NY EXHIBITION

Ayumi Ito
(Tokyo) animation

[hair] animation 40 seconds

this story is a girl.

1994 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture.
2013 Oil Painting,Tama Art University

Kotaro Takahashi
(Tokyo)　animation

[RainbowCats short story] animation  2 minutes
A day of “RainbowCats”. 

[Swimming Syodo] animation  2 minutes
This film is “Syodo”animation.

Born in Niigata, Japan in 1980.  Studied movies in many schools,
and now he works as an animator.  YouTube channel – 65ailes

Kanako Azuchi
(Tokyo)　 Image video 

[Draw a woman's body]  animation 3 minutes

Such as disappear in an instant
The process that captures the image, put a color on canvas,
It is similar to the tag that has been engrossed to give me the day when 
I was a child. This time, booty and tag. I wonder is captured it ...

1984 Born in Aichi
2008 BFA,Tama Art University
2010 MFA,Tama Art University
2011 「Woman Body Forest 」／GALLERY.b.TOKYO
2013 「HR」／Gallery zoro ∞

ayaka nakamura
(Tokyo)　Image video

[WATER - land -]  Image video  4 minutes

A living thing is aggregate of past times and lifes.
It’s became a big current of life.
We are individual pieces of it., and so it’s delicate but strong.

Born 1988 in Tokyo. Graduated from Musashino Art University 
(BA Fine Art, Printmaking).
Makes the hand-drawn animation with woodcuts and real-movies, and make
delicate and strong visual.
Creates music videos, Animated TV shows, Illustrations.  and also actives as
a artist of woodcut.

Shion Nakajima
(Tokyo) stop-motion

[Waltz] stop-motion  5 minutes 30 second

The movie depicts the heartful interation between the robots. 
It was produced to express the importance of "caring the other", too 
forgotten in modern days. 

After widely studying Fine Arts in the Arts Departament of the High School, 
ingressed in Musashino Art University. 
Enrolled in the AV Departament in Musashino Art University, mainly kept 
producing stop-motion shorts.
After graduation, joined video game developing company.

Sayumi Higo
(Tokyo)　Image video

[vision] Image video  5 minutes

We wonder 
alive to see what?
alive to hear what?
alive to feel what?

1990 Born in Japan　
2013  “Nyugaku3”  at Tokyo University of the arts, “Exhibition Delta”
 at Tokyo University of the arts, “Exhibition Delta”  at BankArt Yokohama, 
“Tokyo University of the arts Art Plaza Grand Prize” Selected 
2014 “Main sponsorship JVC KENWOOD・Design ,  Forest Notes Design 
competition“ Grand Prize
2015  SOTTEN'15, 　“ATLAS”at Tokyo University of the arts , 125th 
Anniversary TEA WAY ART COLLECTION
http://furukawalab.org/ 
http://sayuh.com/

Kenichi Nakajima+Yuko Uchida
real video image

[Inside the cage]  5 minutes  　experimental art video
We feel like we are in a cage when we restricted and be pressured. In this
work, we are trying to destroy the cage and burst out from there. We paint
each other, hit the wall and tear off the clothes. This is an experiment 
of: what kind of emotions and movements will come out when two human 
who feel like "I am in a cage" do collaborate. The process is the most 
important thing and the work does't  have to be completed in this 
experimental collaboration. 

[Beat]  performance art　video  5 minutes
We have "beat" inside us. Our beat are not only regular rhythms but those 
are also like arrhythmia. Our sound, color and movement are the "beat" and 
flow out from our soul.  Those beat are often overlapped, discorded and 
harmonized.  Every things will come out from us including ourselves are 
going to be part of the live installation.

 Kenichi Nakajima /Kenichi Nakajima moved to New York City in 2007.He 
exhibited his works at : 2014, solo Exhibition 'From Feet To Art' and more 
in New York. And he had performance art at Ideal Glass in 2015. He still 
expand his activities as a professional artist.

