| *Candy Factory Projects / Takuji Kogo | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 |
| Décors | Comics | Songs | Robot | Homes for America | Non_sites | American Sitcom | A Love Supreme | Slogans & Flags | Non_broadcasting time |
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Московский государственный университет There are no ghosts after the revolution |
| NON SITES | 2005 - in progress | |
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4:50 p.m. Man Smoking, |
| 終戦ノ詔・The Musical |
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| Hardy Barracks | Cute or Creepy | 愉しい服従 The Joyfl Obedience |
| Song of the Day
OTTOBRE. 25, 2022 VIVA L’ITALIA! |
AUG. 9, 2021 嘘は感染するよ。 Lies are contagious |
The Shinto Directive 1945 |
愉しい服従 The Joyful Obedience |
Something There |
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終戦ノ詔・The Musical |
| HOMES for AMERICA | ||
| 東京 Tokyo 終戦ノ詔・The Musical |
Yokota Airspace | Aoyama Park South District |
| 沖縄 Okinawa
U.S. MILITARY BASE IN OKINAWA! WE SELL! WE BUY! |
岩国 Iwakuni Route 189 |
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| DMZ Korea DeMilitarized Zone Amusement Park |
Pyeongtaek, South Korea Welcome, Your Home Away From Home |
Sigonella, Italy MINEO NOR BOUNO |
| Sembawang, Singapore Marriage Enrichment Retreat |
Angeles, Philippines Fields Ave. |
HỒ CHÍ MINH, Vietnam Saigon Sketches |
| U.S. American Sitcom Joining The Airforce |
Military Man |
| ROBOT Takuji Kogo + John Miller |
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| The Glass House Verdict | Maybe Next Time | A Moment of Zen | Graceful, Mythologicl, Life-size |
| Corso Sicilia | ROUTE 189 Iwakuni
The Foreign Domestic Workers Shall Not Get Married In Singapore. | NO |
| *Candy Factory Projects in SEOUL | May 9 - June 9 2019 LOOP Seoul |
| *Candy Factory Projects in SIngapore | The Private Museum Singapore 06 October — 17 December 2017 |
| TAKUJI KOGO + YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES | ||
| HALBEATH | DEMILITARIZED ZONE BUS TOUR WITH BULGOGI LUNCH | A LOVE SUPREME |
| Mike Bode +Takuji Kogo | ||
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AMERICAN SITCOM
Aichi Triennial 2016 Kalmar konstmuseum Sweden 2015 ICA Miami 2015 Pitzer Art Galleries Claremont, CA 2014 |
Blueberryland | Nunotani 布谷ビル |
| Kitakyushu Biennial at Aichi Trienniale A *Candy Factory Project This Land Is Mine / この土地は私のもの |
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| Online Ads I이땅은 나의 것 / この土地は私のもの This land is mine 古郷卓司 + 宮川敬一 Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa U.S. MILITARY BASE IN OKINAWA! |
ROBOT Takuji Kogo + John Miller HOMES FOR AMERICA, SIGONELLA KIMI KIM JALAN JALAN |
HOMI/TOYOTA AMERICAN SITCOM |
| OPEN TO ALL AGES & ETHNICITIES Takuji Kogo / John Miller The Neuer Berliner Kunstverein 9. June – 31. July 2015 |
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KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL
THE FIFTH SAT 6th JUNE 2015. 19:00 Kitakyushu Biennial in Berlin ZK/U Berlin Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik |
The Private Museum Singapore KIMI KIM JALAN JALAN TAKUJI KOGO YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES THE 3rd Kitakyushu Biennial in SINGAPORE 6/22 - 7/31 2015 |
A * Candy Factory Project Plastic Chairs Jönköpings läns museum Room 203 Sweden 9/12 - 10/10 2015 Gallery Soap 10/10 - 12/6 2015 |
| 自粛中継 / Self-Censored Live Broadcast Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa |
House Tour On-base housing Kadena AB Okinawa |
ASMR MY DMZ DUB YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES + TAKUJI KOGO 2013 |
| KYIV Biennale 2015 STATEMENTS (JAPANESE/UKRAINIAN) YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES + TAKUJI KOGO 2015 Mistakes Were Made organized by JOHN MILLER |
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| Kalmar Konstmuseum presents A *Candy Factory Project BOOGIE WOOGIE WONDERLAND Takuji Kogo with Mike Bode and John Miller |
A *Candy Factory Project American Sitcom Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode Pitzer Galleries California USA 2014 |
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| Non_sites / Online Ads Mother/Land Kurumaya Museum of Art Tochigi Japan 2014 |
*Candy Factory Projects in Rome Auditorium Arte , Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome 11-29 luglio 2012 |
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| Little About Me ROBOT ( Takuji Kogo + John Miller ) New Museum NY 2013 |
