"Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima" by Toshiki Okada, a theater writer, novelist, and director of the theater company chelfitsch, started arranging at 15 meeting points in Nakanoshima on November 1st. During my research since 2019, I will unravel the charm of the 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 to 19:30 (reception 18:00 to 18:30)
Venue: graf porch
Capacity: 40 people
Price: 1,500 yen (tax included)
Speaker: Toshiki Okada (directed by theater writer, novelist, the theater company chelfitsch), Shigeki Hattori (graf Representative, Creative Director), Atsushi Takeuchi (Editor)
Moderator: Chieko Kinoshita (Associate Professor, Kaitokudo, 21st Century The University of Osaka)
Commissioned by: Fiscal 2024 Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 Project (Commissioned)
〈Organizers〉 Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Co-sponsored by: Nakanoshima Pavilion Festival 2025
Speakers
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.
Shigeki Hattori (Hattori Shigeki)
Professor, Faculty of Art, Kyoto University of the Arts
Born in 1970, from Osaka Prefecture
Creative Unit graf Representative, Creative Director and Designer.
Designs related to architecture, space, and products, as well as Blanding Direction. The concept is extracted from design research, and the region and social infrastructure are also considered as an area, and communication that creates a rich relationship is designed from manufacturing. We aim to design from project to program and from movement to culture.
Atsushi Takeuchi (Takeuchi and Atsushi)
Editor, Risu Co., Ltd.
While visiting his home in Temmabashi, his office in Kobe, and once a week in Kyoto, he edited and wrote mainly Keihanshin. Recent work includes web magazine "Cali Grassi Magazine Uchimachi Danchi", JIA Kinki Branch Public Relations Magazine "table", "KIITO NEWSLETTER".
