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  • Lecture

Recruiting Participants for the Art Interpreter Training Course: Beginner Level

Overview As part of the Tokyo Biennale 2025 program, we are offering a training course to cultivate “Art Interpreters,” specialists who connect art with society. The goal of this course is to train individuals who can facilitate dialogue through art, making social issues visible and encouraging collaboration among diverse groups of people.   Schedule and Location Dates: August – December 2025 (includes 9 practical training sessions) Duration: Each session is approximately 60 minutes. Some sessions may include time for pre-course study. Location: Online, Tokyo Biennale related facilities, Chiyoda Ward, and Taito Ward areas. Instructors: Reiichi Noguchi (Curator, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum), Min Nishihara (Curator), Masato Nakamura (Artist), Meruro Washida (Curator), Yumi Shishido (Program Director), and others.   Format Online lectures and in-person practical training. Reaction papers and other assignments will be required after each session. Upon completion, a certificate will be issued to those who are deemed to have successfully completed the program based on an overall evaluation.   Details Capacity: 15 people Application Requirements: Applicants must be able to attend all 6 on-demand lectures and be available for the designated dates and times for in-person practical training. Please check details via the “Application” button below. Application Deadline: First Round: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Second Round: Thursday, November 20, 2025 * Applications will close once the capacity is reached. Course Fee: ¥40,000 (tax included) Payment Method: Details will be sent to your registered email address. How to Apply: Please register using the dedicated application form.
Ongoing 10/01/2025 - 12/14/2025
  • Other

RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #5: Group Exhibition "Knot | Kawaii Witches"

Group exhibition “Knot | Kawaii Witches” presents a collective installation as part of the RRR sub-rent program. Emerging from their ongoing practice that began with “Whispers of the Kawaii Witches,” the collective shifts from performance to spatial presence, exploring the intersections of material, emotion, and technology. “Knot | Kawaii Witches” is a process-oriented collaborative project bringing together artists from South Korea, Austria, and China, working across installation, sound, fabric, and digital imagery to examine how care, resistance, and healing intertwine through the shared metaphor of the knot. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Reference image:Bian Ka Reference image:Hyejeong Yun Reference image: JOHANNA RIEDL Artists Bian Ka Born in 1998, based in Tokyo. Supported by Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Tobe Maki Foundation. Earned an MFA in Fine Arts from Joshibi University of Art and Design Graduate School in 2024. Attended Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, as a research student from 2022 to 2023. Having lived in multiple countries since childhood, BIAN KA’s practice focuses on the theme of “boundaries.” Since moving to Japan in 2020, she has worked primarily in installation and mixed-media, exploring contemporary issues related to technology and ethics, the boundaries between reality and virtuality, and the nature of subjectivity. Through experimental use of materials such as metal, glass, and AI, she investigates the interactions between humans, the environment, and the digital realm. Linktree Instagram: @bianka78770   Hyejeong Yun Yun is an artist based in Berlin. Her work explores societal dynamics within hegemonic power structures through personal narratives. She analyzes social structures, creates allegorical connections, and deconstructs colonial myths through moving images, installations, and performances. Yun‘s practice engages her body, voice, language, and poetry to map political landscapes, focusing on intersectional identities, decolonization, and the collective memories of migration.She is the founder of Heisse Maroni and a member of the Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR). https://yunhye.de/ Instagram: @hyejeongyun_   Johanna Riedl Riedl is a media artist who engages with video, sound, and sculpture. By means of performative interactions, the work broadens the scope of technology in society, redefining its role and presence. This approach gives rise to generate opportunities at the intersection of nature and technology. Johanna fosters an atmosphere of contemplation, emphasizing a critical perspective on research and creation, shifting the focus away from solely calculated strategies. Audiences are encouraged to explore the coexistence of technology through rituals, while sculptures themselves take on a social role, becoming integral components of a collective consciousness. https://jhnsi.com/ Instagram: @jhnsi____   Curator Li Jingwen (SEIBUN) Li is an independent curator based in Japan. With a background in sculpture and media theory, she explores the relationship between technology, spatiality, and the body through curatorial practices. Her work focuses on alternative communities and the young generation, engaging in projects that bridge emotional immediacy and contemporary relevance. She is the founder of the artist residency “D-O-U Narimasu” and has been involved in initiatives such as Upload AIR, The Colossus, and the collective Datsuijo. https://lijingwen.icu/ Instagram: @celiamo_
Ongoing 11/20/2025 - 11/24/2025 / Ebihara Shoten
  • Workshop

