Aesthetics of "temporary architecture" in daily life. An exhibition by photographer Susumu Hamada will be held at Midori-so Gallery.

Photographer.Susumu HamadaThe exhibition "Embody/Photograph/Moment" by HAMADA ARCHITECTS™ will be held from September 12 (Fri.) to 21 (Sun.) at the "HAMADA ARCHITECTS" exhibition space in Nakameguro, Tokyo.MIDORI.so GalleryThe event will be held at the

This project will begin in 2022. It is a thought experiment conducted by Mr. Hamada through various methods based on three elements: the production and sale of prototypes, the publication of free newspapers, and dialogue.

Unlike previous exhibitions, this third exhibition is structured around photographs documenting a cycle of "improvising, building, photographing, and dismantling" using scrap wood given to him by friends and abandoned stores. The aesthetics of everyday temporary structures are expressed through a unique filter.

A book of works commemorating the exhibition will also be published, so be sure not to miss it.

Finally, please see the comments received from Mr. Hamada.

In 2022, I found an unnamed structure in a back alley. It was constructed with the bare minimum of materials that could be found anywhere, but at times it could be used as a shed, a roof for shelter from rain, or an impromptu place to stand and drink. The idea was to "make do with what you have," "use it in more than one way," and "leave it as it is. This idea took another leap forward in my mind and seemed to take shape as an attitude against the homogenization of individuality and rationality that society is forcing upon us. This is how HAMADA ARCHITECTS™ began. Photographs and drawings, walks and sociology, street sales and barter, words of the ancients and soliloquies. It is a gradual anarchism that mixes and matches everything.　Shin Hamada / SHIN HAMADA