[PARCO Co., Ltd.] “Aito Ambiguous city_logue” will be held at Shibuya PARCO and Fringe venue from Friday, November 8, 2024
Parco Co., Ltd. Press release: November 5, 2024 “Aito Ambiguous city_logue” will be held at Shibuya PARCO and Fringe venue from Friday, November 8, 2024 The idea that love is just justice, the lines drawn, and the rules set by someone become vague. We hold a cultural festival that makes you feel the fun of diversity, the rights of each other, and the love of ambiguity.
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PARCOB1F・GALLERY X BY PARCO
https://art.parco.jp/galleryx/detail/?id=1609 ・EXHIBITION Takahiro Takano / Aya Yasuda / Hiroki Kawai / ・PERFORMANCE twililight Mitsuhiro Kumagai reading club / Toniya “see you soon” theater performance Ryotaro Miyasaka, KOM_I, Kaiteru Ohara performance “city_logue“ Normal screen movie screening ・ZINE Shibuya PARCO 8F・WHITE CINE QUINTO Screening of director Greg Araki https://www.cinequinto.com/white/ Fringe venue Mikkeller Tokyo: On the confusion of expressing intimacy 咏樂圓: Dialogue with the owner, Mr. Tei MILLIBAR: Dialogue with store owner Kiyono Ai and Ambiguous citylogue implementation summary ◯Period: Friday, November 8, 2024 to Monday, November 25, 2024 〇Admission fee: Free *Charges apply for some events ◯Sponsor: Parco Co., Ltd. ◯AD: Aiko Koike 〇Planning cooperation: SA.NA 〇Each event reservation site: https://t.livepocket.jp/t/mznrq ◯Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aitoaimai/ 〇Official website:
https://parco.jp/aitoaimai/ Project details Exhibition: MADE with LOVE by Tom Daley Venue: Shibuya PARCO 4F/PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO Date: November 8, 2024 (Friday) to November 25, 2024 (Monday)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-4171d344921797957041e578c2eace16-2160×2700.jpg The world’s first exhibition will be held to introduce Tom Daley, a former British national team diving player who became a hot topic for knitting by the pool, as a knit artist. Tom’s knitted works will be exhibited in a space that recreates Tom’s mental landscape with colorful knitted works, from the peaceful feeling he feels while making knits to the tense state he feels before competing in a diving competition. Partial sale). Tom Daley Profile British male diving athlete born in 1994. He also participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics and won a silver medal. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he became a hot topic when he was seen knitting at the competition venue, and was even reported in Japan as the “Prince of Knitting.” While knitting as a hobby, she founded the knit brand “Made with Love by Tom Daley.” The brand has opened an official website, sells apparel products, and has also published a book of knitting recipes. She is also a global icon for empowering diversity, as she has publicly shared how she is raising children with her same-sex partner. Event overview Business hours/11:00-21:00 *Last entry 30 minutes before closing time *Last entry at 18:00 on the last day Official HP/
https://art.parco.jp/museumtokyo/detail/?id=1584 Entrance fee: 1,000 yen (tax included) *Novelty included *Free admission for one preschooler if accompanied by a guardian *Not eligible for various discounts and benefits Exhibition: Ai to Ambiguous exhibition “city_logue-Listen to the voice of the city-” Venue: Shibuya PARCO B1F・GALLERY X BY PARCO Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024 – Sunday, November 24, 2024 1. Exhibition of interview photos and videos that symbolize city_logue, sale of ZINE ■Photos Ryudai Takano and Aya Yasuda, two photographers who reflect the relationships between cities and the people who live there, will exhibit selected works that interpret the concepts and themes of “Ai and Ambiguous” and
“city_logue.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-0bb9ae365022381e4f78fec04b9b44c3-1122×1076.jpg Takahiro Takano (Photographer: Mina Yamazaki) Takahiro Takano Profile Born in 1963. She began her career as a writer in 1994, focusing on sexuality. In 2006, she won the 31st Kimura Ihei Photography Award for her photo book “IN MY ROOM,” which attempts to visualize the ambiguity between the binary oppositions of woman and man,
homosexuality and heterosexuality. On the other hand, in 1998, he started the project “Mainichi Photo” which he set himself to take every day without fail, and from this project he published
