K11 Art Mall, a unique shopping complex that integrates art and retail, features a dedicated art space for special exhibitions, as well as displaying artworks throughout the facility. Invited to participate by Sage House, which had already been commissioned by K11 to plan an exhibition, we proposed and commissioned Japanese artist Tsuda Shohei. We also supported the creation process, assisting with research and practical coordination.

Tsuda and Code-a-Machine collaboratively developed the exhibition plan through research and discussions in Hong Kong. Tsuda’s practice is rooted in extensive research and takes shape through architectural materials, as well as the environment and memory. In Hong Kong, he was struck by “the impression of the way land and nature overlap with urban activities” when observing the city’s landscape, where skyscrapers rise abruptly from the mountains. Seen through the perspective of a foreign artist, the exhibition brings to light a latent potential of the region.

Responding to the client’s request for “an interactive and colorful exhibition” that a wide range of K11 visitors could enjoy, we created a variety of installations. These included works using architectural materials Tsuda collected during his research, such as golden sheets and colorful leveling strings, as well as installations projecting the Hong Kong landscape onto a floating paper structure. Code-a-Machine comprehensively supported the entire process, from exhibition planning to execution, coordinating among the artist, the client, and the fabricators.

TSUDA Shohei

Born in Tokyo in 1986; lives and works in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Tsuda is an artist, an experimental architect, a graphic artist, and head of the noise music record label UNNOISELESS, as well as a member of the video production group IN/AWT.
Tsuda carries out experiments that explore the existence of the individual within a space, and inverts the conscious and the unconscious by creating work that focuses on and expansion of existing phenomena.
His works, created as if by weaving together multidimensional spaces, always include architectural elements such as dismantling, measuring, and reconstruction.
His creative output spans a wide range of media: architecture, installation, painting, sculpture, video, music, live performances, graphic design, and compilation albums released through his own label.