| *Candy Factory transforms fragments of information such as Spam messages, personal ads, street signs, propaganda and protest slogans into original music.
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| 2021 Robot Singles Collection Takuji Kogo + John Miller Small World Screening / Friday, May 21, 2021 The Box Los Angeles, CA 90013 The Mask of Happy From an interview with Erich Fromm Societies of Control From "Postscript on the Societies of Control" Gilles Deleuze OOO From "The Speculative Turn: Graham Harman Be Like Me |
Your Home Away From Home Brilliant Corners Tipitina Music Download candyfactory.bandcamp.com |
| re-upload Nunotani Bldg. 2001 Homi/Toyota 2009 LIBRINO 2006 Non_broadcasting Time Middle Schiil Diaries 中学生日記 2003 Non_broadcasting Time Subway Nagoya city Japan 2003 Wake Up Time 2000 |
北九州 Kitakyushu 2008 Angel Japan 2005 CAMPAIGN & PRODUCTS Soundtrack 2004 How to reach Lampedusa 2007 |
| A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT HOMES for AMERICA supported by the ANA - Arts Network Asia Screening event / Gallery Soap Kitakyushu Japan 29th April 2019 *CANDY FACTORY has conducted numerous site specific research projects about U.S Military bases since 2003. The project focuses on U.S Military bases and their cultural or economic impact on the local hosting society, the abstracted "American city” franchise with their ideological state apparatus. Homes for America / Takuji Kogo |
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Fields Ave. Angeles, Philippine
Animated street view of Fields Avenue, Angeles City in the Philippines. The street was named after the Clark Air Base airfield, once the largest United States miitary facility outside of continental United States during the Cold War, serving as an important logistical hub during the Vietnam War. Many of the bars and prostitution dens were owned by Americans as well as local politicians. Recently the street has been dominated by South Korean signs due to large scale industrial investments in the area. |
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내 인생은 너의 야동이 아니야 My Life Is Not Your Porn’
Korean Protest Slogan #1 Animated protest slogans against hidden spy cameras and sexual harassment at Seoul in 2018. Exhibition : Echo Chamber: Sound Effects Seoul 2019. |
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NO Korean Protest Slogan #3 Animated protest poster against Japanese government designed by Korean protesters in Seoul 2019 |
 Installation view at Kultivera 2019 Sweden TAKUJI KOGO A *Candy Factory Project / COMICS 6 video installation A series of animated panoramic street views and architectural environments from specific sites. There's no ghost after the revolution Xiobei district, Guangzhou China aka ”Chocolate City”. Bukit timah Shopping Center Singapore A Shopping mall in Singapore filled with foreign maid agencies. 예쁨뿜뿜♡ Apgueong Subway Station, South Korea filled with advertisement posters for plastic surgery clinics. The district is also known as "Beauty Belt". There are about 500 plastic surgery clinics in the area. Nước Tăng Lực (Number one energy drink ) A street corner at Ho Chi Min City Vietnam. The old style kinetic billboard advertise the celebration of 70 years independence of the country It turns into the herbal tea and energy drink ads. UTOPIA GOGO Animated street view of Walking Street Pattaya Thailand Corso Sicilia Animated street view of Corso Sicilia Catania Italy |
| *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS in SEOUL May 9 - June 9 2019 LOOP Seoul |
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ROBOT (Takuji Kogo + John Miller)"ROBOT" produces songs whose lyrics derive from personal ads found online or in newspapers, more recently, from various other sources. All of Robot's music is synthetic, including the vocals. |
| Why Put Stuff On The Wall? From " Michael Asher Writings 1973-1983 On Works 1969-1979 " September 4-0ctober 5, 1969 '557087' Seattle Art Museum Pavilion |