“Kasbaba”, a photo book that collects the chaotic urban spaces unique to Japan (2011). Since then, in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, he has been working on creating various works with the theme of shadows. In 2021, the solo exhibition “Mainichi Photo 1999-2021” will be held at the National Museum of Art, Osaka (Osaka). In 2022, he won the 72nd Art Encouragement Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award (art category) and the 38th Photography Town Higashikawa Award for Domestic Artist. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-dd5dfa9e8e1dc72634cb78e0e943c8a9-983×1474.jpg Aya Yasuda Yasuda Aya Profile Photographer. Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1999. Works in advertisements, magazines, movie poster stills, etc. Responsible for works such as “On the Summer Film”. ■Video Based on the concept of “imagining someone you don’t know from the
conversations you overhear from the city”, we will be exhibiting video works shot from DIALOGUE events at fringe venues scattered around Shibuya.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-d9332df493c8709dd1810b600db8c07a-766×1150.jpg Hiroki Kawai Hiroki Kawai Profile Video director. He has produced many live videos for Tabito Nanao, Clambon, Shuta Hasunuma, Yuta Orisaka, Ichiko Aoba, and others. Major works include “True Song ~ Chasing the Reading Drama “Night on the Galactic Railroad”” (2014), Tabito Nanao’s “Soldier A” (2015), Norimizu Ameya / Sumito Yamashita “Corbaton Tori,” (2018), Yomichi Saito “Uta no Hajimari” (2020), etc. Won the Best Documentary Award at the New York Film Awards for “Dialogue Clothes: Conflicts with 6 Groups of People” (2022). Received the Kenji Miyazawa Encouragement Award for “Galaxy in the Corona Era” (2022). Recent works include Maam and Gypsy “Cocoon” (2024). ◼︎ZINE Takahiro Takano x Eiki Mori talk, Kanai Yuki x Niimariko x Momo Nonaka talk, Rikako Nagashima x Yumi Nagao talk, contribution from Yasuda Aya 2. Various artists will visit the venue during the exhibition *Reservations for each event start from November 15th (Friday) November 22nd (Friday) 19:00-
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-763daafd722664d167932a9b0f46ffdb-825×618.jpg Mitsuhiro Kumagai Mitsuhiro Kumagai Profile He runs the bookstore, gallery, and cafe “twililight” in Sangenjaya. As a publisher, he has published Hiroko Oyamada’s “Small Gohan” and “Not in Heaven, but Somewhere Elsewhere” translated by Rebecca Brown/Motoyuki Shibata. We also launched the “sanchapbook” series of booklets with a Sangenjaya theme. The first issue is Manki Takenaka’s “To the Town That Remembers Me.” She also plans events, selects books, and writes in order to expand the number of places people can encounter books. I like spending time relaxing on the rooftop. Reservation:
https://t.livepocket.jp/e/zjeib November 23rd (Sat) 11:30 -/19:30-
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-925b41edd92655455f7022162a0433a6-2253×2253.jpg Next door “see you soon” Performance summary Next door “see you soon” The main character, who has been fired several times, thinks that the ethnicity of the country where he was born and raised does not suit him, so he has a hard time. Move to a foreign country with all your assets. After various encounters, I finally found it His workplace was a hotel where refugees who lost their homes in the war lived. Who am I, where did I come from, and where am I going? A sketch of a journey without answers is performed using space and actors. Toniya Profile An organization that creates theater. Mainly based on existing novels and plays, he creates works that emphasize physical physiology and spoken words. Since 2020, he has also been presenting theatrical works using installation techniques centered on video and art. Reservation: https://t.livepocket.jp/t/mznrq November 24th (Sunday) Time and admission fee to be announced later
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-0414a003776a5706cf83d305b9d42f7d-744×992.jpg Ryotaro Miyasaka Performance overview This is a performance in which several narrators, led by percussionist Ryotaro Miyasaka, weave words in a relay style on the theme of “city_logue”. The storyteller will be artist KOM_I, actor Kaiki Ohara, and others. KOM_I Profile An artist who primarily uses his voice and body to express himself. Influenced by Japanese folk performing arts and folklore, as well as classical music from North India. His main works include the album “YAKUSHIMA TREASURE” produced with Oorutaichi inspired by Yakushima, the performance “Dreams nesting in the stone chamber tumulus” at the Ishibutai tumulus in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, and the performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. including a solo performance of Christian Marclay’s graphic score “No!”