orangcosong
Art Collective
orangcosong is an art collective founded by Chikara Fujiwara and Minori Sumiyoshiyama, based in Yokohama / Kochi / Osaka (Japan), and active transnationally. Drawing on their experience in the performing arts and their travels, they create projects in close collaboration with local people, exploring themes of human mobility and gravity.
In their flagship work, Engeki Quest, they conduct long-term, site-based research and stayed in Utrecht for a total of seven weeks across 2024 and 2025. For this edition of SPRING Festival, they present two projects: Engeki Quest and IsLand Bar.
Chikara Fujiwara
Chikara is an artist based in Yokohama. After studying political science at university, he worked as a magazine editor and theater critic. In 2014, he initiated Engeki Quest, a walk-based performance project realized in numerous cities worldwide.
In 2017, he co-developed IsLand Bar with multinational artists at ADAM Artist Lab in Taipei. He has also created video works Stay Home Labyrinth (2020) and Maya/Dolores (2024). His practice centers on themes such as the “invisible walls” that generate prejudice and discrimination, and concepts of “mobility and gravity” related to migratory movement. He was a Saison Fellow of The Saison Foundation (2017–2020) and a Cultural Envoy of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan (2017).
Minori Sumiyoshiyama
After studying architecture in Kyoto and beginning her career as a contemporary dancer, Minori now works as a transdisciplinary artist. Since 2017, she has presented Hitsudankai – From now/here, Silence, a performance in which participants communicate solely through handwritten notes in complete silence, across cities in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In 2020, she co-founded 2×2 WindowS, an online international project with multimedia composer Tam Thi Pham. In recent years, her practice has extended across both analog and digital realms, including video, graphic design, handicraft, cooking, and workshops exploring generative AI.