The Book: Those Accountable
Ashley Rawlings
Ashley Rawlings is a specialist in postwar Japanese art. After graduating with a BA in Japanese studies from the University of Cambridge, he moved to Tokyo in 2005, where he works as a freelance editor, writer and translator. He writes for a number of publications in Japan and abroad and he is currently conducting research into Tokyo's architectural theory and urban planning.
Craig Mod
Craig Mod is a cofounder of Chin Music Press. He graduated with a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania after studying fine arts and computer science. He spent two years studying the Japanese language at Waseda University, Tokyo, and has been based in Japan since 2003.
More of his work is online at his website, craigmod.com.
Publisher
Art Space Tokyo is published by independent publisher, Chin Music Press. It is the company's fifth hardcover release.
Other Books
Other books on Japan from Chin Music Press:: Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex Marriage and the Modern Japanese Woman, Kuhaku & Other Accounts from Japan.
Acknowledgements
Edited by:
Ashley Rawlings
Content:
Preface, wayfinding notes, neighborhood and art space descriptions by Craig Mod and Ashley Rawlings
Book & Map Design:
Craig Mod
Artwork:
Profile and art space illustrations by Nobumasa Takahashi
Cover illustration by Craig Mod
Interviews:
Mahiro from Gallery ef by Manami Kamikawa, October 2007
All other interviews by Ashley Rawlings, winter 2007-2008
Translations of interviews and essays as follows:
Yuko Enomoto: Ryutaro Takahashi, Fumihiko Sumitomo
Manami Kamikawa: GA Gallery, 21_21 Design Sight, Gallery ef, Aoyama | Meguro
Lisa Kato: Ikko Suzuki & Kirara Kawachi
Darryl Jingwen Wee: Hara Museum
Lena Oishi: Project Space Kandada, Aoyama | Meguro
Ashley Rawlings: Gallery Koyanagi, Tetsuya Ozaki, SCAI The Bathhouse, Misa Shin, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Ghibli Museum
Tomomi Sasaki: Watari-um, Ghibli Museum
transcriptions by:
Yuko Enomoto, Hiroyasu Hirakawa, Manami Kamikawa, Lisa Kato, Mayuko Kohno, Lena Oishi, Ashley Rawlings, Aya Satomoto and Sanae Toyota
editorial assistance:
Yuko Enomoto, Katrina Grigg-Saito and Bruce Rutledge
Sections
Art Space Tokyo on: facebook, del.icio.us
Copyright © 2008 Chin Music Press