{"id":15578,"date":"2025-10-25T00:29:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/weaving-light-eugene-kangawa-and-a-poc-able-issey-miyake-turn-photograms-into-fabric\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T00:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:29:47","slug":"weaving-light-eugene-kangawa-and-a-poc-able-issey-miyake-turn-photograms-into-fabric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/weaving-light-eugene-kangawa-and-a-poc-able-issey-miyake-turn-photograms-into-fabric\/","title":{"rendered":"weaving light: eugene kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE turn photograms into fabric"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Eugene Kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE\u2019s Paris exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japanese artist Eugene Kangawa joins forces with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/a-poc-able-issey-miyake\/\"><strong>A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE<\/strong><\/a> for TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio project, a collaboration debuting in Paris during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/art-basel-paris-design-miami-paris-2025\/\"><strong>Art Basel<\/strong><\/a>. The presentation, conceived by architect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/atelier-tsuyoshi-tane\/\"><strong>Tsuyoshi Tane<\/strong><\/a> and hosted at Lyc\u00e9e Turgot, marks a three-year exchange between Kangawa and A-POC ABLE\u2019s designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae. Centered on a groundbreaking textile that translates the artist\u2019s ongoing series \u2018Light and shadow inside me\u2019 (2022\u2013), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibitions\/\"><strong>exhibition<\/strong><\/a> situates the meeting point of art, design, and material research within a single<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/textile-and-fabric-art\/\"><strong> woven<\/strong><\/a> surface. From the slow burn of sunlight on paper to the precision of woven threads, Kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE\u2019s collaboration transforms the immaterial into form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Light and shadow inside me\u2019 is a body of work made entirely through light. Earlier iterations comprised sheets of paper brushed with dye, folded into geometric shapes, and left to fade under sunlight for weeks, while later versions evolved into monochrome photograms made by exposing folded photographic paper to artificial light.<em> \u2018The idea that all things, by the very fact of their existence, simultaneously possess both light and shadow \u2014 countless fronts and backs \u2014 is central to who I am and my practice,\u2019 <\/em><strong>Kangawa explains to designboom.<\/strong><em> \u2018My goal was to create a work of art that embodies and enacts this coexistence.\u2019 <\/em>The series was born from what he describes as a moment of revelation. <em>\u2018It all began one winter day when I found a sun-faded box at home. In that moment, everything connected, and the idea grew into these works,\u2019 <\/em><strong>he tells us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>images \u00a9 ISSEY MIYAKE INC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Transforming Photographic Concepts into Fabric Form<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio traces back to Kangawa\u2019s solo exhibition The New Sea at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, where Miyamae first encountered the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/the-eugene-studio.com\/\">artist\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> \u2018green paintings\u2019, sheets of watercolor paper coated with dye, folded like origami, and left to fade under sunlight for a month. Kangawa later adapted this technique to photographic paper, producing monochrome photograms that captured the tension between exposure and concealment. <em>\u2018These works were created by applying a single-color dye onto one sheet of paper, folding it\u2014without cutting\u2014and exposing it to sunlight,\u2019<\/em> <strong>he explains.<\/strong><em> \u2018When unfolded, the light had become both the brush and the memory.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was this process that fascinated Miyamae and his <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.isseymiyake.com\/collections\/apocable\"><strong>team<\/strong><\/a>, leading to a series of workshops and experiments at A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE.<em> \u2018What was most surprising about this collaboration was that Miyamae and his team spoke of \u2018weaving a new language\u2019 \u2014 starting completely from scratch to create the textile in an entirely new way,\u2019<\/em> <strong>Kangawa recalls.<\/strong> <em>\u2018Their garments are beautiful, yet what struck me most was that they think not in terms of surface, but from structure itself.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eugene Kangawa joins forces with A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Weaving Becomes an Act of Illumination<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result is a technically groundbreaking \u2018bit-level\u2019 textile, in which tonal gradients from black to white emerge solely from variations in weave density without any dyes or colored threads. The team drew analogies between the intersection of threads and the microscopic silver particles that make up photographic paper, transforming light\u2019s material absence into the tactility of fabric. Miyamae describes the process as a return to fundamentals. <em>\u2018We returned to the smallest unit of fabric: a single thread. Using only black and white threads, we explored light and shadow through variations in weave patterns and density, translating the phenomena of photographic paper and light into the language of cloth,\u2019 <\/em><strong>A-POC ABLE\u2019s designer shares.