{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ecde4fafd54eda76890c1b87","clusterId":"c_b59c6f06ca958031980249db","slug":"kosuke-nagata-video-works-collection-screens-nationwide-from-august","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kosuke Nagata Video Works Collection Screens Nationwide From August","summary":"A special screening titled \"Fire in Water: Kosuke Nagata Video Works Collection\" will run from August 22 at Pole Pole Higashinakano in Tokyo and other venues across Japan. The program features six video works by artist Kosuke Nagata, including the title piece \"Fire in Water,\" \"Salmon Becoming,\" and \"Purée.\" The event is planned and distributed by Agii and marks the first time Nagata's video works are introduced as a collection. Graphic designer Yurie Hata created the poster visual.","whyItMatters":"The screening is the first retrospective-style presentation of Nagata's video output, bringing together works from 2019 to 2026 that trace his recurring focus on food as a lens for examining colonialism, labor, and ecological history.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eArtist Kosuke Nagata, whose practice spans photography, performance, and installation, will see his video works collected for the first time in a single screening program. Titled \u0026#34;Fire in Water: Kosuke Nagata Video Works Collection,\u0026#34; the event runs from August 22 at Pole Pole Higashinakano in Tokyo and will travel to other locations nationwide. The program includes six works: \u0026#34;Translation Zone\u0026#34; (2019, 27 min), \u0026#34;Purée\u0026#34; (2020, 35 min), \u0026#34;Salmon Becoming\u0026#34; (2023, 14 min), \u0026#34;Fire in Water\u0026#34; (2025, 41 min), \u0026#34;Fish of Empire\u0026#34; (2026, 15 min), and \u0026#34;Suddenly This Overview\u0026#34; (2026, 22 min). The poster visual was designed by graphic designer Yurie Hata. Agii plans and distributes the screening.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNagata described food as a thread connecting his work to broader themes of translation, care, solidarity, alienation under capitalism, and ecological colonialism. \u0026#34;Fire in Water\u0026#34; is a video essay about rice cultivation and makgeolli brewing on the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule, focusing on fungi, yeast, and rice genetic information. \u0026#34;Salmon Becoming\u0026#34; uses hand-drawn animation to examine life and value through farmed salmon and workers. \u0026#34;Purée\u0026#34; considers the eating subject and its plasticity through dining etiquette and cooking techniques.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kosuke Nagata's video works get their first collection screening. The six-piece program positions Nagata as a filmmaker whose gallery-style pieces now seek a theatrical audience.","twitterPost":"Nagata's six-piece video collection tours theaters, bridging gallery installation and cinema release.","threadsPost":"Kosuke Nagata's video works are being collected for the first time in a nationwide screening tour. The six pieces, including Fire in Water and Salmon Becoming, move his practice from gallery spaces to theatrical venues. The poster by Yurie Hata frames the event as a design as much as a screening.","newsletterBlurb":"A special screening of Kosuke Nagata's video works, the first to present them as a collection, begins August 22 in Tokyo and travels nationwide. The program includes six works from 2019 to 2026, with the title piece \"Fire in Water\" examining rice cultivation and makgeolli brewing under Japanese colonial rule.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Eiga Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/676806\",\"title\":\"Special screening of Kosuke Nagata's video works, including \\\"Fire in Water,\\\" \\\"Salmon Becoming,\\\" \\\"Purée,\\\" and 6 other works\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4167,"outputTokens":760,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1781838558,"createdAt":"2026-06-19T02:58:37.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-19T03:03:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T03:03:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b59c6f06ca958031980249db","canonicalTitle":"永田康祐の映像作品を特集上映、「Fire in Water」「鮭になる」「Purée」など6作品","representativeArticleId":"a_172495dbe7ece622d965b359","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":1,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Fire in Water\",\"鮭になる\",\"Purée\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"永田康祐\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-19T02:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-19T02:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-19T03:03:16.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Eiga Natalie","url":"https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/676806","title":"永田康祐の映像作品を特集上映、「Fire in Water」「鮭になる」「Purée」など6作品"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Fire in Water","鮭になる","Purée"],"studios":[],"people":["永田康祐"],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The screening 'Fire in Water: Kosuke Nagata Video Works Collection' runs from August 22 at Pole Pole Higashinakano in Tokyo and other venues nationwide.","The poster visual was designed by graphic designer Yurie Hata.","Agii plans and distributes the screening, which is the first time Nagata's video works are introduced as a collection.","Nagata described food as a thread connecting his work to themes of translation, care, solidarity, alienation under capitalism, and ecological colonialism."]}