Toda Shoko | Let's make "Yubinoma" gloves – Handicraft Workshop

Have you ever watched a scary movie, covered your face with your hands, and then peeked through the gap between your fingers? The world seen through those slits feels just a little different from usual. There’s even a legend that peering through a window made of fingers reveals a monster’s true form. It seems the space between fingers actually holds a mysterious power. That’s why we named this gap “Yubinoma.” It’s a slightly special space, like a tokonoma alcove. Yubinoma gloves have zippers between the fingers. Even though it’s your own hand, opening the zipper reveals an unfamiliar space. Just as you might hang a scroll in a tokonoma, let’s draw your favorite pictures in the “yubinoma” too. The “yubinoma” might connect to another world. Tiny creatures might have made their home in the “yubinoma.”
Upcoming 11/22/2025 / The Craft Lab by YKK

  • Tours
  • Sanpo

Masato Nakamura's Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho Sanpo

Experience the city as a gallery on this special art sanpo with Masato Nakamura, artist and General Producer of the biennale!   The Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho area has been a business hub driving the Japanese economy since the modern era. In recent years, it has also gained a reputation as a fun and exciting place to visit on your days off. Perhaps you’ve heard that its streets are lined with popular shops and restaurants—or that it’s one of Tokyo’s top destinations for art?   We’ll start with a live painting on a wall at Otemachi First Square, then stroll down Marunouchi Naka-dori to see remarkable public art and pieces from the Tokyo Biennale. Our sanpo ends at the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery.
Upcoming 11/22/2025 / Otemachi First Square
  • Workshop
  • Sanpo

Notice of Cancellation:Gaku Kurokawa | Workshop "Percussions in the City"

*This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. For more details, please see here.   Workshops by Gaku Kurokawa, a biennale artist.   This workshop involves participants making their own small wooden mallets and then heading out into the city to make sounds. As you walk around the city, you gently touch things that catch our eye with your mallets and listen carefully to the sounds you make. Let’s enjoy together the fun, mystery, and joy of touching things we encounter in the city with the tools we have made ourselves and listening to the sounds that result. The creation of the wooden mallets will involve only simple tasks, requiring no specialized knowledge or experience. After making the wooden mallets, we will walk with Mr. Kurokawa and listen to the sounds around us. The mallets you create can be taken home with you.   Notes Children under elementary school age must be accompanied by a guardian. This event includes a walk (approx. 1 hour) after the production, from Etoile Kaito Living Building to Kamiya Ice Shop. Please prepare an additional fare of ¥180 for transportation from Bakuroyokoyama Station to Iwamotocho Station. If a typhoon is approaching or rainfall of more than 30mm per hour is forecast on the day of the event, we will inform you of the decision to hold or cancel the event by the day before.
Upcoming 11/23/2025 - 11/24/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.

Walking, Rediscovered

  • Lecture
  • Sanpo

Sanpo University: Special Field Lecture by Shunya Yoshimi (Ueno–Hongo–Myogadani Route)

This walking tour, beginning in Ueno and continuing through Hongo to Myogadani, traces areas undergoing redevelopment and explores urban spaces where layers of memory are being overwritten. By observing the underside of Tokyo’s transformation into a “tourist destination,” we re-examine the layers of history embedded in the city from a pedestrian’s point of view. This relaxed yet critical urban walk invites participants to reconsider the value of “Sanpo”, which we are increasingly losing amidst modernization and globalization.   Guid (lecturer): Shunya Yoshimi (President of “Sanpo University” / Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University) Date: Friday, November 28, 2025 Tour Course: Ueno – Hongo – Myogadani Meeting Point: In front of the Statue of Saigo Takamori, Ueno Onshi Park (Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo) Dismissal Point: Hatoyama Kaikan (subject to change depending on weather or other circumstances)   Notes ・Participants are to meet and disperse at the site. Please note that transportation and accommodation expenses to and from the site are at your own cost. ・The route includes long distances with varying elevation. Please wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes, and bring your own beverages. ・The event will be held as scheduled even in light rain, but if severe weather is expected, we will contact you by the day before. ・If you are unable to arrive by the departure time, you may be asked to join the group at an intermediate point.
Upcoming 11/28/2025 / Ueno-Hongo-Myogadani

