JIA委員長インタビュー

JIAには17の委員会や全国会議がある。何をしているか会員にお知らせすべく委員長インタビューを開始。初回はJIA の４つの賞(大賞、環境賞、25年賞、新人賞)を取り仕切る表彰委員長の今村創平さん。コロナ禍の中賞の審査を行う決断をしたのは、賞の継続性が翔の価値を担保するからと考えてのことだと言う。学会も学会賞審査をするか否かで議論したが同様に行う決定に至った。

しかし日本は学会とJIA が似たような賞を出しているが、JIAは学会と差別化してもいい。世界から受賞を受けつけるとか。今年始めたミース財団主催の若手に与える賞などドイツの文化戦略ともとれるが、ベネチアに展示去れるのだから、若手が世界に羽ばたく登竜門となるだろう。日本の賞は日本の賞でしかない。

JIA has 17 committees and national conferences. A chairperson interview is started to inform members of what they are doing. For the first time, Souhei Imamura, the chair of the award committee, They are in charge of four JIA awards (Grand Prize, Environmental Award, 25th Year Award, and New Face Award). He said he decided to examine the Prize even in COVID-19 because the continuity of the prize secured award’s value. AIJ also discussed about whether or not to make an award this year then came to a similar decision.

However, in Japan, the JIA and the AIJ give similar awards, but the JIA may be differentiated from the AIJ. For example JIA Receive an award from the world, It can be considered as a German cultural strategy, such as the award given to young people sponsored by the Mies Foundation this year, but since it will be exhibited in Venice,It will be  the gateway to the world for young people . Japanese awards are only Japanese awards.