Chapter 3: The relationship between the city and art [Osaka Kita area]
Speculative Music / New Storytelling
Program
program
Chapter 3: The relationship between cities and art
The entire Osaka Kita area (Umekita), which is undergoing a dramatic transformation with the opening of Grand Green Osaka, will become a living museum. Buildings, public spaces, and digital signage will be transformed into venues for art exhibitions.
By turning Umekita into a platform for artistic expression, this initiative will creatively stimulate the daily lives of those who gather in the city. The intersection of urban spaces and artistic expression will open up new possibilities, redefining the relationship between cities and art.
"Speculative Music / New Storytelling"
Following on from the previous art festivals, "Augmented Music" and "Music Existing Together," which attracted a total of 5,000 visitors, this year's fourth exhibition will feature art works by popular Vocaloid artists on the theme of "Speculative Music."
In today's society, where short videos and instant stimuli are the norm, how can the profound questions and narratives inherent in art reach the hearts of young people? We provide an interactive art experience that stimulates the sensibilities and actions of visitors. All works include full musical compositions, combining entertainment and thought. Together with pioneers of internet music, we present a new form of art that inspires imagination and behavioral change for the future.
In addition, limited edition merchandise related to the exhibited works will be on sale. This will be a sudden burst of creative stimulation in the shopping space of Lucua Osaka, allowing you to enjoy a new experience where art and everyday life intersect.
Curator: SAKUMA Hiroshi
Partner city: Matsubara City 
Dates:
September 14th (Sunday) - October 13th (Monday/Holiday), 2025
*Please note that the hall will be closed on Tuesday, September 30th due to an exhibition change.
Exhibition Schedule:
[First semester (September 14th to September 29th)]
- Hall A: r-906 "Frame Words: II"
- Hall B: sekai + Nashi + x0o0x_ "NBPI / Narrative-Based Plurality Indicator," sekai + x0o0x_"Boundary"*
- Hall C：Reimitsubushurin (x0o0x_ / Wanuka / Maigo Hanyuu / Yu Utsubo / 100pHz) "Why did the chair fall over?"
*This work was exhibited at "Augmented Music."
[Second semester (October 1st to October 13th)]
- Hall A: sekai + Nashi + x0o0x_ "NBPI / Narrative-Based Plurality Indicator," Frog96 "Metapiano," x0o0x_ + Sakuma Hiroshi "Harmonious Vacuum"
- Hall B: sekai + Haraguchi Sasuke "Aino Musica," sekai + x0o0x_ "Boundary"*, tohen + Nakase Miru "Good things," Frog96 "Fluid Circuit"
- Hall C：Reimitsubushurin (x0o0x_ / Wanuka / Maigo Hanyuu / Yu Utsubo / 100pHz) "Why did the chair fall over?"
Open Hours:
10:30-20:30
Artist:
r-906 / sekai / Nakase Miru / Nashi / HARAGUCHI Sasuke / x0o0x_ / Reimitsubushurin (x0o0x_ / Wanuka / Maigo Hanyuu / Yu Utsubo / 100pHz) / Frog96 / tohen / SAKUMA Hiroshi
Venue:
LUCUA Osaka 9th floor "LUCUA Hall"
3-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Ticket:
An exhibition passport or single-theater ticket is required for admission (single-theater tickets will go on sale from September 1st)
Ticket information here >
Inquiry:
Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Secretariat (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
study@artlogue.org
*Please refrain from contacting the venue regarding the exhibition.
Art signage (inside Lucua Osaka)
The work that has been on display since April is digital signage. Short movie works that can only be seen here, created by artists participating in the "Speculative Music / New Storytelling" group, will be screened on the signage in LUCUA Osaka.
The content will change for a limited time.
May to June: "Harmonious Vacuum" x0o0x_ x Sakuma Hiroshi
The opening of "Harmonious Vacuum" by x0o0x_ and Sakuma Hiroshi, which was performed at "Music Together" at the end of last year, is now available for a limited time on signage.
Like Stanislaw Lem's "Perfect Vacuum," it is part of an installation work that gives the impression of the presence of music surrounded by non-existent things.
April to May: "Aino Musica" (sekai x Haraguchi Sasuke)
The beginning of "Aino Musica" by Sekai and Haraguchi Sasuke, which was performed at "Music Together" at the end of last year, is currently being shown on signage.
Think about the difference in presence between music made with love (AI) by humans and music made by AI.
*Participating artists and their works will be announced in due course.
Signage display location:
Lucua Osaka (next to the escalators on each floor)
Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, Kita Ward, Umeda 3-1-3
Dates:
April 9th (Wed) - October 13th (Mon), 2025 *The programs shown may change during the period.
Inquiry:
Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Office (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
study@artlogue.org
*Please refrain from contacting the venue regarding the exhibition.
Venue Information
Artist
Curator
SAKUMA Hiroshi
Specially Appointed Researcher, Social Solutions Initiative, Osaka University
Director, Osaka Pavilion Promotion Committee for the 2025 World Expo, Japan
CEO, Shape New World Initiative, World Economic Forum
Born in 1996. At Osaka University, he is engaged in research on virtual beings and future society design, and is scheduled to exhibit “Virtual Beings of the Future” as director of the Osaka Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo. He is also the principal investigator for a joint research project between Osaka University and the Japan Science and Technology Agency on future society design, and served as team leader for a moonshot research and development project in 2021. He is currently the chairperson of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Committee for the Creation of Future Society, the chairperson of the Task Force for the Future Generation Society of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, and a member of the Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan, among others. Winner of the Japan Open Innovation Award, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize in 2022, and selected for Forbes Japan 30 UNDER 30 in 2023. Project Researcher, Osaka University Social Solutions Initiative; Director, Osaka Pavilion Promotion Committee, Japan International Exposition, 2025.