  • Workshop

Ebba Moi and Anna Carin Hedberg | Eurasian Bird: Create Migratory Birds

A workshop and project with the artists Ebba Moi and Anna Carin Hedberg. It blends poetry, nature, and community, by talking and looking at migratory birds flying between Asia and Scandinavia. At Ebihara Shōten, the artists lead a participatory workshop where people create clay birds while conversing about their own lives and situations. Exploring themes such as migration and community, the traces left from the workshop — clay birds and prints — will remain in the space as “landed birds.” The hands-on process fosters creativity, reflection, and learning while connecting to both local nature and global themes.       Artists Anna Carin Hedberg (1966) and Ebba Moi (1971) are based in Oslo, Norway. They both trained at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (1995-1999), and have been collaborating since 2003. In their works, they explore the concept of changes and investigate structures that address processes of change in society. Ebba Moi is also a member at Tenthaus art collective working mainly within socially engaged art as an artist and curator in various self-initiated projects and collaborations. Anna Carin Hedberg also works with practice-based art mediation and research at the Norwegian National Museum in Oslo. https://hedbergmoi.net/  
Upcoming 11/29/2025 - 11/30/2025 / Ebihara Shoten

Revealing the transformations of Tokyo’s waterside

  • Lecture
  • Sanpo

Sanpo University: Special Field Lecture by Hidenobu Jinnai (Nihonbashi–Tsukudajima Route)

A walk from Nihonbashi to Tsukudajima tracing Tokyo’s waterfront history—both its original landscapes shaped by water and the new scenery emerging today. Guided by Prof. Hidenobu Jinnai, the tour explores remnants of the merchant town, the revitalized Nihonbashi Kabutocho area, the riverside along Kamejimagawa, and traces of the Edo port around Tsukudajima and Okawabata, revealing the dynamic transformations of Tokyo’s waterside through time and space.   Guide (lecturer): Hidenobu Jinnai (Vice President of “Wandering University” / Professor Emeritus, Hosei University / Director, Chuo City Local History Museum) Course: Nihonbashi – Tsukudajima Meeting Point: In front of the Nihonbashi Tourism Information Center (1-1-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku) Dismissal Point: Tsukudajima (subject to change depending on weather or other circumstances)   Notes We recommend installing the Oedo Map app, “大江戸今昔めぐり,” beforehand and using it on-site (Japanese only). Participants gather and disperse on-site. Travel and accommodation are each participant’s responsibility. This is an event where participants walk a long-distance course. Please wear comfortable clothing, suitable walking shoes, and bring your own drink. In principle, the event will be held even in light rain, but if severe weather is expected, we will contact you by the day before. If you are unable to arrive by the departure time, you may be asked to join the group at an intermediate point along the route.
Ended 11/18/2025 / nihonbashi-tsukudajima
  • Public-production
  • Other

RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #4: Lily Onga

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach.   The week’s participant in the sub-rent program is Lily Onga. Starting from Ebihara Shoten, a century-old former clothing store, Lily Onga wanders around Kanda’s Yanagihara street to record memories of people’s activities in old and new shops, shrines, kindergarten, and dwellings by observing, interviewing and recording by filling in the paper forms found in the very own place with drawings. It is not quite scientifically accurate as photographs, but it is pretty accurate as human’s memories. From 14 (Fri) to 16 (Sun) November the artist will be staying on-site to create new works. Previously created pieces will also be on display, so please feel free to stop by!   Artist Lily Onga Born in 1997 in Bangkok and now based in Tokyo, Lily began her career in book design before expanding into illustration and animation. Using colored pencils, clay, wood, receipts, boxes, eggshells, and found objects, she collects materials like a crow drawn to shine—turning everyday fragments into imaginative worlds. Her work blends comic-like expressions, receipt graphics, and playful design twists, revealing an artist endlessly fascinated by the beauty and absurdity of daily life. http://lilyonga.com/ Instagram: @Lilyonga
Ended 11/13/2025 - 11/16/2025 / Ebihara Shoten

  • Workshop

RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #3: Helen Eriksen – Forming Dialogue: Collaging and Assembling Identities Workshop

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach. The week’s the sub-rent program is the workshop by Helen Eriksen. This workshop brings together two groups of participants—arts faculty students and students of Japanese language—across three convivial sessions shaped by dialogue and exchange. At its core lies a guiding question: How does a collective identity align with the needs and wishes of individual identity? In this workshop, participants explore national and individual identities through collage and assemblage. By bringing their own skills, methods, and cultural knowledge, participants contribute to creating a shared, collaborative space. By combining perspectives from artistic practice with those rooted in Japanese language and culture, the project opens space for dynamic and unexpected visual dialogues around belonging, national narratives, and the shaping of personal experience. Schedule(tentative) 11:00-13:00 Introduction 14:00-17:00   Collage and Assemblage   Artist Helen Eriksen Artist and educator living and working in Oslo. She was born in and raised in the UK. She is a co-founder of Tenthaus art collective and currently an associate professor in arts and crafts at Oslo Metropolitan University. She works in the intersection of art, pedagogy, and research to explore the potential of that space and to investigate transdisciplinary modes of knowledge production.
Ended 11/14/2025 - 11/16/2025 / Ebihara Shoten
  • Sanpo

