日本・韓国・台湾交流展覧会である「PRISM」は、2013年に東京で始まり、以後ソウル、台北など毎年互いの国で展示会を開催し、交流を重ねてきました。

2020年、2021年は新型コロナの流行により互いの国を行き来することがかなわず、YouTubeにてオンラインでの開催となり、日本でのPRISMは5年ぶりとなります。

今回、文化都市・市川市で「PRISM.12th.-IDEA-」を開催する機会を得られたことを心より感謝いたします。

言葉も、文化的背景も異なる三カ国の作家たちが主体となって展示会を作り上げることは容易ではありません。しかし毎年PRISMを通して交流し、互いの文化や考え方の違いを感じ、学び、理解しあいながら人としても、作家としても共に成長してきました。

昨今、コロナ禍による世界の分断化や戦争など不安を感じるしかない時代背景のもと、作家の心を現わす芸術にもやるせなさや諦念など、その影響を受けざるを得ない現状があります。

しかし作品とは作家の思考と生の結実であるからこそ、私たちPRISMの作家は世界にどんな状況が押し寄せようとも、希望を現わしたいと願っています。そのような思いを込めてPRISM.12th.のテーマを「IDEA（アイデア）」としました。

今日も、みなさまの心にひとかけらでも変化を起こすきっかけをお届けできれば幸いです。

PRISM, the Japan-Korea-Taiwan exchange exhibition, started in Tokyo in 2013.

Since then, we have held exhibitions in Seoul, Taipei, and other cities every year.

In 2020 and 2021, PRISM was held online via YouTube, as it was not possible to travel back and forth between the countries due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease. This upcoming PRISM in Japan will be the first one to be held in five years.

We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to hold "PRISM.12th.-IDEA-" in the cultural city of Ichikawa, Japan.

It is not easy for the artists from three different countries sharing different languages and cultural backgrounds to take the initiatives to create an exhibition. However, we were privileged to have the opportunities to learn and understand the differences between each other, such as culture and perspectives, through the annual intercultural exchange at PRISM. This experience led all of us to personal growth not only as human beings but also as artists.

In recent years, the world we live in has become increasingly fragmented due to the spread of the new disease, wars, and the other unsettling circumstances. It must be said that even the field of art, which reflects  minds and hearts of the artists, has been affected under the current global situation by such things as despair and resignation.

However, we the PRISM artists, wish to become a silver lining of this time and express hope no matter what the world is going through since the artworks are the fruits of the artists’ thoughts and lives.

With this in mind, we have chosen "IDEA" as the theme for the 12th PRISM exhibition.

Through our artworks, we hope that we can provide chances to make small changes in your hearts and minds.

Finally, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all those who have cooperated in the operation of this exhibition.