TODA BUILDING Unveils New Public Art Program 'APK PUBLIC Vol.2'

The public art program 'APK PUBLIC Vol.2,' unveiled on June 1, 2026, features new works by artists Aiko Tezuka, Asako Fujikura, and Shiori Watanabe. Under the theme of 'The Becoming City,' the artists question the nature of cities from their unique perspectives and re-interpret urban imagery.

On June 1, 2026, Toda Corporation opened the 'APK PUBLIC Vol.2' public art program at its new headquarters, TODA BUILDING, in Kyobashi, Tokyo. The program is exhibited across the 1F entrance, plaza, and 2F corridor.

APK PUBLIC Vol.2 Curator's Statement: The Becoming City Located in the heart of Tokyo, Toda Corporation has been involved in urban development since the Meiji era. This project, unfolding in the public space of the new headquarters, uses new works created specifically for this site by Tezuka, Fujikura, and Watanabe to question what a city is and re-interpret its image. The works visualize the various forces shaping urban space—politics, capital, logistics, social desires, and historical causality. A city is a process of friction between these forces, appearing only in such undefined forms.

These details, emerging through the artists' imagination within the perfected space of the new building, lead us to imagine cities beyond rationality and standardized values. In doing so, a circuit opens to perceive the inherent richness of the world, laden with accumulated memories, coincidences, and unpredictable futures.

APK PUBLIC Vol.2 Artworks - Aiko Tezuka, 'Vessels for the Living (Study from Toda Corporation History)' (2026): Spreads layers of history of the modern city that has repeatedly dismantled and reconstructed itself. Ghosts of urban contours appear between rigid urban structures and soft bodies.

- Asako Fujikura, 'Open Sunrise City Protocol' (2026): A video installation superimposing a fictional city, 'Open Sunrise City,' onto landscapes of suburban Tokyo. It visualizes the imagination of a city expanding horizontally, where management and deviance are intertwined within an AI-assisted framework.

- Shiori Watanabe, 'Stock' (2026) / 'Earth Spirit' (2026): Focuses on lingering modern-day spirituality and touches upon the suppressed voices remaining in the ancient layers of urban and national development.