EARTHSCAPE by Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio
Exhibition | Tokyo, Japan
EARTHSCAPE | Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio | photography : Kenta Hasegawa
DESIGN NOTE
Exhibition to highlight the charm of natural Daté Kan Stone
A combination of the stone itself and art photography
Boxes for focusing on the exhibits
photography : Kenta Hasegawa
words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT
Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio has designed an exhibition named EARTHSCAPE in Daikanyama, as a part of a design & art festival DESIGNART TOKYO 2019. This exhibition presented the outcomes of a stone research project conducted by the Okurayama Studio, renowned for its Daté Kan Stone quarrying and processing, and Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio. Artist Yuna Yagi also participated in this exhibition.
The designer Yanagihara said, "When I was approached by the Okurayama Studio to discuss future developments, I was fascinated by the stone itself. That's why we launched a research project to explore the charms of the Daté Kan Stone that artist Isamu Noguchi once loved and the mountains where it is produced. Also, I wanted to show the beauty of the stones themselves rather than their processing techniques, so we asked the photographer Yuna Yagi to collaborate with us".
In the exhibition room, Yagi's unique photographic work, which is shown through thick acrylic, and the stones Yanagihara had found on site were showcased. Yanagihara also designed a box-shaped display stand so that visitors could focus solely on the rocks.
The exhibition won the Big Emotion Award, the top prize at DESIGNART TOKYO 2019.
DETAIL
Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio designed the wooden boxes to enable the audience to focus on the exhibits.
Artist Yuna Yagi's photographs of the quarries and mountains of Okurayama. She used her own unique approach of showing the photographs through transparent acrylic.
In the gallery, a variety of Daté Kan Stones that Yanagihara selected on site were displayed.
CREDIT + INFO
Name : EARTHSCAPE
Direction: Aya Ogawa
Designer: Teruhiro Yanagihara / Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio
Art: Yuna Yagi
Construction: TANK
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Venue: KASHIYAMA DAIKANYAMA
Organaizer: OKURAYAMA STUDIO
Main use: Exhibition
Date: 18-27 October, 2019
Floor area: 250 sqm
Material: display box/ larch plywood
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