Yuko Uchida /Yuko Uchida is working and lives in Brooklyn, NY. In 2009, 
Uchida was awarded the prestigious David McFadden award from the ISE 
Cultural Foundation. She has had numerous exhibitions in New York City 
including Ideal Glass, 440 Gallery and National Academy Museum.

Natsuko Hattori
(NY)　real video image 6minutes

[Dancer in MocoMoco 2015] real video image 
"Dancer in MocoMoco" is a collaborative art project directed by Jaiseok Kang,
combining the efforts of artists across disciplines and genres to capture a 
fleeting moment that all artists endeavor for. As the dancers perform in 
MocoMoco installation and costumes, Jaiseok Kang's favorite photography 
theme of "Dancer" and Natsuko Hattori's sculpture series "MocoMoco" 
combine and harmonize to become a single artform.
These two seemingly unrelated motifs somehow align perfectly to ultimately 
reveal that nothing is perpetual in life. Rather, we see that the main 
components of this project are essentially identical in their roles of 
expressing constant transformation and rebirth. Just as the costume art 
can return back to being a part of her sculptures -- which will consequently 
change the shape and significance of the sculptures -- the dancers also 
change as they become the part of MocoMoco and vice versa. 

She a visual artist and sculptor based in New York City. Her works had been 
exhibited Lobby Gallery at The Wall Street Journal Building, Consulate 
General of Japan, Caelum Gallery, First Street Gallery, The ISE Cultural 
Foundation Gallery, Grace Institute, JaNet Art Space, and also Nave Gallery 
in Massachusetts. In Japan, She exhibited at the Kitakyushu Municipal 
Museum of Art Gallery and the art gallery T+. Now her studio is in Long 
Island City, NY.

Kiriko Shirobayashi
(NY)  experimental video

[Fish Bowl] experimental video　3 minutes 45 second
My works contain complex meanings not only by their direct 
transmissions but also their reminiscences. The corners of our minds, 
which conceal what we carry underneath our consciousness and 
unconsciousness, are of supreme interest to me. My work is not 
necessarily intended to direct anyone in any direction, but more to 
illuminate aspects of our existence and encourage the viewer to develop 
their own concept. It is by this method, I believe, that art cultivates 
understanding and exhibits its own inherent value.

After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, I moved to the United 
States and went on to graduate from the School of Visual Arts with a 
MFA in Photography and Related Media. I have been showing my video 
works at centers around the US, including: Chashama Theater Times 
Square, Paula Cooper Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center, Delaware Center for 
the Contemporary Arts and Allentown Art Museum. I have received 
awards from 4th NAP Biennial Video Festival and Aurora Short Film and 
Video Festival and have completed residencies at the MacDowell Colony,
Headlands Center for the Arts, and Santa Fe Art Institute.

Yunjiao Wang
 (Tokyo)　　installation

On the earth we live in, a lot of organisms are living. Human, dog, bird, 
fish, plants, amoeba and paramecium. The basic unit of making these 
organisms are cells. In other words, the cells and have all of the 
organisms, the basic unit of structure and function. And it may also be 
referred to itself as the life at the same time.
State the cells live, I was representing the state in which breathing in the
 “Light”. By viewing directly cells of activity in our naked eye, I want 
you to feel the strong vitality of the organisms.