Nono Sanpo

Take a Leisurely Walk with “Nono the Akita” through the Tokyo Biennale Exhibition Venues Join us for a relaxed stroll with Nono, an Akita dog owned by Masato Nakamura, General Producer of the Tokyo Biennale. The walk will include commentary by Nakamura about the cityscape and artworks. Starting from the main exhibition venue, Étoile Kaito Living Building, we’ll visit three venues featuring kanban (signboard-style) architecture along the way, and finish at Yubido in Kanda-Ogawamachi. After the walk, there will also be time to interact with Nono the Akita at Yubido. Date and Time: Sunday, November 16, 14:00–16:00 (subject to slight extension) Meeting Point: In front of Étoile Kaito Living Building (1-15-15 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) End Point: Yubido Participation Fee: ¥3,500 (includes admission to the main Tokyo Biennale venue, Étoile Kaito Living Building) Payment will be collected in cash on the day of the event. Capacity: 10 participants (first come, first served) ⸻ Notes • Please visit the exhibition at the main venue, Étoile Kaito Living Building, before the meeting time, as Nono the Akita cannot enter the exhibition space. • The event will proceed in light rain, but will be postponed in case of heavy rain. • Participation fees will be collected in cash on the day.
Ended 11/16/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.

Discover the Beauty of Wooden Architecture

  • Lecture
  • Sanpo

Terunobu Fujimori Unravels Kanda's Billboard Architecture : A Dialogue on Art and Architecture between Masato Nakamura and Terunobu Fujimori.

Join us on a guided sanpo (stroll) through the neighborhoods of Kanda-Sudacho, Iwamotocho, Higashi-Kanda, and Bakurocho—areas where rare examples of Tokyo’s wooden architecture still remain. This walking tour will take you through the streetscapes of these historic districts, with stops at three wooden buildings that will serve as key venues for Tokyo Biennale 2025. The tour begins with a special talk by architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori, who will introduce the history and significance of Kanban Kenchiku—a unique style of wooden architecture characterized by decorative facades. The sanpo will be led by Masato Nakamura, an artist and General Producer of Tokyo Biennale 2025, who will guide participants through the route and share his perspectives on Tokyo’s urban fabric and the role of wooden architecture within it.
Ended 11/15/2025 / Ebihara Shoten

  • Workshop

Eiji Watanabe | Let’s Make a Horse-Head Cane!

Workshops by Eiji Watanabe, a biennale artist.   Creating a Special Walking Stick to Enrich Your Daily Strolls Participants will craft a unique walking stick by attaching a ceramic horse head to the tip of a bamboo staff. Walking with your own hand-painted horse will give you the feeling of being guided one step further into the future.   Workshop Process Using special ceramic markers, participants freely decorate a pre-prepared white porcelain horse head. After painting, the horse head is baked in a household toaster oven for about 15 minutes to set the colors The finished horse head is then attached to the tip of the bamboo staff, and reins are fixed to serve as the handle—completing the walking stick. With your completed staff in hand, your daily walks will become an even richer and more delightful experience.   Notes Children under elementary school age must be accompanied by a guardian. If a typhoon is approaching or rainfall of more than 30mm per hour is forecast on the day of the event, we will inform you of the decision to hold or cancel the event by the day before.
Ended 11/09/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
  • Workshop
  • Talk

RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #2: Collective Collective

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach. The week’s participant in the sub-rent program is Collective Collective. Collective Collective is a project between eight visual arts collectives with majority-racialized members in Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada) as a response to the systemic racism and exploitative labour conditions in the arts, as well as the interrelated lack of sustainability within the sector. In Tokyo, they will be hosting two events that center the practice of gathering together. == Guidance Council Date: Saturday, November 8, 14:00–16:30 Please RSVP here. Guidance Council is  a casual gathering that invites artists and collectives to eat together, share stories, exchange experiences, and offer advice to one another. Through informal conversation and mutual support, Guidance Council reimagines forms of professional networking, workplace gossip, and leadership training — centering friendship, shared learning, and collective care. Guidance Council is usually hosted in Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada) by and for ethnic-minority artists to disrupt how systemic racism prevails in the power dynamics of the local art sector. *This event will be conducted in English only. *Guidance Council is organized by Peter Rahul and Alexandra Hong as part of Collective Collective. == Destiny’s Childcare Date: Sunday, November 9, 14:00–16:30 Please RSVP here. Artist-parents and their children are invited to participate in a collaborative flower arrangement activity and a discussion on the interrelated aspects of caregiving and artmaking. No floristry experience required. Materials provided and you’ll get to take home your floral arrangement. This program is part of Destiny’s Childcare – a project that responds to the lack of structural support for artist-parents and challenges the norm that artists disappear from the art world after becoming parents. It affirms that children are integral to everyday life, and that intergenerational care is a shared social responsibility.   *Please note we will be using fresh flowers. *Destiny’s Childcare is a project between art collectives Younger than Beyoncé and Gendai, as part of Collective Collective.
Ended 11/08/2025 - 11/09/2025 / Ebihara Shoten
  • Performance
  • Sanpo

Elke Reinhuber | Sanpo with the Urban Beautician

A participatory event by Elke Reinhuber, a biennale artist.   We’re excited to announce an additional lecture performance!It will be held on Saturday, 8 November at 12:00-14:00.   The Urban Beautician tries to emphasise or even improve neglected details in our urban environment with non-intrusive interventions and performances to camera. Since more than two decades, she takes care of things no one else does. These overlooked details in urban space gain a new breath of life through performance, installations, video and photography.     Now in Tokyo, she invites her audience to join her on a walk through different areas to support her in identifying aspects that could do with some corrections. An introductory lecture performance will provide further insight to her approach before joining her to observe and document the nooks and crannies of the city with her ironic perfectionism.   What to Bring Camera or mobile phone, rubber gloves   Notes English support is available. In case of rain, the event will be held indoors. The event may be photographed or filmed. Please let us know in advance if you do not wish to be recorded.
Ended 11/08/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.

  • Other

RRR OFFICE Sub-rent Program #1: Slekke Wørld

RRR OFFICE approaches gathering as both methodology and theory: an open practice that uses presence, conversation, and shared time as tools for collective making. Each encounter contributes to the formation of the work, slowly transforming Ebihara Shoten into a site of exchange and resonance. It runs its own program, but also opens to others through a sub-rent approach. Sub-rent means the space can be usedindependently by artists or local communities, creating open-ended forms of participation. Sub-rent allows others to use the space freely, while respecting house rules and collaboration agreements. Through this, we want to explore: RADMIN, gathering, and translocal methods. How social and community projects can grow in Tokyo. How trust and collaboration can help create space. Making use of spaces that are often overlooked.   The first participant in the sub-rent program is Slekke Wørld. On Sunday November 2nd at Ebihara Shoten, Slekke Wørld presents an audiovisual installation which is part of their ongoing project Water Based. Since 2022, they are researching the significance and role of ephemeral graffiti in different urban locations around the world. Water Based is a process-oriented experimental project synthesizing field recording, site-specific interventions, participatory post-graffiti and video.   Artist Slekke Wørld Slekke Wørld was born in Belgium and lives in Oslo, Norway. Their work includes art, curation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. They synthesize tools and rituals from gardening and graffiti through a variety of media such as performance, installation, and site-specific interventions. Carving out space to make tangible things which transcend societal labels and constraints, connecting with processes of deep change and transitions in life. They investigate self-organized dissemination via small-press and video and alternative exhibiting approaches such as off-site and online. Slekke is a member of the Tenthaus collective since 2019, and a member of the GRAA collective since 2022. Since 2018 they annually perform a participatory spring ritual with Bart Van Dijck. https://slekke.com/
Ended 10/30/2025 - 11/07/2025 / Ebihara Shoten

Echoes of History, Whispers of Memory

  • Lecture

Sanpo University Special Lecture #4: “Sanpo no ‘machi' (街)” [Japanese Only]

This lecture invites participants to listen to the genius loci—the spirit of place—hidden in Tokyo’s local scenery, engaging in a dialogue with the histories and memories that have been passed down through generations.This lecture also serves as the final session concluding the four-part special lecture series of Sanpo University Special Lecture.   Guest Speaker: Naoki Oshiro (Professor of Cultural Geography, Meiji University Faculty of Letters) Speakers:Shunya Yoshimi (Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University), Norihisa Minagawa (President, Tokyo Suribachi Gakkai)   This event will be conducted in Japanese only. *“Machi” (街) is a Japanese term that signifies a bustling area.
Ended 11/06/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
  • Performance
  • Sanpo