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| The Waiting Game Robot |
Walk-ins Welcome Gallery Marlborough Broome Street NY 2014 |
ART IN POP Centre National d'Art Contemporain Le Magasin Grenoble France 2014 |
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Life wouldn't be the same without safe seas. |
We all take the sea for granted. But that wouldn't be possible without the advanced naval techonology that is deployed around our shores. Take the sophisticated Harpoon missiles. These smart weapons, installed on the Navy's |
Missile Corvettes, can destroy targets as far as 90 km away. To avoid detection by radar, they travel at blistering speeds just a few feet above the waves. They are deadly and they are dependable. | But what's the best thing about these missiles? They make sure you don't even have to think about sea. Ever. |
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The Foreign Domestic Workers |
| Kitakyushu Biennial in Berlin
北九州国際ビエンナーレ in 伯林 *Candy Factory Projects A new history of contemporary art Chapter 1: 美術作品としての国家 The nation state as a work of art ZK/U Berlin Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik 2012 Supported by Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation, Fukutake Foundation for the Promotion of Regional Culture ASAHI Beer Arts Foundation ART NETWORK ASIA, presented by Art Institute Kitakyushu, Z K/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik |
Federico Baronello,
Mike Bode, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, Charles Lim Yi Yong, John Miller, Keiichi Miyagawa + Hisao Sotoda / Second Planet, Takuji Kogo Curated by Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagwa (AIK), Philip Horst (ZK/U Director) , coordinator Marina Solbello |
| A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT in FRANKFURT Takuji Kogo Frankfurter Kunstverein Deutsche Börse Residency Program 2012 |
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| Kitakyushu Biennial World Tour 1 KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL in SINGAPORE 2012 The Private Museum Singapore 2012 |
| A *Candy Factory Project / Nauru Pavilion
(Unrealized.) Pavilion at the Kitakyushu Biennale 2011 for the promotion of the Republic of Nauru by the Government of Nauru. |
| 移民 IMIN 2011 KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL 2011 Kitakyuushu Yahata Gallery Soap Singapore Private Museum Catalogue PDF 3.8MB |
移民/IMIN 2009 KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL 2009 旧JR九州本社ビル 門司港 The original: JR Office Bldg. Moji Gallery Soap |
John Miller Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries Sean Snyder Federico Baronello Mike Bode KUNSTrePUBLIK Ola Pehrson Keiichi Miyagawa Hisao Sotoda Gen Sasaki Shinsuke Ogawa Takuji Kogo |
| Blueberryland Mike Bode + Takuji Kogo |
| VITTORIA Federico Baronello + Takuji Kogo 2009 |
| 三里塚
SANRIZUKA Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa FILM SCREENING 三里塚・辺田部落 Narita: Heta Village 1973 (146 min) Directed by Shinsuke Ogawa |
| DEMILITARIZED ZONE BUS TOUR
WITH BULGOGI LUNCH IF I WERE YOU I'LL GO TO THE PALACE Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries + Takuji Kogo he Nam June Paik Art Center Korea (2009) |
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| MUSIC FROM *CANDY FACTORY FACEHUG 2010 Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Germany Sandy Brown Berlin Germany |
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| 北九州 KITAKYUSHU 古郷卓司 + 宮川敬一 TAKUJI KOGO + KEIICHI MIYAGAWA Gallery Soap Kokura Japan 2008 |
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| Non_sites Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 東京都写真美術館 (2009) |
| KITAKYUSHU BIENNIAL 2007 CUTE or CREEPY? 旧JR九州本社ビル |
Federico Baronello, Thomas Bayrle, Mike Bode & Staffan Schmidt, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, John Miller, Sean Snyder, Keiichi Miyagawa , Takuji Kogo Curated by Takuji Kogo + Keiichi Miyagawa |
Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun Foundation, Asahi Beer Arts Foundation, Japan Arts Council, The Japan Foundation, The Nomura Cultural Foundation, Approved by KMK Presented by Art Institute Kitakyushu |
| How to reach Lampedusa Takuji Kogo + Federico Baronello |
Kitakyushu Biennial 2007 | No Place – Like Home ARGOS Centre for Art & Media Brussels 2008 A Lenbachhaus collection |
