That which prevails, while evaporating of its own accord,
is that which manages to hide well enough
to be found only once the body has surrendered.
The sacred must be found in tiny gestures
that have been orbiting since before temples were temples;
this choreography, full of simple gestures and acts,
sinks the ships of the divine as soon as it appears on the horizon.
If worship is a technology of the spirit,
then blinking is pure intuition of the spirit.
The divine hides like a wounded animal among the bushes,
making its way through the trail, searching for the mud temple
that has no roof.

A leaf falls, and the moment it touches the ground,
a promise is made
without being spoken.

“Crossing a stream, oblivious in the fog, two together walking through a meadow” brings together a collection of works in different formats: 35mm photography, tiny objects found on the ground and collected during walks around Tokyo, ceramics, sound, drawings, semi-ready-mades, and direct intervention on the structure of the Art Center Ongoing building.
The works explore the notion of the divine (usually associated with sacred places) from a mundane perspective:
everyday scenes throughout Inokashira Park,
nightlife culture in the context of experimental electronic music raves,
questioning the criminalization of psychoactive substances in contemporary Japan,
an angel card reading in front of the Kanda River,
references to drawings made while drunk,
and affection between people as a gaseous state but not invisible phenomenon.

Event

November 13th (thur) 18:00
Angelical oracle reading
x @mizho_guruguru and harp performance x @ochancoco191


November 14th (fri) 18:00
Sonic Saliva video clip queer music festival
x @sonicsaliva


November 15th (sat) 18:00
A selection from Patricia McGahan’s 35mm archive on anti-nuclear social movements in California in the 1980s and anti-fascist mural painting in Central America


November 16th (sun) 18:00
Pastizal Zamudio‘s farewell party with a music selection x Autokad IV
Admission: 1000 yen (with light catering＋one drink)