| Robot Singles Collection Takuji Kogo + John Miller Small World Screening / Friday, May 21, 2021 The Box Los Angeles, CA 90013 The Mask of Happy From an interview with Erich Fromm Societies of Control From "Postscript on the Societies of Control" Gilles Deleuze OOO From "The Speculative Turn: Graham Harman Be Like Me |
 The Photographic Poster of a Toothbrush / ROBOT (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) Texts from Vilém Flusser Exhibition: Terms and Conditions: A Sonata for Two Women Prosjektroms Normanns Norway 2019, April 5 - May 5  Fulfillment Center Robot / Takuji Kogo + John Miller |
| Uncle Sam can be the white dwarf Robot (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) Texts from Donald Judd TASTE YOUR DAY / ROBOT (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) Texts from Alan Watts BELOW 14TH ST. DETUMESCENCE Words: from the performance "Performer, Audience, Mirror" by Dan Graham at PS.1 1977 SCREENING EVENT Übersetzung, Translation (Reprise) : HBK Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig Germany April 8 2017 GRACEFUL, MYTHOLOGICAL, LIFE-SIZE Words: from the performance "Museum Highlights " by Andrea Fraser at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1991 REPRODUCING RELATIONS OF PRODUCTION AU MILIEU DES CHOSES : IMPRIMONS, COLLECTIONNONS! LES ARTS AU MUR ARTOTHÈQUE 2BIS, AV. EUGÈNE ET MARC DULOUT 33600 PESSAC France February 27 to March 24, 2018 A MOMENT OF ZEN Words from "Ecology of Mind" Gregory Bateson (So What / Miles Davis Cover) WATER WALK Words from the TV show "I've Got A Secret" featuring John Cage 1960 SONGS FOR BERLIN CHILDHOOD ROBOT (TAKUJI KOGO, JOHN MILLER) In collaboration with AURA ROSENBERG Texts from Walter Benjamin / Berlin Childhood Circa 1900 Aichi Triennial |
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| A LOVE SUPREME KOREAN + ENGLISH (A love supreme / John Coltrane Cover) Exhibition: Revolution Will Not Be Televised/ ArKO Museum, Seoul, Korea 8 December 2017 ~ 28 January 2018 A LOVE SUPREME ENGLISH |
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| *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS in SINGAPORE 2018 NTU CCA Singapore JUL. - SEPT. 2018 PART III THE FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKER SHALL NOT GET MARRIED IN SINGAPORE | |
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| Takuji Kogo *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS The Private Museum Singapore 06 October — 17 December 2017 51 Waterloo Street #02-06 Singapore 187969 Tel: +65 6738 2872 Email: mail@theprivatemuseum.org www.theprivatemuseum.org Opening Reception Thursday, 5 Oct 2017 | 6:30pm Artist Talk Saturday, 7 Oct 2017 | 3:00pm Screening Event Saturday, 21 Oct 2017 | 3:00pm |
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| A *Candy Factory Project This Land Is Mine / この土地は私のもの Artists: Mike Bode Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries John Miller Keiichi Miyagawa Takuji Kogo Directed by Takuji Kogo Floor map download pdf |
Kitakyushu Biennial in Aichi ＠Aichi Triennial 2016 あいちトリエンナーレ2016 Exhibition 8/11-10/23. 2016 11:00-19:00 (Friday 20:00) Closed 8/22,9/12.10/3 Venue: Naka-ku Nishiki 2−7−11 Nagoya Japan 460-0003 愛知県名古屋市中区錦2-7-11 伝馬町ビル Supported by |
| Online Ads オンライン広告集 Installation view Ciao チャオ 01:12（迷惑メール） Cercasi Badante Colf fissa! Plastikkirurgi i Thailand! Bli vår nya stjärnsäljare! THE FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS Life wouldn't be the same without safe sea 駅前のマックにいます 経理募集！サンパウロ工場 古郷卓司 Takuji Kogo in collaboration with Federico Baronello, Mike Bode, Charles Lim | |
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| I이 땅은 나의 것 / この土地は私のもの This land is mine 2016 古郷卓司 + 宮川敬一 Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa Installation / mixed media Multiplied 3d map of Dokdo/Takeshima, a disputed island between Japan and South Korea | |
| U.S. MILITARY BASE IN OKINAWA!