| STATEMENTS 0029 : TO MY GOOD AND LOYAL SUBJECTS 0063 : AFTER RECENT SURGERY ON MY SCALP TAKUJI KOGO + YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES 2007 nO gnioG s'tahW by Takuji Kogo Soundtrack |
| TAKUJI KOGO @ The MOMA Mediascope 26th Feb. 2007 The Museum of Modern Art New York U.S. MILITARY BASE IN OKINAWA! WE SELL! WE BUY! 沖縄軍用地! 売ります! 買います! |
| CUTE or CREEPY? A Song for the Silicon Valley San Jose Museum of Art 2006 |
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| MAAP BRISBANE Australia 2006 | |
| NAMELESS HEROES, AKA UNSUNG HEROES, DPRK TV SERIES EPISODE 19 FILM SCREENING By Sean Snyder + Takuji Kogo at 6TH GWANGJU BIENNALE 2006 |
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| Tokyo Rose Advertising. Printed Matter, Inc. NY 2006. Coordinated By A.A Bronson |
Time Shares Rhizome.org New museum of Contemporary Art 2006 |
| Hyper-links for dead links Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006 |
Swedish Gentleman Robot (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) 2006 |
| Takuji Kogo Japan @ Rooseum Mueum SWEDEN 2005 |
ROUTE 189 Non_sites U.S. MILITARY BASE IN OKINAWA! WE SELL! WE BUY! |
A *CANDY FACTORY PROJECT SONGS II LIBRINO リブリーノ |
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| SCREAM FÄRGFABRIKEN Centre for Contemporary Art and Architecture Stockholm Sweden 2004 Curated by OLA PEHRSON + TAKUJI KOGO Collaborations with Ola Pehrson |
Your Easy Solution |
| *Candy Factory Projects at ART METROPOLE Coordinated by Chrysanne Stathacos and A.A Bronson |
*Candy Factory Projects  *Candy Factory Projects ART-METROPOLE TORONTO CANADA 2004 |
| MAAP Singapore Art Museum (2004) |
AUDIENCES Media City Seoul Seoul City Museum of Art Korea 2004 |
| CAMPAIGN & PRODUCTS KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF ARTS JAPAN 2004 *Candy Factory Projects in collaboration with the following corporations: ASAHI BREWERIES, LTD., TOTO, LTD., RITZWELL, TAKAGI CO., LTD., FUJITSU, LTD., SHABONDAMA SOAP CORPORATION, MOS FOOD SERVICES, INC. WEB PROJECT in collaboration with Y OUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES curated by TAKUJI KOGO + KEIICHI MIYAGAWA |
| BOOGIE WOOGIE
WONDERLAND 2003 MIKE BODE & STAFFAN SCHMIDT, JOHN MILLER, AKIRA MORI, OLA PEHRSON, SEAN SNYDER, YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, THOMAS BAYRLE, *CANDY FACTORY. WEB PROJECT with YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES Curated By TAKUJI KOGO ORGANIZED AND PRODUCED BY THE AKIYOSHIDAI INTERNATIONAL ART VILLAGE SPONSORED BY THE JAPAN FOUNDATION FOR REGIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| Holiday Soundtracks for *Candy Factory Projects Soap land Records Japan (2003) |
| KANEBO HOFU FACTORY 鐘紡防府工場 TAKUJI KOGO + MIKE BODE Combination of two (1954) Takeo Yamaguchi 双つの組み合わせ (1954) 山口長男 |
*Candy Factory Projects @ AIAV 2002 Publication : Lost In Space / AIAV 2002 |
| NON_ BROADCASTING TIME |
A series of empty TV studio sets views. | |
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Non_broadcasting Time Jp TYS Yamaguchi Japan TNC Fukuoka Japan Golden time WHY EBS |
Traveling Around China Neighbours Fox news 中学生日記 Middle School DIaries Subway
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청와대 / Cheong Wa Dae
自粛中継 / Self-Censored Live Broadcast
赤坂離宮 Akasaka Rikyū |
| *Candy Factory @ Yokohama Triennial 2001 | |
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Projections NUNOTANI BLDG. 布谷ビル 2001~ 2004 Mike Bode + Takuji Kogo |
Sit.com with Federico Baronello, John Miller, G.H Hovagimiyan, Sandra Vivas, Chrysanne Stathocos (Multi projections), Take Me to the festival Gaku Tsutaya Takuji Kogo |
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Space 1 Pavilion sculpture : Gallows Fluorescent paint on Steel frame, Tatami floor, rope Installation view at Yokohama Triennial 2001 In collaboration with Tetsu Takagi, Kazunari Horiguchi |
Pavilion sculpture : Tea house
Fluorescent paint on Steel frame , Tatami floor, Printed images on Fusuma / Papered Sliding doors from the publication Wake Up Time Takuji Kogo + John Miller Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen 2000 Gallery Haco Japan 2000 In collaboration with Tetsu Takagi, Kazunari Horiguchi |
| SIT.COM 1998-9 Online Project C-theory Multimedia net noise collection Cornell University U.S.A |
*Candy Factory @ Yokohama Triennial 2001 The Center for contemporary art Catania Italy 2001 EXPO 3000 Berlin 2001 Lydmar Hotel Sweden 2000 Dream on / Laforet Museum Kokura 2000 |
