After withdrawing from the Art Planning program at Seian University of Art and Design, Maki Kawaguchi worked in agriculture. From 2009, she joined Art Area B1 in Nakanoshima, Osaka and was involved in producing exhibitions, music events, and performances. Kawaguchi presided as the director and secretary general there from 2013 to 2023. Since February 2023, she has worked in public relations in the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum. Independent of her work at the museum, she also collaborates with artists by organizing exhibitions.

Koide is a visual artist. Born in 1983 in Osaka, she completed a Master of Fine Arts (Printmaking) at Kyoto Seika University in 2009. Through the creation of her works, Koide is interested in uncovering individual elements buried within recorded history by drawing attention to the close connections between people and place. She creates installation works combining her own words and of others, objects, photos and video images, with the characteristics of the places where the works are presented, also to include the lights, sounds and the movement of air. Recent solo exhibitions include Amagasaki City Cultural Future Encouragement Award Commemorative Exhibition “The polyphony of our narratives” at Amagasaki City Cultural Center Former Wedding Hall,Hyogo in 2023.

Born in 1995. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany. kobayashi graduated from Art and Media at the Berlin University of the Arts. Based on his research of Asian migrants and media archaeology, kobayashi explores a new form of narrative with moving images and self-made apparatuses. His recent works focus on exophony and its narrative in perspectives of translation and identities.
He completed a Master Program in Film and New Media Studies at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. His work was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2022, The Arts in 2022. His recent solo exhibition include: Polyparole, Art Center BUG, Tokyo, Japan (2024); and his work has been included in group exhibition such as: MORE STRANGE THINGS, silent green (Berlin, 2024).

Author, Lyricist, Farmer.
She continues her creative work writing poetry, essays, novels, and picture books while also pursuing her passion for agriculture. Drummer and lyricist in a rock band until 2012 when she began a career in authorship. Currently residing part time in Tokyo and her home prefecture of Ehime where she works in agriculture. Recent works include: The Sound of Writing (ii oto ga suru bunshyo), Heir to the Farm (watashi no noutsugi) and Gururi (Gururi). Also, lyric composition on various musical projects.

Born in 1987, Takuya Tsutsumi is a Kansai-based curator and graphic designer. He graduated with an MA in cultural studies from Adam Mickiewicz University in 2019. In addition to designing exhibition spaces, Tsutsumi creates one-off performative experiences and is particularly interested in non-institutional practices, especially across Asia. His directing and curatorial credits include Share-Meeting 2: The Successive Gathering and Momentum of Becoming (2025, Shiga), MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2024: SSS—Super Spectrum Specification (Tokyo), Takuya Yamashita’s solo exhibition Hope Embedded in Darkness: Bear, Munch, Cheeseburger, and Others (2023, Taipei), and Aichi Triennale 2022. Tsutsumi is Program Co-director for the shared studio space Yamanaka Suplex, Program Director at ICA Kyoto, and an associate professor at Kyoto University of the Arts.

Kurachi Tomonosuke creates video installations based on critical views on entertainment, in which he directs and plays the leading role. He appropriates well-known forms of entertainment like TV dramas, music videos, or movies and slickly provokes laughter by imitating them, which he sees as an act of primitive exaggeration. His set and costume designs reflect everyday objects and they are made instantly. In this way, he converts the daily sphere into an amusing arena. Through improvising rhythmic vocalisations, he exposes absurdity out of meaning or meaninglessness. Kurachi asks himself questions about the nature of postmodern entertainment and humanity, practising artistic expression originated in laughter.

Nagara Wada graduated with a degree in film and performing arts from Kyoto University of Art and Design, and then completed the art studies master’s program at the same university. In February 2011, she began working as a theater director based in Kyoto and founded her own theatre unit, shitatame. With a deep interest in the act of acting, Wada deciphers texts and motifs as if zooming into them, aiming to establish a distinct language for acting with each performance. She actively pursues collaborative projects, and through the medium of theater, she connects with artists from various fields, including visual art, photography, architecture, music, sculpture, and dance. Since 2018, she has served as a member of the booking team for the multidisciplinary art space UrBANGUILD, where she organized 3CASTS, a performance series that focuses on actors. She is chairperson of the Kyoto Performing Arts Organization from 2020 and The Saison Foundation ‘Saison Fellow I’ from 2025.

Born in Parigi, Central Sulawesi, Leu Wijee is a self-taught Indonesian artist, choreographer and dancer based in both Palu and Yogyakarta. His artistic practice explores the concept of mix-remix, often using choreographic thinking as a starting point to bring together various elements—senses, spaces, sounds, objects, and more—into intersection. Although the body is his primary medium, he sees anything that moves as resonant with his way of working.
In recent years, he has participated in various programs and festivals, including Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (2025) Bangkok; Asia Discovers Asia meeting for Contemporary Performance (Artist Lab 2024) (Kitchen 2023) Bangkok and Taipei respectively; Indonesian Dance Festival (Kampana 2022) (Evening Performance 2024) Jakarta; Farm-Lab Exhibition (2021) Tokyo, among others. Throughout his career, Leu’s performances have taken place in different settings, such as in blackbox, gallery, Japanese traditional house, studio, digital platforms and other alternative space. In addition, he has worked with and performed in the work of other artists, including Jecko Siompo (2014-2019).