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Thomas Demand had a show in the CCA gallery just before the research program ended, coinciding with the Open Studios. In the CCA there were absolutely gigantic floor wall length photographs of a reproduction building in Kokura, the ‘Black Label’ bar. The bar is a tiny ‘mama’ style bar in a seven sided three story building. The building stands alone on a strange gravel patch on an island formed by 3 roads. The strange shape of the bar is accounted for by the fact that a developer recreated the bar in a new location in order to secure it’s previous site for development.  A small neatly framed photograph or a reproduction of the CCA gallery hangs in the ‘Black Label’.

The CCA kids went by to see the work, invaded the 6 seater bar to the amusement of the regulars and were fed til bursting point.  This was taken by my friend Kyoko, it was about one day before I left for home.

Well, finally I can get photobucket to work again, and so am putting up some posts about the last part of my stay in Japan.

At the end of the CCA residency we showed our work inside the studios. I made two works for the show, the more successful work was a pickle making sculpture, called ‘portable ends (things under pressure)’ , the work is a wood and concrete structure that applys pressure onto the vegetable contents of various vessels making tsukemono.

The CCA also published a sort of collective artist book as an exhibition publication.