Art Incubation Program
SIDE CORE「night walk in Harajuku」
Overview
Tour participants can also view the exhibition Shin Road after 8 p.m.
In conjunction with the SIDE CORE exhibition Shin Road, held to mark CCBT’s relocation, this event takes participants on a nighttime walking tour to rediscover CCBT’s new neighborhood of Harajuku. Such city walks occupy a central part of SIDE CORE’s practice as an art collective, actively engaging with and rediscovering urban space not as something that functions only for people but as a place where ecosystems beyond the human also exist. By offering a vicarious experience of SIDE CORE’s unique perspectives on urban space, this night walk provides the opportunity for participants to update their images and attitudes toward the city, and find ways to interact with it more freely.
Outline
SIDE CORE「night walk in Harajuku」 Date & Time: December 13, 2025, January 6, 2026 9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. (approx.) Tour participants can also view the exhibition Shin Road after 8 p.m. Meeting point: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] 3F Capacity: 6 per tour *Registration required (available on a first come, first served basis) Admission: Free
SIDE CORE: Shin Road
CCBT marks its relocation and reopening in Harajuku with a special exhibition by the artist collective SIDE CORE. With a focus on new works produced by SIDE CORE in collaboration with CCBT, this exhibition shares SIDE CORE’s daily activities and practices, and also includes a related event. In this way, it opens up new roads that connect CCBT’s Harajuku location with other cities. Further information about the exhibition will be released at a later date.
Dates: December 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] and others Closed: Mondays , January 1 (Thu) – January 5 (Mon) ※Special Open Days: December 15 (Mon), 30(Tue), 31(Wed) Admission: Free
Players
SIDE CORE
Featuring Takasu Sakie, Matsushita Tohru, and Nishihiro Taishi, SIDE CORE launched in 2012. Harimoto Kazunori also participates in the collective as a video director. SIDE CORE create works based on the question of how an individual can go about sending messages in the city and public space, by referencing the ideas and history behind street culture. They sometimes collaborate with artists working in other genres to create a variety of works in the blind spots and interstices of the city. Recent major exhibitions include “Living road, Living space” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025), “SIDE CORE｜Concrete Planet” (WATARI-UM, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art and outdoor, Tokyo, 2024), “Hyakunengo Art Festival” (Chiba, 2024), “8th Yokohama Triennale “Wild Grass: Our Lives”” (Kanagawa, 2024).
