Under the theme of “Dialogue between History and Modernity,” we created new video work (4 min. 35 sec.) for a special exhibition at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, which updated the cultural asset of armor from the history of the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain.
Top image : (Left)Tameshi-dou gusoku armor owned by Date family,daimyo of Sendai, Edo Period, Ii Museum
“Kacchu Anatomy: The aesthetics of design and engineering”
2022.5.3 (Tue.) – 2022.7.10 (Sun.)
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
https://www.kanazawa21.jp/kacchu/
The exhibition catalog will be available at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Museum Shop from June 3. It is also available for pre-order at the following link.
Catalog “Kacchu Anatomy: The aesthetics of design and engineering”
Kacchu Anatomy: The aesthetics of design and engineering, Installation view
photo: Muryo Homma (Rhizomatiks)