[Registration Needed] Karoku Recycle | Creating Expression from Records 2026

It is a workshop to create expressions by looking at the remaining records or making new records. It started in 2022 and this is the 5th term.
We started by talking to people who practice expressions using records from the past, looking at those expressions, and discussing them. Then, we set a theme based on the interest of the participants themselves, and searched for expressions created from records related to that theme.
We also introduce discussion and listening into the process to bring diverse perspectives to the record.
There are no restrictions on presentation techniques such as reports, exhibition and planning plans, pictures, writing, photos, videos, performances, installations, etc. On the last day, there will be a studio exhibition. However, it is not necessary to complete it as a work, but to create a form in order to share one's interests with others and have a dialogue.
It is recommended for those who record things on a daily basis, those who are interested in listening and researching, and those who want to make a production that involves these processes.

Workshop Flow

Sunday, July 19 10:00 ~ 18:00
There will be a lecture on "Expression from the Record" and a workshop on listening to and writing. In the second half, we will see an artist's practice of "creating expression from records" and then discuss and try to create expression on our own.

Sunday, July 26 10:00 ~ 19:00
We will go to Tokyo Metropolitan Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall in Yumenoshima, Koto-ku, for research, listen to the stories of the practitioners, and make a small exhibition with each person's hands. Also think about your interests and future research.

Based on the activities of the above two days, they will work on their own. They go to talk to people they are interested in and look up materials, and then they try to create expressions based on their own production methods.

Sunday, August 2 10:00 ~ 18:00
Free consultation day. You can speak with a facilitator as needed as you work through your practice. You can also go online.

Sunday, September 6 10:00 ~ 18:00
Bring your own expressions and discuss.
※ The previous day 5th (Sat) will be the delivery work day.

＊過去の開催レポート：カロクリサイクル「記録から表現をつくる」2024　レポート
＊「記録から表現をつくる」ではワークショップ終了後、参加者の有志による同名の展覧会を開いています。今年度は2026年12月頃を予定しています。
　展覧会レポート：展覧会「ひきつけて、みる」レポート

*The contents of the program are subject to change.

facilitator

Ryuhei Koya

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1982. He graduated from the Department of Advanced Art Expression, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from the doctoral course of the Department of Language and Information Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He is a part-time lecturer at Takasaki Keizai University. I am interested in the relationship between oneness and universality in the process of the actualization of symbols. Participated in the Tokyo Project Study "Building a Lab from a Room" 2018 as a facilitator. Participated in "Tokyo Sudara 2019 - Creating a Song and Dance of Hope" 2020 as a coordinator. "Pronouns as' Empty 'Signs: Emil Banvenist's Problems of' Speaker ',' Meaningful Action 'and' Reality '"("Linguistic style 13," 2014).

Mina Isozaki (filmmaker, singer/songwriter/NOOK)

Born in Tokyo in 1992. Using children's songs and labor songs that are rooted in a particular place as clues, he creates new "songs" that match the place, and creates works with an interest in singing voices and people's lives. The main exhibition he has exhibited in recent years is "Restoration of Narrative" (Sendai Mediateek). From 2023 to 24, he moved to Vilnius, Lithuania, where he researched the Singing Revolution, a movement for independence from the former Soviet Union.

Natsumi Seo (artist, poet, NOOK)

Born in Tokyo in 1988. While thinking about the records of the language and scenery of the local people, he creates pictures and sentences. After volunteering after the Great East Japan Earthquake, he started working in a unit with filmmaker Haruka Komori. After creating a place for dialogue and creating works in Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, he launched the collective "NOOK" to record activities through collaboration with the land. Currently, based in Koto Ward, he is working on the project "Karoku Recycle" to research disaster records and explore expressions using them, while traveling and writing stories on the theme of "inability to speak". He is the author of "Awai Yukoro: Rikuzentakata, Living After the Earthquake" (Shobunsha), "Double Town/Song of the Alternate Land" (Shosho Kankanbo), "The Stratum of Voices: Talking about Disaster and Pain" ( Surviving Books), co-authored "Memoirs of the 10th Year" (Ikusuru Books), and "New Habitations: from North to East 11 years after 3.11" (YYY PRESS).

DAICHI NAKAMURA (Writer/Director/Director of Atsuba Heights/NOOK)

Born in Tokyo in 1991. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Tohoku University. While still a student, he started the theater group "Atto Heights" and has been based in Sendai for eight years. He has lived in Tokyo since 2018. Even now, he moves back and forth between Sendai, Yokohama and Tokyo, and continues to create plays that are useful for people to survive. "Koko wa deguchi na nai" (It's Not the Exit) won the 2nd Ningen za 'Minoru Tabata Drama Award.'. In the Toga Drama Competition 2019, he won the Audience Award and the Outstanding Director Award for his performance of Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard." He won the Playwright Prize at the 14 Senkawa Theater Theater Play Contest for "Mirai ga tateteru."

Yuka SEKI (Artist/Painter/NOOK)

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1997. Graduated from Y-GSC, Graduate School of Urban Innovation, Yokohama National University. She is the president of Be with Ayano Anzai, a support group for Ayano Anzai, who has disclosed harassment in the art industry. She asks questions about what trauma is and how it can be recovered, and engages in expressive activities such as printmaking, performances, and workshops.

capacity

12 people
* Priority will be given to those who can participate in the whole day.
* Please note that selection will be conducted if there are many applicants.

Admission Fee

Participation Fee
10,000 JPY/General/5,000 JPY/Student (All sessions)
* You will be responsible for your own transportation and lunch expenses.
* Payment will be made in cash on the first day (July 19). We cannot accept a refund for absence in the middle of the tour.

Venue

Studio 04
4-1 Oshima, Koto-ku, Tokyo 136 0072 Oshima 4-chome Danchi Building 1, 1st Floor 106
and other spaces in Tokyo

How to apply

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Application deadline

Until Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 23:59

Credit

Sponsor

Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo, NOOK

cooperation

Urban Renaissance Agency, Tokyo Metropolitan Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall

Contact Us

NOOK
E-mail:karoku.nook*gmail.com (replace * with @)