"TOKONOMA" is an important element of the Japanese living room: people display their treasures, often a vertically hanging picture scroll or a piece of porcelain. The lady of the house sits in front of it and the guests marvel at the treasures.
As a platform for young art and club culture, TOKONOMA in Kassel organises and hosts lectures, film programmes, exhibitions and club nights. The concern of the young non-profit association is to reflect contemporary issues in art, film and music and to promote young artists from these fields.
In spring 2012, the TOKONOMA collective renovated an old former shop on Frankfurter Straße into a multifunctional event space, the TOKONOMA Apartment. Since March 2017, the programme has been held in the new premises a few houses away.
