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Aoi Yamada

#ART

Dancer / Actor. He has performed solo at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, performed in Dumb Type “2020,” appeared as an actor in the Netflix drama “First Love” and Wim Wenders' “Perfect Days,” choreographed the music video for Hikaru Utada's “Naniro de nai Hana” and narrated NHK's “Document 72 Hours. He has also choreographed the music video for Utada Hikaru's “What Color Is It? She is also active as a member of “Tokyo QQQ,” a group that performs as if they were alive.
She makes lunch boxes for her husband every day.

Summer Eye

#MUSIC #ART #BOOK #MOVIE #OTHER

Tomoyuki Natsume's solo name, debuted in 2009 as vocalist and guitarist of Siamese Cats. Through his exploration of Japanese rock and independent activities, the band was supported by many young people, but disbanded in 2020.
In December 2021, he made his solo debut under the name Summer Eye with the release of his first single “Jinsei".
In 2022, he released a split 7" with DSPS Amy from Taiwan and his second single “Kyukon" In February 2023, he released his third single “Shippai" and a remix of the same song by XTAL, which became a hot topic On March 21, he released his first album "Daikichi". The preceding track “Hakugei" was used as the theme song for a TV drama.
He is currently contributing to the fun of the world with his free and unconstrained expression through his lifework of collage production, songwriting, writing, DJing, and more.
https://summereye.net/
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haru.

#ART

Born in 1995. He grew up traveling back and forth between Japan and Germany from an early age. He launched the independent magazine HIGH(er)magazine as editor-in-chief when he was a student, and launched HUG Inc. in 2019 to develop creative direction and content production business. In April 2024, he launched HEAP, an innerwear brand as creative director. Reissued HIGH(er)magazine as a concept magazine for the brand after a five-year absence. Plans to release a collection twice a year.

Leonid Zvolinsky

#ART

Composer and new media artist. Graduated first in his class in composition from the Moscow Conservatory of Music, and completed a course in sound production at the Litvin University of Television and Radio, Department of Audio and Visual Arts. He is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Music (Music and Sound Creation) at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he is working on contemporary music and new media art incorporating various algorithms and systems such as Max and Arduino, as well as conducting research on human auditory characteristics, sound illusion effects, and their application to art.

Aki Yahata

#ART

Born in Tokyo in 1985 and currently lives in Kyoto. Graduated from Shiga University of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, after completing the M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is a contemporary artist who creates interdisciplinary art works based on field research and interviews. His main media are video and installation. As part of his pursuit of the concept of “the (geographical/social/mental) frontier,” he has recently focused on “hand-crafted food” and “road movies. He is the director/editor of “Teishoku,” an online archive of hand-crafted food cultures from around the world.

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