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NANTONATIC TRAINING GYM OPENING CEREMONY

Starting Saturday, November 14, the Nantonatic Training Gym, created by NUCA Tsukurutoko, a daily life support facility in Okayama Prefecture, will open in the gallery's Interactive space!
At the gym, visitors can make barbells for NANTONATIC WEIGHTLIFTING, a participatory art installation by NUCA Tsukurutoko, and try bench pressing to get (feel like they're getting) a workout.

On the opening day, Saturday, November 14, we will hold an opening ceremony for the Nantonatic Training Gym, with Japanese sign language interpretation. The event will begin with the gym's opening ceremony in the Interactive Space, followed by an artist talk in Gallery 2. The ceremony will include opening remarks, a ribbon-cutting, a ceremonial ball-opening, and a commemorative photo session.

*This event is conducted in Japanese with Japanese sign-language interpreting.

Title	Related Event of "Art Brut 2026 Touring Exhibition” NANTONATIC TRAINING GYM OPENING CEREMONY
Date and Time	Saturday, 14 November 2026, 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Venue	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Interactive Space, Gallery 2 Access
Speakers	OKABE Takayoshi (Hajimari Art Center), NUCA Tsukurutoko
Admission	Free
How to participate	No advance application required *Please come to the reception when it's time.
Inquiry	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, NANTONATIC TRAINING GYM OPENING CEREMONY section Email: skdg-event2026(at) mot-art.jp * Please change (at) to @. Tel: 03-5422-3151

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NUCA Tsukurutoko

A daily life support facility opened in 2013 in Okayama Prefecture. A welfare facility centered on daily-life care, it draws on art to help people lead lives true to themselves, offering a wide range of activities that encourage them to see things from different perspectives. Selected exhibitions : Putting Daily Life in Order (Hajimari Art Center, Fukushima, 2022) and NANDE SONNAN EXPO vol. 4 (Saga University Art Museum, Saga, 2025).

NUCA Tsukurutoko, NANTONATIC WEIGHTLIFTING ASSOCIATION, 2022, Collection of the artist

Hajimari Art Center

Hajimari Art Center (Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture) opened in 2014 in a renovated sake brewery—the roughly 140-year-old Juhachikengura Brewery. Founded as a place where anyone can gather, it cherishes “the power of human expression” and “the richness born of human connection.” Its curators—Okabe Takayoshi, Kobayashi Tatsuya, and Omasa Ai—present themed exhibitions alongside a range of projects and events. The center is operated by Asaka Aiikuen, a social welfare corporation. It authored and edited the book Hajimari Art Center: A Social Welfare Corporation Exploring Community and Art (Sayusha, 2025).

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