From Chengdu, Sichuan,China. living in Tokyo
2011-2014Tama Art University　Bachelor of Art and Media Course in 
Information Design  
2015-nowTama Art University　Master of Environmental Design 
2011　International Creative Group”HAKUSHI”  Paper Exhibition in 
[VACANT] Harajuku,Japan
2012　International Creative Group”HAKUSHI”  Paper Exhibition in 
Huashan1914 Taipei,Taiwan
2013　International Creative Group”HAKUSHI”  Boundary Exhibition in 
BankART Yokohama,Japan
2014　Graduation work exhibition in Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse,
Japan

SHOXXX
(Berlin)　installation

Her exhibitions display puppets, drawings, hand-made decorations and more; 
composing colorful, funny characters in a pop atmosphere. 
Though initially impressing a typical Japanese style, it derives its originality 
through cynical humor or extreme nonsense.
These installations of her work transport visitors to a SHOXXX's world, a place 
for the adventurous to bring their imaginations.

born in Hiroshima, one of 7 Japanese cities she has lived in. Since 2001 she 
has been working as graphic designer and illustrator. In 2005 she moved to
 Berlin, Germany. Here she has been creating her own artworks, such as 
puppet making, screen printing, live animation, paintings, etc..
http://www.shoxxxboxxx.com

Eri Ito
(Tokyo)  installation

Stones, plastic attachments and broken pieces of ceramics,
these ‘nothings’ catches my heart since childhood.
I want to give these ‘nothings’ a new reason to be owned for 
a little longer.
Comb is a motif for many of my works.
Tools that exist close to our everyday habit has a distinctive 
attraction, 
reason because we give many meanings to the item with stories.
As objets or jewelry, I aim for my work to hold a quiet existence.

Akiha Yamakami
(NY)　　soft sculpture

Akiha Yamakami was born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1984. She
studied at 2009 MA in Printmaking, Lithography major at the graduate
school of Tama Art University,Tokyo. She lives and works in New York City
from 2012. She creates soft sculpture works with print and cloths upon the
theme of human body. She actively presents her work both in Japan and in
overseas. Started to collaborate with dance projects a few years ago. She
makes costumes for dancers as well.

Saya Kobayashi
(Tokyo) Sculpture, Painting

When you have an illusion that it looks like ○○, 
you are drawn to that object.
I hope to get a mixed reaction about atmosphere of this work 
by each audience every time.
I want you to feel as if you picked up your favorite pebble vaguely 
on a riverbank.

Born in Kanagawa, Japan, in 1990.9.26.
Graduated from Tama Art University Art and Media course.

Yuko K.
(NY)　video ,photograph

I believe the existence of any artist’s sense of view must be reflected 
by the memories of their experiences. 
To me, the method of taking videos and photographs symbolize
 the importance of time. 
Suspending the equal value for both passing time and present time, 
gives me a diverse creator’s awareness and ability to recall memories of 
past experiences I had almost lost in the transforming, changing figure.  

Yumi Hasegawa 
(Tokyo) Painting, object

When I was a kid, my friends, has trampled the grasshoppers. I thought 
that it would be such memories to prove the existence of the house.
 I drew them. You would be think it is a blurry. It is for my life. However,
 this act, proved the existence of the house. I have decided the image, 
and placed the color, and traced the line. By this hand. So, the evidence 
was enough. I lived in certainly its location. The house, had been hiding in 
the memory. I was watching the landscape. In my house.

Takashima city,Shiga,Japan
Joshibi University of Art and Design,Visual Design course graduation.
2015 Joshibi Museum Awards 

Wako Tomitani
(Tokyo)  Painting, installation

I am the artist who is active in Tokyo from 2011.I produce the work using
 the QR-cord from 2014. From the japanese point of view, I express the 
"live" of modern people to coexist with informations. Internet has
 globalized because all of the information come and go freely all over the 
world .On the other hand , most of the Japanese people only read what 
was written in Japanese ."Language" is the most cultural product and
  it is the biggest barrier in the information society .Currently , the problems
 of globalization has  been pointed out and Japan has been promoting the 
globalization against the global trend. It is the key to contemplate the value
 of native language and to keep self identity in the globalization.

