A “kairanban” is a folder that circulates from one household to another within a neighborhood, sharing useful information and local news. In using the same circulatory and communal pattern, Kairanban brings together the recent works of a series of Japan-based artists, each passing the baton onto a self-chosen neighbor. Kairanban intends to present a cartography of the Japanese art scene across several issues. A map conceived following an interplay of elective affinities rather than geographical, institutional, generational or other logics. A map drawn by the artists themselves.
