Hand Saw Press
Pop-up Riso Zine Studio
A zine is a passport!
F/T’s creative hub connecting people, the city, and the world
Open during last year’s festival as an accessible place for self-expression and meeting others, the Drop-in Riso Zine Studio was visited by more than 2,700 people and hosted the creation of 365 zines (small-circulation publications produced by individuals or groups). Initiated by Hand Saw Press, the project functions as a platform for interaction with the community and its different cultures by holding events and workshops, and exchanging zines or making new ones with a Risograph (a type of digital duplicator similar to a mimeograph). The studio returns for this year’s festival, newly expanded and updated! Now covering a wider area and tying up with other productions in the F/T20 lineup, the studio serves as the launchpad for building open and rich relationships between the festival, people, and the city.
Credit
Project Director: Hand Saw Press (Ryoko Ando, Shinsuke Kanno)
Guest Artists: Takuo Miyanaga (producer / mamagoto), YUKI (bike messenger / Traffic god)
Publicity Design: Nobuyuki Eguchi
Publicity Photograph: minamiasami
Operation Assistants: Ikumi Taguchi (ikik/Hand Saw Press), Chisaki Murakami
Production Coordinators: Keisuke Shimada, Maki Fujishima (Festival/Tokyo), Maiko Iwama, Miki Kanai
In special cooperation with RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
Profile
Hand Saw Press
Hand Saw Press is a DIY space equipped with a Risograph printing press and woodworking tools. Launched by three people with different backgrounds and specialties—architect Shinsuke Kanno (AM-A-LAB), spatial designer Ryoko Ando (design musica), and restaurant owner and editor Akinobu Oda (map/Nagi Shokudo)—there are currently two locations (Tokyo and Kyoto). By opening up a place and tools to the community through making zines, printing posters and art books, and DIY, Hand Saw Press brings people, the city, and the world together.
Schedule
10/16 (Fri)–11/15 (Sun) (20 days)
Tuesdays, Thursdays: 3:00–8:30 p.m. (reception closes at 8 p.m.)
Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
10/16 (Fri): 2–7 p.m. (TBC)
The times are when the Riso Zine Studio is open.
Fee
Free to make up to 2 copies of an A4 single sheet or bifold zine (1 zine per person per day).
Venue
Riso Zine Studio
3-49-8 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005
Zine Stand
3-55-1 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005
Pop-up Print Truck & Pop-up Zine Stand
Various locations around Toshima
Schedule and locations TBA
Organizer
Organizer: Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee (Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, NPO Arts Network Japan [NPO-ANJ]),
Tokyo Festival Executive Committee (Toshima City, Toshima Mirai Cultural Foundation, Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture [Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo])
Inquires
Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee Secretariat
contact(at)festival-tokyo.jp
