Tomotaka Yasui "At the Edge of Twilight and a Parallel World"
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Tomotaka Yasui
Loko Gallery is pleased to present At the Edge of Twilight and the Parallel World, the first solo exhibition by Tomotaka Yasui to be held at the gallery, opening on November 21.
Yasui has long centered his practice on the question: what is the atmosphere that arises from a person? Through his works, he has continued to pursue this invisible presence. Using the classical and technically demanding kanshitsu (dry lacquer) method, he has created clothed figures that seem to envelop the body in layers of air. Following a pivotal piece, however, Yasui paused his engagement with kanshitsu and embarked on a new phase—one that deconstructs and expands his craftsmanship and methodology.
In this new practice, he uses a 3D scanner to digitize the entire form of the human body and a 3D printer to generate its three-dimensional form. This digitally-driven process, which no longer relies on the artist’s direct physical touch, creates a distinct distance between the artist and the model. At the same time, it reveals a will to probe deeper layers of perception—tracing the origins of the horizon and the vertical axis upon which his figure stands.
Yet one might ask: can such digital processes truly capture the atmosphere of a person? In fact, the unintended “noise” that emerges—whether internal or external—loosens forms, dissolves contours, and unsettles the purity of representation. But it is precisely in this disturbed purity that Yasui finds beauty: in the forever elusive sensation lies a deeper reality, and in that very elusiveness, the desire to grasp it entirely.
In the field of artificial intelligence, “noise” is often treated as something to be eliminated; even human unpredictability tends to be dismissed as an unnecessary variable. By contrast, Yasui’s work does not seek merely to eliminate noise, but to uncover another world concealed within it—a parallel world that he continues to pursue in his search for the invisible atmosphere of human presence.
In recent years, Yasui has extended this inquiry beyond the human figure to encompass space and environment themselves as sculptural “images.”
In his video works, he treats the atmosphere of houses and cities as sculptural material, while in series such as his blue (lapis lazuli) and Clothing and Shoes for Sculpture, he uses physical absence as a medium to evoke presence.
Taken together, these practices form a continuous pursuit of the subtle gradations of “air” that arise in the threshold between humanity and the world.
[Releted Events]
1. Talk Event
Keisuke Kondo × Hirohisa Tomii × Tomotaka Yasui “The Écriture of Installation and Dismantling”
Date: November 16 (Sun) 15:00–17:00
2. Talk Event
Date: December 6 (Sat) 15:00– / Reception 17:00–
Tomotaka Yasui × Hiroyuki Seike × Hirohiko Akutsu “The World of Gradation”
Yasui has long centered his practice on the question: what is the atmosphere that arises from a person? Through his works, he has continued to pursue this invisible presence. Using the classical and technically demanding kanshitsu (dry lacquer) method, he has created clothed figures that seem to envelop the body in layers of air. Following a pivotal piece, however, Yasui paused his engagement with kanshitsu and embarked on a new phase—one that deconstructs and expands his craftsmanship and methodology.
In this new practice, he uses a 3D scanner to digitize the entire form of the human body and a 3D printer to generate its three-dimensional form. This digitally-driven process, which no longer relies on the artist’s direct physical touch, creates a distinct distance between the artist and the model. At the same time, it reveals a will to probe deeper layers of perception—tracing the origins of the horizon and the vertical axis upon which his figure stands.
Yet one might ask: can such digital processes truly capture the atmosphere of a person? In fact, the unintended “noise” that emerges—whether internal or external—loosens forms, dissolves contours, and unsettles the purity of representation. But it is precisely in this disturbed purity that Yasui finds beauty: in the forever elusive sensation lies a deeper reality, and in that very elusiveness, the desire to grasp it entirely.
In the field of artificial intelligence, “noise” is often treated as something to be eliminated; even human unpredictability tends to be dismissed as an unnecessary variable. By contrast, Yasui’s work does not seek merely to eliminate noise, but to uncover another world concealed within it—a parallel world that he continues to pursue in his search for the invisible atmosphere of human presence.
In recent years, Yasui has extended this inquiry beyond the human figure to encompass space and environment themselves as sculptural “images.”
In his video works, he treats the atmosphere of houses and cities as sculptural material, while in series such as his blue (lapis lazuli) and Clothing and Shoes for Sculpture, he uses physical absence as a medium to evoke presence.
Taken together, these practices form a continuous pursuit of the subtle gradations of “air” that arise in the threshold between humanity and the world.
[Releted Events]
1. Talk Event
Keisuke Kondo × Hirohisa Tomii × Tomotaka Yasui “The Écriture of Installation and Dismantling”
Date: November 16 (Sun) 15:00–17:00
2. Talk Event
Date: December 6 (Sat) 15:00– / Reception 17:00–
Tomotaka Yasui × Hiroyuki Seike × Hirohiko Akutsu “The World of Gradation”
Schedule Now in session | Nov 21 (Fri) 2025-Dec 20 (Sat) 2025 5 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://lokogallery.com/en/archives/exhibitions/parallelworld | ||||
| Venue | Loko Gallery http://lokogallery.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | 12-6 Uguisudani-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0032 | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from the North exit of Daikanyama Station on the Tokyu Toyoko line, 10 minute walk from the South exit of JR Shibuya Station. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6455-1376 | ||||
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