Born 1992 in Tokyo.
2011-2015 Tama art university ,Tokyo.
2015 Five art college exhibition, The national art center  tokyo
2014 time capsule elevator, yellow house Nihonbashi , natural cube,
on college 
2013 PRIVATE PROJECT XII,Pepper's Gallery Ginza, "Hello,Alternative",
on college 
2012 Komado, Design festa gallery Harajuku, Unknown, on college 
2011 1001 and 1003, Design festa gallery, Harajuku 

Jun Ando
(NY)  multi-art

Art is to relieve the pain of life.

Life is a process of death.  Humans are going to die and fear to die.  All of
the distress comes from the fear of death.  When people worry about their
life, their existence, they also wonder why humans live.  People start to 
believe there isn’t any reason to live. Therefore, people made heaven and
yearn for heaven.  Humans wanted a place which made them believe that
they were absolute.  Death is a part of life, as the same for birth.  When 
people know what death is, people will know what life is.

The final concept of my art work is to help relieve the pain of life from the 
root and entertain people to supply human’s imperative want same as the 
fundamental function of art. People want fundamentally the image of nature,
heaven, hypothetical idol, and dogmas. Ando's art work is to show the
answer of his thought about the philosophical issue of life by his own
interpretation in multilateral way.

Hewon Choi
 (Tokyo) installation

Animals might go extinct.  Human race might end.  Only plants would live. 
There have been various hypotheses and situations which suggest that 
deep within plants live the ultimate survivors. 
So, what forms of cages can put a stop to plants' strong will to live?
This piece of creative work aims to illustrate the "survival power of plants" 
through 10 types of cages.

1991  Born in Seoul
2014  Graduated Tama Art University, majoring in Graphic Design
2014  Joined an advertising agency as a designer
Exhibitions 
2011   Group Exhibition「PARADE」
2012   Group Exhibition「SHUN」
2012   Japan&Korea Packaging Design Exhibition 
2013   ZACOLCHE 1st 13 SS collection
2014   ZACOLCHE 2nd 14 W collection 

Yoko Haraoka
(NY) photograph

-mugshots
Photographs in the "mugshots" series are self-portrait comic depictions of 
staged characters that were inspired from from my own observation of
people on the street, celebrities in the media, also real life police photos.
This project is rather to explore gestures and face expression in extreme 
circumstances as being arrested than to make fun of criminals.
As facial expressions, hand gestures and extreme emotions have always
fascinated me, I focused on people's attitudes that come from anger, guilt,
shame, vulnerability, and humiliation that are created in daily incidents.
When creating characters to transform into, while living in such a
multicultural place as New York City, has given me an opportunity to observe 
and try to mimic a multitude of emotions.　In this self-portrait series I am
transforming into stereotypical characters that I created, whose mugshots 
are portraying various reactions to being arrested.　This is an ongoing project 
since 2011.

Yoko Haraoka was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She moved to the U.S. in 
2005 and attended New England School of Photography in Boston to pursue 
a career in photography.
After experiencing a variety of photography fields, she has been mostly 
concentrating on self-portrait projects with an emphasis on humor. Exploring 
this direction has led to numerous exciting and dynamic series that showcase 
her playful and artistic outlook on life.
She has won an award at the Asian Creative Awards in 2015 and her works 
have been shown in such places as New York, Philadelphia, Vermont, and 
Budapest.  She currently lives in New York City.

Mafune Gonjo
(Stockholm)　glass works

Nothing in this world can last forever, everything is changeable and fleeting.
The sense of pain lurks in every lovely thing. It is not easy to understand 
even ourselves and we struggle in ambiguity.
While walking from nowhere to nowhere, it always gives me energy and relief 
to meet with something new and nostalgic at the same time. It can be a 
landscape, ruins and old weathered buildings or a work of art. Through my art,
I aim to create a space in which viewers experience this feeling-encountering 
something in between memory, afterimage, the unknown and the future.

