Venue
venue
＜Semba area＞
Semba Excel Building
"Re: Human - The New Human Condition"
−A city where cultures cross paths, east, west, north and south−
The venue is the Semba Excel Building, which was built the year before the 1970 World Expo and is nearing completion in the Semba area, where the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line, Osaka's main artery, and the Osaka Metro Chuo Line, which connects Yumeshima, where the Expo site is located, to Morinomiya, where Osaka Castle and the ruins of Naniwa Palace are located, intersect. Semba flourished as a castle town around Osaka Castle and was one of Japan's three largest textile wholesale districts, and is also home to many international organizations such as consulates, making it a town where the cultures of the "East, West, North and South" intersect in many ways. This art festival will also feature exhibitions by artists from the Kansai region, as a key link that loosely connects each venue.
What will humans be like in the future? What will change and what will remain the same? And how should we be in the future? Amid the rapid evolution of technology, the merits and demerits of globalization, and ever-changing values, we will reexamine life and society and explore the possibility of a new "humanity." A past that dreamed of the future, and a future that questions the past. In the ocean of time that stretches between the two Osaka Expos, we will invite you on a voyage of quiet, sharp questions about the essence of humanity through the videos, photographs, sculptures, paintings, installations, and artistic practices of artists across generations.
Venue Information
Dates:
Friday, April 11 - Sunday, August 24, 2025
*Special opening on Fri 11 Apr and Sat 12 Apr (open to invitees and advance ticket holders).
Opening hours:
13:00 - 19:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing)
Closed on Mondays (if Monday is a public holiday, the following Tuesday will be closed)
*Open on July 21st (Mon) and July 22nd (Tue)
Ticket:
An exhibition passport or opening pass is required for admission.
Ticket information here >
Address:
Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, Chuo Ward, Kyutaracho 3-2-11
Access:
4 minutes walk from Exit 11 of Honmachi Station on the Midosuji Line of the Osaka Municipal Subway 8 minutes walk from Exit 10 of Sakaisuji Honmachi Station on the Sakaisuji Line of the Osaka Municipal Subway
Website:
https://www.semba-art.site
curator
KISHIMOTO Mitsuhiro
Born in 1988 in Osaka. Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, majoring in painting. After working as a coordinator of art projects and curator of Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery@KCUA, he assumed his current position. He views artworks as traces of behavior inseparable from “life,” and curates contemporary art based on the perspectives and experiences he has gained from both creating his own artworks and planning and managing exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include Isadora Neves Marquez, Tomoaki Ishihara's “SELFIES,” and the “Slow Culture” series.
