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Three years to collect seawater, ten years to scatter it – On the Oku-Noto Triennale/Movement SuzuPro at Kanazawa College of Art – The Oku-Noto Mandala (2017), former Yagi residence, Suzu, Ishikawa. All photos (unless otherwise noted): Kichiro Okamura, courtesy Oku-NotoView More >

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“A Room with Snoopy”—Reversing Tatzu Nishi’s A Room of Hachi   Tatzu Nishi – A Room of Hachi (2023), Hachiko Square, Shibuya, Tokyo. All photos (except where otherwise noted): 88PROJECTS/Jiroh Fujimura. ©︎Tatzu Nishi, courtesy 88PROJECTS   After writing about theView More >

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