. Founded “HYPE FREE WATER”, an artivism collective that studies and advertises water-related issues, with visual artist Mari Murata. He is also active as an actor, appearing in NHK’s “Rainy Days,” Netflix’s “Followers,” and the movie “Fukuda Village Incident.” He will leave the music unit Wednesday Campanella in 2021. Kaiteru Ohara Profile Born in 1994. Born in Ota Ward. She has had synesthesia since childhood, and can see colors and shapes in sounds. Based on that, I produce, design, and create videos. Currently active in a wide range of creative fields as a collage artist and curator. Activities include Ginza Tsutaya moderator, Daikanyama Tsutaya “CULTURE ART PARK” curation, Tezuka Osamu special POPUP “NEXT ATOM” director, Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group “Nalucky” PR, G-SHOCK 40th anniversary POPUP EVENT PR , Anime “Chainsaw Man” world premiere PR cooperation. Produced by his own creative group “YouthCrews” “The book that changed my life exhibition”, etc. As an actor, he started as a professional dancer before making his debut in the musical “The Prince of Tennis” at the age of 20. He has appeared in the drama “It’s Shameful to Run Away, but It’s Useful”, the stage play “Ikebukuro West Gate Park”, the music video for TK from Rin Toshi Sigure’s “Dogatai”, and the movie “Otoko to Tori” directed by Tadanobu Asano. Currently, the movie “Until the Spring Storm Comes,” which he produced and starred in, is being screened starting in Tokyo and ending in Osaka. He is also currently working on his second movie to great acclaim. Ryotaro Miyasaka Profile Born in 1995. Born in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, lives in eastern Tokyo. It is mainly played with percussion
instruments. He participates in various music projects every day, and often performs solo and improvised. Collaborated with Yuma Abe, Fumi Endo, Haruko Oishi, Ryozo Obayashi, Yuta Orisaka, Masahiro Kuroka, xiangyu, Aoi Tagami, perfect young lady, Shuta Hasunuma, Uki, absent today, Yoshiki Masuda, and others. Reservation:
https://t.livepocket.jp/e/6fq2a November 24th (Sunday) 14:00- *Admission fee: 500 yen
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-67fbcca61886c8a9df60f8499e714fdb-1728×1152.jpg Screening overview In Brazil, the far-right Bolsonaro government continued from 2019 to 2022, repeatedly making discriminatory remarks about homosexuals. However, despite this, queer films have been produced that openly criticize the government and question capitalist society, and these films, which have been screened at film festivals in South America, North America, and Europe, are attracting attention. I did that In light of the current situation, the screening group “Normal Screen” will hold a screening of works by young writers who are yet to make their feature film debuts. Normal screen profile A screening group that has been active since 2015. We do not own any venues, but rather collaborate with universities, cultural facilities, and artists to hold events. To date, we have held more than 50 events to screen provocative works depicting the experiences of sexual minorities, regardless of region or era, and the number of films will continue to grow. Most of them are being introduced for the first time in Japan, and in those cases, they must be screened with Japanese subtitles. He has also hosted talks and networking events with guests from Hanoi and New York. Reservation: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/dw54w Movie screening: Revival screening of director Greg Araki Venue: Shibuya PARCO 8F・WHITE CINE QUINTO Period: November 8, 2024 (Friday) ~ Ending to be determined
