PITO
A multi-island artist community of eight artists and researchers. The members, each with different specialties and practices, engage in interactive creation across multiple disciplines and layers, such as physical expression, drawing, research, and technology. pito’s activities do not aim for a finished work or a fixed form, but rather emphasize the “process” of encounter between people, people and environment, body and material. The “process” of encounter between people and people, people and environment, the body and materials itself is the focus of PITO’s activities. Through dialogues and improvisational practices that cross the boundaries between disciplines, pito creates a space where different senses and knowledge intersect, fuse, resonate, and transform. Through multi-layered practice, they are exploring new possibilities for expression, research, and community.

Miina Yamaguchi｜Hito who draws lines
An artist who uses the act of drawing lines as a starting point to explore relationships with others and the environment through bodily movements and changes in the senses. She views drawing not as a means to create images, but as a process in which thoughts and perceptions emerge through the body. Through workshops, performances, and participatory practices, he creates spaces where non-verbal dialogue and traces of shared time are generated before words. 6okken Expanded Walking creates works that expand city-scale drawings into a metaverse space. Awarded the Excellent Work Prize at the Tama Art University Graduation Works Exhibition, the Ichiro Fukuzawa Prize, and others.

Onuki Tomozui ｜Performance, Architectural Design
Using his own body as a starting point, he rethinks the relationship between the body and the environment, taking as his cue a sense of inability to establish contact with the world and the uncertainty of his own sense of subjectivity. He also considers the interaction between this kind of exploration and the installation of space. Major presentations include “DescripFiction” (CURRENT KUNST UND URBANAR RAUM, Germany) and “Mechanics” (YAU STUDIO). Past participation includes: “Power Chicken” by Sae Borg and Hashimoto Romance, “Blossoms – fulfilment” by Nile Koetting as assistant director and performer, “Play Modulor” by Saori Harasaori as assistant, etc.

Takumi Miyakoji｜Performance, Games
Interested in the body created by rules, he creates works from the relationship between play and training.

Yutaro Hirao｜VR Researcher
Doctor of Engineering. Aiming to build a corporeality platform that connects people, things, and events. Virtual reality, corporeality, cross-modal interface, haptic.

Taku Yoshida｜Choreography
From the perspective of choreography, Taku Yoshida examines and practices what appears at the intersection of relationships and how objects and things move. In recent years, focusing on “social choreography,” he was involved in the Japan premiere of Michael Klien’s “Parliament,” and presented a participatory walking performance “Henro” (co-created with Marika Futagawa) that weaves relationships. https://www.instagram.com/ ytaku/