Postmasters Gallery NY 2001 Art Frankfurt Germany 2001 Les rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles, Antic theatre, Arles, France 2000 |
| *CANDY FACTORY
1998 ~ 2001 Gallery space Yokohama Japan directed by Takuji Kogo |
Founded in 1998 in a former candy factory warehouse in Hinode-cho, Yokohama City, Candy Factory began as an artist-run space dedicated to experimental collaborations. Under the direction of Takuji Kogo, it served as a platform for guest artists to explore experimental collaborations. The gallery also linked original online projects to share its activities and participated in numerous online projects, as well as exhibitions and screening events. |
Artists contributed: |
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A platform for collaborative art projects by Takuji Kogo. Founded in 1998 in a former candy factory in Yokohama, Japan. *Candy Factory Projects produces abstract views of sites and architecture in political environments. It also transforms fragments of information such as propaganda, personal ads, online comments into music videos with vocal synthesizers. *Candy Factory Projects is visual and musical, constantly relocating its activities, conducting site-specific research, producing exhibitions with multi-channel video and sound installations, screening events, online projects and publications. *Candy Factory Projects is archived at: https://artonline.jp/ Contact : candyfactory(at)icloud.com |
*Candy Factory Projects was originally set up as an exhibition space housed in a former candy factory in Yokohama, Japan in 1998. It moved to the Yokohama Triennale in 2001, the Akiyoshidai International Art Village in 2002. Boogie Woogie Wonderland in Yamaguchi Japan 2003, Scream Färgfabriken Stockholm 2004 Sweden, Art Metropole in Toronto, Canada 2004, Japan at the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art in Malmö, Sweden 2005. Between 2007 to 2017 *Candy Factory Projects initiated the Kitakyushu Biennial in collaboration with the Art Institute Kitakyushu. Since 2012 Kogo also took his collaborative projects from the Kitakyushu Biennial on a World tour to Singapore at The Private Museum Singapore, to Berlin at Zentrum fur Kunst und Urbanistik, to South Korea Busan Totatoga art center and Jönköping County Museum Sweden. The project is moved to Aichi trienniale 2016. |
*Candy Factory projects in collaboration with the following artists: John Miller, Federico Baronello, Mike Bode, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, Charles Lim Yi Yong, Keiichi Miyagawa and Sean Snyder. |
| Projects in progress | ||
| Song of the Day (since 2022) A series of original music videos. Lyrics of songs sampled from the chat on TV news streams on a specific date. |
Décors
(since 2024) A series of animated digital line drawings of architecture, monuments, and urban spaces, based on site-specific research in various locations. | Imperial Décor (since 2023) Works based on the urbanism of tokyo. |
Online Ads
(since 2007) |
Robot
(since 2004) A virtual band project in collaboration with John Miller. "ROBOT" produces songs whose lyrics derive from personal ads found online and original promotional video clips, more recently, from various other sources. |
Comics
(since 2017) A series of animated panoramic street views . |
| Homes for America(since 2003) The project focuses on the ideological state apparatus of US military bases and their franchise as an abstracted 'American city' and their cultural or economic impact on the local host society, collecting fragments from some of the bases found at locations around the world. |
Non_sites
(since 2003) Photosculptures made from sequenced shots. |
Slogans & Flags (since 2002) |
| Takuji Kogo in collaboration with | ||||
| Federico Baronello | How to reach Lampedusa | LIBRINO | Vittoria | Online Ads Italy |
| Mike Bode | NUNOTANI | HOMI/TOYOTA Blueberryland |
American Sitcom XIOBEI |
*Candy Factory Studio |
| Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries |
HALBEATH
STATEMENTS |
YOUR J.O.B WON'T
STAND A CHANCE
DMZ |
A LOVE SUPREME | KIMI KIM JALAN JALAN |
| Charles Lim Yi Yong |
BEACHES | |||
| John Miller | ROBOT | Berlin Childhood In collaboration with Aura Rodenberg |
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| Keiichi Miyagawa | SANRIDUKA | Kitakushu Biennial /co_curation 2009 移民 IMIN 2011 移民 IMIN 2015 KB THE FIFTH 2013 Kitakyushu Biennial World Tour |
KITAKYUSHU | 2016 Aichi Triennial |
| Sean Snyder | U.S. BASES Sites research OKINAWA IWAKUNI South Korea |
NAMELESS HEROES |