Success builds a symbiotic yet parasitic relationship with an individual, person, or object. From an economic standpoint, it is a device for exploiting labor, an exploitation system in disguise that functions by co-opting personal traits like productivity, talent, beauty, strength, intelligence, and skill. Success poses as a meaningful story, but actually restricts individual action.

Motivation does not depend on the recognition of others or material reward. It comes from within, spurred by your interests and sense of accomplishment. Ambition, though, is based on groundless assumptions, on various what ifs, and more often than not, mere illusion.

The circumstances at any given point in time influence our choices, shaping our sense of meaning. But meaning does not necessarily steer choice, and vice versa. They exist in a self-recursive, never-ending loop.

Mundane activities like burning incense, drinking black coffee, or getting a haircut can feel meaningful. Even acts that bring harm to others—for instance, smoking, smuggling by submarine, inventing explosives, or putting someone on death row—are instilled with meaning.

The concept of meaning is layered and complex. Inseparable from the concept of time, it is furnished with such qualities as coherence and insight, while also being explanatory and predictive. And so, what meaning do I have for a work, or for the world?

Is there meaning after death? Can we find purpose in life in its aftermath?

Humans have the ability to re-examine themselves. They are aware of their own existence and can develop insight into thoughts, emotions, and the depths of what we might call the “innards” of the mind.

In this project, works are exhibited at multiple locations around Chiba City.

Event Overview

• Dates:September 19（Fri）–November 24（Mon）, 2025
• Opening times: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
• Closed on Wednesdays
• Venue : Chiba Zoological Park (entrance area)（280 Minamotocho, Wakaba-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture 264-0037） *The venue has changed.
• Venue 1: Sen City Garden Terrace basement (waterfall area)（1000 Shinmachi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture 260-0028）
  [Paid parking available / Elevator available / Restrooms available / Accessible restrooms available]
• Venue 2: B1F Tsukamoto Chiba No. 3 Building（2-5-15 Fujimi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture 260-0015）
  Concept：「Sharon is Karen」
  [No parking/Elevator available/Restrooms available]
• Venue 3: 3F Tsukamoto Dai-Chiba Building（2-3-1 Fujimi, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture 260-0015）
  [No parking/Elevator available/Restrooms available]
• Free admission (but admission fee required for Chiba Zoological Park)
• Area Sponsor: Chiba Sen City Inc.
• Project Sponsor: Tsukamoto Sogyo Co., Ltd.
• In cooperation with: Chiba Zoological Park

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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.