CHARLOTTE DUMAS “BEZOAR” EXHIBITION
©Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Program: Exhibition Design for Charlotte Dumas’ “Bezoar” 2020
Area: 420 m2
Client: HERMES JAPON CO.,LTD.
Status: Completed. Exhibited between Aug.-Dec. 2020
Collaborators: Haruka Uemura, K2LAB
Contractor: HIGURE
This is an exhibition design for a renown dutch artist/photographer, Charlotte Dumas, at Maison Hermes Ginza which is famous for its building designed by Renzo Piano. The challenge of the project is to balance between the beautiful light shimmering through the custom made glass bricks, with the practicality of providing necessary shades for two film works to be projected, and for other photographs and objects.
Inspired by Charlotte’s works which focus on the relationships between animals and humans, we thought of a minimum intervention which can be resembling man-made elements which sit in the natural sceneries, such as the wind-breakers on the beach or fences in the field. The wooden structure is not meant to be used in a specific manner, but one can either sit or lay on it, objects or photographs can hang using it, and projection against it.
Details on the exhibition can be found at Hermes Japon’s website.
©Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
©Nacása & Partners Inc. / Courtesy of Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
The wooden structures with repetitive frames follow a single curve with same radius, softly guiding the sequence within the gallery while serving various purposes and bring out unconscious behaviors.
