We are pleased to present Aki Goto “Follower”, a video screening and performance. “Follower” is a diary-like one-minute short video project started in 2019, documenting the transitions of family, environment, time and one’s self. It is an activity that encompasses all thoughts, emotions and universal elements of the everyday. The project will consist of two videos re-edited for this occasion, as well as a collaboration with the artist Hanayo in the first part, and a performance by the Goto in the second part. You will witness a space filled with organic energy that will forever expand.
We look forward to your visit.
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Date:
Saturday, August 10
Part 1 with Hanayo: 1pm ー 2 pm | Admission: 1,500 JPY
Part 2: 4pm ー 5pm | Admission: 1,000 JPY
Reservations required
Please send your name, e-mail address, phone number, and preferred program (Part 1 or Part 2 or both) to the e-mail address below. We will reply only to those who are able to join.
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Venue:
Center for COSMIC WONDER
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open noon – 6pm
INSTAGRAM: @a3igo1o
Aki Goto
Aki Goto is a multimedia artist mainly working in video, installation and sound these days. Originally from Japan, textile art brought Goto to NYC in 2009. It was during this time that Goto worked as an artist assistant for Susan Cianciolo. It was an awakening for her of what textile art can do, and the different contexts in which it could function. Not long after, Goto relocated to upstate NY, where the natural world became an integral element in her work. It was there where her art and life finally blended as one. During the early period of 2020, Goto made the most of a Covid-era lockdown by filming her children in acutely edited short videos to share on social media and now there are over 300. Goto has exhibited her work at EUROPA, CLEARING, Nonaka Hill Gallery, Starr Suites, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz NY, etc. She is exhibiting a video installation at Museum of Gaspe (CA) this July – September.
Goto also performs alongside Masami Tomihisa as Masaaki, an avant-garde pop music unit.
Hanayo
She studied in Paris while majoring in sculpture at Tamagawa University College of Arts. In 1989, soon after her return from Paris, Hanayo began training as a geisha apprentice in Mukojima. She retired from the geisha world in 1995 and moved to the UK in 1995. Currently based in Berlin and Tokyo, she has made works throughout her career as a photographer, geisha, musician, and model. Her photographs and collages capture her daily life in a dreamlike light that colors her surroundings. She has also exhibited installations, in which music and three-dimensional elements are added to her collages and photographs. She performs frequently and has participated in numerous group and international exhibitions in Japan and abroad. Her solo exhibitions include “utsushiyumekuni”, PARCO GALLERY (Tokyo, 2000); “hanayo”, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2002); “hanayo III” Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film (Tokyo, 2017). Her publications include Hanayome (Shinchosha, 1996); MAGMA (AKAAKA Art Publishing, 2008); berlin (Getsuyosha, 2013); Tenko (Case Publishing, 2016); Hanayo’s Underworld: Half a Century (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2021). Her music albums include wooden veil (dekorder, 2009); Gift (DHR Geist, 2000).
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals of “THAT OLD MAGIC” A|W collection on Saturday, July 6 at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
Linen-wool twill weave looks like ancient cloth. The collection includes a big square top, a circle patterned dress, wrapped pants, and farmer dress.
Made from interwoven cotton and cashmere. The collection includes a long sleeve t-shirt and a dolman sleeve t-shirt dress.
A|W 2024 COSMIC WONDER「THAT OLD MAGIC」
We look forward to your visit.
Photography: Takashi Homma
LOOK BOOK
Direction: COSMIC WONDER
Photography: Takashi Homma
Model: Kotaro, Ran Taniguchi
Makeup and hair: Akiko Gamou
Hair: HYO
Drawing: Stephen Sprott
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals of “THAT OLD MAGIC” collection on Saturday, June 1st at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
Collection of cotton linen Garabou. Tweeds with a hand-woven look and feel, slowly woven on old-style shuttle looms, interwoven with organically grown cotton spun yarn and linen. Collection includes: Belted coat with raglan sleeves, and Work jacket inspired by European 18th -19th century work wear. Colors are Ash violet jade, Peach jade.
Collection of suvin cotton broadcloth. Precious extra-long staple cotton grown in South India with a small yield. It has a silky suppleness, a beautiful luster, and an excellent texture. Collection includes: Wrapped dress and farmer dress with voluminous sleeves, Pleated shirt with the end of 19th century old- style collars, Big pleated shirt, and Basic wrapped pants. Colors are Black, Ash violet jade, Peach jade and Sandalwood charcoal.
We look forward to your visit.
We are pleased to announce our new collection presentation at Elbereth, Kyoto.
Collection superimpositioned of beautiful shining foil and old owl printed patterns. The patterns are printed on cotton linen typewriter in the motif of owl floral patterns. The print is an evolution of technology, incorporating the hand technique of Kyoto Yuzen into a machine. Items include a uniquely structured coat that can be folded in two and worn over, wrapped pants, bow-tie shirt and shirt wrapped dress with bow-tie, and a tote-bag.
Collection reconstructed antique underwear from the 19th century. The artistic pieces, which vary in materials and details, are handcrafted one by one. Items include tasuki, veil hat, and pillow cover dress.
