November 21st to 27th, Tokyo's Art Nexus "Design Festa Gallery" Will Be Holding Its Own Project Called "Fabulously freaky Harajyuku chimerical circus"

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:00am EST

For one week the entire gallery, inside and outside and even the restrooms will
be dedicated to this theme!


TOKYO--(Business Wire)--
The world famous Design Festa Gallery, a unique sightseeing "must see" for
international and local visitors utilizes every available space in it's
promotion of multi-genre art. We will be holding our next "theme" project
entitled "Fabulously freaky Harajyuku chimerical circus" from November 21st to
27th. More than 20 artists will express their weird, freaky, underground works! 

Detail of Design Festa project "Fabulously freaky Harajyuku chimerical circus" 

Duration

November 21st to 27th, 2009 

Location

Design Festa Gallery whole space 

3-20-18, JINGUMAE, SHIBUYAKU, TOKYO 

MAP: http://www.designfestagallery.com/submenu/contact/index_en.html

Detail and theme

Animation, costume play, novels, performance, illustration....many artists of
differing genres will exhibit and express Japan's hottest subculture. To exhibit
and sell. 

What is Design Festa Gallery?

Design Festa Gallery is one of the most popular art galleries in Japan having
more than 80,000 visitors a year. 

Started in 1998 Harajyuku Tokyo, there are 29 spaces in 2 galleries. 

Regardless of age, nationalities and genres, everyone can exhibit their artworks
from 525yen per day as long as their work is original. 

An 55 year-old apartment buildings turned into an art gallery, the whole
building is an actual art campus opened up for all artists. So far more than 300
artists from 20 countries have painted on the inside & outside walls and
restrooms. Paintings on the walls are volunteered by artists. 

Design Festa Gallery is a world famous art nexus and a "must see" sightseeing
spot in Tokyo! 

(Listed in Lonely Planet, Rough Guide etc) 

What is Sakura Hotel?

Design Festa Gallery art spaces are also available in the lobbies of the
following "Sakura Hotels", (an affiliated company), Asakusa, Ikebukuro,
Hatagaya, Jimbocho. 

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Design Festa Office
Takeshi Araki, +81-3-3479-1433
takeshi@designfesta.com
Fax: +81-3-3479-1498
http://www.designfestagallery.com/index_en.html



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