Mafune Gonjo was born 1984 in Japan. She moved to Sweden 2008 and took 
a Master Degree at Konstfack (College of Arts, Crafts and Design) in 
Stockholm. After one year of project program at the Royal University of Fine 
Art 2010-2011, she started working as a freelance artist. 
Mafune is based in Stockholm, exhibits and works in different cities all over 
the world; Stockholm, Paris, London and main cities in Japan and USA. She 
has a collection in the National Museum of Stockholm and the Museum of 
American Glass in New Jersey, USA.
web http://mafunegonjo.com/

Yuki Ideguchi
(NY) painting

Yuki Ideguchi’s works are based on the natural features, ideas, history and 
culture of Japan, with influence from Asian cultures, and the United States. 
The aim of his work is to foster greater understanding not only of Japanese 
culture, but also of cultural connections among Asia as a whole, and the 
United States. Ideguchi moved to New York shortly after finishing his MA in 
Japanese painting at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2013. After moving to 
New York, Ideguchi changed his media from mineral, dye ink, black ink and 
paper to acrylic and canvas. The colors on his canvas became more vivid and 
his adoption of a pop-style artwork has given his work a more universal 
expression. Ideguchi’s ambition is in those new waves, his struggle to go 
higher and higher to see all the vistas that New York City has to offer.
Exhibition

2010, Exhibition of Teruhisa Kitahara’s Collection(Mori Arts Center Gallery/
 Tokyo /Japan),2011, Nakanojo Biennale (Nakanojo area/ Gunma / Japan),
2015, Solo exhibition-Somewhere hasn’t been here will be here (Minnano 
Gallery/ Tokyo/ Japan), WAVE - LIFE AND DEATH: YUKI IDEGUCHI,curated by 
Kyoko Sato(Chinese American Arts Council/ NY/ USA) etc.
http://ideguchiyuki.com/

Natsuko Hattori
(NY)  　soft sculpture

Mocomoco is a Japanese word that refers to a soft or puffy surface and the
comforting feelings that one might get from holding a toy stuffed animal, 
or being wrapped up in a down coat.　Fabric is my medium of choice 
because people everywhere can relate more easily to this material, which 
conveys warmth, natural softness and the intimate human touch. The act 
of wrapping is central to my sculptures.
My sculptures are created from 
balls that are individually wrapped with fabric and bounded together to 
make up an entire whole. Each ball represents the inner state of mankind.
The gesture of wrapping each round ball, is an act of transformation that 
converts pain, sadness and despair into positive energy, such as love or a 
prayer for comfort.　My work conveys a sense of happiness and celebrates 
the human spirit.

Natusko Hattori was born and raised in Japan. She a visual artist and 
sculptor based in New York.
Her works had been exhibited Lobby Gallery at The Wall Street Journal 
Building, Consulate General of Japan, Caelum Gallery, First Street Gallery, 
The ISE Cultural Foundation Gallery, Berkeley College, Space Womb, Grace
Institute, the Studio 57 Gallery, JaNet Art Space, Be fluent, and also Nave 
Gallery in Massachusetts.
In Japan, She exhibited at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Gallery
and the art gallery T+. Now her studio is in Long Island City, NY.

Yoshiaki Otsuka
(NY) 　painting

Yoshiaki's works focus on exploring the narrowing gap and the tension that 
exists between artificial, virtual spaces, such as those found in online video 
games, and the physical realm in which we live. He is inspired by landscapes 
of virtual worlds he has encountered in games. He believes that experiences
in virtual spaces surpass the boundary between fantasy and reality in the 
human mind, allowing them to feel very real. These experiences resemble 
the sensation of being immersed in an artist’s world, unbounded by canvas
borders. Yoshiaki's works show human thoughts that are aggregations of 
both subconscious and conscious mental processes, dreams, and desires
that appear in both virtual realms and the physical world.

