One popular show was a live painting performance by artist Hiraku Suzuki x Shing02, an energetic Japanese lyricist and producer who works in both California and Japan. Prior to the starting time at 11pm in the Mori Art Museum, there were lines of people in front of the entrance. And soon after the door was opened, the show space was fully packed. First Shing02 started his live show and Hiraku Suzuki followed to the music to do live-painting.

Along with Shing02’s sound, Hiraku Suzuki brought a sense of united atmosphere by his painting on a piece of paper over 4-meters long laid on the floor.

Soon after finishing the painting, Hiraku rolled up the paper, so we only had a few moments to see the finished art piece, which might be a part of his performance.

One of the biggest installations was this giant monster that appeared in Roppongi Hills Arena. Last year we saw “Giant TORAYAN” by Kenji Yanobe. For this year, the 13-meter-high symbolic piece “Before Flower” by Noboru Tsubaki took over the town of Roppongi. Other highlights were talks and performances held every hour.