Born in Tokyo in 1953. Tsuji holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Art and Design, Tama Art University. She exhibits installation pieces both in Japan and overseas based on fieldwork conducted in forests, deserts, and near water, using dyed threads to examine her relationship with the natural world. In 2001, she began creating three-dimensional artworks for outdoor spaces. In Aomori, she has conducted fieldwork and created installations in locations such as the Hakkoda Mountains and the Komakino archaeological site; in 2005, she created the outdoor sculpture “AOMORI – Circle” at ACAC. Her major projects include the exhibition “Red like the spring water” (2014; Gallery A4, Tokyo), fieldwork and an installation at a Middle Jomon Period excavation site in Takenomori, Takahata Town (2017; Yamagata), an installation in a lava field near the Kilauea volcano (2012; Hawaii), and an installation at the Oshoro stone circle (2010; Hokkaido). She has also dabbled in works combining video and audio, among them “Tamafuri [revitalizing the soul],” created using sounds and visuals recorded in the Hinata, Ichinosawa, and Hibakoiwa Jomon Period cave dwellings in the aforementioned Takahata Town (compiled in 2018).

Born in Fukui Prefecture in 1955. Tsuchiya holds a master’s degree in Sculpture from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London. He is a sculptor, environmental design artist, and a professor emeritus at Aichi University of the Arts. Many of his works are based on the twin themes of “location/memory,” and use scraps and ash from abandoned or demolished houses. In addition, Tsuchiya has created several public and site-specific art projects both in Japan and overseas, engaging with the histories, cultures, and environments of each place, as well as the memories of the people who live there. In 2003, he created the outdoor sculpture “Landscape recollection” at ACAC using railroad ties. His major projects include “Utsushiyo no niwa [The gardens of this world]” (2023; Yokokan Garden, Fukui), “Postwar Art in Closeup” (2015; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo), and “Monument in memory of victims of the Tokyo Air Raids and in the pursuit of peace ‘Kioku no basho [A place of memory]’” (2001; Yokoamicho Park, Tokyo). In 1991, Tsuchiya received the grand prize at the 14th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition.

Born in Aomori Prefecture in 1975. Nagaoka obtained a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, and holds a doctorate in Medical Science. He is currently a professor at Aomori Public University, previously serving as an associate professor at St. Marianna University School of Medicine. Specializing in anthropology and anatomy, he conducts research in Peru and Japan. His main research themes concern the clarification of processes of social complexification and origins of conflict in ancient Andean societies. In recent years, he has been engaged in research on processes of human societal formational and human lifestyles, conducting archaeological excavations and surveys of ancient human remains in the ruins of Andean civilizations.