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
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
daytime: view of barber shop across the street
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
daytime: view from inside to outside
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
daytime: film on the windows prevents a view of the interior
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
Photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa
nighttime: after the exhibition, the inside can be seen from outside
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.