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一日からご利用可能な南青山のアートギャラリー

南青山の一角に佇む、光あふれる大きな吹き抜け窓の空間。
かつて花の城と呼ばれたこの建物は、文化を育む街に暮らす人々と時代の変化を受けとめながら50年間余の歴史を刻んでまいりました。

表参道駅からほど近い立地にありながらも、喧騒から一歩離れた居心地の良さと空間の自由度を生かし、ふたたび現代の“創造の舞台”として多彩な感性とアイデアを迎え入れます。

The building in which our gallery is located was constructed as the residence of the Ikebana (Japanese traditional flower arrangement) master she existed after World War II. The timeworn concrete walls even have a warm feeling, and the glass-enclosed atrium wears the atmosphere of Japanese modernism.

Once called the “Castle of Flowers,” the building has been a salon for prominent artists and business executives, and has also accumulated history in Minami Aoyama, accompanying the city and people's lifestyles as they have changed with the times.

In the spring of 2025, it will be revived again as a castle of art where modern individuality and sensibility can flourish while maintaining the space of the original.

Event / Exhibition　

The Sahara of I

Poetry and Music

2026/2/7(Sat)

Open 17:30 - Close19:30

入場無料

【Poetry Reading】 Luis H. Francia

【Interpreter】 Midori Yamamura

【Cello】 Keisuke Sakura

【Dj】 Yummy📍Pot Gallery

The Sahara of I（サハラの目）は、国際的に高い評価を受ける詩人 Luis H. Francia による詩の朗読と、チェロの生演奏が寄り添う、親密な時間のためのイベントです。

Luis H. Francia は、フィリピン系アメリカ人詩人・エッセイストとして、アメリカをはじめ世界各地で詩集を発表し、移民、記憶、身体、精神性といったテーマを、鋭さと静けさを併せ持つ言葉で描いてきました。

彼の詩は大学の教材としても扱われ、文学賞の受賞歴や国際フェスティバルへの招聘など、長年にわたり高い評価を受け続けています。

日本語通訳に Yamamura Midori を迎え、詩のニュアンスや呼吸を丁寧にすくい上げながら進行。映画、ミュージックビデオ、ミュージカルなど多様な表現の現場での演奏活動と並行し、教育・アンサンブル指導にも力を注ぐチェリスト Sakura Keisuke の演奏が、言葉の余白にそっと音を置いてまいります。

終盤にはギャラリーのディレクターでもある DJ Yummy による穏やかな選曲とともに、言葉と音の余韻を味わう歓談の時間もご用意しています。詩と音楽がつくる豊かな時間をお楽しみください。

The Sahara of I is an intimate event that brings together a poetry reading by the internationally acclaimed poet Luis H. Francia and live cello performance, creating a space for quiet attentiveness and shared presence.

Luis H. Francia is a Filipino American poet and essayist whose works have been published widely in the United States and around the world. Through language that balances sharpness and stillness, his poetry explores themes of migration, memory, the body, and spirituality.

His poems are taught in universities and have received sustained international recognition through literary awards and invitations to major festivals over many years.

The reading will be accompanied by Japanese interpretation by Midori Yamamura, who carefully conveys the nuances, rhythm, and breath of the poems. Cellist Keisuke Sakura, who is active across a wide range of artistic fields including film, music videos, and musical theater while also dedicating himself to education and ensemble coaching, will offer live cello music that gently inhabits the spaces between the words.

In the final part of the evening, DJ Yummy, the gallery’s director, will curate a calm and reflective selection of music, inviting guests to linger and share conversation while savoring the lingering resonance of words and sound.

We invite you to enjoy this rich and resonant experience shaped by poetry and music.

Desert potluck - Furuki a la mode

Art Exhibition

2026/2/14(Sat) - 2026/2/15(Sun)

12:00 - 18:00

2/14のOpening partyは18:00 20:00まで

【古木生態研究会】

ふとしたきっかけで2012年のバーニングマン※に参加する事になった

古木健さんは、そこが参加者個々人の表現行為で成り立つ祝祭のような空間だと聞き、裁縫経験ゼロにも関わらず衣装を手作りしようと考えた。
自ら手掛けた衣装は瞬く間に参加者たちの間で評判となり、ユニークな姿のまま昼夜砂漠の会場を練り歩くことで、古木さんは瞬く間にアイドル化、伝説的なアートになっていった。
その後も限られた現場にこだわり活動を続けてる古木さんだったが…

10年以上に渡りこのサイクルを目撃してきたファンが中心となり「古木生態研究会」を結成。2026年にはじめて古木さんの作品や記録を総覧できる展覧会を企画する運びとなった。

なお、古木さんには当日まで展示の詳細を一切知らせていない。

※毎年アメリカはネバダ州の砂漠に7万人が集まる、実験的で自由なコミュニティのこと。アーティストの参加者も多い。

In 2012, Takeshi Furuki was invited by a friend to attend Burning Man for the first time.
Hearing that the event was a celebratory space sustained by the creative expressions of each individual participant, he decided to make his own dress—despite having absolutely no experience with sewing.

The dress he created quickly gained attention among participants from all over the world. Walking the desert day and night in his distinctive appearance, Furuki soon became an icon—almost instantly transforming into a legendary piece of living art.

In the years that followed, Furuki continued his activities quietly and steadily, without actively promoting his work outside the community.
After witnessing this cycle for more than a decade, a group of fellow members came together to form the Takeshi Furuki Ecological Research Society, and decided to organize, for the first time, an exhibition where anyone could observe and take part in Furuki’s work.

It should be noted that Furuki himself has no knowledge of the exhibition’s contents until the day it opens.