Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? - study of plastic mineral city -

2021

oil-based clay, timber, lath net, polarizing film, etc

h.300 × w.630 × d.360 cm

“Sumida Mukoujima EXPO 2021”
Sumida-Mukoujima, Tokyo, JAPAN

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

daytime: view of barber shop across the street
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

daytime: view from inside to outside
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

daytime: film on the windows prevents a view of the interior
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

nighttime: after the exhibition, the inside can be seen from outside

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Another act for the light in a social site, blocked light. Or an excuse for that? – study of plastic mineral city –

Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa

Urban landscapes continue to change. And such urban ways of being can be compared to minerals produced by the crystallisation of various atoms. Crystallisation is the process of acquiring order from disorder.

Since cities are mainly constituted by the organic activities of countless entities, their ever-changing landscapes are provisional and plastic in their constant crystallisation. In other words, the urban landscape that unfolds before our eyes can be seen as a temporary form, crystallised only in this one moment, depending on the situation of the various elements and on the sensations of the receiver.

This mineral object made of oil-based clay cannot be grasped in its entirety at first glance. The object is too big for the space. A number of mirrors remained on the walls of this space, which was originally a barbershop. And across the street from this space, another barbershop is still in business.

The reflection in the mirrors and the naked eye, the remaining elements inside and the landscape outside, the different appearances during the day and at night. These multiple perspectives encourage to capture the plastic and sensory property of this place.