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Kangawa, the collaboration resonates deeply with Issey Miyake\u2019s human-centered design philosophy. <em>\u2018Issey Miyake\u2019s philosophy connects closely with my own work, particularly in exploring existence,\u2019 <\/em><strong>he says.<\/strong><em> \u2018Light and shadow inside me began as a meditation on loss, peace, and nature\u2014the idea that light can be both beautiful and fearsome. In Japanese sensibility and history, light has always carried this duality. Some people even say the works evoke associations with the nuclear.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>the exhibition positions the textile within a broader study of Japanese material culture<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">The Global Journey of a Light-Born Work<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition design by Tsuyoshi Tane, renowned for his projects such as the Estonian National Museum and the Al Thani Collection at H\u00f4tel de la Marine, positions the textile within a broader study of Japanese material culture. Alongside the new fabric, visitors encounter test pieces, tools, and archival materials, including an Edo-period book on origata (traditional paper folding) whose patterns unexpectedly echo those found in Kangawa\u2019s photograms. <em>\u2018When we were preparing for the exhibition, we were surprised to find within the book a folding pattern strikingly similar to those created in \u201dLight and shadow inside me,\u201d\u2019<\/em> <strong>Kangawa recalls and tells us. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following its Paris debut, the project will travel to Tokyo and Osaka, extending the collaboration across contexts. Meanwhile, \u2018Light and shadow inside me\u2019 will find a permanent home at the forthcoming Eugene Museum in Tabanan, Bali, opening in 2026. Designed by Andra Matin, the museum will host over fifteen of Kangawa\u2019s works in a complex surrounded by UNESCO-protected rice terraces. Visitors will be invited to stay overnight and experience the shifting qualities of light that underpin the artist\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>alongside the new fabric, visitors encounter test pieces, tools, and archival materials<\/p>\n<p>the project will travel to Tokyo and Osaka<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>for Kangawa, the collaboration resonates deeply with Issey Miyake\u2019s human-centered design philosophy<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Light and shadow inside me\u2019 is a body of work made entirely through light<\/p>\n<p>the show is centered on a groundbreaking textile that translates the artist\u2019s ongoing series<\/p>\n<p>Kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE\u2019s collaboration transforms the immaterial into form<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>a body of work made entirely through light<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio traces back to Kangawa\u2019s solo exhibition The New Sea<\/p>\n<p>Miyamae first encountered the artist\u2019s \u2018green paintings\u2019 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo<\/p>\n<p>monochrome photograms capture the tension between exposure and concealment<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> Light and shadow inside me \u2014 Eugene Kangawa x A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE <br \/>\n<strong>artist:<\/strong> Eugene Kangawa \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/the-eugene-studio.com\/\">EUGENE STUDIO<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eugene_studio_official\">@eugene_studio_official<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>designer:<\/strong> Yoshiyuki Miyamae, <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.isseymiyake.com\/collections\/apocable\">A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/apocableisseymiyake_official\/\">@apocableisseymiyake_official<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>spatial design:<\/strong> Tsuyoshi Tane \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/at-ta.fr\/\">ATTA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ateliertsuyoshi_tanearchitects\">@ateliertsuyoshi_tanearchitects<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>location:<\/strong> Lyc\u00e9e Turgot, 40 Rue Volta, 75003 Paris, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>dates:<\/strong> 24th \u2013 26th October 2025<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/weaving-light-eugene-kangawa-a-poc-able-issey-miyake-photograms-fabric-interview-10-24-2025\/\">weaving light: eugene kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE turn photograms into fabric<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene Kangawa and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE\u2019s Paris exhibition \u00a0 Japanese artist Eugene Kangawa joins forces with A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE for TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio project, a collaboration debuting in Paris during Art Basel. 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