From  September 22 – November 20 Erik van Lieshout stays at the psychiatric Fukorado Hospital in the village of Daigo/Japan. There he works with and for psychiatric clients. This residency is based on drawing. Van Lieshout creates drawn portraits of the clients. He shows them to the clients and through the drawings communication starts. Perhaps by facial expression or through an exclamation of surprise; that’s enough, a first connection. He teaches drawing to various group of clients: On the men ward, on the women ward, on the temporary ward, on the permanent ward. And he draws together with them.

The residency period is concluded on November 15 and 16 during ArtFesta, an art festival in Daigo where inhabitants of the village can enter the hospital and see the art exposed within an installation of paper and wood designed by Erik van Lieshout.

This residency has been established by invitation of The Fifth Season (Amsterdam) and Fukoroda Hospital (Daigo).

With the financial support of The Fifth Season, The Dutch Embassy in Japan, Daigo Council and the CBK Rotterdam.