WE SELL! WE BUY! 沖縄軍用地! 売ります! 買います! “4:13” 2003 沖縄での軍用地売買は､通常の不動産取引と全く異なり､所有権の売買価格は年間賃貸料との比率で査定される。購入の目的のほとんどは､その土地から得られる賃貸料にあるため土地の条件や広さは考慮されず、その価格は米軍から返還される可能性が不確実な場所であればあるほど､高額査定されている。 1972年沖縄返還後、日本政府は沖縄の米軍基地の土地使用に対して地主との新しい借地契約を作成、政府は地主から土地を借り上げ､米軍に貸与している。日本政府はその借地賃貸料を毎年､着実に値上げ、沖縄の「軍用地」は､安定した有利な投資対象となっている。 Transactions of military land in Okinawa are completely different from regular transactions of real estate. The market price deals only with the ratio of the land's annual rent without concerning the conditions of the land or its extent, because the purpose of the buyers is only income from the rent. And the ratio remains higher where there is uncertainty of the land ever being returned by US forces. About 10% of the main island of the Okinawa islands has been covered by U.S military bases since 1972 when the United States returning Okinawa to Japan retained conditional rights to all U.S. military installations. The Japanese government rents the property from the landowners lending it to the U.S. forces. Owning Okinawa "military ground" remains a highly lucrative investment guaranteed by the Japanese government. 古郷卓司 Takuji Kogo Exhibitions: | |
ROBOTI'm A Sassy Li'l Cookie 古郷卓司、ジョン・ミラーによるヴァーチャルバンド、ロボットのミュージック・ヴィデオ。 Robots songs and music videos use various personal ads as text sources. ジョン・ミラー+ 古郷卓司 Takuji Kogo + John Miller |
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| HOMES FOR AMERICA, SIGONELLA ホームズ・フォー・アメリカ、シゴネッラ video “08 : 29” + print 2015~2016 シチリア、シゴネッラ米空軍基地の住宅内部の様子を紹介する米軍家族による投稿動画と、同地の２つの基地住宅ミネオ、マリナイ・ハウジングを敷地外からオンライン・マップで探索した映像を編集したもの。 ミネオ・ハウジングは米軍との2011年契約終了後、シチリア沿岸やランペドゥーサ島に押し寄せる中東やアフリカ諸国からの難民収容施設( C.A.R.A. di Mineo )に転用されている。 プリントはシゴネッラ米空軍基地広報官から、ミネオに収容された難民たちの暴動を伝えた情報とそれに対するコメントを表示したウェブ・ページ。 This video is made using an online video clip of an interior from the Sigonella U.S military base housing, Sicily uploaded by a U.S military family together with outside views of two identical base housings estates called Marinai and Mineo at Sigonella using online map service. The U.S base canceled the lease contract for the Mineo housing in 2011 and since then the apartments have been transformed into a refugee detention center ( C.A.R.A. di Mineo ) used mainly for Middle Eastern and African refugees, many of which have arrive via the coast of Sicily or Lampedusa island. A printed web page with a warning message about a riot by refugees at Mineo housing written by a PR officer for the Sigonella U.S base community including their comments. 古郷卓司（フェデリコ・バロネッロとのコラボレーションより） Takuji Kogo ( from a collaborative project with Federico Baronello) |
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| 保見 / HOMI “00 : 01” 2016 2009年、愛知県下、最大のブラジル人コミュニティー豊田市保見団地に続く道路に 掲げられたエミレーツ航空の広告。関空発ドバイ経由サンパウロ便と、その連絡便 として運行されている名古屋駅から関空までの無料シャトルバスの情報がポルトガ ル語のみで記載されている。 A brand new billboard by the Emirates airline company on the road leading up to the Homi Public Housing Estate known as housing the largest Brazilian community in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture in 2009. The billboard announces a free bus connection from Nagoya for the flight from Osaka to Sao Paulo via Dubai. The advert is only written in Portuguese. マイク・ボード+ 古郷卓司 Mike Bode +Takuji Kogo |
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OPEN TO ALL AGES & ETHNICITIES Takuji Kogo / John Miller The Neuer Berliner Kunstverein curator : Kathrin Becker 9. June – 31. July 2015 |
| KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL THE FIFTH PART 1 SAT 6th JUNE 2015. 19:00 Screening A *Candy Factory Project THE FIFTH Kitakyushu Biennial in Berlin ZK/U Berlin Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik PART 2 6/22 - 7/31 2015 Exhibition A * Candy Factory Project Plastic Chairs Jönköpings läns museum Room 203 Sweden PART 3 9/12 - 10/10 2015 Exhibition THE FIFTH Kitakyushu Biennial Gallery Soap 北九州 Kitakyushu Japan |
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| A *Candy Factory Project American Sitcom Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode Pitzer Galleries California USA 2014  |
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| Non_sites / Online Ads Takuji Kogo Mother/Land / Kurumaya Museum of Art Tochigi Japan 2014   |
The Waiting Game Robot / Takuji Kogo and John Miller  Walk-ins Welcome Gallery Marlborough Broome Street NY 2014 ART IN POP Centre National d'Art Contemporain Le Magasin Grenoble France 2014 |
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| KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL 2013 i information Venues Screening : Berlin Germany 8/9 Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik Busan Korea 9/7 - 14 Totatoga Archive Center 北九州 Kitakyushu Japan Part I 9/28 - 10/31 Gallery Soap Screening : 東京 Tokyo Japan 10/5 山谷労働者福祉会館 Sanya Worker's Welfare Hall SIngapore10/22 - 12/8 The Private Museum 北九州 Kitakyushu Japan Part II 11/2 - 12/7 Gallery Soap |
