Installation artist Kaoru Hirano pulls apart the fine weave of clothes, thread by thread, and rebuilds their forms by retying the threads.
Her new work at Ginza's Shiseido Gallery is a reworking of an old dress once worn by a friend. After two months of pulling apart and tying back together (Hirano started the work in November), the concrete shape of the dress has morphed into an airy cobweb of multicolored fibers.
The installation, "Aerosol," is a work in progress -- you can see Hirano add to the piece at the gallery's weekly "public viewings."
She told me during Saturday's public viewing:
"You can take apart someone's clothes, but there's a history that remains in the fibers. This work rebuilds that history."
The exhibit, part of Shiseido's art egg project showcasing young artists, runs till Sunday, Feb. 4. The next public viewing session is on Feb. 3.
Image from Tokyo Art Beat
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