Shahrzad Malekian and Ida Uvaas | Performance "STIM – Kizuna"

Members of the Norway-based Tenthaus Art Collective, Shahrzad Malekian and Ida Uvaas, will present their new performance Kizuna in October 2025. Kizuna is a site-responsive work developed in and around Kanda’s Ebihara Shoten. Shaped through movement and embodied research, it leaves traces in the form of shared rhythms, presence, attentiveness, and moving images. The performance is part of Malekian and Uvaas’ long-term collaboration STIM—a living, context-specific choreographic organism. STIM unfolds through a flexible score that shifts with each location, taking on a new title in response to its surroundings. Rooted in an inquiry into time, memory, belonging, and spatial narratives, the work treats public space as a layered and contested terrain, where movement becomes a mode of listening, tracing, and reimagining. Previously presented in Norway, Singapore, and other sites, STIM adapts to each context with sensitivity to its history and social fabric. In Tokyo, the project takes form as Kizuna, engaging with Ebihara Shoten as both a structure of memory and a site shaped by visible and invisible systems of care and control.   Notes Event held rain or shine (mostly indoors). Bring an umbrella for site transfers.   Performers 角田莉沙 / Tsunoda Lisa 坂井美乃里 / Sakai Minori 樋笠 理子 / Satoko Hikasa 德安 慶子 /  Keiko Tokuyasu 徳安祐子 / Yuko Tokuyasu 山田 響己 / Yamada Hibiki 高成 麻畝子 / Takanari Mahoko Direction: Shahrzad Malekian, Ida Uvaas   Shahrzad Malekian An interdisciplinary artist working across performance, video, and sculpture, they use play to explore power, resistance, and care within public spaces and institutions. Recent exhibitions include SACO Biennial (2025) and Singapore Art Museum (2024). @shahrzad.malekian   Ida Uvaas A movement artist exploring mobility across body, mind, and society. Through interdisciplinary, participatory works, she challenges structures and invites collective experiences across performance, visual art, and site-specific practices. @idauvaas
Ended 10/24/2025 - 10/26/2025 / Ebihara Shoten

  • Workshop
  • Sanpo

Camila Svenson | Rewriting the City: A Guide to Imaginary Tokyo

Notice of Change in Meeting Point (Oct 24):Due to weather considerations, the starting point of the project has been changed. New Meeting Location:In front of Starbucks Coffee at Wadakura Fountain Parkhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/oYT17MuFCLkE2rBV8 address: 3-1 Koukyo-gaien, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 〒100-0002  == Workshops by Camila Svenson, a biennale artist. This workshop invites participants to explore the concept of urban transformation through the lens of an old Tokyo travel guide. Using the guide as a starting point, we will investigate how tourist narratives shape our perception of cities and create spaces of imagination. The day begins with a collective reading and discussion of selected passages, followed by the creation of an affective map that reinterprets these references in the local context. Participants will then engage in a performative walk, following instructions inspired by the guide while documenting the journey through photography, video, sound, and object collection. Returning to the workspace, each participant will produce a “guide page” that combines text, image, and found materials, blending fiction, memory, and observation. Together, these pages will form a collaborative, hybrid guide — a poetic translation of past visions into the present urban experience.   Schedule (tentative) 13:00–13:40 Introduction & Workshop 1 “Reading the Guide and Poetic Mapping” 13:40–15:10 Performative Walk 15:10–16:00 Workshop 2 “Translation and Assembly”   Notes Preschool children are not suitable to participate. Ideally, the workshop is best suited for participants aged 16 and above. This event will be conducted in English only.
Ended 10/25/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
  • Workshop
  • Sanpo

Nalaka Wijewardhane | Silent Walk Workshop: Contemplating the Unthinkable

A workshop by Nalaka Wijewardhane, a biennale artist.   Wijewardhane, inspired by Quentin Meillassoux’s concept of hyper-chaos, has been wandering through the streets of Tokyo, capturing the unimaginable with his camera. In this workshop, participants will join a silent walk through the city, sensing a “space of contemplation” shaped by contingency, absence, and non-human presences. By rethinking everyday spaces, sounds, and objects as independent existences beyond human centrality, participants will share in the experience of a dérive—a wandering in which the city subtly engages the body and guides perception. This is a rare opportunity to attentively engage with the faint uncertainties embedded in everyday life and to perceive the city of Tokyo from entirely new angles. Listen to the subtle voices and traces of the urban environment, and allow your body to experience the city in ways that go beyond ordinary observation. We warmly invite you to join this unique exploration.   Workshop Flow Introduction: The artist presents the work and introduces the approach to the walk Silent Walk: Participants drift through the city, opening their senses and engaging with the environment Reflection: Participants share impressions and insights from the experience   Notes The workshop will take place rain or shine The walk and workshop will be filmed, and the footage may be shown later in the exhibition space or included in a publication documenting the project. Please be aware that participants may appear in the recorded videos and photographs.
Ended 10/22/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
  • Workshop

