(page17) <> Welfare facilities are filled with things you can’t put into words. You communicate in words but at the same time, if you’re a slave to the words they can trip you up in many different ways. This goes for artists and everyone at the facilities, as well as myself, the one filming. If you only rely on the words that are being said in the interviews regarding TURN you’ll have a tough time of it. I thought this the first time I filmed TURN FES in the early days. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hiroshi Tamura (Director and writer at film production company, RAKUDA STUDIO) From TURN FES 6 Online Program - TURN Tunes Vol.5 August 4, 2021 (page18) <> There is a strange preconception that a hikikomori is someone who can’t leave the house or talk to anyone. But those who are able to leave the house and talk to people tend to be shunned by those who can’t. Speaking from my own experience, there are quite a few hikikomori who, when given the role, become quite talkative, and can talk about their experiences in a highly coherent manner. I think it’s extremely unwise to push preconceptions and stereotypes of hikikomori as people who simply withdraw and don’t open up to anyone. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tamaki Saito (Psychiatrist) From TURN FES 6 Online Program -Dialog: Atsushi Watanabe with Tamaki Saito August 10, 2021 (page19) <> Flowers and music are both highly abstract forms of expressions, so that is why it was difficult to convey a specific message, but at the same time, you could say there was plenty of margin for freely interpreting something and applying your own imagination to it when you receive it. On both sides we first assimilated what we got from each other and came up with some interpretation which was also inspired by the sender. In fact, it could be that we were developing a fruitful form of communication in an extremely“close” way. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Akashi Ikawa (Composer) From memos of daily activity report March 11, 2021 (page20) <> I realized nobody comes in through the “front door.” I presumed they would, because I’d decided here is where the front door was. Instead I noticed that encounters sometimes start with a greeting, or with a name, and sometimes by people suddenly coming over and hardly giving you any time to breathe before getting to know them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kentaro Onishi (Artist / Dancer) From an interview with Hiroshi Tamura, RAKUDA STUDIO June 23, 2021 (page21) <> Until now I’ve always felt a bit like I had to do something out of responsibility, but now I’ve decided to try things that seem fun and interesting. I’ve gotten more and more this way. The children have also come to see the fun in this, and I think it’s great that everyone has developed the attitude that it’s OK to try something and it’s OK to mess up. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hiroko Kondo (Owner, Kimagure Yaoya Dandan) From TURN FES 6 Online Program - MY TURN / YOUR TURN August 18, 2021 (page22) <> Under the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a drop in the information we get from the streets and around us on which we rely, so the picture (the one of the city I draw in my head) has also become a sad and dreary one. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kento Torii (Player for blind soccer team free bird mejirodai / CSR Group, Corporate Development Division, Santen Pharmaceutical) From TURN Meeting No.13 March 6, 2021 (page23) <> In some ways problems take shape through locking horns, but if there is no form of flexibility during this, conflicts will occur and things won’t get resolved. I think that culture and art is capable of providing subtle flexibility, and societal latitude. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tsukasa Mori (TURN Project Director) From TURN Meeting No. 14 August 17, 2021 (page24) <> Just by selecting luggage you carry around with you, your behavior and worries change. I found it fascinating that my choices altered through the way I saw the landscapes around me, the feelings I had at the time, and the worries I faced. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chiaki Yamamoto (Artist) From TURN FES 6 Online Program - Path to a Blank Space (First volume) April 20, 2021