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Shiseido Gallery will be holding a solo exhibition by Shuta Hasunuma, a musician and artist active both in Japan and abroad.
Hasunuma sees the modern era, with its many social problems, as a time of great change, and feels that the relationship between humans and non-humans (such as nature and technology) is being called into question. To do this, he believes it is first necessary to look back at the past, reexamining his own musical career over the past decade or so, as well as the works of others who have influenced him. He suggests that by comparing past and present works, it is possible to find new perspectives on the past, and even to create new perspectives for future works.
This time, through a process of identifying the differences and similarities between past and present concepts and tracing the changes that have taken place, Hasunuma will exhibit video, sound, three-dimensional works, and other works that have been created by extracting elements of fieldwork, collaboration, and phenomena that are the pillars of his creativity. The exhibition will consider new relationships and coexistence between humans and humans, and humans and non-humans, while also composing the exhibited works to create a single harmony. The exhibition will attempt to bring together all the sounds that exist in the space into a single piece of music. The exhibition title, "~ing," combines "~," which symbolizes the relationships that connect things (people), with "ing," which means progressive tense, thing, or being.
Shiseido's corporate mission is to "create beautiful lifestyles and culture," and through the activities of the Shiseido Gallery, which opened in 1919, the company has sought to discover and create new value. Hasunuma seeks to discover a new perspective on society through music, which has enriched people's lives. It is our hope that the situation and environment he has created at the Shiseido Gallery, where people of all ages, genders, and nationalities can come together, will provide an opportunity to rediscover music.
