BUG, operated by Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., is pleased to present In-dividual Theater: BUG Screen Week 2026, opening Friday, July 3, 2026. This program screens video works by 17 artists selected by the BUG staff, representing a new framework for supporting artists’ careers.
Statement
Every day, 1.26 million people pass through Tokyo Station — bodies in transit, moving with purpose through a space that barely permits a sideways glance, let alone a pause. Tasks accumulate; the day presses forward. Who has time to stop?
BUG sits right beside that station, on the ground floor of an office tower. Here, unlike the concourse outside, you are welcome to sit down — and there is no admission fee.
That said, there is no guarantee that watching a single video work will change anything. But the possibility exists. And that is what we are placing our faith in. An encounter with a value system encountered for the first time; an event that lay just beyond the edge of one’s awareness; an emotion that had been sleeping somewhere deep inside. The act of chewing over what you have seen here. Turning thoughts over. Attempting to recover a sense of your own outline. Training your eyes on what is happening in society. Imagining the context behind behavior you cannot understand. Struggling to change something — and finding the strength to resist.
Three Features
1. Supporting artists who create video works that are difficult to bring to market
Video works are a format in which the barriers to sale and collection are high, making it difficult for economic circulation to occur. As a non-profit space, BUG actively seeks to cast light on this form of expression. In this program, existing video works are screened and artists are compensated for their work, providing direct support for their practice.
2.Creating an environment in which to engage fully with video works
While opportunities to encounter video works are numerous, the constraints of time frequently prevent viewers from watching a work in its entirety, from beginning to end. For this program, we will publish a screening schedule in advance and design the space with extended stays in mind, establishing an environment in which visitors can give themselves fully to each work.
3.An opportunity to revisit existing works
To date, BUG has offered many opportunities for artists to produce and present new works, providing production fees and artist fees in support. At the same time, we believe it is equally important to revisit works that have already been created, to present them anew, and to compensate artists for that work.
*No reservations required. Each screening is a separate session — latecomers may not be admitted once a screening has begun.
Yu ARAKI
Cici Wu with Yuan Yuan
Shun IKEZOE
Umi ISHIHARA
hayate kobayashi
Masashi KOHARA
KYUNCHOME
Maya Erin Masuda
Aya MOMOSE
Kosuke NAGATA
Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani
Masanobu NISHINO
OLTA
Kouta SHIGA
Mari SHIRAKAWA
Soh Souen
Takuya WATANABE
2026.7.3（FRI）ー7.12（SUN）
2026.7.7（TUE）
Free
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