"Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima" was organized by theater writer, novelist and Toshiki Okada, who started arranging 15 meeting points in Nakanoshima on November the theater company chelfitsch. As I have been conducting research since 2019, I will unravel the appeal of my work through dialogue between Okada and collaborators at graf porch, where I actually stayed and wrote. The author's own reading is also planned.
Information about the Exhibition
Date and time: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 18: 30-19: 30 (Reception 18: 00-18: 30)
Venue: graf porch
Capacity: 40 people
Fees: 1,500 yen (tax included)
Speaker: Toshiki Okada (directed by theater writer and novelist the theater company chelfitsch), Shigeki Hattori (representative of graf, Creative Director), Atsushi Takeuchi (editer)
Moderator: Chieko Kinoshita (Associate Professor, Kaitodo, OSAKA UNIVERSITY 21st Century)
Commissioned: FY2024 Japan Expo 2.0 Project (consignment type)
Organizers: Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Co-sponsored by: Nakanoshima Pavilion Festival 2025
Speaker
Toshiki Okada (Okada and Toshiki)
Theatrical writer, novelist, presided over by the theater company chelfitsch. In 2005, he won the 49th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "5 days in March". Since 2007, Chelfitche has been performing in more than 90 cities around the world. We are actively collaborating with artists from various fields such as musicians, artists, dancers, and rappers. Since 2016, he has been continuously producing and directing German public theater repertoire works, and has been selected for the Berlin Theater Festival in 2020 at "Cleaner" (Munich Kammarshpile) and 2022 at "Dona" (Hamburg, Talia Theater). As a novelist, in 2007 he published "The End of the Special Time Allowed by us" (Shinchosha). Received the 2nd Kenzaburo Oe Award. In 2022, he won the 35th Yukio Mishima and the 64th Kumaichi Literary Prize for Broccoli Revolution (Shinchosha). In 2025, he became the artistic director of the Tokyo Art Festival, and in 2026 he became the artistic director of the Tokyo Art Theater (the performing arts section).
Shigeki Hattori (Hattori Shigeki)
Professor, Faculty of Arts, Kyoto University of the Arts
Born in 1970, from Osaka Prefecture
Creative Unit Representative graf, Creative Director and Designer.
He works on design related to architecture, space, and products, as well as Blanding direction. Concepts are extracted from design research, and regional and social infrastructure are considered as areas, and communication that creates a rich relationship from manufacturing is designed. We aim to create a design that nurtures from projects to programs and from movement to culture.
Atsushi Takeuchi (Takeuchi, Atsushi)
Editor, Risu Co., Ltd.
He goes to Temmabashi at his home, Kobe at his office, and Kyoto once a week, and edits and writes mainly in Keihanshin. His recent work includes the web magazine "Cali Grassi Magazine Uchimachi Danchi", the public relations magazine "table", and "KIITO NEWSLETTER".
