Yuske TANINAKA

Grants

• 2026
• Visual Art
• Japan to Hong Kong

To study how traditional Chinese medicine is practiced as treatment in everyday life in Hong Kong, focusing on how the body and its conditions are articulated in clinical language and how these practices coexist with contemporary medicine. Building on his research in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, Taninaka will immerse himself in local clinical settings to strengthen the foundation of his ongoing project Time to Heal. Through lectures on pulse diagnosis and acupuncture, as well as weekly sessions with practitioners, he will learn case reasoning and maintain field notes attentive to language, touch, bodily technique, and temporality, informing his sculptural and choreographic practice. He aims to develop deeply embodied research methods and cultural understanding, enhancing future works while offering the public a perspective on East Asia through bodily technique and healing.