Organization Cosmic Wonder / Center for COSMIC WONDER

Cosmic Wonder is a conceptual project initiated in 1997 by artist Yukinori Maeda. 
It is composed of three distinct activities; COSMIC WONDER (artworks),
COSMIC WONDER Light Source (fashion and lifestyle project) 
and COSMIC WONDER Free Press (book and music publishing).

The Center for COSMIC WONDER, founded in 2007, was designed to integrate all of these various activities. 
Besides functioning as a gallery space for art and concerts, it is a shelter from the daily march of time,
where visitors can share the experience of drifting along with the flow of sounds in the universe.

COSMIC WONDER

COSMIC WONDER is a multi-media art project.

Work list

"Light Deposit Garden", 2010, installation
"Light Garden", 2009, installation
"PRIMAL MEMORY LIES BENEATH THE PRESENT", 2007, installation/performance
"Hidden Path of Light", 2006, installation/performance
"Eclipse Weeping Rock", 2006, performance
"Eclipse", 2005, installation/performance
"magic village", 2004, installation/performance
"Forest Heights Lodge COSMIC WONDER", 2004, installation/performance
"Paper and Crystal", 2003, performance 
"What invisible view should be~ from some pictures", 2003, performance
"To Sleep", 2002, installation/performance
"A Shadow Necessary for Windows", 2002, installation/performance
"Conversation with Electrical Appliances- Broken Radio, Worn-out TV.....", 2001, installation/performance
"Steamer", 2000, performance
"Revolving Lantern",1999, video
"Handkerchief",1999, video
"The dress attachable a wall", 1998, photo book
"The dress attachable a wall", 1998, photo book

Selected exhibitions

2009  Light Garden, Center for COSMIC WONDER, Osaka
2007  PRIMAL MEMORY LIES BENEATH THE PRESENT, Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo
2006  Eclipse, COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo
2005  magic village COSMIC WONDER Yukinori Maeda, MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2004  magic village, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Selected group exhibitions

2009   RETREAT, Kunst Fort Asperen, The Netherlands
2008   Space for Your Future", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo,  Tokyo
2006   Cosmic Wonder, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
2004   a proposal by Purple Institute, Centre Culturel Francais de Milan, Milano
2002   A Shadow Necessary for Windows, exhibition for FOUND FOR YOU, Quartier 21, Museum Quartier Wien, Vienna

COSMIC WONDER Light Source

COSMIC WONDER Light Source, launched in 2007, is our fashion project.
We study various aspects of light and weave these ideas into the clothing.
Wearing light, one creates an environmental effect, shifting the balance of everyday occurences. 
Sharing the light's warmth, the brightness of life opens up to the universe.

In the spring of 2010 we introduced The Solar Garden COSMIC WONDER Light Source.
It is an ecologically-focused lifestyle project made with the harmonized energy of the earth and its plants.

The cotton is grown free of petrochemical fertilizers and sprayed insecticides.
The entire production process is certified chemical-free and fair-trade.
All products are hand-dyed with herbs such as akane, gardenia, pomegranate, mulberry leaf, rose bengal, catechu, and natural indigo.
Prints are also done by hand with herbal dyes.

Though these process are time-consuming, we believe that the care that goes into making them is reflected in the natural beauty of the finished pieces. 
We hope that this draws awareness to the importance of environmental preservation and the need to achieve a more sustainable system of manufacturing.

COSMIC WONDER Free Press

This is an open-ended art book project that, like a diary, expresses the present state of Cosmic Wonder in printed form.

List of publications

COSMIC WONDER Free Press Light Catalog 
published by Nieves,  2010

COSMIC WONDER Free Press Sunday Edition
published by Nieves,  2009

COSMIC WONDER Free Press 2
published by Nieves,  2008

COSMIC WONDER Free Press 1 
published by Nieves,  2007