黄金町バザール2015

"Nishiogi Santa Claus", 2014 / Video / 30'00"
Kotaka Takuro(Tokyo / Japan)

[Recommended by Art Center Ongoing]
Takuro Kotaka started his creation around 2004 when traveling around Africa and the Middle East. He ran a second-hand shop called "Kotaka Shop" until 2012. Recently, he is working on filmmaking and also hosting events and writing columns. In "National Sex Museum in Okutama," he explored the sexual culture that is buried alive in the local. "Welcome to the Corrupted Henro Village" is a documentary film of his journey as a pilgrim, called Ohenro, in Shikoku, Japan, to find the legendary village of corrupted pilgrims. In "Last 30days of Kotaka Shop," he organized a demonstration against his original Kotaka Shop and made it bankrupt.

Recommended by:Art Center Ongoing / Nozomu Ogawa (Director)
Art Center Ongoing is a multi-functional art space with a gallery space. Since its inception, it has been introducing cutting-edge contemporary artists. It also houses a café and bar that facilitates networking and a library that provides an open access to a unique archive of information on the artists. The center also proactively organizes symposiums, live music events and other activities to further possibilities of current creative expressions.