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| 自粛中継 / Self-Censored Live Broadcast 1988年9月、昭和天皇の吐血報道から翌年1月の崩御までの4ヶ月間、日本国内の各TV局は徐々にCM、バラエティー番組等を自粛、深夜放送では病状の推移を皇居正門前、二重橋の中継映像とともに放映した。この映像は当時の放送を模して制作されている。 At the end of 1988, after receiving the news of the Emperor Showa Hirohito's collapse in September until his death in January 1989, the Japanese network TV refrained from showing some advertisements and entertainment programs. During those four months the bridge in front of the main gate of the Emperors Palace in Tokyo was continuously broadcast at night together with announcements of the Emperors medical condition. The work mimics the same view from the live broadcast with " Day for night" the post production technique also known as " American night " Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa |
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| House Tour On-base housing Kadena AB Okinawa Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, Japan. Kadena Air Base is home to the USAF's 18th Wing, the 353d Special Operations Group, reconnaissance units, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, and a variety of associated units. Over 20,000 American service members, family members, and Japanese employees live or work aboard Kadena Air Base. It is the largest and most active US Air Force base in the Far East. |
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| Little About Me / ROBOT ( Takuji Kogo + John Miller ) New Museum NY 2013 |
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| *Candy Factory Projects in Rome Auditorium Arte , 11-29 luglio 2012, Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome Candy Factory Projects è una piattaforma giapponese, internazionale e nomade, diretta da Takuji Kogo, che realizza progetti collaborativi di arte multimediale nella forma di lavori artistici, operazioni di curatela, prodotti editoriali cartacei ed elettronici. Candy Factory Projects indaga i processi di stagnazione dell’economia globale guardando ad aspetti diversi quali: il processo di trasformazione e abbandono dell’architettura post-moderna a Tokyo; l’industria turistica sul confine delle due Coree; un luogo di villeggiatura alla periferia estrema dell’Europa mediterranea meta privilegiata dei “richiedenti asilo” africani; la produzione su grande scala di pomodorini sostenuta da immigrati rumeni e tunisini in Sicilia. Candy Factory Projects in Rome presenta due installazioni in AuditoriumArte. Online Ads è un video musicale concepito come una collezione di frammenti di informazioni mediatiche trasformati in brani musicali originali. Nella sala interna invece sarà proiettata una collezione dei NON_SITES, ricerca personale di Takuji Kogo: una serie di foto-sculture, sorta di caleidoscopi digitali realizzati con loop e scatti in sequenza e specchiati, tratti da momenti di vita quotidiana in ambienti standardizzati, come le “vedute” d’interni in ristoranti fast-food o nei centri commerciali, o d’esterni con persone ritratte nello spazio pubblico. (www.artonline.jp) A cura di Federico Baronello e Takuji Kogo. Dal 10 al 29 luglio presso AuditoriumArte. Ingresso libero. Orario: martedì 10 luglio dalle ore 18.30; lun/ven h. 17/21; sab/dom e festivi h.11/ 21.  |
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*Candy Factory Projects 新しい現代美術史 A new history of contemporary art Chapter 1: 美術作品としての国家 The nation state as a work of art Kitakyushu Biennial in Berlin 北九州国際ビエンナーレ in 伯林 at ZK/U Berlin Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik 2012 The Kitakyushu Biennial for the grand opening exhibition at the newly established art space ZK/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik in Berlin, the former Railway Depot Moabit. The exhibition presents the landscapes of a fabricated idea of the nation state where cultural identities have become defunct or conflictual, landscapes located on the back waters of the global economy covering such subjects as tourism on the Korean North-South divide, large scale Sicilian cherry tomato production maintained by Romanian and Tunisian migrant workers, a shopping mall in Singapore filled with foreign maids agencies or the public housing estates built around Toyota city which are today the home of many Japanese descendants from south America. *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS also transforms fragments of information and media into original musical projects, text messages sung by synthetic voices taken from scam messages and junk mails or personal ads from online dating sites, propaganda posters, or the transactions for land purchase for the American military bases on Okinawa and re-advertising them as promotional video clips at the site. |
