This time, FUKUMORI Shin joined us in recalling the Covid-19 pandemic that started after the Open to Surprises exhibition and Shobu Gakuen’s more recent activities. We talked about the things he came to realize from watching the users, who maintained steady day-to-day lives even amid a state of emergency, and the path taken until now by Shobu Gakuen, which last year marked its 50th anniversary. This was our last episode with Fukumori. The podcast closed with a live performance of the jingle music, “CLAP.”

This time, FUKUMORI Shin joined us in discussing the workshops we visited, the circumstances behind their establishment, and the perspectives of staff watching over the workshops. We then recalled the exhibition Open to Surprises with him and talked about works by the participating “nui project” artists YOSHIMOTO Atsushi, NOMAGUCHI Keisuke, and ARIMURA Aiko, and the special session “Discovery of Sound from Nowhere” that was cancelled.

This time, we visited the “Woodworking Workshop” and “Amua Hall” with FUKUMORI Shin and discussed what we saw. We enjoyed a fun talk with Fukumori and FUKUMORI Noriko, Director of Shobu Cultural and Art Support Center “Amua no mori" amid joyous sounds coming from wood mallets and various musical instruments.

Our third guest was FUKUMORI Shin, General Director of social welfare corporation Taiyo-Kai Shobu Gakuen in Kagoshima City. Shobu Gakuen, the facility to which participating artists of Open to Surprises belong, also would take part in a special session we planned. Our podcast with Fukumori was this program’s first recording in a remote location. This time, we asked Fukumori to introduce himself, and we discussed what we saw in the “Textile Workshop.” We had fun talking with Fukumori while viewing everyone’s artworks.

This time, we had IENARI Toshikatsu recall his recent work. We also discussed his talks with students at the university, the dot architects solo exhibition, and their participation in the Venice Biennale. This was our last episode with Ienari.

This time, we looked back with IENARI Toshikatsu at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic after the Open to Surprises exhibition. We discussed the difficulties posed by remote conferences, the “party rehearsals” he conceived with associates, and the farming project that eventually developed.

This time, we looked back at the Open to Surprises exhibition with IENARI Toshikatsu. We enjoyed talking about his memories of that time, how their venue design evolved, what they saw as important, and the process by which they attained that distinctive wall reminiscent of both a mountain and an onigiri (rice ball).

Our second guest was IENARI Toshikatsu, co-founder of dot architects, the Osaka-based architectural team in charge of the venue design for Open to Surprises. This time, we asked Ienari to introduce himself and talked with him about the 2023 Art Brut touring exhibition, Dear Stories: Tales and Talks underway at the Gallery when the podcast was recorded.

This time, we had SUENAGA Fuminao look back at his recent work and discuss the new research project he is now engaged in. We also asked him to tell us more about curry, a subject he knows well. This was our last episode with Suenaga.

This time, we looked back with SUENAGA Fuminao at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic after the Open to Surprises exhibition. We had him recall how he spent the past 3 or so years and how his production and lifestyle changed.

This time, we looked back at the exhibition Open to Surprises with SUENAGA Fuminao. We enjoyed talking with him and recalling memories of our first preparatory meeting, his subsequent research for creating artworks, and the process of displaying them.

Our first guest was artist SUENAGA Fuminao who took part as an exhibiting artist. This time, we asked Suenaga to introduce himself and talked with him about the exhibition Imaginative Drawing in Monochrome underway at the Gallery when the podcast was recorded.