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The Skin of Tanga Market

2011

Medium

washi paper, graphite, starch paste, surface textures from Tanga Market

Dimensions

Variable dimensions

Related Programs

Kazutaka Shioi: The Skin of the Landscape, Nakaya Building, Gallery Elevator (Kitakyushu, Japan)

Collection

Not extant

Description

A site-specific installation transferring the surfaces of Tanga Market onto washi paper

Using frottage, washi paper was placed against walls and floors throughout Tanga Market and rubbed with graphite to collect their textures. By layering the resulting sheets in space, the work reconstituted the building's material memory as a second 'skin.' Traces accumulated through everyday activity are presented as a tactile landscape.

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