Multimedia artist John Fergo’s immersive art installation “TIME BREATH” will be held in Kyoto from Wednesday, November 19th. Concept Lab Ltd. Press Release: October 20, 2025 Multimedia artist John Fergo’s immersive art installation “TIME BREATH” will be held in Kyoto from Wednesday, November 19th. In homage to “time,” the exhibition will also feature collaborative works with Kyoto’s traditional craftsmen and items in collaboration with Swiss watches. We are pleased to announce the opening of multimedia artist John Fergo’s first art installation in Japan, “TIME BREATH (Time Breath) will be held at the Kyoto art gallery “kōjin Kyoto” from Wednesday, November 19th to Monday, November 24th, 2025 (public holiday).
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/169923/1/169923-1-7f1e833f2dada36bab70d0dbc2522366-1409×1460.jpg Multimedia artist John Fergo’s art exhibition “TIME BREATH” is an immersive installation based on the concept of “BREATH.” John Fergo is a Swiss-born artist based primarily in Switzerland and Los Angeles, working across a variety of media including writing, painting, film, drawing, and photography. This exhibition is a large-scale
installation spanning two floors, centered around painting, light and shadow, reflections, and music. It captures the “faint presence” of breath, something as invisible and elusive as time. This presence passes through the paper, appears and disappears, and drifts between spaces. While enveloping the world like a veil, they also subtly reveal what lies beyond, inviting viewers into a quiet, profound world where the two seem to blend together in a single breath. In addition, as a homage to “time,” this exhibition will feature artwork created in collaboration with traditional Kyoto artisans, as well as
collaborative items with watchmakers from the artist’s native Switzerland. The spirit of preserving fine things for a long time, which resides in the handiwork of Kyoto artisans, and the Swiss culture of carefully passing down a single watch from generation to generation, embodies the desire to find value in things that have aged over time and to pass them on to the future. We express this resonance of the spirituality that lives in both Switzerland and Kyoto through art. Artwork featuring Kyoto’s traditional crafts / Collaborators (in alphabetical order) ・Kamitsukasa Kakimoto (Washi paper) ・Gekkeikan (Sake) ・Kojima Shoten (Lanterns) ・Saiundo Honpo (Pigment) ・Takahashi Lantern (Lantern) ・Miyawaki Baisenan (folding fan) John Fergo / Art Exhibition “TIME BREATH” Overview Dates: Wednesday, November 19th – Monday, November 24th, 2025 (public holiday) Time: 11:00-18:30 Venue: kōjin Kyoto https://kojin-kyoto.com/ Instagram : @kojin_kyoto ・Address: 248-6 Kamiosu-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-0855 (Kojinguchi Nishizume) ・Access: 5-minute walk from Exit 5 of Jingu-Marutamachi Station on the Keihan Line, 15-minute walk from Exit 1 of Marutamachi Station on the Karasuma Subway Line ・Admission: Free ・Contents: Installation exhibition, exhibition and sale of art works, sale of original goods ・Official website: https://www.johnfergo.art/ ・Instagram: @johnfergo.art Sponsored by: Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/169923/1/169923-1-253f64df70ff3041267e02978953df55-3900×453.jpg John Fergo John Fergo is a multimedia artist from Switzerland who works across a wide range of media, including writing, painting, film, drawing, and photography. After multiple exhibitions in Switzerland and Los Angeles, he is now holding his first art exhibition in Japan.
