KIGI
Spin the world!
tempered figured glass

2021
TOKYO TORCH Tokiwabashi Tower
Tokyo

Client: Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
Curating & Direction: Code-a-Machine
Project members: NAKAHARA Takashi (DENBAK-FANO DESIGN)、TSUNOO Mai
Assistant: SONOBE Tatsuri
Technical Team: HIGURE 17-15 cas
PR: KOIKE Miki（HOW）

Photo: OTA Takumi

  • Art Consulting
  • Curation/Planning
  • Management/Coordination

The work created by KIGI (Uehara Ryosuke and Watanabe Yoshie) for the Tokiwabashi Project is in the vein of their previous experiential art project, YOIGOMA, which incorporates indigenous essences, such as sake, monsters, and Japanese drinking rituals. The theme of the large stained-glass window in the corridor leading from the lobby to the commercial area is Edo Koma, a popular spinning toy that became part of the Edo culture. The geometric design, which creates a sharp and smart rhythm, is decorated with the motifs of a plate-spinning performer, a sake-drinking snake, and a sake cup, depicting the lively atmosphere of Tokiwabashi, a place that bustles with activity throughout the day and night.

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KIGI

UEHARA Ryosuke / KIGI
1972 Born in Hokkaido
1997 Graduated from Tama Art University

WATANABE Yoshie / KIGI
1961 Born in Yamaguchi
1984 Graduated from Yamaguchi University

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 “KIGI WORK & FREE”, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi
2016 “KIGI in Clematis no Oka”, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2013 “KIGI Exhibition: implosion ↔︎ explosion”, Hillside Forum, Tokyo
2012 “KIGI Exhibition: Ryosuke Uehara and Yoshie Watanabe”, ginza graphic gallery (ggg), Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018”
Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art (KINARE), Niigata

Selected Awards
2017 19th Yusaku Kamekura Design Award
2015 TOKYO ADC Grand Prize
2009 11th Yusaku Kamekura Design Award