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| Life Wouldn't Be The Same Without Safe Seas Video clip from the project : Beaches II / Takuji Kogo + Charles Lim Yi Yong Kitakyushu Biennial 2013 |
The Foreign Domestic Worker shall not get married in Singapore Video clip from the project : Beaches / Takuji Kogo + Charles Lim Yi Yong A *Candy Factory Project 2012 Kitakyushu Biennial in Singapore |
| A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT in FRANKFURT Frankfurter Kunstverein Deutsche Börse Residency Program 2012 |
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三里塚 成田市三里塚周辺のいくつかの農村は新東京国際空港建設時、日本政府によって消滅させられている。 |
FILM SCREENING 三里塚・辺田部落 Narita: Heta Village 1973 (146 min) Directed by Shinsuke Ogawa Between 1967 to 1974 the documentary filmmaker Shinsuke Ogawa and his crew lived with the farmers of Sanrizuka and produced a series of seven films documenting the struggle and the everyday life of the village. In 1971 three policeman were killed during a demonstration about the enforced acquisition of the land for the airport construction. "Narita: Heta Village" documents the village after the incident. The Director states at the beginning of the film that many police entered the village upsetting and agitated the villagers in order to break-up the opposition factions which consisted of both protesters and members of the local community. The film focuses on the villagers themselves, their personal history and their thoughts on the struggle. 1967年から74年にかけてドキュメンタリー映画作家、小川紳介とそのクルーも当地で農民と生活をともにしながら７本に及ぶシリーズ作品を制作。 1971年空港用地立ち退きの強制執行に際した暴動で三人の警官が死亡、『三里塚・辺田部落』は事件後の村を記録。監督は冒頭で事件後、多くの警官たちが村に現れては村民たちを不安に陥れ、村を意見や立場の異なるグループに分裂させていく様を伝えている。フィルムは村 民それぞれの過去や闘争への思い、彼等自身に焦点をあてて撮影されている。 |
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| PUBLIC HOUSING SINGAPORE An interview with Liu Thai-Ker ( A City Planner, former C.E.O. of The Housing and Development Board, Singapore1970-80s) インタヴュー／リュー・タイカー 都市プランナー、元シンガポール都市計画局C.E.O More than 85% of the population of Singapore live in Public housing organized by the government. The ownership of the flat is limited to 100 years and is referred to as the land title system. シンガポールでは国民の85％が政府の運営管理する公共住宅で暮らしているが、その所有権はランドタイトルというシステムに基づいた法律で100年間に限定されている。 |
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DEMILITARIZED ZONE BUS TOUR WITH BULGOGI LUNCH IF I WERE YOU I'LL GO TO THE PALACE DMZ (非武装地帯）ツアー プルコギランチ付き 私だったら宮殿を観に行くわ Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries + Takuji Kogo The First Stop on the Super Highway The Nam June Paik Art Center Korea (2009) |
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| 北九州 KITAKYUSHU 古郷卓司 TAKUJI KOGO + 宮川敬一 KEIICHI MIYAGAWA Gallery Soap Kokura Japan 2008 |
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Venue : The original:JR Kyushu office bldg. 旧JR九州本社ビル Moji-ko Kitakyushu Japan *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS have opened abandoned former JP office building in public at the Moji port through the first Kitakyushu Biennial 2007 and the second in 2009. It built in 1937 as for the Moji Branch for Mitsui & Co., Ltd., one of the largest general trading companies in Japan since the Edo period and dissolved by the order of GHQ after the end of World War 2. In the beginning the building was the tallest building and became a landmark of Moji Port, located in the northern part of Kyushu, one of the main trade port in Japan close to Asian countries and a naval port since the Sino-Japanese War to World War 2. The Building became the main office for Japanese National Railways Kyushu after the World War 2. However, the company moved the office into Fukuoka city in 2001 and it had been abandoned since then in the middle of tourist spot surrounded by other old western style buildings. |
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Artists Federico Baronello Thomas Bayrle Mike Bode & Staffan Schmidt Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries John Miller Sean Snyder Keiichi Miyagawa Takuji Kogo Curated by Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa, Yoshitaka Mouri / director of the film screening + symposium Otomo Yoshihide : director of the music event) Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun Foundation Asahi Beer Arts Foundation Japan Arts Council The Japan Foundation The Nomura Cultural Foundation Approved by KMK: Kigyo Mecenat Kyogikai Association for Corporate Support of the Arts, Japan Presented by Art Institute Kitakyushu Catalogue KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL '07 artist book / designed by Takuji Kogo Published by A.I.K |
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| TAKUJI KOGO @ The MOMA Mediascope / Screening : 26th Feb. 2007 The Museum of Modern Art New York |
