Care and Cleaning Exhibition 2025
Business Overview
This exhibition reexamines the everyday act of cleaning not merely as labor or hygiene, but as a form of care, ethical practice, and cultural transmission.
The exhibition featured video installations centered on documentary works by filmmaker Shingo Ota, exploring cleaning practices across different communities and contexts.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, September 18, 2025 – Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM *Final day only: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Venues
- Hananagaya (Sumida Ward) 1-50-12 Kyōjima, Sumida Ward, Tokyo 131-0046Accessibility
- Viewing Support Contents
- Subtitles and bilingual explanatory panels (Japanese/English) were provided to ensure accessibility for visitors with hearing impairments and international audiences.
- Viewing Support Date and Time
- Throughout the exhibition period
Profile
【Hydroblast】
Founded in 2019 by film director Shingo Ota, Hydroblast is a collective dedicated to creating hybrid works of film and theater. In 2022, Kyoko Takenaka joined the team as a producer. For each project, roles are defined according to its specific needs, fostering a multi-perspective creative approach.
The name “Hydroblast” refers to a cleaning method in which high-pressure water—or a mixture of high-pressure water and sand—is sprayed through a nozzle to cleanse the surface of castings. By colliding the blasting material (water) against the object being cleaned (called the "work"), it removes dirt, paint, or other substances adhering to the surface. Traditionally used for erasing road markings, graffiti, and other residues, the method has also been adopted in recent years for decontaminating radioactive metal waste within nuclear power plants.
The name embodies the founding artist’s vision of using art as a high-pressure tool to break down and cleanse society of entrenched boundaries, divisions, fixed ideas, and prejudices. The aim is to make the theater a space that supports and safeguards diversity within society.