Displayed Kacchu

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
May 31, 2022

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)

Credit
Artist: Rhizomatiks
Visual Creator: Futa Kera
Music, Concept, Technical Direction: Daito Manabe
Producer: Takao Inoue
Production Management: Saki Ishikawa
Technical Support: Motoi Ishibashi, Shintaro Kamijyo, Takahito Hosono
Computed Tomography Scan: TESCO CORPORATION / NAKASHIMA PROPELLER CO.,
LTD.
Armor rental: MARUTAKE SANGYO Co.,Ltd