L PACK. | Let's Make a Unique Art Festival Tote Bag

Workshops by L PACK. (Susumu Odagiri and Tetsuya Nakajima), biennale artists.   The project “Totes my GOATs” by L PACK. collects tote bags sold at art festivals around the world and sheds light on the relationship between “art festivals (the extraordinary)” and “tote bags (the ordinary)” through their designs and backgrounds. In this workshop, participants will freely combine provided texts to create their own “original art festival,” which will then be printed onto tote bags using silk-screen printing. From designs that feel like they could actually exist to unique and unconventional creations, let’s collaborate to make a one-of-a-kind original art festival tote bag together.   Notes We will prepare the tote bag body. Additional printing on brought-in materials is also possible.
Ended 10/19/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.

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Towards New Forms of Artistic Collaboration: An Experiment in Trans-Biennale

Globalization, transformations in information technology, and changes in artists’ practices are profoundly reshaping the nature of international art exhibitions. Exhibitions and art festivals are no longer confined by time and space; instead, they are becoming seamlessly interconnected across temporal and spatial boundaries. Collaborative practices between artists and curators now extend beyond the exhibition period, continuing even after the official schedule has ended and outside the exhibition venue. This symposium will explore new forms of collaboration among artists, collectives, exhibitions, and art festivals within this evolving context.   Panelists Binna Choi (curator, Hawai’i Triennial 2025; artistic director, Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2026) Maria Svonni (artistic director, Luleåbiennalen and Verdde) Mechu Rapela (curator, Tenthaus Art Collective) Truong Que Chi and Nguyen Phuong Linh (artists; Nhà Sàn Collective) Masato Nakamura (artist; general producer, Tokyo Biennale 2025) Yoshitaka Mōri (sociologist; professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)   Panelists Profile Binna Choi Binna Choi is a South Korean curator whose practice interconnect art, the curatorial, and the (sovereign) commons based on politics of decolonisation, indigenous practice and epistemology, and institutional change and unlearning, She directed Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons in the Utrecht, the Netherlands over a decade where she curated projects such as Grand Domestic Revolution (2009–2012 with Maiko Tanaka and Yolande van der Heide), Site for Unlearning (Art Organization) (2014–2018 with Annette Krauss and the evolving Casco Team), Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills (2018–2022 with The Outsiders), next to a number of commissions and experimental collective works. Together with You Mi, she also maintains a study platform Unmapping Eurasia. Besides, Choi also served as a curator/co/artistic director for art festivals such as the 2025 Hawai‘i Triennial, the 2022 Singapore Biennale, and the 2016 Gwangju Biennale, and curates the Korean Pavilion of the 2026 Venice Biennale.  In the context of pedagogy, she served as the faculty for Dutch Art Institute over a decade and the guest professor for the Gwangju Biennial International Curator Course 2025. Since 2024, Choi also works as the supervisor for Doosan Curator Workshop.   Maria Svonni Maria Svonni is a curator based in Giron, Sápmi. Her work is organized around collaborations, utilizing site-specific methods to promote dialogue and long-term change. She is the artistic director of Luleåbiennalen, Scandinavia’s oldest art biennial, and founder and artistic director of Verdde, a nomadic art institution working for the inclusion of Sámi perspectives. Svonni was part of the team that formulated the artistic program in the winning application for Giron to become European Capital of Culture in 2029 and in 2018 she led the establishment of KiN, the first museum focused on contemporary art in the most northern parts of Sweden.   Mechu Rapela Mechu Rapela is a co-director of the Tenthaus Collective, dedicated to fostering artistic collaboration across cultures. With a Master’s in Art History from the University of Oslo, she is an art historian, producer, and curator with a practice in space making. Currently, she is curating a KORO (Art in Public Space) project in Oslo.   Truong Que Chi and Nguyen Phuong Linh Truong Que Chi (b.1987) and Nguyen Phuong Linh (b.1985) are artists whose long-standing friendship has developed into collaboration. Truong examines contradictions and memory within everyday life through video and installation, while Nguyen poetically explores bodily traces and resilience. Since 2021, they have created works together, bringing poetic tension to space through bodily perceptions. Their practice engages with intergenerational memories of loss and the materiality of women’s bodies. They have exhibited at the Busan Biennale and Asian Art Biennale, and are members of Hanoi’s artist-run space Nhà Sàn Collective.   Masato Nakamura Born in 1963 in Ōdate, Akita, he has led numerous urban and community-based art projects since the 1990s and founded the art collective Command N in 1997. In 2001, Nakamura exhibited at the 49th Venice Biennale (Japan Pavilion). In 2010, he established the public-oriented cultural facility Arts Chiyoda 3331, managing it until 2023. He serves as the overall director of the Tokyo Biennale (2021, 2023) and General Producer (2025). He has published multiple books and received the 2010 Arts Encouragement Prize and the 2018 Architectural Institute of Japan Cultural Award.   Yoshitaka Mōri Sociologist. Born 1963 in Nagasaki. Mōri is a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Global Arts. After graduating from Kyoto University, he worked for an advertisement company, and then earned a Ph.D. at Goldsmiths, University of London. His critical practice takes on themes involving contemporary culture and the organization of urban space, as well as social movements, with particular interest in contemporary art, music, and media. Written works include Sutoriito no shiso (Ideas behind street) (NHK Publishing, Inc.), Culture = Politics – New Cultural-Political Movements in the Age of Globalization (Getsuyosha Limited), and Popular Music and Capitalism (Serica Syobo, Inc.). He also served as editor for After Musicking (Geidai Press).  
Ended 10/18/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
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Adam Roigart | For the Public- SANPO: Exploring Forgotten Urban Spaces – Walking/Making/Hosting Together

