New Project "Discover J" is coming soon!  

  

What is "DISCOVER J"?

A new collaborative project to broadcast Japan, its unique traditional history, and its aesthetic sensibilities to the world.

KNOW * PROTECT * SHARE

The traditional culture and aesthetic sensibilities of Japan are both unique and universally regarded as world-class assets. Essential to this culture and sensibilities is a desire to live in symbiotic harmony with nature; respecting its changes and bounties. Traditionally, Japanese have strived for a lifestyle with aesthetic value, both physical and spiritual.

"Origin Stories of Japan" is a new collaborative project to introduce the world about Japan, its traditional history, and its aesthetic sensibilities. J-collabo seeks to share the Japanese sense of beauty, its underlying principles and its relevance to global culture. Through collaborations with various artists, J-collabo promotes Japanese aesthetics and engages in mutually beneficial interactions with other races, ethnic groups, nationalities and religions. We will continue our efforts to become a unifier between Japanese culture and the cultures of the world.

  

  

INTRODUCING OUR J-MEMBER : YUICHI SUGAI

We are excited to announce our J-MEMBER, the brilliant contemporary artist Yuichi Sugai.

CAMPAIGN >> http://donate.j-collabo.org/e/yuichi

 

about my work   

It is often said that people became more aware of their own cultural heritage when they are away from their own country. My case is no exception.  Living in a foreign country, the interest and the empathy toward my native country, Japan, its history and culture, and the era I grew up in, grew deeper and deeper.

My generation were brought up under a strong influence of American culture.  It planted a great admiration to America, and a neglect toward our own cultural heritage.  To seriously look back into my own background and where I came from, it took me over five years of living in the USA.

My works are an homage, an admiration, a nostalgia, and sometimes a big question mark to my own Japanese heritage and the Shouwa period in which I grew up.

If my works could represent a psychological landscape of my generation, I have nothing more to add.

Yuichi  Sugai

http://yuichiart.com