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The Skin of the Former Tokyo Rope Mfg. Kokura Plant Office Building

2013

Medium

washi paper, graphite, starch paste, surface textures from the building

Dimensions

Variable dimensions

Related Programs

BUILDING DIGNITY: KITAKYUSHU INSTALLATION PROJECT 01, Former Tokyo Rope Mfg. Co., Ltd. Kokura Factory Red Brick Office Building (Kitakyushu, Japan)

Collection

Not extant

Description

A site-specific installation transferring the surfaces of a red-brick office building onto washi paper

This work used frottage with washi paper and graphite to transfer textures from the walls and floors of the former Tokyo Rope Manufacturing Kokura Plant's red-brick office building. The collected sheets were rearranged inside the building, allowing the memory of the industrial architecture to emerge like a removed 'skin.' Time inscribed in the architecture is presented as a tactile landscape.

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