Participatory events for a biennale artist Adam Roigart’s Sanpo Project. Roigart has long focused on overlooked corners of the city, exploring ways of intervening in these places through gatherings. In this project, participants will visit forgotten spaces scattered across Tokyo with him, assemble simple structures on site (such as tables or benches), and experience a form of temporary “hacking” and collective “hosting.” These walks into what could be called “non-places” aim to share the latent potential of each site and open it up to new relationships. At the same time, they naturally question themes that Adam has consistently been interested in: caring for places, access from the public, hands-on design experiences, and the joy of working together. Through this project, participants will engage with each site directly, while also sharing new experiences and stories with one another, creating connections between people and place.     Schedule Departure We set off toward a selected site carrying the structural parts, flags, tools, and light refreshments.  Arrival at the Site – Activating the Space – Assemble Assemble the simple structures together – Share beverage and  light snacks together. – Dismantle all structures and return the site to its original condition. Return to the Starting Point Return to the initial meeting point and bring back all items to the exhibition space.   Meeting Point 1F Workshop Space, Etoile Kaito Living Building (see Map section below)   Notes In case of rain, the event will be postponed as follows: ① Sat 10/11 -> Sun 10/12 ② Sun 10/19 -> Sun 10/26
Ended 10/11/2025 - 10/19/2025 / Etoile Kaito Living Bldg.
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Mariam Tovmasian | Sunwalks — A Sanpo Cyanotype Archive

Workshops by Mariam Tovmasian, a biennale artist.   Step away from Tokyo’s fast rhythm and explore a cyanotype workshop that captures the city’s traces and the chance moments discovered while walking. Starting from a meeting point, we will take a slow walk through the area, collecting objects that seem meaningful along the way, and then create original prints under the sun!   Cyanotype is an early photographic technique that uses sunlight and water to produce vivid blue images. Participants will learn how the shapes of various objects leave their traces on paper through light and time. By walking, noticing, and imprinting with sunlight, you will capture Tokyo’s fast-paced landscape while experiencing the slower rhythms hidden within it.   Meeting and Dismissal Points Meeting point: Hamacho Park, in front of Exit A2, Hamacho Station (Toei Shinjuku Line) Dismissal point: Etoile Kaito Living Building, 1-15-15 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku (near Bakurocho Station, JR Sobu Line)   What to bring 3–5 small objects that you associate with Tokyo or that remind you of the city An apron   Notes As the event involves walking, please join only if in good health. Outdoors under the sun—bring sun protection (parasol, hat, etc.). Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Participants may take their prints home, but one piece must be contributed to the artist’s exhibition. Children of elementary school age or younger must be accompanied by a guardian (guardians also require a ticket). Cancelled in case of rain.
Ended 09/20/2025 - 10/19/2025 / Hamacho Park (Hamacho Sta. A2 Exit)


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