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Yokohama is said to be the birthplace of modern painting, as it was here in 1854 that the East India Squadron led by Matthew Calbraith Perry arrived and introduced both the paint and Western-style painting techniques. It is also the root of a particular culture that became popular in the 1970s of the United States and continues to this day. By sampling the exterior paint layers of various buildings in the city, this project will reconstruct the layers of these urban membranes on the walls of BankART Station.
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The 70-year-old Isezakicho Center Building will be the site for exhibiting the activities of Shida Toso, which collects exterior paint coatings of a variety of buildings in the city and archives them as urban membrane. On display will be a video introducing Shida Toso’s projects and a selection of the urban membrane collection from their archives.
🅒 Shida Toso (Isezakicho Center Bldg. 3F)
Isezakicho Center Bldg. 3F, 7-112 Chojamachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama
14:00–18:00 (Open for viewing: Saturdays and Sundays)
Closed: Monday through Friday and holidays
info@shida-toso.com
Shida Toso + Kazuyoshi SAKAI
A paint company based in Yokohama, Japan. The company specializes in repairing and restoring old and deteriorated exterior walls of buildings. Based on the aesthetic belief that textures from dirt, rain stains, and scratches over the years are inherently beautiful, the company has developed a special painting method that replicates these qualities while also stripping and collecting the exterior paint coating of buildings. Kazuyoshi Sakai serves as the company’s representative. Past works include “And then, return to beginning,” Ari Okubo + Shida Toso. (Azumatei Project, 2022), and “Shida Toso.: The membrane of truth and fiction,” Kazuyoshi Sakai (Azumatei Project, 2022).