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-adf5c9d504dc20da344b905e5760c8bd-1910×2700.jpg Screening overview Two shocking works by director Greg Araki, who is known as a leader of the 1990s “New Queer Cinema” movement and a standard-bearer of indie culture, are now being revived in digitally remastered versions after about 30 years. Greg Araki Profile He has said that what shaped him is “queerness, sexuality, and alternative music,” and his works often use music that excites the work and stirs emotions, such as shoegaze and alternative rock, like a playlist. It is also characterized by a wide variety of sexualities. He is known as one of the writers who led the “New Queer Cinema” of the 1990s, which opposed the concept of heterosexuality as the norm at the time and the type of film that supported it. Fringe venue “Fringe” is generally used in English to mean “around”. If there is a “center” of justice and rules, there is always a “periphery.” The three shops that cooperate as event venues are collectively referred to as the “Fringe Venue” with the intention of positively expressing the communication that can only be had in the surrounding area and the empathy for people’s activities. A one-night-only talk event will be held at each venue where city_logue, which you will want to listen to, is being exchanged day and night. The number of seats at each venue is limited. You can reserve your seat from November 5th (Tuesday) on the reservation page. Talk event: “About the turbulence in expressing intimacy” hosted by Maki Takenaka featuring Aya Momose Venue: Mikkeller Tokyo Date: November 12, 2024 18:30-
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-c4ce2210e4c40f6d576019c2bec57b66-1886×2700.jpg Maki Takenaka Event overview A Danish craft beer store located in the center of Shibuya’s love hotel district, across from Chiyoda Inari Shrine. A beer bar where you can enjoy the slightly sexy atmosphere of Shibuya Hyakkenten with a selection of beers from all over the world. Mr. Momose and Mr. Takenaka visited Mikkeller Tokyo for a night where they talked about “the excitement of expressing intimacy.” Fumi Momose Profile Born in Tokyo in 1988. Artist. Using a self-referential methodology that allows us to reconsider the structure of images through images, we deal with the multilayered nature of communication with others. In recent years, he has been deepening his questions about sexuality and gender while dealing with the issue of bodies reflected in images. Major solo exhibitions include “Momose Fumi: Bringing a Mouth” (Towada City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022), and major group exhibitions include “International Art Festival Aichi 2022” (Aichi Arts Center, 2022). Major collections of his works include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. In 2023, she published a collection of her works, “Momose Aya: Interpreter” (Bijutsu Shuppansha), and in 2024, she published her first essay collection, “Smooth People”
(Kodansha). Maki Takenaka Profile Born in Tokyo in 1988. Editor. After launching She is with colleague Yume Nomura, they became independent together as me and you. He has published books such as “A Collection of Dialogues for Me and You, a Little Light”, “Me and You’s Diary Correspondence”, and “To the City That Remembers Me” (twililight). Reservation: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/cetph Talk event: “Dialogue with Mr. Harakuen Tei” hosted by Gen Iwaikan Venue: Kenrakuen Date: November 13, 2024 21:30-
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-702a2de7939b0ec393c9e60de0cf5711-1859×1395.jpg Mr. Harakuen Tei Event overview A home-cooked restaurant where Mr. Tei, who is from Fujian Province, China, serves delicious Chinese food and hospitality with great care. Enjoy karaoke around a large half-moon-shaped table. Since opening in 2000, we have watched the city’s changes from the alleys of Dogenzaka. That kind of
entertainment is Original discomfort One night, members of the group visited and talked with Tay-san. Former discomfort profile A collective that questions the discomfort of the world from a queer perspective and imagines what lies ahead. Andromeda, Jeremy Benkemun, and Yuri Abo, former editorial staff members of the magazine “IWAKAN”, will be hosting a podcast program called “More Uncomfortable!” ‘ is being distributed every Wednesday. Developing diverse discussions on gender and queer issues. Reservation: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/b7vxf Talk event: “Dialogue with MILLIBAR/Mr. Seino” Venue: MILLIBAR Date: November 14, 2024 17:00-
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3639/3140/3639-3140-02b91c6477b9f153a7a301a0a0761dc0-2048×1536.jpg MILLIBAR Seino-san Event overview A music bar where many people in the music industry come to the bar to have a conversation with the music-loving owner, Mr. Seino, and to discover new music. Since opening in 1996, we have watched the changes of the town on the outskirts of Udagawa Town. One night I visited MILLIBAR and talked with Mr. Seino. Speakers will be announced later Reservation: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/nt4yb
