"Rode Work (Ishinomaki City)" by Side Core is a video artwork featuring vibrant traffic signals and construction signs, primarily in yellow and orange hues, contrasted against the night. The illuminated figures on the signs are prominent, suggesting themes of restriction and urban labor. The piece employs a documentary style, capturing the mundane yet complex visuals of active road work. The artist’s intention may reflect on urban development and the intersection of labor and public space, possibly in the context of post-disaster reconstruction in Ishinomaki City. ...
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. ...
