Point 1 / Nakanoshima × Global Artist Expression
Creative Island Nakanoshima conducts creative projects by artists active in Japan and overseas on the unique Avenues of Osaka and Nakanoshima. In an era of visual emphasis, we dared to focus on language expressions and develop creative experiments utilizing meeting points. In 2018, theatrical writer, novelist, and the theater company chelfitsch led by Toshiki Okada, who is active in the world for works that capture modern society through unique language and physical expression, will create a story in the 15th place of Nakanoshima this summer.
Invitation to an imaginary journey that combines the original story of Point 2/15 with 15 locations
From Friday, November 1, 2024 15 original stories of waterfront environments, cultural facilities, high-rise buildings, historical culture, and futuristic sensibilities will be distributed at 15 meeting points in Nakanoshima. Kurushima visitors come to the actual place and are guided by words that read "one of them" in hand, and are invited on an imaginary journey where the scenery in front of you and the world view of the story overlaps.
Point 3/Pre-business in 2024 and development for the Expo 2025
In 2024, after Teru Miyamoto “Doro no kawa / Muddy River” and Kaoru Takamura “Shobe with Gold” in Nakanoshima, it will be a unique story experience involving real visits and travel. In 2025, we aim to connect to new creators and develop them with the theme of mixed expression between real and virtual through video and AI generation.
Information on related events
11/20 [Wed] Nakanoshima Promotion
"Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima" Talk & Reading
Work Title / Meeting Point List
1 "Thirty-first floor" Nakanoshima center building
2 "Plaza." Osaka International Convention Center Corp. (Grand Cube Osaka)
3 "Leach Bar" Rihga Royal Hotel
4 “From Tekijuku building (Tekijyuku)” The University of Osaka Nakanoshima Center
5 “Vacant Land” Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
6 "B4F" The National Museum of Art, Osaka
7 "Which is I?" Osaka Science Museum
8 "Here" graf
9 "Nishikibashi" Nakanoshima Festival Tower
10 "Alternative Way" Nakanoshima Festival Tower West
11 "Spatialization of the experience of reading books" Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library
12 "OMM Building" Osaka City Central Public Hall
13 "FIGURINE OF A LADY(Kasaifujyoyou)" The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA
14 "Mysterious Fune" Children's Book Forest Nakanoshima
15 “Art Area B1 Front Underground Pass” Art Area B1
Toshiki Okada (Okada and Toshiki)
Drama writer, novelist and president of the theater company chelfitsch. In 2005, he received the 49th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "5 Days in March". Since 2007, Chelfitche has been performing works in more than 90 cities around the world. He actively collaborates with artists from various fields such as musicians, artists, dancers, and rappers. Since 2016, he has been continuously producing and directing the repertoire of German public theatre, and has been selected for the Berlin Theatre Festival in 2020 at Vacuum Cleaner (Munich Kamperspile) and 2022 at Dona (Hamburg, Talia Theatre). As a novelist, he published "The End of a Special Time Allowed to Us" (Shinchosha) in 2007. Received the 2nd Kenzaburo Oe Award. In 2022, he won the 35th Yukio Mishima and the 64th Kumanichi Literature Prize for "Broccoli Revolution" (Shinchosha). From 2025, he will be artistic director of the Tokyo Art Festival, and from 2026 he will be artistic director (the performing arts section) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
11/20 (Wed) "Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima" Talk & Reading Application is here
