null is a program run by Artist Collective Fuchu (ACF) introducing various spaces around Fuchu by touring around places and areas where events and exhibitions are held.

Due to the recent coronavirus pandemic making it difficult to hold events with a large number of people in attendance, organizers have decided to implement this edition of null as a new hybrid online/offline event.

The theme for the seventh null event is “something related to auspiciousness.”
The event has been organized by Kaoru Kato of pastry studio “Laboratory Lantern.”
Kato enjoys decorating kumade decorated bamboo rakes, good luck charms for business which can be bought at Tori-no-Ichi fair every November. This experience apparently prompted her to wonder about talismans/lucky charms and events in different regions, families, and countries. This led to her idea of a project for enjoying a session where participants bring in talismans and lucky charms.

The event will be held in a bricks-and-mortar location and online. One of these, Seiseikyo, as well as being a cafe also exhibits artworks, holds events, sells “zakka” (diverse functional yet decorative everyday goods), and welcomes visitors with owls, which are auspicious animals. Online activities on the last day will comprise an exchange based on items related to auspiciousness which participants brought to Cafe Seiseikyo.
Why not build on mutual interaction and exchange, discovering common ground with/aspects of each other you didn’t know before, talking about what you think, and what you’re interested in?

null: free places and arty ideas
The null project is concerned with creating a diverse, free and “blank-space” environment for the creation of an autonomous cultural and artistic community where different values intermingle. With“null null konekuto” (‘kneading smoothly’)as its watchword, organizers aim to expand and spread art-centric, diverse and deep-seated networks between people, between people and places, and between people and ideas.