Yoshiaki Otsuka was born in Japan in 1984 and currently lives in New York. 
He received his BFA and MFA from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts 
and Music in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In the fall of 2009, Yoshiaki 
moved to New York City, where he worked as an artist assistant for two years. 
In 2014, he graduated the MFA program at the School of the Museum of Fine 

Kenichi Nakajima+Yuko Uchida
(NY) collaboration painting

Kenichi Nakajima / To create a work in the most natural way I need two 
conditions. First I have to set myself free from the conventions of what 
many think art should be. The second condition is that I have to feel raw 
sensations and emotions.When the expression conveys successfully the 
impression, that is art.

Kenichi Nakajima moved to New York City in 2007.He exhibited his works 
at : 2014, solo Exhibition 'From Feet To Art' and more in New York. And he 
had performance art at Ideal Glass in 2015. He still expand his activities as 
a professional artist.

Yuko Uchida / The core of my work is inspired by emotions and memories 
born out of the trauma I experienced in childhood. It was confusing to be 
surrounded by so many diverse and sometimes conflicting emotions such 
as suspicion, loneliness, shame, anger, and joy.  I was keenly aware that I 
had to suppress myself.   All these experiences have shaped my identity as 
the woman that I am today.
In my work, I give voice to these complex and unspoken feelings, bearing 
witness to the particularities of my experience and giving free expression 
to my personal truth.   The themes that repeat themselves in my work have 
to do with fragmentation, brokenness, entrapment, and self-realization.

Yuko Uchida is working and lives in Brooklyn, NY. In 2009, Uchida was 
awarded the prestigious David McFadden award from the ISE Cultural 
Foundation.  She has had numerous exhibitions in New York City including 
Ideal Glass, 440 Gallery and National Academy Museum.

Kurihara
(Berlin) painting

Working with a mix of classical and modern techniques and using a 
combination of acrylic paint, ink, marker pen, fine liner and collage he 
produces works that are both abstract and defined, playful yet concrete. 
Free flowing splatters of color are painstakingly refined with tiny line work, 
patterns and carefully masking taped color fields. His painted works float 
on meticulously prepared canvases, often with multiple layers of subtly 
textured under-painting, while his drawings on paper flow between 
minimalism and graphic design.
He is represented by Gallerie Heike Arndt in Berlin and Denmark. He also 
recently participated exhibitions at SomoS Art Gallery Berlin, Galaerie Art 
Valleggia Amsterdam, “Tokyo Art Crossing Berlin” at Neurotitan Gallery 
Berlin(by Pepper’s Project), Transmediale Vorspiel Berlin and more...

Born in Saitama in Japan 1983. Kurihara started his art activity in a Tokyo 
studio and exhibiting there from 2005 to 2007. Then he escaped the 
madness of the big city and after time travelling in Europe he arrived in 
Berlin, where he spent his first 5 years in an open studio, working and 
exhibiting as an artist in residence at the iconic art-zoo Kunsthaus Tacheles. 
There he also began experimenting with live improvised music, performance 
and collaboration. Following the demise of Tacheles in 2012 Kurihara 
migrated his solo practice to a bedroom studio in Berlin where he works 
every day.

Rika Kitazawa
(Tokyo) drawing

The contrast of deep darkness and the light shedding from the building. 
No sign of life and no connection to the daily life. It gives an illusion that 
even with the scenery you used to seeing, you feel like wondering into a 
completely different world. I want to express such mysterious atmosphere 
of night scene with monotone description.

1985 born in Japan
2009 graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design
2009 Landscape XI〈PART II〉Two Persons Exhibition (Pepper's Gallery)
     Artists' Xmas Thumbhole Exhibition (Pepper's Gallery)
2013 Landscape XV〈PART I〉Group Exhibition (Pepper's Gallery)
2014　JART4th Japanese Emerging Artists' Exhibition in NY (WAH Center)

SHOXXX
 (Berlin)  installation

Her exhibitions display puppets, drawings, hand-made decorations and more;
composing colorful, funny characters in a pop atmosphere. 
Though initially impressing a typical Japanese style, it derives its originality 
through cynical humor or extreme nonsense.
These installations of her work transport visitors to a SHOXXX's world, a place 
for the adventurous to bring their imaginations.

