DAISY BALLOON｜CALL will be exhibited at AgainST Gallery from March 9 (Sunday)–March 30 (Sunday), 2025.
This exhibition will feature photographs of cracked balloon surfaces (*1) and a photo book. The book includes an actual balloon chip (*2), close-up photos of chipped balloons, and a whistle (*3).
　The aim of CALL is to evoke not only past or future experiences, but also the emotions that arise at the exact moment of an experience. The balloons’ surfaces are like ground fissures or the surfaces of unexplored planets, and when we explore past, present and future from macro and micro perspectives, we notice there are sounds buried beneath the surface. Those sounds that wander, never to take the form of language, echo off of our inner challenges, creating their own unique signals from within.

(*1) Balloon inflated after its surface is coated with paint
(*2) Actual (*1) balloon segment after being trimmed
(*3) Removable balloon chip and originally designed whistle unit, built in to a portion of the books

[Artist Statement]
We came across a young girl at a park. She was injured, so we did what we could with just a small emergency kit. We asked her questions, but she did not answer. She did not speak any words. She only moaned as she trembled. We were heartbroken that we were not able to comfort her.
That encounter has been ingrained in our memories since that day. Our recollection of that little girl continues to drift along and transform into new realities. In an attempt to communicate once again with that little girl in our memory, we picked up a whistle, hoping the sound would travel much farther than our voices would. It was a way for us to hear her voice in a form other than words.
We would sound the whistle from afar as we traced her tracks, getting closer, until one moment, we discovered that the new realities forming in our memory were the actual signals from the girl.
We came to believe that memories are perhaps fragmented particles of past experiences that sometimes come together and drift along, taking different forms. Sometimes, they erode and disappear. Sometimes they join together to form something greater.


DAISY BALLOON「CALL」Exhibition
Organizer｜AgainST GALLERY
Project Organization｜HITSFAMILY
Photo｜Masaki Ogawa
Sound｜Mamiko Hirai
Acoustic｜Flysound Co.
Whistle & Frame Design｜LUKA YASUKAWA DESIGN
Frame Production｜Gotanda Seisakusho Corp
Production Support｜Suritaro Kamitani, KATO BUNMEISHA Co.,Ltd., Live Art Books Inc.

DAISY BALLOON「CALL」Book
First Edition｜2025.3.9
Author｜DAISY BALLOON
Organization｜HITSFAMILY
Photo｜Masaki Ogawa
Translation｜Saori Hamada
Design｜Takashi Kawada
Whistle & Frame Design｜LUKA YASUKAWA DESIGN
Paper｜Suritaro Kamitani
Printing & Binding｜Live Art Books Inc.
Publisher｜AgainST GALLERY
6-38-10 Minami-ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-0036 Japan

AgainST GALLERY was established in January 2022 as a space to exhibit the works created in Daisy Balloon’s studio AgainST. Daisy Balloon has continued to work with materials that become deflated and cease to exist in their original form. They have also continued to create against the tide of the times, thus the name AgainST.
At AgainST GALLERY , we will be working to create a new vision for the art scene by continuing to explore deeper into our ongoing philosophical themes and focusing on the three perspectives of economy, environment and society for a new style of communication and sustainability. We hope our use of new materials and collaborations with many different artists will make our pre-existing theme of essential harmony a reality.