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Futurium” is a showcase of a society, life and a system in some time to come. It promises amazement and excitement to visitors, displaying how we will live in the future. NION community went there vor a visit, and Kensuke Nishimura, a sustainability tech expert, is giving you his impression with focus on the topic “energy”.

Shown at this year’s Berlinale film festival, Kaze no denwa by director Nobuhiro Suwa tells about Haru, a 17 years old girl who searches for a way back to life after her family has died in a tsunami caused by the big Tohoku earthquake.

Some weeks ago, NION organized a presentation by a Tokyo-based shoe craftsman, Noriyuki Misawa. While showing us his art pieces he walked through his artistic innovation and told us how he became one of the most unique shoemakers alive.

In Tokyo, we met Hiroko Seki, manager of the Royal Canvas Ginza Hotel, the first and only woman in her company in such a position, and auditor Katsumi Sugawara. They talked about a new hospitality style, equality and innovative working time models in Japan, and the positive influences of having lived abroad.

We not only organized a club event in Tokyo on behalf of the German Embassy, we also set up a panel discussion at SUPER DOMMUNE, where Sarah Farina, DASCO, Sapphire Slows and Naz Chris talked about the German and Japanese club scenes.

A year after NION Week, NION had another milestone. From 01. to 05. September, our partner organization from Japan, RELEASE; visited us in Berlin. We tailored a special learning journey…

Counter-mapping can lead to emancipatory processes for communities at local and global levels. It then becomes a form of resistance and shows how power affects the representation of reality.

Japanese architect Yoichi Koizumi visited NION to brainstorm in a workshop how we can collaborate. Together we studied preceding examples of green architecture and got some wonderful insights

Tenzan Lab in Prenzlauer Berg is currently hosting a solo exhibition by a Japanese artist, Ai Moliya. We visited their opening reception and interviewed the artist to explore the art and philosophy of Kintsugi as well as unearthing the Japanese concept of Mottainai.

Summer always enchants us with its charms and the end of that season is often sentimental. This year, NION Community celebrated the Sun in various ways.

The British Museum in London is hosting “Manga マンガ”, the biggest exhibition on manga outside of Japan to date. With “This is Manga – the Art of Urasawa Naoki” the Japan House London had yet another manga exhibition on display Up to late July.

NION Community members Birgit and Guillaume shared the disoveries around the topic cleaning they’ve made during their three month artist residency in Kyoto.