| *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS 2006 | MAAP BRISBANE Australia (2006) Donde y Durante La Noche en Blanco Madrid Spain (2006) Time Shares Rhizome the New Museum of Contemporary Art NY U.S.A (2006) Zero One San Jose San Jose Museum for Art U.S.A (2006) Media Madrid Spain (2006) |
| CUTE or CREEPY? A Song for the Silicon Valley San Jose Museum of Art 2006 |
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| YOUR J.O.B WON'T STAND A CHANCE YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES + TAKUJI KOGO SCREAM FARGFABRIKEN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 2004 curated by Ola Pehrson + Takuji Kogo |
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| I'm Good Robot (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) |
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NAMELESS HEROES, AKA UNSUNG HEROES, DPRK TV SERIES This North Korean movie is nearly 20 hours long. The plot, based loosely on both fictional and real characters and events, revolves around North Korean spy operations in Seoul during the Korean War. The film, which was obtained and analyzed in the 1990s by the U.S. Department of Defense / CIA, confirmed the presence of American military deserters living in North Korea. The role of Dr. Kelton, the mastermind of the Korean War, is played by the American defector, Charles "Super" Jenkins. |
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| A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / Hyper-links for dead links Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006 |
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Swedish Gentleman Exhibitions : |
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Takuji Kogo / Japan @ Rooseum Mueum SWEDEN 2005 |
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| A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / SONGS TAKUJI KOGO Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2005 The sound installation outside of the huge institutional space situated in the forest of Akiyoshidai. It re-advertises personal ads, junk e-mails, propaganda, and national anthems. All music by Takuji Kogo in collaboration with amongst others Mike Bode, John Miller, Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries , Charles Lim. |
A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT / SONGS II TAKUJI KOGO Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2006 |
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ROUTE 189 - ANGEL JAPAN ROUTE 189 also known as American Street. It's only about 400 meters long situated in front of the U.S Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station at Iwakuni city Yamaguchi prefecture. U.S Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station will soon be a largest U.S military base in the mainland in Japan. The current acreage is 575 ha. The area is expected to expand to 790 ha in the next few years. The Japanese government has been conducting a 160 billion yen land reclamation project for 215 ha since 1997. The local government has also subsidized many of the City's facilities such as roads and the new city hall. The economy in the city is largely sustained by these constructions. Each house near the base has been provided with soundproofing and air-conditioning for the noise pollution from military training. The base expanded through the Korean War to the Vietnam War and the red light district has been developing around the road ever since. In 1955, 2500 prostitutes for American soldiers called "Only" were working there. Many of the sex crimes by US marines have been taking place around this street. 11 murder cases by U.S soldiers since 1955 which include vicious crimes such as : a woman who was raped and murdered using a screwdriver and a hammer in her abdomen. Another abandoned dead body was found with breasts and genital organs cut. However compared to similar murder cases by U.S soldiers in Okinawa or South Korea, these particular crimes were never reported by the main media in Japan. Exhibitions : BREAK FESTIVAL 2.4 Ljubljana Slovenia 2007, The Kitakyushu Biennial'07 Japan, Media Scope MoMA /The Museum of Modern Art New York 2007, The Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art Malmo Sweden 2005, Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2005. |
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LIBRINO リブリーノ SINCE 1970 : KENZO TANGE ASSOCIATES CATANIA CITY ITALY Interview with habitants at Librino from the TV program "Il Dito" Librino e il problema casa 14 Jan. 2005 dubbed in Japanese. Librino New Town Project is a city plan which was never fully completed. Situated in the second largest city in Sicily Catania. Designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange from 1970 to 1972 Federico Baronello + Takuji Kogo Exhibitions Kitakyushu Biennial 2007 Cute or Creepy Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006 Akiyoshidai International Art Village Yamaguchi Japan 2006 |
