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Frogs in 33 years / Hiroshi Fuji

Frog Staff Information Session

October 19 (Sun), 2025 / November 15 (Sat), 2025

We are holding the third “Kaekko Bazaar” at Sogo Chiba’s Sensity Garden. We are once again recruiting volunteer staff to assist with venue operations for the “Kaekko Bazaar.”

The currently exhibited work “Frogs in 33 years” was created using toys no longer played with, collected through this Kaekko event. Artist Hiroshi Fuji has been organizing Kaekko events nationwide for about 20 years.

Kaekko is an art project where children take the lead in creating activities in various local spaces. It connects activities and children using the children’s currency, “Frog Points.” Children can exchange toys they no longer play with for Frog Points, or use those points to take toys home.

Frog Staff positions are open not only to children but also to parent-child pairs. We encourage you to apply.

Event Overview

Schedule ① Pre-Event Briefing

Date & Time: October 19 (Sun), 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Venue: SOGO CHIBA (1000 Shinmachi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City)
[Parking available / EV charging available]

Schedule ② Event Day

Date & Time: November 15 (Sat), 2025, 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
※Postponed to November 16 (Sun) in case of rain
Venue: SOGO CHIBA, Basement Floor = Sensity Garden (1000 Shinmachi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City)
[Parking available/EV charging available]

Job Description: Support for the “Toy Exchange Bank” and “Toy Exchange Counter,” including receiving toys and assisting with exchanges for Frog Points; pricing toys; setting up the venue; cleanup, etc.

Capacity: 10 people
Eligibility: Elementary school students and older (parents and children may participate together)
Items to bring (for the pre-event briefing): Toys you no longer play with, a notebook, writing utensils, drinks
Participation fee: Free
Supported by: Chiba Sensity Co., Ltd., Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. Sogo Chiba Store
Inquiries: Chiba City Art Triennale 2025 Kaekko Secretariat, Contact: Sasaki kaekko@chiba-triennale.com

Schedule for the Day

2:00 p.m. Gathering
2:10 p.m. Opening Remarks
2:20 p.m. Explanation
2:40 p.m. Mock Kaekko
3:30 p.m. Prepare to leave for the venue
3:45 p.m. Q&A Session
4:00 p.m. Dismissal

Participation and Application Method

Please apply using the application form.
〈Application Period: October 1 (Wed), 2025 to October 14 (Tue), 2025, 11:59 p.m.〉

Photography and Video Recording

Photography and video recording will be conducted on the day for promotional and record-keeping purposes. Media outlets may also conduct interviews and filming. Photographs and videos taken may be published on the Chiba International Art Festival website, social media, brochures, and other promotional materials, as well as on television, magazines, and other media. We kindly ask for your understanding in advance.

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SOGO CHIBA Around Chiba Station

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Frogs in 33 years

33 years are a cycle of the alternation of generations. 66 years for 2 generations and 99 years for 3 generations. My daughter was born 33 years ago in 1992, just before the digital culture such as the Internet and smart phones flourished. I was born in 1960, 33 years before then, when plastic products, electrical products and cars started to popularize, and air pollution and marine pollution began concurrently. World’s distributions changed significantly in the two generations and mass products and information changed our lifestyle. While science and technology have rapidly advanced and developed people’s life, impacts of waste from our life have caused huge environmental changes such as air pollution from exhaust gas, marine pollution from discharged water and catastrophic disasters from climate changes, which are also global issues. “In 2058, 33 years from now when our children will play active roles, what will the local communities be like?” I focused on where waste will go after urban systems, products and energy, which have been created by now, are distributed and created works based on the theme. How are these handed down to the next generation, and what kind of circulation systems will they be returned to? I would like to explore various possibilities about such waste in the future. In relation to this project, we will hold “Exchanges of Power” events where children exchange unused toys in several places in Chiba City. We will also create and exhibit “Pond of the Frogs” using plastic materials collected in previous activities. We would like to develop “Frogs in 33 Years” project to think about local communities and the global environment in 33 years with children. [Types of citizen involvement] Workshop, Event management, Providing materials, Exhibition viewing

Hiroshi Fuji

Born in Kagoshima in 1960. While he was in Kyoto City University of Arts, he devoted himself to drama. After working as a tutor in Papua New Guinea National Arts School and an urban design consultant in Tokyo, he practiced project-based artistic expressions across Japan. In 1992, he received the grand prize for Japan Art Scholarship at “2025 Pond of the Frogs Symposium.” He has been involved in many international art projects at home and abroad including SITE Santa Fe Biennale, Setouchi International Art Festival, etc. Other works are “101 Skinny Dogs” created from pillars of dismantled houses, “Stories of Rice Frogs” started from rice worth a month’s salary, “Vinyl Plastics Connection” which accumulates household waste materials, “Kaekko” and “Jurassic Plastic” which use unused toys, “Hachijuro Fujishima” which makes a fictional key person, etc. Currently Professor at Akita University of Art after serving as Director of Towada Art Center.

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