Collection of silk paper grogram, a traditional silk cloth woven in Tango, Kyoto. In ancient times, silk was introduced to Kyo-Tango and developed as Tango chirimen, and the tradition is still carried on today. Items include a large circular dress, a dolman sleeveless collarless jacket, and a 50’s shirt dress.
Collection of cotton linen weather, a strong cloth that is densely woven and windproof. Items include a CW basic haori coat and tattsuke pants that copy the shape of Japanese work clothes.
Collection of cotton silk broadcloth. Items include shirts for tea master, basic wrapped pants, and wrapped dresses with flared sleeves.
Please enjoy this opportunity to come our new collection all at Elbereth.
We are sincerely looking forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
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Exhibition period:
May 18ー 26, 2024
*AAWAA will be present on May 18
Venue:
Elbereth
1-2 Ushiwaka-cho, Shichiku, Kita-ku, Kyoto
Open noon – 6:30pm
@stardust_kana
Drawing by Stephen Sprott
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals of “THAT OLD MAGIC” collection on Saturday, April 6 at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
Silk paper grosgrain collection is a traditional cloth woven in Tango, Kyoto. In ancient times, Silk was introduced to Kyoto Tango and developed as Tango chirimen, and the tradition is still carried on today. Items include large circle dresses, dolman sleeveless collarless jackets and dolman sleeveless shirts and shirt dresses of the 50’s. The collection of cotton linen weather is shiny and resilient, densely woven for windproof and strong cloth, and is proposed as daily workwear. Items include basic haori coats, tattsuke pants that capture the shape of Japanese work wear, and day dresses with large scaled tank tops. In addition, the supple and lustrous cotton silk broadcloth collection is comfortable and pleasant to the touch. Items include shirts for tea master, basic wrap pants, and wrapped dresses with flared sleeves. A colorful collection of post-dyeing will be available in.
We look forward to your visit.
Each piece is an alchemical piece with different materials and details.
Tasuki, Veil hats, Pillow cover dresses, etc., reconstructed from antique underwear from the 19th century.
A dialogue between Masaho Anotani and AAWAA was featured in The Fashion Post.
The Fashion Post | Portrait
Photography: Hanayo
Lovely season of spring light illuminating plum blossoms.
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals of “THAT OLD MAGIC” collection on Saturday, March 2 at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
A collection of beautiful shining foils and old owl print patterns. The motif is based on a lovely owlish floral pattern that looks like a phantom. The pattern is made with a dyeing technique evolved from the yuzen technique of Kyoto. The fabric is a supple and resilient cotton linen typewriter.The collection includes: Uniquely structured coat that can be folded and layered, CW’s origin wrapped pants, shirt with bow-tie and shirt wrapped dress, relaxed pants with a refined silhouette, paper bag dress, reversible folk cap and eco-bag. A collection of fine merino wool woven on a Schonherr shuttle loom, which is modeled on the principles of hand weaving. Weaving high-twist merino wool on the Schonherr produces a cloth with fullness and elasticity that is light and comfortable to the touch. Merino wool has excellent moisture absorption, warmth retention, and odor control properties, making it ideal for all seasons. The collection includes: 1950s-style open-collar shirts, dolman-sleeve classical dresses and CW’s origin folk cap etc.
We look forward to your visit.
Scale-like patchwork on jeans with bio-washed faded color.
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We are pleased to announce the arrival of “THAT OLD MAGIC” first collection on Saturday, February 10 at Center for COSMIC WONDER.
Beautiful jacquard-lined sweat fabric with a sacred geometric pattern of gold and silver. A valuable knitting machine for jacquard that evolved from the air-knitting suspension knitting machine. Scale-like patchwork on jeans with bio-washed faded color. Scale-like patches will randomly peeling off, so each piece has a different look. Koshin – like folk shoes, pumps, wallet, coin case, and card case made of vegetable tanned leather tanned with mimosa tree’s extract, and soft leather with gold and silver foil. You will also be able to wear samples of the collection, which will arrive in early spring.
We are looking forward to seeing you all.
We are pleased to present Masaho Anotani’s solo exhibition,”LINALSASI”. Anotani’s work stems from his daily activities and social encounters, along with the sensations he gains from nature. His artistic expressions are the instantaneous reactions that emerge from these moments. He has presented his work in various forms, including painting, drawing, collage, performance, poetry, and photography. The title of this exhibition, “LINALSASI,” is a quotation of the characters that were conjured up by the imagination of Anotani’s son. It was an accidental and undecipherable string of letters but Anotani saw it as a message, an irreplaceable path of light, laying the foundation for his new work.
Anotani’s drawings and collaborations with COSMIC WONDER’s “THAT OLD MAGIC” and “North Village Light” collections will be exhibited and available for sale.
We look forward to your visit.
COSMIC WONDER FREE PRESS:
Masaho Anotani “LINALSASI”
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Exhibition period:
February 10 – February 29, 2024
Tea Party: February 10, from 3pm
*Artist will be present on February 10 and 29.
Venue:
Center for COSMIC WONDER
5-18-10 Minami-aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
T. +81 (0)3 5774 6866
Open noon – 6pm
INSTAGRAM:
@linalsasi
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