Chat(ter)ing 9ueerly

Guests: Asahi konuta/Iriya & MARINA LISA KOMIYA
Sponsor: Nagomi Trading Co., Ltd.
Participation fee: 2,000 yen (collected at the 2nd floor entrance) + one drink (ordered at the back of the 1st floor)
Inquiries: Shitone Sakamaki (vortexsitone@gmail.com)

Format:
Battle Royale style. After a one-hour chat by the guests, participants will be added one by one every 10 minutes. New “chatters” will pick up one word from the previous chat and continue the conversation.

How to participate:
Please make a reservation using the form below. Registration will close when 20 participants are reached.
https://forms.gle/2AbwpZYvjB9vbw9aA

Guest Introduction:

Konuta Asahi/Iriya (Konuta Asahi/Iriya)
Born in 1992. Genderqueer. Completed doctoral studies at Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences. Doctor of Human Sciences. Currently a part-time lecturer at Kogakuin University and other institutions. Specializes in philosophy, queer theory, and transgender studies. Author of *Queer Levinas* (Seidosha, 2025). Co-author of *An Introduction to Feminist Phenomenology: Questioning the “Ordinary” from Experience* (Nakanishiya Publishing, 2020) and *Feminist Phenomenology: Toward a Space Where Experiences Resonate* (ibid., 2023). Major papers include “Transforming Bersani: The Possibility of Transreading in Bersani's Queer Theory” (Gender & Sexuality, No. 19).

MARINA LISA KOMIYA
Born in Atlanta in 1992. Artist / Arter. Starting from her own body, she is interested in a new theory of time that emerges from a queer perspective, and explores “new methods of reproduction” through performances, videos, and venue management, without being limited to any particular medium. Manga “Line Field People” (two volumes). Recent major projects include running a flower shop for a year, “Komiyama Flower Shop,” and managing the alternative space “Nogata's Blank Space.” Collaborative projects include “Reproducing Garden,” which overlaps the issue of same-sex marriage being prohibited by law with architectural regulations, creating a garden on land where reconstruction is prohibited, and film production with Chihiro Suzuki. Additionally, she co-runs the queer feminist art platform “FAQ?” with artist Tanikawa Kaname (MES) to continue questioning. Recent major solo exhibitions include “Invasive Ale” (Studio Voltaire, London, 2024), “Mechanizing Species ep.01” (Talion Gallery, Tokyo, 2024), and “The Proliferating Garden” (under the Proliferating Garden Project name, TOH, Tokyo). Group exhibitions include “REBORN ART FESTIVAL 2019” (Miyagi Prefecture), and “Land Route (Spillover #1)” (BUG, Tokyo, 2024), among others.