Side Core's work "Rode Work (Ishinomaki City)" uses stark colors and geometric shapes from traffic signs and cones, creating a visually striking nighttime scene. The video captures illuminated symbols and signs, focusing on roadwork elements like digital silhouettes and cautionary text, emphasizing urban intervention. The style is contemporary, blending digital and physical mediums to reflect on urban landscapes. This piece comments on the intersection of art and public space, reflecting modern society's complexities and infrastructure. ...
PARCEL opened its doors in June 2019 in the corner of the DDD HOTEL in the East side of Tokyo Japan. In its distinctive space, a former parking lot, PARCEL aims to create a program that transcends various cultures with its focus centered on contemporary art, introducing a wide range of artists from both Japan and abroad.
Taku Sato, who has been engaged in the gallery business for many years, is the current gallery director, along with Sakie Takasu, a member of the art collective SIDE CORE, as the program advisor. In February 2022, “parcel” opens as an annex on the second floor of the Maruka Building, a gallery complex located behind PARCEL.
Through both spaces, PARCEL/parcel aims to send out multifaceted messages which rise in such an era, while creating a list of exhibitions and events which portray the characteristics of the gallery. A combination of a commercial gallery and a project space. ...
