Sound-Sound is a podcast about art, involves conversations and filled with noise. It’s the noise made by a string of loose thoughts and ideas yet to become a longer piece of writing. I also hope it shines a light on where people work, live, parade, play, and argue, even. For now thought, I will keep things short and sweet with three exhibitions and some soul music. Thanks
Takedo Fumitsugu “100 no me ha kōtai de nemuru (100 eyes take turns sleeping)” at Room_412. An intense exhibition squeezed into the former (windowless) apartment cum gallery. A year’s worth of imagery, two looped films and a zine titled “Compression Sustainer” describe the world as hard to forget even when you would like to. Instead, images linger like a nightmare or persist like a bad dream. They stay with you and the exhibition’s strength comes from the slow decay of old Shibuya and a venue haunted to the edge of existence.1
Takedo Fumitsugu “100 no me ha kōtai de nemuru (100 eyes take turns sleeping)”
April 17~28th
11:00 to 18:00 (Wednesday–Sunday)
http://room412.jp
As part of Onsen Confidential, a gallery co-share programme based in Tokyo hosting galleries from overseas, SVIT Gallery from Prague presents Habima Fuchs “ASAHI (Rising Sun)” at AOYAMA|MEGURO featuring Jiří Kovanda, Lukas Jasanský, Martin Polák, and Tomas Absolon. The last day is tomorrow but there is every chance works will stay up a little longer. Maybe.
April 6~21st
12:00 to 19:00 (Thursday and Friday)
12:00 to 18:00 (Saturdays and Sundays)
http://aoyamameguro.com/en/
Naomori Oshima “Playlist” at photographers’ Gallery, Shinjuku Ni-chome. A screening of his short films alongside an installation that takes place in one of Tokyo’s most well-established photo galleries. A show which is unconventional, self-critical, humorous and playful all at the same time.
Naomori Oshima “Playlist”
April 9~28th
12:00 to 20:00 (Tuesday–Sunday)
https://pg-web.net/
Sounds: Daichi Wago & junchai, ‘Koko Doko?’ (Self-released) For some reason Apple Music lists almost every tracks bar one in English: 半眼ノ解説 (Eyes high), メウェ市水門 (Watergate), 魔都公共放送 (249309), 大聖堂地下三十三階 (Daiseido Chika Sanjusankai), Gestaltzerfall, 光ガ丘 (Departure). Music from a good-natured Street Svelgali.
“Seeing things invisible to the eye” (Daichi Wago)
Cover photograph by Takedo Fumitsugu (https://www.instagram.com/take_tf/)
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