” A-I-U-E-O Gabun -weave the memories of community-” (“Gabun”, litteraly “pictures and sentences,” hereafter called ‘gabun’) is a photo and wordplay activity inspired by the tradition of Japanese word game forms. It is moreover a simple storytelling project consisting of photographs and sentences aimed to encouraging sustainable local communication and community building.
Gabun has been continuously implemented though 2007 till 2012. First, gabun was developed as workshop primarily in 3 different locations across Japan; Shonan in Kanagawa prefecture, Toyohashi city in Aichi prefecture and Bunkyo-ward in Tokyo. 2011, gabun further expanded its breadth by working in collaboration with Tokyo Cable Network Inc., and Bunkyo-ward office.
The current 2011 project will continue until March 2012. Here multiple varieties of media are being designed to converge with one another, such as a regular CATV program, website, flyer, and workshops. With the help of various media, we aim to bring people together, allowing for them to talk and share their personal memories of the photos, secondly, create collaborative gabun stories, using their photos, and lastly, display these stories and photos and invite comment from all participating parties. Concurrently we’re trying to expand and repeat this process with cooperation of multiple media to weave the memories of community over as many platforms as possible.
English reports included: http://www.mediabiotope.com/projects/mediaexprimo/topics/aiueo-gabun-1/