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YAWN

ENA

One year since her last exhibition, ENA’s second private exhibition named YAWN will make its opening at CONTRAST from March 31st Friday to April 8th, Sunday. In this exhibition, the portrait works of the f_a_c_e series presented at the previous show will be on display, and in addition, the new series from ENA, the YAWN series will be unveiled. YAWN sets its theme on the concept “yawning,” an action that everyone experiences in their daily life. In cooperation with Mr. Takahiro Ohara, a professor at the psychology department of the Iryo Sosei University and a yawning researcher, by exchanging her own opinion with the researcher from each standpoint, ENA has deepened her insight into what “yawning” is. As well as the f_a_c_e series, depiction of the “sceneries with yawning” is attempted with various materials and techniques by eliminating the “sign that may have significant influence” on others, i.e.,“facial expressions,” supported by IN FOCUS inc. / zaigoo.inc / TORUS,inc.

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LIKE

NOLL

NOLL, a creative unit that pursues art and technology to create new possibilities for a new age, will exhibit its new work "LIKE" and past work "Reincarnation" at CONTRAST on March 25th, Saturday, and 26th, Sunday. LIKE takes a bird’s-eye view of the modern, streamlined love. Love used to require a slow approach to win over the other person’s heart. Nowadays, dating apps allow us to instantly approach and communicate with multiple people. The use of technology has managed to lower the hurdles of meeting and developing love, birthing a new kind of relationship process compared to a decade ago. Love is changing from “LOVE” to “LIKE.” In this piece, a smartphone with a virtual dating app and an automatic swipe machine are displayed in frames. Searching for a match based on facial features, ethnicity/race, and the similarities of colors in each image, the machine automatically swipes “LIKE” or “NOPE.” When a match is made, a digital human with characteristics of both is born, leading it to grow rapidly to the age where they can use dating apps. The piece makes it possible to witness the efficient modern “love” and “breeding” by repeating this cycle semi-permanently. We consider this transformation of modern love to be the first step into a realm untouched by mankind. By exhibiting smartphones and automatic swipe machines in picture frames - like a painting that cuts out a scene where Adam and Eve meet. We express the sacredness of it all. Though “love” is a basic innate impulse for most human beings, we let intelligence intervene to make the process more efficient. Peeking with a bird’s eye view to an inorganic love cycle streamlined by LIKE, the viewers are allowed space to ponder about modern society and the future. Artwork by NOLL Inc. and Shinpei Miura NOLL Inc. Project member：Genya Ohashi / Takuro Kawashima / Jun Inagaki / Madoka Ashida

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noll pursues “art” at a higher dimensional point, It is a creative group aiming to disseminate beauty in people’s lives. Noll’s uniqueity is “a traditional expression derived from accumulated experience” and It is the only value that combines “Experimental expression ahead of the rule of thumb”. Liberate people from expressions captured by established concepts and common sense and constantly pursue the “next” of values that we have now. To people who live together “Now = here” Continue to provide a collection of emotional and multifaceted beauty that can only be experienced with noll.

About CONTRAST
In 2022, CONTRAST opened as a creative space in Yoyogi-Hachiman, Tokyo. The interior, based on a 45-year-old structure, consists of three floors under the concept of "reconstruction," and is managed by IN FOCUS, a digital branding studio that operates under the theme of "We propose new perspectives through a collective pursuit of digital excellence.". The space not only serves as its own creative space but also aims to be widely open to the public, providing a space for continuous and experimental reconstruction by its users, breaking free from limitations. Focusing on various forms of expression and encountering the creators who produce them, we will come to understand the importance of "CONTRAST = comparison" in our endeavors. Operated by IN FOCUS.In 2022, CONTRAST opened as a creative space in Yoyogi-Hachiman, Tokyo. The interior, based on a 45-year-old structure, consists of three floors under the concept of "reconstruction," and is managed by IN FOCUS, a digital branding studio that operates under the theme of "We propose new perspectives through a collective pursuit of digital excellence.". The space not only serves as its own creative space but also aims to be widely open to the public, providing a space for continuous and experimental reconstruction by its users, breaking free from limitations. Focusing on various forms of expression and encountering the creators who produce them, we will come to understand the importance of "CONTRAST = comparison" in our endeavors. Operated by IN FOCUS.

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