“Mango Thomsonis exhibiting “Untitled (TIME),” a video work that rapidly displays, like a flipbook, the covers of the US magazine TIME from its first issue in 1923 to 2009. Initially, it was only monochrome printing, but it gradually transitioned to colorful illustrations. As time progressed, color television and movies began to appear, and topics like NASA’s moon landing or the outbreak of nuclear war emerged… The symbols of each era that appear one after another make us keenly feel the grand transition from the 20th to the 21st century. This is, so to speak, a “public diary.” A record accumulated by society.”

“Christopher Bakeris the most catchy artist in this lineup. His work “Hello World! Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Noise,” exhibited in Japan for the first time, is a video compilation of video letters posted by an unspecified number of people on video-sharing services like YouTube. What emerges from this is one facet of the information society, where things sent from one individual to another become public to everyone. You can even glimpse their private spaces, with their living rooms visible in the background as they speak. It’s an attempt to visualize the current state of the concept of a “diary” for individuals, which is gradually changing. I think it’s very “of the moment.”

“Šejla Kamičićis an artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has created a video that re-experiences her daily memories during the atrocities of the Bosnian War, using sensory cues like sound and color as triggers. While this is a personal approach to social events, it becomes a fascinating work that highlights issues not unique to Kamičić, but rather a blend of “society” and “the individual.”

“Jeremy Delleris exhibiting “Exodus,” a work inspired by a cave in Texas inhabited by tens of thousands of bats. The bats living there use a technique called “echolocation” by emitting ultrasonic waves to perceive their surroundings, giving them a high capacity for spatial awareness. “Exodus” is a 3D video work showing the bats entering and exiting the cave, allowing them to live even in darkness. The cave and karst formations are constantly changing due to the bats’ activities. They change over time. This itself can be interpreted as a “diary” recording the Earth’s processes. Perhaps it offers a clue to unraveling the grand flow of time that nature possesses.”

“While the exhibition primarily features moving images, “Photography is a diary,” and works that chronicle “diaries” through photography, starting withNobuyoshi Arakiwho has continuously taken self-portraits, will also be presented. The work exhibited this time, “Sentimental Journey of a Fotographic Old Man, Future 2011.3.11-2015.4.24,” is his latest diary series, known for works like “Private Diary” and “Fake Diary.” Among the vast number of dated photographs, spanning from 1979 to 2040, when Araki turns 100, he has structured the work by dividing the past into monochrome prints and the future into color positive films, starting from March 11, 2011.”

“With the theme of “Talking About Myself,”Takao Kawaguchihas been continuing his solo performance series “a perfect life” since 2008. Kawaguchi, who speaks about himself while also incorporating stories from each location, is an artist who essentially “shows” his diary. This time, he plans to re-stage “vol.5,” which he created and performed in Okinawa in 2011, in E-Bisu. As various artists, including Takayuki Fujimoto of Dumb Type, were involved in this work, I believe it will be highly compelling. I truly hope you will come and see it.”

“Ben Riversis an artist who has garnered attention at film festivals worldwide in recent years. He will reconstruct his “post-apocalyptic” science fiction film “Slow Action,” which explores the potential of utopia in isolated environments across four islands, as a four-screen projection installation. In addition to the “Slow Action” exhibition, there will also be a screening of his feature film “Two Years at Sea,” which captures the solitary days of an elderly man living in a remote part of Scotland on black-and-white 16mm film.”

“Mike Kelleywas a highly regarded artist from a blue-collar background. To commemorate him, who passed away suddenly in January 2012, several screening programs will be held. First, in the program titled “In Memoriam: Mike Kelley’s MOBILE HOMESTEAD,” his first and last public art project, “MOBILE HOMESTEAD,” will be shown in Japan for the first time. What can be seen from the people of his hometown Detroit, featured in interviews, and their daily lives?—Then, in a special talk titled “Anarchist of the Lower Class: What Did Mike Kelley Leave Behind?”, curator Elizabeth Sussman, who planned Kelley’s first retrospective exhibition (Whitney Museum) in 1993 and has continued to follow his work, will be invited to trace the trajectory of his career and discuss his posthumous work “MOBILE HOMESTEAD.”

“A notebook where an artist sketches to capture fleeting images that come to mind. It is the artist’s most private space, filled with the “seeds” of works in their nascent stage. Exhibiting in the “Off-site Exhibition” (outdoor exhibition), one of the highlights this time, isYasuhiro Suzuki, who will boldly transform those notebooks into enormous three-dimensional sculptures for the public to see. The installation site is the central plaza at the heart of Yebisu Garden Place. The appearance changes significantly between day and night, so we hope you will enjoy the shifting expressions of the artwork, unique to an outdoor setting.”

*A special talk between Yasuhiro Suzuki and curator Junya Yamamine can be foundhere!

“The E-Bisu Film Festival opened its doors with the pre-event “Seven Nights of Film” held in 2008. Appearing on the commemorative first night wasHisashi Ishida. He returns once again with live drawing. The act of drawing and lines, performance and record, process and outcome, time, and performativity. With the keyword “diary” as a subtle theme, he will present his unending thoughts, which trace the lines he has drawn and newly branch out, through film screenings and talks.”

“Yasushi Noguchi's “Receipt Project” is a work I am personally paying attention to as a unique entry this time. First, receipts are collected from visitors, and an ID mark is attached to each receipt. This allows us to later track when and where the person made a purchase. Furthermore, by accumulating this data in a database, we can determine if this person and that person were in the same space around E-Bisu. In a sense, it’s like looking at individual activities from an overhead view. We routinely entrust our information to others through various devices like “Suica.” It’s being absorbed without our knowledge. Noguchi’s work calls for us to draw that back to ourselves and become more conscious of “knowing.”