Ikuhisa Sawada and Marc Nagtzaam OTHERS : Segment 2, 3 - Tokyo, Antwerp Exhibitions
2024.11, 120 pages, 220x297x9mm
ISBN 978-1-0688196-0-5
Standing in parallel with the first book of the OTHERS project, which saw two distant artists merge together as they travelled along crossing lines towards ends which were both shared and separate, this new book makes clear the relationship between these two ends, which were realized as two distant exhibitions, one in Tokyo and the other in Antwerp, built by each artist in isolation yet through the accumulating influence of the other, forming an intricate structure which spanned space and time.
Osamu Kanemura | Gate Hack Eden : Special edition
2024.10, 1649 pages, 117 x 81 x 163mm
A special edition of Osamu Kanemura | Gate Hack Eden, limited to only 50 copies, each including an original collage by Kanemura created for this edition at the Gate Hack Eden exhibition at CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY in Tokyo, bound in a thick acrylic frame like module which rests at the bottom of the book. Each collage is unique, and can be selected when purchasing.
Osamu Kanemura | Gate Hack Eden
2024.9, 1648 pages, 117 x 81 x 163mm
ISBN978-1-0688196-1-2
A landscape of towering ruins drawn by the traces of what once was, revealing the essence of what still is, and what always will be. This compilation, Gate Hack Eden, was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name which took place at cave-ayumi gallery in September of 2024. Beginning as a single body comprised of hundreds of stacked photographs, drawings, and film stills, each book is a single fragment of this greater entity, which has been cut into a thousand uniform pieces, rendering in physical form the practice of photographer Osamu Kanemura. Like an edifice rising out of a newly formed distance, images now severed and removed from original intention run in parallel with Kanemura’s own edifice of thought in describing the mediums used as being formed by an accumulation of traces and fragments, their essence becoming clear once they have become free from the utility of reproducing the subject.
Yui Takada AXIS : Special edition
2023.11, 380 pages, 190 (~) x 210mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-7-3
A special, hardcover edition of AXIS, a book originally published in conjunction with Yui Takada's ginza graphic gallery exhibition CHAOTIC ORDER in July of 2022. Including interviews with Nobuo Nakagaki, Kenya Hara, and Kazunari Hattori, as well as essays by Shuta Hasunuma and Ikuhisa Sawada.
Appearing as a magnetic line cutting across space, pulling inward and connecting together elements from our collective environment which begin to cohesively spin harmoniously in a single orbit, the practice of graphic designer Yui Takada provides us with a new view of our world. These elements are sampled from the mundane, seemingly ordinary scenes and objects that surround us, elevated to a state that appears entirely contradictory to its own nature, but which simultaneously expresses it in such an honest way that said nature is not simply maintained, but celebrated. Through wielding this transformative cyclone like energy, Takada makes us “aware”.
Marc Nagtzaam and Ikuhisa Sawada OTHERS : Segment 1 - Process 1
2023.10, 130 pages, 220x297x7mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-7-3
“OTHERS” is a collaborative project between Japanese photographer Ikuhisa Sawada and Dutch artist Marc Nagtzaam. Beginning at opposite ends of a long distance, the trajectories of the two artists resemble a series of paths traveling towards one another following parallel lines, passing as they reach out for ends that are simultaneously shared and separate. This book, the first of four for this project, documents the act of “communication through artwork” through a series of images and sketches generated in the lead up to their first exhibition in Tokyo, as they allowed their work to change and adapt as it entered into the gravitational influence of the “other”.
c-site.4 : Distance
2023.1, 208 pages, 190x247x17mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-6-6
c-site (c = conversation) is centered around an interdisciplinary dialogue surrounding a singular topic, exploring it in physical and metaphysical terms, and removed from the typical interviewer/interviewee archetype, where focus is placed on the equal interaction between two disparate ‘others’. For the first three iterations this was achieved via a sequential format. Moving forward, and beginning with this fourth iteration, the dialogue structure will become fluid, and will explore how the format of a dialogue could share a clear relationship with the theme around which it is based.
Our hope in the creation of these environments is that we may better understand the nature and potential of a topic which is universal in essence through the combination of perspectives deriving from various backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking.
Yui Takada AXIS | 髙田唯 軸
2022.7, 332 pages, 174 (~) x 210mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-7-3
Appearing as a magnetic line cutting across space, pulling inward and connecting together elements from our collective environment which begin to cohesively spin harmoniously in a single orbit, the practice of graphic designer Yui Takada provides us with a new view of our world. These elements are sampled from the mundane, seemingly ordinary scenes and objects that surround us, elevated to a state that appears entirely contradictory to its own nature, but which simultaneously expresses it in such an honest way that said nature is not simply maintained, but celebrated. Through wielding this transformative cyclone like energy, Takada makes us “aware”.
