HOSOO GALLERY “Garden and Textiles — The Shades of Shadows” exhibition held
Hosoo Co., Ltd. Press release: November 11, 2024 HOSOO GALLERY “Garden and Textiles — The Shades of Shadows” exhibition to be held from December 7th HOSOO GALLERY “Garden and Textiles — The Shades of Shadows” exhibition held HOSOO GALLERY will be holding a new exhibition “Gardens and Textiles – The Shades of Shadows” with the theme of Japanese gardens and Nishijin textiles starting December 7th. An installation of textiles, video, and sound inspired by Kyoto’s gardens reflects the beauty of diverse time and light and shadow.
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HOSOO GALLERY will be holding a special exhibition titled “Gardens and Textiles – The Shades of Shadows.” In this exhibition, Japanese garden and Nohgaku researcher Rurihiko Hara, architectural design studio ALTEMY, and HOSOO’s Nishijin-ori artisans collaborated to create a comprehensive collection of textiles, video, and sound with the theme of Japanese gardens. We will be unveiling an installation. In this project, in collaboration with Hara’s garden archive project*, we will build an archive in various ways, including conducting 3D scanning of the courtyard of HOSOO’s textile workshop HOUSE of HOSOO, located in Nishijin, Kyoto, over a 12-month period. Based on this data, we have conducted ongoing discussions and experiments over the past three years in order to express the ever-changing appearance of the garden through textiles. Textiles and gardens have existed in many cultures since ancient times, and both are spatial and physical devices that reconfigure natural elements. Gardens, as exemplified by Karesansui gardens, are made of stones that do not change over time, but they also have ponds, streams, trees, and flowers, giving them a different look each season. On the other hand, since ancient times, textiles have been made from threads made from natural materials, dyed with colors, and created with patterns derived from nature. Also, just like the garden, the textiles are made up of layers layered at different times. Warps are synchronic, like stones in a garden, while wefts are diachronic, like plants and flowers, by weaving threads of different colors into each weave to change the look of the fabric. It is an element. The textiles on display at this exhibition use special foil threads, and the weft threads do not have a specific color. The colors only emerge when the viewer changes their perspective under special lighting. This special foil thread is one of the results of the joint research and development project “Ambient Weaving” that HOSOO has been conducting since 2020 with Yasuaki Kakei Laboratory of the University of Tokyo and ZOZO NEXT Co., Ltd. This allows the fabric to take on a dynamic expression through the phenomenon of color. This exhibition presents a new perspective on gardens and textiles, expressing the multilayered layers of time, the interplay of light and shadow, stillness and movement, through installations using video and textiles. * The Garden Archive Project is a research project that collects information on Japanese gardens, which have developed in a variety of ways as an interface between people and the natural environment since ancient times, and creates new interpretations of Japanese gardens based on that history. “Incompete Niwa Archives Endless Garden Archive”
https://special.ycam.jp/niwa/ Sponsor: Hosoo Co., Ltd. Research and planning: Rurihiko Hara (Garden Archive Project) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Research and development of a comprehensive digital archive of dynamic Japanese gardens and its sustainable construction system” (23K21898) 3D scan measurement/data editing: Kyoto Institute of Technology KYOTO Design Lab Textile joint development/space configuration: ALTEMY Co., Ltd. Research and development: Ambient Weaving Project (Hosoo Co., Ltd., Yasuaki Kakei Laboratory, University of Tokyo, ZOZO NEXT Co., Ltd.) Sponsor: Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto) Virtual Gallery Development: Skeleton Crew Studio Co., Ltd. Reiwa 6th Japan Expo 2.0 Project (subsidized type) (Independent Administrative Agency Japan Arts Council/Agency for Cultural Affairs)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-522982450a10a8921eccaee322f7a405-3900×3900.jpg https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-4a18401aace324905c57f8bc92f1201d-2048×512.jpg https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-b533fcc696f8ba7aab4f632035548b4d-2048×512.jpg Study for video installation using 12 months worth of point cloud data Rurihiko Hara Born in 1988. Associate professor at Shizuoka
University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Interfaculty Initiative for Regional Development. Doctorate (academic). Director of hO general incorporated association. Specializes in Japanese gardens, Noh and Kyogen. In 2020, completed the doctoral course at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. His books include “Suhama Ron” (received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement New Artist Award in 2020, and the 15th Representational Culture Theory Award Encouragement Award) and “Around Japanese Gardens: The Possibilities of Digital Archives.” Started the garden archive project in 2019. He was in charge of the dramaturg for Ryuichi Sakamoto Mansai Nomura Shiro Takatani Noh collaboration “LIFE-WELL” (2013), “Okina Project” (2020-), etc.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-47ad36730abcc7c50129791746f1f6d2-1542×1552.png ALTEMY ALTEMY is a first-class architect office consisting of Eri Tsugawa, Yo Tomura, Takahito Konishi, and Shuma Cho. Representative Tsugawa works at Diller Scofidio Renfro (NY) as an overseas trainee for emerging artists from the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Established ALTEMY after winning the Grand Prize in the Kobe Sannomiya Station Square Design Competition. “Incomplete Niwa Archives: Archives of a never-ending garden” (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] 2021), “Sankita Plaza” (Kobe Sannomiya Station Plaza, Kobe City 2021), “Machi no Nursery School Minami Aoyama” (Minato-ku, Tokyo 2024), “ Shibuya Ward Koen-dori Design Competition 2040 Grand Prize Winner, etc. Recipients include the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Urban Landscape Award Special Award, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Design Award for Excellence, the Tokyo University of the Arts Emerald Award, the Japan Space Design Award, and the Good Design Award.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-fc2ec64ebe7b4070f5dc1b5e0adf2f82-2048×2048.jpg “Garden and Textiles – The Shades of Shadows” Date: December 7, 2024 (Sat) – March 16, 2025 (Sun) Venue: HOSOO GALLERY 412 Kakimotocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Phone: 075-221-8888 Opening hours: 10:30-18:00 (excluding holidays and year-end and New Year holidays, last admission 15 minutes before closing) Admission fee: Free
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/75071/9/75071-9-8d565ea2f813ed064604610de89d54c8-2048×1366.jpg The main project members of “Garden and Textiles” will be on stage and will talk about their three years of research, the background of textile production, and the concept of this exhibition. Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024 11:00-12:00 Venue: HOSOO GALLERY 412 Kakimotocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City Cast: Rurihiko Hara (Japanese garden/Nohgaku researcher), Eri Tsugawa (ALTEMY representative), Yo Tomura (ALTEMY), Masataka Hosoo (Representative Director, Hosoo Co., Ltd.), Kumiko Idaka (Curator) Simultaneous subtitles in English available Admission fee: Free No advance application required Media inquiries: press@hosoo.co.jp Customer inquiries: HOSOO FLAGSHIP STORE 412 Kakihonmachi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8173 TEL: 075-221-8888
