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Festival 2026
The Reproducing Garden (繁殖する庭)
Japan, 2021

Directed by
Marina Lisa Komiya, Chihiro Suzuki
Running time
60 mins

Using the concept of a ‘regulated house’, the work compares residential land undevelopable under Japanese building codes with laws restricting same-sex marriage. The artists embrace queerness and challenge heteronormativity by creating a garden rather than a conventional home.


Tickets


3 May 2026, 1:30 PM
Museum of the Home 
Director Bio



Marina Lisa Komiya was born in 1992 in Atlanta, USA, and lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Komiya’s focus is to explore new methods of reproduction through queer perspective with various mediums such as biotechnology, performance, video works and Manga and more. They are also a host of a queer artists platform, “FAQ?” and Collective “Reproductive Garden Project”.

Chihiro Suzuki works at a painting and sculpture studio for children and as a workshop technician at an art university. They hope to create spaces where individuals can coexist alongside one another. They have been developing the “Reproducing Garden Project” since 2018.