MUSIC LOVES ART 2024 - MICUSRAT -", a project organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, will be held for 14 days from 12 (Mon) to 25 (Sun) August 2024, with the aim of contributing to the development of culture and the arts in Japan, creating works with artists that can be developed globally, and developing Japan into a global centre of excellence in culture and the arts. The project will be held for 14 days from 12 (Mon) to 25 (Sun) August 2024.

One of the MICUSRAT areas is Makuhari New City Centre in Chiba City, where the city, surrounding businesses and SUMMER SONIC are collaborating.
In addition to exhibitions at the entrance to Makuhari Messe, the venue for SUMMER SONIC, the staircase in front of Makuhari Messe and inside the venue (16-18 Aug [Fri] - Sun]), exhibitions will also be held in front of Kaihin-Makuhari Station (16-23 Aug [Fri]), around Makuhari Toyosuna Station (24-25 Aug [Sat] - Sun]) and Makuhari Bay Town (24 Aug [Sat]). The exhibition will be held in Makuhari Baytown (Sat 24 Aug), and will feature artworks created in collaboration with young contemporary artists and art projects that should be introduced to the world from Japan in a circular format. (Dates are tentative as of 18 July).
Outside the SUMMER SONIC Makuhari venue, the works will be exhibited in public spaces, so anyone can view them.

Details of the 'MUSIC LOVES ART 2024 - MICUSRAT -' project and its development in other areas will be announced at a later date, so please keep your eyes peeled.

[Participating artists in the Makuhari area, Chiba City.]

■COIN PARKING DELIVERY.

COIN PARKING DELIVERY started its creation activities in 2018 when it started drawing with its fingers on its smartphone during train journeys. With a smartphone in hand, he creates works that reflect contemporary questions and ideals, which have been highly acclaimed both nationally and internationally. In recent years, he has been constructing his own worlds not only with data, but also with figuration, space, drawings and on the exterior walls of public spaces abroad.

■witness

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture.
She presents experimental works that use flowers and plants as motifs, deconstruct and reconstruct once-drawn motifs to search for new perspectives and balance, as well as fabrics on which she transfers her works, in a cross-sectional manner.
In 2020, he created visuals for the rebranding of Sapporo Beer and appeared in the company's commercial for the Hakone Ekiden (relay race).
In 2023, he will be in charge of the artwork for STARBUCKS coffee bags.
In addition, he has produced visuals and collaborated with companies such as MONTBLANC, PARCO and STARFLYER, and has also worked on graphic design, textile design and jacket artwork for apparel brands.

■HAMADARAKA（EruArizono/EmuArizono）

Twin art unit formed by Eru Arizono and Emu Arizono. They use a variety of materials to express the themes of 'paradise created by the mixing of impossible creatures and time' and 'the world that exists between this world and utopia'. In addition to solo exhibitions in Japan, she has participated in art projects and residencies in France, the Netherlands, New York, Beijing, Taipei, Germany, Belgium and the National Museum of Fine Arts, Brasilia, Brazil, etc. Her solo exhibition "EDENDORDORADO" was held at DIESEL ART GALLERY. Large-scale mural production at QingyunInternationalArtCentre, Beijing; mural production and residency at a restaurant in Rotterdam, Berlin. Participated in large mural production at JIDAR STREET ART FESTIVAL, Rabat, Morocco. "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" John Cameron Mitchell, and has provided artwork for domestic and international album jackets and apparel, etc.
Published a collection of works entitled YAUYAUPARAISO (ERECT lab.).

■SILVER SATAN (ART TRUCK)

The installation is composed of the art track "Silver Satan", which has been evolving and transforming for half a century and continues to question what is right, as well as the artist Minami Ryouhei, who conceptualises and researches the unfamiliar awesomeness under the name "Beyond the Atmosphere", and the unit DUV "Na "u" with the sukiyaki H-NAITO, who goes outside the boundaries and searches for the "beautiful". The installation is composed by the unit DUV "Na "u" with H-NAITO, a sukiya who searches for the "beautiful".

■H-NAITO
SUKISHA. In the fusion of art and design, handwork and technology collaborate, and analogue and digital expand creativity while respecting each other, a borderless approach, so to speak, that continues to be challenged in a wide range of creative activities. At the same time, he has been evolving the art track 'SILVER SATAN' for half a century.

■Ryohei Minami

Artist. In recent years, his activities have centred on installation works focusing on the texture of the atmosphere in the 'place', which is composed of a wide variety of elements such as paintings, three-dimensional objects, video, sound, photographs, lighting, ready-made objects and rubbish. On the other hand, he is active in music as a DJ unit [Namaskoantsu] with Minami Ryouhei, 民族M(Minzoku Emu), DOBUTSU and PPTV, ex Mr. Understand, and belongs to the multi-expression group [ANTIBODIES Collective] as a dancer, musician and artist. Presides over an emerging label [A NiCE FORM], and is involved in a wide range of other activities.