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21_21 DESIGN SIGHT will hold an exhibition "What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster" from July 4, 2025. Exhibition Director is WOW visual design studio.
No one can be sure when the next natural disaster will strike, and where it will occur. Some people prepare by keeping emergency survival kits at home. Others do not dwell on the matter. However much we try to imagine the chaos brought by disaster, the reality of losing all we take for granted is inconceivable ahead of time. For people living in Japan, natural disasters are a simple fact of life. We may prefer to avoid them, but by not ignoring the issues, we build up ideas about what we should be doing right now.
The Exhibition starts from a simple question: what is a disaster? It considers natural disasters through realistic data visualizations of earthquake and flood; it looks at disaster-related products, and at projects emerging out of disaster. We delve into the temporal diversity of attitudes towards disaster, from folklore traditions, to research into future possibilities.
The venue is scattered with questions that visitors are invited to consider. There will be multiple answers depending on the situation. The right answer may relate to who you are. But the future will be effected by how we use our imagination, and listen to the opinions of people close to us. Whatever happens in the moment of disaster will be unexpected. Let's start our practical and mental preparations.
- Title
- Exhibition "What If? BOSAI: The Next Disaster"
- Date
- July 4 (Fri) - November 3 (Mon), 2025
- Venue
- 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 1 & 2
- Closed
- Tuesdays (Except September 23)
- Opening Hours
- 10:00 - 19:00 (Entrance until 18:30)
* Special opening hours for Roppongi Art Night: September 26 (Fri.), 27 (Sat.) 10:00 - 22:00 (Entrance until 21:30) - Admission
- General ¥1,600 / University students ¥800 / High school students ¥500 / Junior high school students and under may enter for free
* Click here for discount information.
* Online Tickets are available via Art Sticker (external website).
- Organized by
- 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION
- In Association with
- Agency for Cultural Affairs; Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; MINATO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
- Special Sponsor
- Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
- Exhibition Director
- WOW
- Graphic Design
- Taku Sasaki, Aki Kanai
- Space Design
- TORAFU ARCHITECTS
- Text / Planning Associate
- Mai Tsunoo
- Academic Support
- Naoya Sekiya
- Participating Creators
- veig, WOTA CORP., KDDI CORPORATION, Gehirn Inc., Shunichi Koshimura, Makiko Satake, Daihei Shibata, siro + Masaya Ishikawa, Mai Tsunoo + Yuma Koda + Taku Sasaki, Kosuke Tsumura, TORAFU ARCHITECTS + ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY, Ken Nakajima, Norio Nakamura, Nikkei Inc., JAPAN POST Co., Ltd. + Warehouse TERRADA, Nyanko Soba, Panoramatiks + Eukarya, VALUE BOOKS, Shigeru Ban Architects + Voluntary Architects' Network, Fukushima-Minpo Co., YAMAP INC., WOW, and others
- 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Directors
- Taku Satoh, Naoto Fukasawa
- Associate Director
- Noriko Kawakami
- Program Manager
- Takako Nakahora
- Program Officer
- Moeto Yasuda