The word “scenery” does not merely refer to an undisturbed natural landscape. When man-made structures are added to it, a village is established and people begin to live within it; if you look at it from afar, everything — including human activity – becomes a part of that landscape. Shinichiro Nakahara, who moved from Kagoshima to Tokyo to pursue his interest in furniture design, expanded his range of activities in tune with his changing interests through Landscape Products, the company he himself started. The central idea was to “create beautiful scenery.”
Here, the design, craftsmanship, and works of art that have been the object of Nakahara’s admiration, and the work of young Kagoshima craft-artists that he has met in the process of acquiring skill in their respective crafts, will be arranged according to twenty-six key-words. We believe that, from such a place, the unfettered flow of ideas and originality indispensable to the creation of new and beautiful landscapes for Kagoshima will come about naturally.
Please don’t miss it!
【Program】
■Opening Event : April 27th (Sat) 14:00~16:30 Yuri Nomura(eatrip), Chin Jukan XV, Shinichiro Nakahara etc.
■Talk Event “ How to create a landscape”
○April 27th (Sat) 14:30~15:30
Speakers : Chin Jukan XV, Shinichiro Nakahara / Questioner : Hitoshi Okamoto
Contents : Sharing a discussion on landscapes of the future with Chin Jukan XV (15thsuccessor to the Shim Suguan ceramic tradition originating in Korea).
○April 28th (Sun) 14:00~15:30
Speakers : Yuri Nomura, Shinichiro Nakahara / Questioner : Hitoshi Okamoto
Contents : Touching on Yuri Nomura and Shinichiro Nakahara’s landscape philosophy, influenced by their connections with California.
○May 12th (Sun) 14:00~15:30
Speakers : Akira Minagawa, Shinichiro Nakahara / Questioner : Tomoko Yotsumoto
Contents : Touching on the “landscape” of Akira Minagawa, an experienced design director now working on his own brand.
○June 23th (Sun) 14:00~15:30
Speakers : Taka Kawachi, Shinichiro Nakahara / Questioner : Hitoshi Okamoto
Contents : Touching on landscape as seen by Taka Kawachi, a critic and curator of art and design.
■Playmountain POP UP shop : April 27th(Sat)~May 6th(Mon) and every Saturday and Sunday.
【Exhibition contents and images】
About fifty works (including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and installation works) based on subjects from around Japan (including Kagoshima artists) and other countries that have inspired Nakahara.
《CHIN JUKAN POTTERY / APPLES》
《Raymond Cabinet Low（2003）》 (C) Yoshio Kato
《Interior design in SUSUMUYA tea shop》（Kagoshima City/2012）(C) Ippei Nakamura
＊ Click here for the exhibition flyer.