born in Hiroshima, one of 7 Japanese cities she has lived in. Since 2001 she 
has been working as graphic designer and illustrator. In 2005 she moved to
Berlin, Germany. Here she has been creating her own artworks, such as
puppet making, screen printing, live animation, paintings, etc..

http://www.shoxxxboxxx.com

TOKYO SCREENING
Ayumi Ito (Tokyo) animation  [hair]  40s
Kotaro Takahashi (Tokyo) animation [RainbowCats short story] 2 minutes, 
[Swimming Syodo] 2 minutes
Kanako Azuchi  (Tokyo) Image video [Draw a woman's body] 4 minutes
ayaka nakamura  (Tokyo) Image video  [WATER - land -] 4 minutes
Shion Nakajima (Tokyo) stop-motion [Waltz] stop-motion 5 minutes 30 second
Sayumi Higo (Tokyo) [vision] Image video  5 minutes
Kenichi Nakajima+Yuko Uchida(NY) real video image
[Inside the cage] 5 minutes ,[Beat] 5 minutes
Natsuko Hattori(NY) real video image [Dancer in MocoMoco 2015] 6minutes
Kiriko Shirobayashi (NY)  experimental video [Fish Bowl] 3 minutes 45 second

SHOXXX(Berlin) 
[Live Animation Performance by SHOXXX]
In her live work, SHOXXX brings her illustrations and cut-outs to life. Her 
original stories unfold on the table, employing various analog techniques 
and tricks to bring her characters to the big screen.
http://www.shoxxxboxxx.com/shoxxx/works/live_animation.html

Her exhibitions display puppets, drawings, hand-made decorations and more; 
composing colorful, funny characters in a pop atmosphere. 
Though initially impressing a typical Japanese style, it derives its originality 
through cynical humor or extreme nonsense.
These installations of her work transport visitors to a SHOXXX's world, a place 
for the adventurous to bring their imaginations.

born in Hiroshima, one of 7 Japanese cities she has lived in. Since 2001 she 
has been working as graphic designer and illustrator. In 2005 she moved to
 Berlin, Germany. Here she has been creating her own artworks, such as 
puppet making, screen printing, live animation, paintings, etc..
http://www.shoxxxboxxx.com

Jun Ando
(NY)  [Interactive sound/3D graphic visual projection　by Jun Ando ]
Jun Ando is a NY based visual/auditory interactive artist, who works on 
painting, music composing, Japanese zither playing and interactive 
programming. As a multimedia performer, Ando uses Japanese zither called 
Koto with effect processor and Max/msp for the interactive sound/3D graphic 
visual projection.
Pursuing the strong passion for creating new music style combining western 
classical and Japanese traditional music in modern style of music, Ando acts 
as a solo performer, a member of improvisational ensemble, traditional 
Japanese ensemble, and work with jazz fusion band.
Ando studied physics and quantum mechanics in college which now fuels his 
philosophy and creations about existence. He views the world as a flowing 
river or stream; and that behavior and life has a little importance. Ando's 
existential mind expresses these influences with the tones and score of an 
abandoned spirit.
To express all the aspect of his creativity, Ando has formed multimedia 
dance company, ARis//Absolute Reality of the Indefinite Sense in 2011. 
He has won an award of John Lennon Song Writing Contest in 2013, 
Raindance Film Festival music video section in 2014, and joined the award 
winning short film project of Monaco International Film Festival in 2015.

