Origin Exhibition Exhibition Design
I was in charge of planning, graphic design, and spatial design for an independent exhibition organized by six volunteers at Musashino Art University.
Genten-ten Art Direction
Voluntary exhibition carried out by 6 students in Musashino Art University. I was in charge of general planning, graphic design, and space design.
Exhibition overview
Exhibition Concept
By exploring each artist's origins, individuality, memories, etc. and revealing these traces, viewers are able to experience the work more strongly.
Exhibited works
First, in order to show traces of their pursuit of origins, each of the six artists produced a "book" exploring the origins of their creations. Afterwards, they used the book as a seed of idea to create a "three-dimensional work," and by exhibiting these two works, the exhibition allowed viewers to trace the origins of their creations and their future.
Concept of Exhibition
By showing the trace of a purs-uit of the origins, personalities, memories of each person, the work provokes a strong sensat-ion.
The work
Firstly, each member writes a book in which he/she tries to find the origin of creation. Based on the book, we create a 3-dimensional work. By exhibiting the both, the viewers can see the origin and the destination at the same time.
(1) Book display area
The central exhibition area displays books by six artists.
(2) From the center to the work
If you follow the root signs that are strung out from the central exhibition area, you will arrive at the location of the three-dimensional works.
We exhibit the 6 books in the middle of the place.
The roots spread from the middle will end where the work is situated.
(1) Book display area
① A stand for maps and pamphlets was placed in the center of the space so that visitors could understand the concept of the exhibition and the location of the three-dimensional works.
② Books are placed on the surrounding tables. You can read the author's mind map along with the caption and the author's name.
We situated a table on which the map and the leaflets are placed so that the viewers can find out the concept and the place where the work is exhibiting.
Around the table, the books are placed. The author's name and the mind-map is written on it.
(2) From the center to the work
① Graphics of roots are spread all over the floor from the exhibition stand to the location of the artist's three-dimensional work.
On the floor, a line as a metaphor of root, is printed. The root ends where the author's work is situated.
②The roots are pasted on walls and the ground throughout the school, which in itself serves as advertising for the exhibition.
The root is attached to the walls and the ground in the university, which works as an advertisement for the exhibition.
③ Where three-dimensional works are exhibited, the names of the works will be posted on the nearby walls or floors.
In the place where 3-dimensional work is displayed, the name of the work is pasted on the wall or the floor.
Exhibition Graphic Design
In order to express the concept of "pursuing the origins of the six exhibitors and showing their traces," the overall graphics are designed to look like roots growing out, and washi paper was used for the printed materials to express the chaos of "origins."
Graphic design
In order to express the concept of "pursue the origin of six exhibitors and show their marks", the whole graphic has developed a graphic like the root grows. And I used washi paper for the paper material of printed matter.