Date|2025.3.9 (Sun.) ─ 2025.3.30 (Sun.)
Opening Hours|13:00 ─ 18:00(Open Fri., Sat. & Sun. only)
Venue|AgainST GALLERY
Address | 6-38-10 Minami-ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-0036 Japan
Gallery official|https://daisyballoon.com/ja/gallery/
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.
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
Cover|Untitled((10B *2|55°S, 60°E), Photo by Masaki Ogawa