This is a workshop where you can learn about migratory birds and create your own accessory case out of cardboard. The black-headed gull, the resident bird of Tokyo, is the most familiar migratory bird. I feel like I see them all the time, but they are actually not in Japan from spring to fall. where is it? We will welcome Mr. Yusuke Sawa, a migratory bird expert from the Ornithological Society of Japan, to have fun learning about migratory birds and their environments, as well as artistically decorating the accessory cases we have created.
PROFILE
DAMBO is a company that produces children's products using cardboard, a recycled material. We offer products that allow children to think, imagine, and learn in order to help them develop the ability to live in the future as they grow up, with the wishes of mothers and fathers wishing for their children's healthy growth. Even when we recycle and throw away memories, we connect that time and thoughts to the future in the form of the environment.
We are opening ""Hazai's conveyor belt sushi restaurant"". If you take a close look at scrap materials produced at factories that should be thrown away, you will notice that each has a unique and interesting expression, a soft or hard texture, and mysterious letters and symbols written on it. . Create sushi by combining these sushi pieces with sponges that look like sushi rice, and by placing them on a rotating rail, we provide a place where your imagination can run wild. This is an experiential installation where everyone's participation builds relationships and creates new value.
PROFILE
Based in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Tokyo, we are a laboratory-like creative unit that assumes that industrial waste and other accidental materials are ``materials from a parallel world,'' and depicts another world that can be seen from there.
The program 'Sakura Meets,' which airs late every Thursday night on TV Asahi. This show, known for featuring popular comedians in original skits and one-cut drama shoots, always takes on fresh and challenging projects. This time, the show has 'met' the Art Festival.
Members of Sakurazaka46—Inoue Rina, Onuma Akiho, Takemoto Yui, Masumoto Kira, and Oozono Rei—along with the help of comedian Mou Chugakusei, have interpreted the Art Festival's theme of 'dialogue' to create a participatory art piece. We invite you to 'dialogue' with the artwork and join in the creation process.
・Participatory Art
Please contribute to the artwork by drawing 'cherry blossom petals,' 'eyes as you imagine them,' 'hearts,' or 'the history of Sakurazaka46.'
Sakura Meets TVer
https://tver.jp/series/srx97ftk3w 
Sakura Meets Official X
https://x.com/sakura__meets
A work that uses VR to relive the memories, emotions, and hopes for the future of ALS patients.
Commissioned by the Aichi Triennale 2019, Meiro Koizumi collaborated with Masatane Muto of WITH ALS to create this work, whose starting point was the Greek tragedy "Prometheus Bound" (by Aeschylus). Although Prometheus has the ability to foresee the future, he suffers eternal torment for stealing fire from Zeus and giving it to humans. In a near futuristic world inspired by this mythical time, the audience relives the sensations and emotions of "others" different from themselves. Upon the expansion of our bodies and perceptions through VR, is it utopia or dystopia that we experience? This work received the Grand Prize in the Art Division of the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2021.
PROFILE
Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1976. He explores the relationship between the nation/community and the individual, as well as the relationship between the human body and emotions, through experimental videos and performances that interweave reality and fiction. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions such as BMW Tate Live at Tate Modern, Shanghai Biennale, and Sharjah Biennale. Solo exhibitions include ""Projects 99: Meiro Koizumi"" (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013).
"Ballet #01" is a work in which the figure of a person dancing ballet emerges by projecting lines of light onto a rotating three-dimensional object. This work, which focuses on the emotions inherent in the intentionally constructed movements, has been reconstructed as a video work in this exhibition.
"Heading #01" uses the act of walking, which is a fundamental movement for humans, as a motif, and focuses on the inner meaning and image of that movement. This work will also serve as the prototype for “Heading” exhibited at ARTBAY TOKYO 2022.
In another work, the artist photographed people at intersections in various countries, and the images appear as they alternately walk, attempting to capture the intersection of individual existence and direction.
PROFILE
Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1984. Using a variety of techniques, from primitive media and materials to modern technology, he creates works that focus on movement, time, and the sense of life that emerges from them.
When the participants sit in the chair and attach the device to measure their brainwaves, a three-dimensional display of light and sound unfolds before them. The art generated from their inner self responds to their senses, allowing the viewer to engage in a dialogue with their unconscious mind.
PROFILE
A creative unit that develops experimental artwork with themes of metacognition, boundaries, and tactility.
In a place where virtual space and reality intersect, he explores a multisensory experience that allows viewers to reconsider their own perceptions.
ARTBAY TOKYO Art Festival 2023, Osaka Kansai International Art Festival, and DESIGNART TOKYO are based on XR installations where the self and avatar interact. We are also planning a workshop that fuses contemporary art and the Metaverse in collaboration with Mori Art Museum.
