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I want to make “Tokyo Nonsense Land”
Takano: I heard that you hold a solo exhibition every year titled “Serial Solo Exhibition.
Tanaka: I have been holding a solo exhibition every year for about seven years at a gallery called TS4312 in Yotsuya 3-chome, and in 2023, I released the catalogs and DMs for exhibitions five to ten years in later. By releasing them ahead of time, we set a date for when we will do this exhibition.
Celeina: I heard that you made a DM titled “Tokyo Nonsense – Land” as one of the DMs.
Tanaka: This is a theme park that I plan to build in Saitama, which is closer to Tokyo, in about 10 years as my life’s work. For example, I would like to build a “Nonsense Roller Coaster,” an attraction that keeps going up after you get on, and when you wonder when it will come down, it says, “Thank you for riding with us,” and then you get off in an elevator.
Takano: Nonsense!
Tanaka: Another one would be a “Ferris wheel specializing in viewing. Everyone would just sit on a bench and watch.
Celeina: Interesting.
Tanaka: There is also a character from the theme park that we now call “Moo-chan” (meaningless). Of course you can meet that stuffed animal, but we are also thinking of a space called the “Enchanted Locker Room” where you can meet the uncle who is inside taking a break.
Celeina: It feels like you are opening a forbidden door.
Tanaka: I think we will really make it in about 10 years. I think that when people actually visit the park, it will be completely different from other theme parks, but they will be enveloped in the same kind of uplifting feeling. I have a feeling that “It was so pointless” and “It was the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen” will be the best part of visiting a theme park.
Celeina: I am looking forward to the opening of “Tokyo Nonsense – Land”.
Tanaka: Please come and visit us all.
