tokyo culture to the world and to establish the city as a vital hub for international networking
We disseminate highly creative culture of Tokyo to the world, and invite Japanese and overseas disseminators to have them disseminate their evaluation of the culture of the city, strengthening international network and aiming to become a hub for the culture creation cities especially in Asia.
4.To support recovery from the earthquake disaster with the cultural energy of Tokyo
We recover the vitality of Japan with the cultural energy of Tokyo, and support recovery from the earthquake disaster. We also propose models of new creative society building that should be to come after the recovery.
The four concrete categories that constitute the project are:
Festival
Through international festivals that are globally competitive, we enrich the creative activities in the arts and culture in Tokyo and raise the visibility of the city as an international base for creation and exchange.
Kids / Youth
We offer opportunities for experiencing diverse processes of artistic and cultural creation to kids and youth that will lead the next generation aiming to nurture creative and vibrant sensibility in them.
Artpoint
Programs for collaboration between artists and citizens are organized in neighborhoods, in cooperation with creative NPOs and other sectors such as disaster measures and childcare, to develop regional bases for culture creation.
Networking
We promote “Tokyo as a global culture creation city” and organize programs and events, in which Japanese and overseas players gather, to strengthen network.