Performance / Exhibition

Exhibition / Performance

Tomoko Mukai / Sachiko Nagata

Kiwa

OAG-Haus – Deutsches Kulturzentrum

How do we situate ourselves in nature?

Isn’t nature always an object of human constructions and projections?

In Japanese, Kiwa refers to both spatial boundaries and threshold moments in the process of change.

In her Kiwa project, artist and designer Tomoko Mukai uses this term

to explore the boundaries and transitional spaces between human-made and natural environments.

Since 2019, Mukai has been creating installations and platforms

for interdisciplinary dialogue and encounters in this context.

In her work, she looks for ways to intensify the experience of our environments and expand our everyday lives.

This installation is based on a project presented in 2024 at the Museum Insel Hombroich in Germany,
a place whose motto is Art in parallel to Nature.

The installation will be adapted and reconstructed
to fit the spaces of the OAG-Haus – Deutsches Kulturzentrum in Tokyo –
an interface where the cultures of Japan and Germany encounter.
During the exhibition, small plants and natural objects will be collected
from the surroundings of the Institute in the midst of the city
and will be integrated into the installation, gradually changing it over time.

The Hamon Performance by percussionist Sachiko Nagata will take place during the exhibition.

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〈 Past Programs 〉

Exhibition / Performance

Tomoko Mukai / Sachiko Nagata

Kiwa

Pavilion “Labyrinth”, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany

How do we situate ourselves in nature?
Isn’t nature always also a human construction?
These questions are particularly relevant in the artificial idyll of Museum Insel Hombroich.
The Kiwa Project by Tomoko Mukai explores the relationship between human-made environments and nature,
creating an immersive experiential environment within the Labyrinth.
On two weekends, there will be a performance by the artist Sachiko Nagata.

Wie situieren wir uns in der Natur?
Ist Natur nicht immer auch eine menschliche Konstruktion?
Diese Fragen stellen sich besonders in der künstlichen Idylle des Museums Insel Hombroich.
Das Kiwa-Projekt von Tomoko Mukai erforscht die Grenzen zwischen menschengemachten Umfeldern
und der Natur und schafft dafür im Labyrinth eine installative Erfahrungsumgebung.
An den Wochenenden findet eine Performance der Künstlerin Sachiko Nagata statt.

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〈 Past Programs 〉

Exhibition

Exhaling from the Kiwa

A panorama projection and an installation are composed in two locations within the precincts of Tochoji Temple.
The panorama projection consists of cityscapes and riverbeds photographed with different long-exposure times in the dark.
The installation consists of fragmental texts derived from dialogue and thoughts in the fieldwork
and stones collected by shooting as an installation at the urban water’s edge.
This exhibition will be shown to the public for three days only as if it were an accumulation of soil flowing from upstream.
A public talk will be held during the exhibition.

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At the KIWA / Touching KIWA

Audio-Visual Performances

Co-creation between Spatial Projection and Hamon Performance

hamon = iron slit drums

At the Kiwa

Co-creation between
Public Projection and Hamon Performance

Borrowed landscapes of skyscrapers and public projection
Hamon sounds harmonize with urban environmental sounds and digital soundscape.
A journey at the edge of water in the urban life.