Design (tentative)
●Project overview
Hello. I'm Yuichiro Nakamura, an artist.
My friend, Kanazawa artist Miri Moriyama, has been exhibiting small works in small boxes since 2024, and I've been participating in the project several times with my works. The small art exhibition is about viewing smaller works than usual, and it's not like the art world that emphasizes spectacle, but rather it's possible to get closer to the works and see them in a more personal way, which I personally thought was an interesting project.
Now, I thought I could do something as my own answer to that, and since I've already done it in a small box, it's not a contrarian move, but I thought it would be interesting to exhibit small works the size of a capsule toy in a venue that is much larger than the size of a normal white cube (in other words, a venue that transcends the boundaries of space). It's called a big art exhibition.
The exhibition locations will not only be art spaces, but also cafes, bookstores, izakayas, bars, guesthouses, and other semi-public store-like locations where the addresses can be made public. I think it would be interesting to have about 100 of them scattered around Japan and outside of Japan.
I myself have traveled around Japan since 2019, and there are many places that I would be happy to cooperate with.
The flyer will include the addresses of all the exhibition venues.
● About participating in the project
If you would like to participate in the project, you will need to prepare a place to install a work of art (approximately 4 x 4 cm or less) that fits into a small capsule of a gachapon machine, such as a counter, next to the cash register, a bookshelf, a shelf, or a table. We will prepare the work.
We will also create a flyer, so we would appreciate your cooperation in installing it.
● Hikaru Otoi
A sculptor (another name for Nakamura Yuichiro). He regards the space of a gachapon machine capsule as a sculptural space and creates various assemblage-like sculptures that fit into that size. From 2019 to 2020, he provided his works as prizes for artist Yuichiro Nakamura's project "Gachamuraya II". In 2023, he donated over 200 works to artist Katsuhiro Kubo as a cash prize for the Punoskane Punu exhibition, a public exhibition themed on the gift economy. His main exhibitions include "Make a Laptop into a Rice Ball and Throw It Away" at Sansakizaka Cafe (Tokyo) in 2024.
●Planner: Yuichiro Nakamura
Born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1993. Graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University in 2017. In 2019, he completed his Master's in Fine Arts at Musashino Art University Graduate School, majoring in sculpture. He is based in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture. He regards art as a relationship with society, and develops projects under different names and through various approaches such as money, gifts, language, communication, chance, and form. His major exhibitions include "Sculpture and Dialogue IV: Shaking Intentions" at the Fuchu Art Museum Civic Gallery (Tokyo), "Roppongi Art Night 2019" at Tokyo Midtown (Tokyo), "TOSA's MOSA" at the Warako Museum (Kochi), "Gachamuraya II / Yuichiro Nakamura" at GALLERY SOAP (Fukuoka) in 2020, "Uncertain Borders" at KOGANEI ART SPOT Chateau 2F (Tokyo) in 2021, "Gallery Gacha" at Moribi (Fukuoka) in 2022, and "The photographed world" at Gallery TURNAROUND (Miyagi) in 2024. He has also exhibited many works under different names both in Japan and abroad. Member of Kiwamari-so in Ishinomaki, representative of Tomato Agency, director of Curry Rice Gallery, co-founder of Cream Soda Museum.
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●Flyer design: Yuri Mikami (Yuri Mikami Design Office)
Graduated from the Visual Communication Design Department of Musashino Art University in 2008. Since her time at university, she has been interested in visual language and semiotics, and has been researching the process of meaning generation through design. In the same year, she joined Dentsu Tec Co., Ltd. After working on various advertising production projects as an art director, she joined Sato Taku Design Office in 2014. He has worked on projects such as the book “Anatomy of Design”, the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015, Kikumasamune “Hyakumoku”, and the “Taku Sato and Rhizomatiks” exhibition. He became independent in 2017. He is currently working on visualizing interpretations based on observation and dialogue, mainly in the cultural and artistic fields of contemporary art, theater, education, and social design. He is a full member of the Japan Graphic Design Association (JAGDA). Since 2017, She has been organizing “The Basics of the Constitution” with graphic designer Takuya Yasuda. From 2019 to 2021, he has been working as the secretariat for the Tokyo Art Point Project “Crossing (National) Borders in Tokyo”. From 2024, She will be a part-time lecturer at the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University.