Olivier Goethals POEM!
2021.10, 134p, 325 (~) x 210mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-5-9
The compilation which follows does not provide a comprehensive overview of the work and practice of Architect/Artist Olivier Goethals. Rather, it is an attempt to transcend the particularities and context of various works in isolation, and to instead demonstrate the cohesive relationships which work to build a coalescing whole. The title of this book, POEM, can thus be interpreted in two ways. The first being, as each copy has been arranged differently, images juxtaposed in a constantly changing order, but inexplicably interlinked combination after combination, the somehow illogical yet constructive system seems itself to act as a poetic manifestation of the narrative born out of Goethals practice in a way which words alone can not properly express. A spatial POEM of image and word.
c-site.3 : Other 他者
2021.2, 137p, 245x190x10mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-4-2
c-site (c = conversation) is based around an interdisciplinary discussion surrounding a singular topic, exploring it in physical and metaphysical terms. It has been removed from the typical interviewer/interviewee archetype. Rather, it has been formatted to take place in a sequential manner (a → b) , (b → c) … (j → a) where participant (a) will ask a question to participant (b), who after answering will ask a question to the next person down the list (c), so as to achieve a more natural and autonomous form of dialogue.
Our ultimate goal is to analyze the nature and potential of a topic by combining the perspectives of people from various backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking, thus maximizing the scope of peoples understanding and ways of thinking.
n-site [1]
2020.1, 10 essays + 42 images, 220x310mm
ISBN978-1-9995159-3-5
Like a village made up of 10 houses, each with their own unique characteristics, materials, color, shape, n-site brings together 10 architects, artists, and designers who each share a single thought or idea on any topic which interests them. Just like the characteristics of oneself are often passed down to the characteristics of ones home, these unfinished concepts shed light on the thinkings of the contributors, each unique in their own way.
Soushi Tanaka : Post [EE]
2019.9, 410p, 215x285mm, English/Japanese
Within ongoing project ‘Post”, photographer Soushi Tanaka systematically takes images of each page of a newspaper each day using multiple exposures, generating data in order to demonstrate the behaviors behind production. With this method, each day all pages from a newspaper are combined into one image (Daily). These images are then reshot using the same method after each month (Monthly) and then all 12 months of a year are gathered and again reshot using the same method (Anually). Within this highly controlled process, Tanaka has produced work which is simultaneously mechanical and anthropological.
Soushi Tanaka : Post
2019.8, 126p, 282x195mm, English/Japanese
ISBN978-1-9995159-2-8
Within ongoing project ‘Post”, photographer Soushi Tanaka systematically takes images of each page of a newspaper each day using multiple exposures, generating data in order to demonstrate the behaviors behind production. With this method, each day all pages from a newspaper are combined into one image (Daily). These images are then reshot using the same method after each month (Monthly) and then all 12 months of a year are gathered and again reshot using the same method (Anually). Within this highly controlled process, Tanaka has produced work which is simultaneously mechanical and anthropological.
c-SITE#2 Topic : Sample「采样/サンプリング」
2019.7, 120p, 180x240mm, English/Japanese/Chinese
ISBN978-1-9995159-1-1
c-SITE is one of the main publication categories of da大 in print, and is based around an interdisciplinary discussion surrounding a singular topic, exploring it in physical and metaphysical terms. It has been removed from the typical interviewer/interviewee archetype. Rather, it has been formatted to take place in a sequential manner (a → b) , (b → c) … (j → a) where participant (a) will ask a question to participant (b), who after answering will ask a question to the next person down the list (c), so as to achieve a more natural and autonomous form of dialogue.
Our ultimate goal is to analyze the nature and potential of a topic by combining the perspectives of people from various backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking, thus maximizing the scope of peoples understanding and ways of thinking.
c-SITE#1 Topic : New「新/新しさ」
2019.1, 119p, 180x240mm, English/Japanese/Chinese
ISBN978-1-9995159-0-4
c-SITE is one of the main publication categories of da大 in print, and is based around an interdisciplinary discussion surrounding a singular topic, exploring it in physical and metaphysical terms. It has been removed from the typical interviewer/interviewee archetype. Rather, it has been formatted to take place in a sequential manner (a → b) , (b → c) … (j → a) where participant (a) will ask a question to participant (b), who after answering will ask a question to the next person down the list (c), so as to achieve a more natural and autonomous form of dialogue.
Our ultimate goal is to analyze the nature and potential of a topic by combining the perspectives of people from various backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking, thus maximizing the scope of peoples understanding and ways of thinking.