Artist

NAGASHIMA Kaku & The Team for YAJIRUSHI

Exhibition and others

photo: KAWASE Kazue

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Based on people’s narratives of daily life he collects in Saitama, he is going to represent well-worn routes or daily landscapes that individuals have physicalised as an art form. The visitors will be invited to walk around the town to relive them.

Special Cooperation: Takashimaya Omiya Store

Profile

NAGASHIMA Kaku & The Team for YAJIRUSHI photo: KAWASE Kazue

NAGASHIMA was born in 1969 in Tokyo. As one of Japan’s pioneering dramaturges, he has collaborated with many theater directors and choreographers. Recently he has become interested in bringing theatrical ideas and techniques out of the theater and into the town. He actively takes part in art projects. For this event he will work in a team alongside Shinya Satoh (Dept. of Architecture, Nihon Univ.), Kyoko Fujitani (FAIFAI), Aki Miyatake (ima theater). He is a member of Mixed Media Product and Shigeki Nakano + Frankens. His recent works include the “The House of Atreus” series, “Kaku Nagashima’s How-To-Make-Laboratory: Someone’s Dream” (Tokyo Art Point Project), “Yotsuya Zotanshu + Yotsuya no Kaidan” (dir. Shigeki Nakano, F/T13), “Rashomon | Yabunonaka” (dir. Yukari Sakata, F/T14), “The World” (Kakuya Ohashi and Dancers) and “Obake School” (Sotofra, Toshima Summer Art Festival).