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Jack Lab
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A lab that explores the connections between people and other living beings through contemporary art.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking of the sea and the land as works of art
The Jack Lab works on contingent environmental art expression based on contemporary art and design.
Using ecological thinking, collaboration, and an archipelagic approach, the lab focuses on the connections between humans and ecologies.
The lab conducts creation and research across national borders, aiming for art that weaves stories of the resilience of more-than-human beings.
The lab places stories, the sea, and the land at the center of its contemporary art practice.
Key terms
- Environmental art
- A form of contemporary art whose subject is the relationship between a work and the place where it is situated, as well as the surrounding ecosystem
- Ecological thinking
- A way of thinking that understands things not in isolation but within the connections between living beings and their environment
- More-than-human
- A way of thinking that tries to see the world as including not only humans but also animals, plants, land, and more
ResearchResearch themes
The Jack Lab engages in artistic expression and creative research. Its work ranges from exhibitions at art festivals in Japan and abroad to research exploring the ecological relationships between humans and the more-than-human.
*Illustrative imageArt that listens to islands and the sea
The lab sees islands and the sea as one connected world and creates works using "listening" to the sea as a starting point. Through collaborative projects and books on the theme of drifting islands, it re-examines the relationship between people and the sea.
*Illustrative imageArt that gives new life to discarded things
On the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, art is emerging that gives new life to objects and places that are no longer in use. The lab studies these "upcycling" practices and considers how to share forms of richness that cannot be measured in money.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Jack Lab consist of faculty, visiting researchers, part-time lecturers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorJames Jack
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Bedroom window view of Seto Inland Sea at dawn, Onomichi, Ikuchi Island, Japan” OKJaguar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Art that listens to islands and the sea: “Teshima Museum Ryue Nishizawa Rei Naito 1” Epiq / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Art that gives new life to discarded things: “Teshima basketball” Owlsmcgee / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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