Changing Modes 
(NY) [Live Musical Performance by Changing Modes]

Band Members:
Wendy Griffiths: Vocals, Keyboards, Bass
Grace Pulliam: Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Guitar
Yuzuru Sadashige: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Timur Yusef: Drums, Electronic Drum

"New York art-rockers Changing Modes leap from one radically dissimilar style 
to another with gusto, guile and a tunefulness that won't quit. Blending 
classical flourishes, punk energy, playful and clever lyrics that draw on 80s 
new wave and a ubiquitous element of surprise, every time you think you've
 got them figured out, they drop something new on you". - from Lucid Culture 
(lucidculture.wordpress.com)

Changing Modes create unique art rock with Sparks-esque fun/pop 
sophistication, Frank Zappa-esque diversity/complexity with dark lyricism. 
Their songs move seamlessly from Garage Power Pop to jazz/funk to 
3 minute-prog-rock epics.
changingmodes.com
facebook.com/changingmodes

Hiromi Suda
(NY) [Vocal live by Hiromi Suda duo]

Hiromi Suda (vocal)
Yuto Kanazawa (guitar)
NY based Vocalist/ composer, Hiromi Suda will perform her original 
compositions and Brazilian music with a guitarist, Yuto Kanazawa.

Hiromi Suda
Vocalist/Composer 
"Blessed with a pure, crystalline mountain lake voice, Hiromi Suda 
combines the classical qualities of intricate phrasing, and attention 
to emphasis and timing with a melodic and harmonic complexity that 
reminds of bossa nova."
Awards winning singer songwriter
/An honorable mention award at the 18th Annual USA Songwriting 
Competition 2013
/The finalist of the the Annual 19th USA Songwriting Competitions 2014
/The finalist of the the Annual 11th International Acoustic music 
awards 2014
/The Semi-Finalist of the 2013 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 
Jazz Category
www.hiromisuda.com

misaki matsui film screening
7-8p.m.　Ticket $10
[white sea]   6min. 
 //from the white room. (misaki matsui + jun ando)
"//from the white room.” is the collaboration project between jun ando 
(Koto - Japanese harp player / composer) and misaki matsui 
(cinematographer / photographer). They were inspired by the image of
“whiteness” has - simple, pure, refresh, restart and reborn - and convey 
the message of hope , “back to whiteness” through videos, photos, music 
and quotes. In the music video “white sea”,  they have also collaborated 
with Yukari Osaka (dancer / choreographer).
selected for short film category of Raindance Film Festival 2014 in London, UK
[KASUMI]    26min. 
written & directed by misaki matsui
Kasumi, a Japanese woman comes to New York to follow the memories and 
dreams of her late fiance, Togo, who wanted to be a photographer. There 
she eventually finds her way of life.
"Independent Spirit Award" & "Best Original Story Award"for short film 
category of Angel Film Awards - Monaco International Film Festival 2015 , 
Monaco
She was born in Kobe, Japan.
Her theme “no moment without hope” is found throughout her films,
photos of landscape and portraiture, quotes and installation projects.
Her mission is to remind people that they can still have hope.
She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
[white sea] 6分
 //from the white room. (misaki matsui + jun ando)
www.misakimatsui.com
- no moment without hope -

TOKYO SCREENING
8-9p.m.　Ticket $5

Ayumi Ito (Tokyo) animation  [hair]  40s
Kotaro Takahashi (Tokyo) animation [RainbowCats short story] 2 minutes, 
[Swimming Syodo] 2 minutes
Kanako Azuchi  (Tokyo) Image video [Draw a woman's body] 4 minutes
ayaka nakamura  (Tokyo) Image video  [WATER - land -] 4 minutes
Shion Nakajima (Tokyo) stop-motion [Waltz] stop-motion 5 minutes 30 second
Sayumi Higo (Tokyo) [vision] Image video  5 minutes
Kenichi Nakajima+Yuko Uchida(NY) real video image
[Inside the cage] 5 minutes ,[Beat] 5 minutes
Natsuko Hattori(NY) real video image [Dancer in MocoMoco 2015] 6minutes
Kiriko Shirobayashi (NY)  experimental video [Fish Bowl] 3 minutes 45 second