Nestled in the countryside at the base of the Minou mountains, where abundant pure water springs, Omnicent offers a residency where artists can immerse themselves in the traditional Japanese way of life and find creative stimulation through engaging with the community.

The House

Omnicent Residence has four rooms for maximum 6 people, with a traditional tea house and a garden.

法人概要

名称

一般社団法人 Omnicent

代表

代表理事 田中徳崇

所在地

福岡県うきは市

設立

2022年1月

事業概要

AIR (アーティスト・イン・レジデンス) 事業 

EC サイトの運営

アート文化事業を通したうきはエリアの工芸・美術作家のプロモーション

文化観光の人材育成、コーディネート業

Company Information

Name

General Corporated Association Omnicent

Representative

Noritaka Tanaka

Location

Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan

Founded

January 2022

Scope of Business

Hosting artists work in residence

Running an e-shop to promote Japanese crafts

Tour planning and guiding for international visitors

We work on the steady person-to-person exchange scheme, usually spend many years collaborating with each participant. On the organizational level, we have partnering companies (the list is as follows), and we are willing to explore on new connections!

Omnicentは現在、イタリア、オランダ、フランスに提携団体（AIR事業拠点）を持ち、毎年相互に訪問しあったり共同プログラムを企画・実施したりする相互交流事業を軸に、個人のアーティストらの受け入れも行っています。

提携団体 Affiliated Organizations

Who we are

田中 徳崇 - Noritaka TANAKA

Founder, General Creative Director

Noritaka Tanaka (born 1977) is a Japanese drummer and sound engineer. Ever since playing drums became part of his life, his pursuance in the world of sound began. During the decade he spent in Chicago working as a drummer in jazz and improvised music, his interest in the physics of sound led him to engineering and design. Through the collaboration with Tim de Paravicini, he now resides in Ukiha, Fukuoka.

The musicians he has worked with include: Peter Brötzmann, Aki Takase, Terumasa Hino, Nobuyoshi Ino, Kei Akagi, Bobby Broom, Jeff Parker, Michiyo Yagi, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jakob Bro, Josephine Foster, Helado Negro, the Cairo Gang, and Bitchin Bajas.

馬場 亮子 - Ryoko BABA

Founder, Project Manager

Thinker, curator, and the diplomat of Omnicent and Ukiha / mother of a 7 year-old boy

Born in Fukuoka City, Japan, Ryoko worked as an English-Japanese translator/interpreter for 15 years before moving to the rural community Ukiha in 2014, in search for a work-life style more in line with her ethics.

Ryoko initiated the art and culture collaboration between Ukiha City and the Netherlands with the help of the Dutch Embassy in 2015. Since then, numerous artists from the Netherlands have visited and stayed in Ukiha, leading to further connections with the artists from other countries of the world. In 2020, she bought a traditional styled house with a tea house to renovate into a residency for artists, and in January 2022, set up a company for art projects with Noritaka Tanaka. 

Current interests: mycelium, microbiome, the link between fermentation and crafts, collective and bodily intelligence, Shitsurai the indigenous Japanese arts and science, AI and neuroscience, invisible beings filling the empty spaces, gnosis and animism

All-time heroes: Brian Eno, Takeshi Yoro, Genta Yamamoto, Toru Takemitsu, Kenzabro Oe, Paul Stamets