"Children's Forest of Books Nakanoshima" is a cultural facility designed and built by architect Tadao Ando and donated to Osaka City. It houses approximately 17,000 donated picture books and children's literature from around the world. In addition to the indoor spaces, visitors can freely read books in the plaza and grassy areas within the park where this facility is located. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the opening had been postponed, but it finally opened on July 5th.

"Book Fragments"

A cylindrical space wrapped in silence deep within the Children's Forest of Books. Video installations that spark children's interest and curiosity about books are screened here. Fragments of stories cut from various books are projected onto the walls, drawing children into the world of storytelling.

We expressed a new narrative, woven together by diverse works carefully selected by BACH's Hiroshi Yonekura, through animation. Although the books themselves don't move, they actually contain various emotions and the passage of time. By depicting this world through animation, we convey to viewers the "heartbeat of the book's world" that one feels for the first time when reading. To create a single story within the unique worldview of each of the four books, we created all the illustrations anew. To the silhouette-inspired illustrations, we added texture to bring out a picture book-like quality and depth. We also constructed a sound system that leverages the cylindrical space where sound reverberates greatly, creating a sensation where sound envelops the entire body.

I sincerely hope that this space becomes an opportunity for as many children as possible to encounter wonderful books.

>We are also showing the Aphorism Animation simultaneously.