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| SCREAM FÄRGFABRIKEN Centre for Contemporary Art and Architecture Stockholm Sweden 2004 curated by OLA PEHRSON + TAKUJI KOGO ARTISTS CANDY FACTORY / TAKUJI KOGO / JOHN MILLER / YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES / DANIEL WESTRUND/ MIJA RENSTROM /LENA GUSTAVSSON / OLA PEHRSON |
Johnny & D / Ola Pehrson 2003 presented at Kitakyushu Biennial 2011 Boogie Woogie Wonderland 2003 text : Collaborations with Ola Pehrson / Takuji Kogo |
| *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS at ART METROPOLE TORONT2004 coordinated by Chrysanne Stathacos and A.A Bronson Publication : audio album ART METROPOLE PRESENTS *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS PUBLISHED BY ART-METROPOLE TORONTO CANADA 2004 |
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| Audiences / Spirit in the square | |
| I Wish To Buy You Chrysanne Stathacos + Takuji Kogo Words from the project : 1000+ Wishes / Chrysanne Stathacos |
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*Candy Factory Project + Instant Coffee Audio Album by Takuji Kogo ( Music from *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS ) Video CD by Instant Coffee ( Tront based artists collective ) Published by ART METROPOLE |
| MAAP in Singapore Singapore Art Museum (2004) Media City Seoul Seoul City Museum of Art Korea (2004) |
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| CAMPAIGN & PRODUCTS KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF ARTS JAPAN 2004 *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS In collaboration with ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD. TOTO, LTD. RITZWELL TAKAGI CO., LTD. FUJITSU, LTD. SHABONDAMA SOAP CORPORATION MOS FOOD SERVICES, INC. CAMPAIGN & PRODUCTS is a collaborative art project with several corporations in Japan, All images are from product advertisements presented in the museum space. WEB PROJECT in collaboration with YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES curated by TAKUJI KOGO + KEIICHI MIYAGAWA CAMPAIGN & PRODUCTS Soundtrack |
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| AUDIENCES / SNOW WHITE TAKUJI KOGO 2003~ Media City Seoul / Seoul City Museum of Art Korea 2004 *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS BOOGIE WOOGIE WONDRLAND 2003 KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL 2011 |
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ARTISTS: MIKE BODE & STAFFAN SCHMIDT JOHN MILLER AKIRA MORI OLA PEHRSON SEAN SNYDER YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES *CANDY FACTORY SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE for the artist book THOMAS BAYRLE Guest Curator: TAKUJI KOGO, *CANDY FACTORY ORGANIZED AND PRODUCED BY THE AKIYOSHIDAI INTERNATIONAL ART VILLAGE SPONSORED BY THE JAPAN FOUNDATION FOR REGIONAL ACTIVITIES *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS / BOOGIE WOOGIE WONDERLAND artist book / designed by Takuji Kogo Published by AIAV |
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Gulliver's Kingdom |
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Holiday / *Candy Factory Soundtracks from *Candy Factory Projects Audio Album Soap_land records 2003 |
| TRANSLOCATIONS Walker Art Centre Minneapolis U.S.A (2003) Net Noise C-theory multimedia (2003) MIT Online project |
| *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS @ AIAV 2002 Akiyoshidai International Artist Village Publication : Lost in space |
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NON_ BROADCASTING TIME
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Yokohama Triennial 2001 |
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| Pavilion sculpture : Gallows Fluorescent paint on Steel frame, Tatami floor, rope Installation view at Yokohama Triennial 2001 In collaboration with Tetsu Takagi, Kazunari Horiguchi |
Pavilion sculpture : Tea house Fluorescent paint on Steel frame , Tatami floor, Printed images on Fusuma / Papered Sliding doors from the publication WAKE UP TIME Takuji Kogo + John Miller Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen 2000 Installation view at Gallery Haco Japan 2000 In collaboration with Tetsu Takagi, Kazunari Horiguchi |
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NUNOTANI BLDG.
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What an interesting finger, let me suck it.Unused industrial park land (abandoned coal mine site ) |
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SIT.COM/ *CANDY FACTORY1998-9 Online Project |
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 *CANDY FACTORY (1998 ~ 2001) Gallery space Yokohama Japan directed by Takuji Kogo |
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