"AUDIO ARCHITECTURE" at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

June 29 - October 14 ‘18

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT holds "AUDIO ARCHITECTURE" Exhibition from June 29, 2018, welcoming Yugo Nakamura as its director, whose unique forms of expression are highly regarded in web design, interface design and film.

Within the music familiar to our everyday life, is a combination of elements; layers of tone, sonic range and rhythm form a densely designed structure - architecture. There are few opportunities, however, to be conscious of this structure in particular.

Musician Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) has written a new music with a focus on its structure exclusively for this exhibition; it is interpreted from the varying perspectives of spirited creators into disparate video works. Participating in this exhibition are nine creators who challenge new modes of expression with original sensibilities, by traversing fields of film, animation, dance, graphic design, illustration, programming and media design. Exhibition graphic is designed by Masakazu Kitayama (Help!).

The exhibition tries to construct a type of "audio architecture" by repeating the music paired to various films over and over, in the space dynamically designed by Masamichi Katayama (Wonderwall).

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT is a venue to redirect our eyes to everyday things and events, and create various proposals and communicate numerous discoveries from the design point of view. Our aim is to promote understanding and interest in design by involving designers, company people, engineers, craftsmen, and the general public.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT holds exhibitions devoted to the theme of "everyday life" with multidirectional programs such as talks and workshops; visitors can be exposed to the pleasures of design and have new experiences filled with surprises. Uniquely most of these exhibitions are directed by designers.
Design is a way of making life fun and rich as well as expanding the potential of people's thoughts and actions. Design is not only about something that can be seen, but also helps build human-to-object or human-to-human relationships. 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT is the hub where the future of design as culture is discovered and created.