Satoshi Ezaki
beta post / Designerexhibition
Before a Tool Becomes Culture
Some objects are part of daily life, yet no one thinks to display them. Starting from one such humble tool, this exhibition traces where form comes to stand once function has stepped aside.
Three practitioners, working across leather and textile, ceramics, and object design, each respond to this single tool from their own material language. Rather than a single answer, multiple interpretations run in parallel. The moment an object loses its use is the moment it begins to hold a different kind of value. The outline of utility fades, and something closer to meaning, or aesthetic sensibility, begins to surface.
This exhibition presents that unnamed threshold, the instant just before a tool becomes culture.
overview
This exhibition starts from a single, humble object that is part of daily life yet rarely put on display, and presents products by multiple makers in a retail format. The ceramics section features a lineup that draws out the character of the material itself, including an incense holder, a candlestick, a pendant-style lampshade, and bowls and vessels. Alongside this, a group of products by makers working in leather and textile, each carrying traces of the same source object, is also planned. Each piece will be accompanied by a caption expanding on the concept, and visitors will be able to pick up and purchase the works directly.
member
This project brings together three participants: Kazuma Ogata, artist; Yusuke Kido, ceramicist (ONE KILN); and Ken Ezaki, designer (ED ROBERT JUDSON / Betapost). Each brings their own material and technique to give form to the multiple shapes that emerge from a single tool. The aim is to create a space of layered interpretation, born from makers across different fields engaging with one shared object.
