FUJIKAWA Takahiro

Project Covered: “Shibuya Keiichiro's Android Opera® ‘MIRROR’” by SHIBUYA Keiichiro & Justine EMARD, Appassionato (France)

Born in 1980. After graduating from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, he worked in roles such as an advertising sales team member and planner for the cultural platform STUDIO VOICE as well as a planner for the Japanese version of the fashion-oriented broadcasting channel FashionTV before going independent in 2017. Since then, he has engaged in writing and editing for print and web media along with production and direction of websites and other digital content. In August 2020, he joined the editorial department of the cultural platform TOKION as a contributing editor. He writes articles related to various cultural fields for the platform as well as the regular feature “Massive Life Flow: Inside the Mind of Keiichiro Shibuya,” which follows the activities of musician SHIBUYA Keiichiro.

Photo by KATO Hajime

FUJISUE Moe

Project Covered: Parallel Normalities ”Whispering Blue – I heard your voice from the back of a blue car" by ISHIGAMI Natsuki & Nuttamon PRAMSUMRAN (Thailand)

Born in 1987 in Kobe. She has resided in Taipei, Taiwan, since 2022. In 2016, she joined the management of PARADISE AIR, an artist-in-residence program in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. She also works on management and public relations for art and urban development projects as a freelancer. She worked on the production management of Beach, Eyelids, and Curtains: chelfitsch's EIZO-Theater (Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, 2018) and on public relations for the Tokyo performance of Pratthana - A Portrait of Possession (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2019).

Photo by YAMAHATA Takuya

YAMAZAKI Kenta

Project Covered: “Juggle & Hide (Seven Whatchamacallits in Search of a Director) ” by ARAKI Masamitsu, TSUKAHARA Yuya & Wichaya ARTAMAT (Thailand)

Born in 1983. Critic and dramaturge. He is the editor in chief of the theatrical review Shihai and also writes regular short reviews for the web magazine artscape. In 2019, he formed the theatrical unit “y/n” with director and actor HASHIMOTO Kiyoshi. The group's major works include Coming Out Lessons (2020) and Education (in your language) at the Tokyo Festival Farm 2022 Farm-Lab Exhibition (2022).

TANAKA Miyuki

Project Covered: “Asian Object Theater: Laos-Japan Collaboration among Deaf and Hearing Performers” by SHIRAGA Momoko & Lattanakone INSISIENGMAY (Laos)

Curator, Producer. She produces exhibitions, performances, and various projects under the theme of “disability as a perspective that redefines the world”. She attempts to interpret the way we perceive expressions with the audience including people with disabilities. Her recent projects include Watching Dance with Creative Audio Descriptions (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre and various venues, 2017-ongoing), the film NIGHT CRUISING (2019), the exhibition Rules? (2022), and the exhibition Ways of Telling (2022). In 2022, She conducted research on the disability culture in New York as a visiting scholar at New York University with a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council.