Credits
Conceptor: Yuki Tazaki
Creative Director: Takuma Nakazi
Programmer: Tomohiro Nagasaki, Shunsaku Ishinabe
Sound Engineer: Hikari Mutaguchi (White Light)
KOHTEI Project Members:
Planning: Shinshoji temple and Kohei Nawa | SANDWICH
Project management: Toshiko Ferrier of Office Ferrier
Installation: Kohei Nawa | SANDWICH with WOW
Sound: Marihiko Hara
Cooperation: NICCON and SUPER FACTORY
KOHTEI
There is an installation that is collaboration artwork by Kohei Nawa and WOW.
Strolling the gently sloping walkway up and entering the interior of the vessel-shaped structure through the small entrance, one finds an ocean spreading in the darkness. Viewing the shimmering lights on the quietly rippling waves in the dark silence, one can spend a meditative time. Indeed, staring at the glimmers reflected on the waves, one’s vision and auditory sense are curiously sharpened. This contemporary art installation was created in collaboration with visual design studio WOW. Today, we are constantly showered with information created with a variety of visual media. The lights and images flooding commercial areas are designed to send messages to people in an instant to whet consumer appetites. An experience of perception away from such an environment, however, can directly reach a person’s core sensibility. A meditative time/space can be experienced differently by each viewer. Although it was not my intention to express Zen directly, if viewers retain the memories of their visit here and have the opportunity to consider the sensibility and philosophy of Zen later, I would be very happy.
Nawa, K., An Architecture That Floats on Waves Surrounded by Hills. In: Shinkenchiku,ed.2016. Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd. pp.74-85.
Moving images are reduced to ‘light’ by ‘waves.’ Image resolution will most probably continue its march toward greater definition, from 8K to 16K and beyond. But this work, where images are always reduced to ‘light’ no matter how high their resolution, will in all likelihood survive into the future with its intrinsic value intact. By being reduced to ‘light,’ the medium of moving images for the first time acquires reproducibility of phenomena, narrative, and permanence, despite its transient nature. This represents an essential change for expressions employing moving images, a change born out of silence and darkness, the seedbed of meditation.
(Yuki Tazaki｜WOW Conceptor, Takuma Nakaji｜WOW Creative Director)
Credits
Conceptor: Yuki Tazaki
Creative Director: Takuma Nakazi
Programmer: Tomohiro Nagasaki, Shunsaku Ishinabe
Sound Engineer: Hikari Mutaguchi (White Light)
KOHTEI Project Members:
Planning: Shinshoji temple and Kohei Nawa | SANDWICH
Project management: Toshiko Ferrier of Office Ferrier
Installation: Kohei Nawa | SANDWICH with WOW
Sound: Marihiko Hara
Cooperation: NICCON and SUPER FACTORY
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WOW is a visual Design Studio founded in 1997 based in Tokyo, Sendai, London and San Francisco.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
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Tokyo Light Odyssey｜JAPAN HOUSE London, UK
POPPO (YADORU, ROKURO, POPPO’s Forest)｜JAPAN HOUSE London, UK
BAKERU: Transforming Spirits｜JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, USA
- 2018
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WOW Visual Design Studio ー WOW animates the world｜Spiral, Japan
- 2017
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POPPO Exhibition｜Manabia Terrace, Japan
Beyond Cassini｜hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, USA
Hare to Ke Exhibition｜Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
- 2015
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UNITY of MOTION｜Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul, Korea
- 2013
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Factory and Fantasy｜21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
- 2012
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Factory and Fantasy｜Sapporo Underground Space Station Road, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
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motion texture 02｜Art+Tech Summit at Christie’s: The A.I. Revolution, New York, USA
Emerge｜Reborn-Art-Festival, Japan
motion texture 02｜Roppongi Art Night, Japan
wind form_02, UNITY of MOTION｜BAY ART, China
YADORU｜Media Ambition Tokyo, Japan
- 2017
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floating anima_01｜Reborn-Art Festival, Japan
- 2016
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Tokyo Light Odyssey｜New Style New Artist, Intercommunication Center, Japan
- 2010
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Snow Drops｜Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
Factory and Fantasy｜Design Act 2010, Russia
Factory and Fantasy｜Kawasaki Dreaming Highway, Japan
Tengible｜MIGZ, Russia
Tengible｜VINCON Gallery, Spain
Light Rain｜Decode: Digital Design Sensations, CAFA Art Museum , Beijing, China
- 2009
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Factory and Fantasy｜Miyagi Art Museum, Japan
Lights and Shadows｜Tent Digital, UK
Light Rain｜Decode: Digital Design Sensations, Victoria and Alvert Museum, UK
- 2008
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Lights and Shadows｜Wonder Exhibition Milano Salone, Italy
- 2007
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Tengible｜DesignTide, Miyagi Art Museum, Japan
Tengible｜Tent London, UK
- 2006
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motion texture｜Miraikan, Japan
motion texture｜Sendai Mediatheque, Japan
PROJECTS
- 2019
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aikuchi｜Marc Newson at Gagosian West 21st Street, NY, USA
- 2016
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KOHTEI｜Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, Japan
- 2014
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Ophelia has a Dream｜Media Ambition Tokyo, Japan