OKAYAMA.- The Okayama Art Summit Executive Committee and artistic director Philippe Parreno announced the participating guests for the fourth edition of Okayama Art Summit. This year’s summit will welcome a curated guild of 32 individuals and groups from 12 countries and regions, including artists, musicians, architects, designers, scientists, writers, and thinkers. Okayama Art Summit 2025 will take place over 52 days from September 26 to November 24, 2025.

Okayama Art Summit is an international contemporary art exhibition that focuses on conceptual art, held in Okayama City every three years. The title of this year’s summit is The Parks of Aomame, inspired by Aomame, the enigmatic character from Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84. Guests will bring their unique forms of expression to create new works that transform Okayama’s public spaces into realms where reality and imagination seamlessly intertwine - mirroring the blurring of fiction and real life portrayed in the novel.

For The Parks of Aomame, the Okayama Art Summit Executive Committee and artistic director Philippe Parreno have invited Schéhérazade Abdelilah Parreno, Marie Angeletti, Martine d'Anglejan-Chatillon, Arca, Mariko Asabuki, Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Nicolas Becker, James Chinlund, Mary Helena Clark, Frida Escobedo, FABRYX, Sou Fujimoto, Cyprien Gaillard, Ryan Gander, Nicolas Ghesquière, Liam Gillick, Holly Herndon & Mathew Dryhurst, Yuriko Ishida, Isolarii, Alexandre Khondji, Mire Lee, Lucrecia Martel, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Precious Okoyomon, Verena Paravel, Rachel Rose, Dimitar Sasselov, Tino Sehgal, Shimabuku, Soundwalk Collective, Ramdane Touhami, and Angharad Williams to participate as guests.

In line with the exhibition concept - described by Philippe Parreno as an ‘open-air exhibition’ that transforms the city itself into a site for magic and discovery - all venues, including those indoor that previously required admission fees, will now be free to the public. In addition, a range of programs will be introduced to foster deeper engagement with local citizens and residents across the prefecture. These initiatives aim to broaden access, strengthen community ties, and support the exhibition’s long-term growth and integration into the cultural fabric of the region. Highlights include interactive works such as Philippe Parreno’s AI-powered Membrane, Ryan Gander’s city-wide coin hunt The Find, and James Chinlund’s LED-illuminated RAINBOW BUS LINES, and Ramdane Touhami's Okayama Triennale Radio.