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Exhibition Walkthrough | Shunsuke Takawo "Flows of Pattern"

Commentary by Yusuke Shono（MASSAGE MAGAZINE), Toshiaki Takase, NIINOMI, and Noriaki Nakata

【Patterns of Flow】
https://two.neort.io/ja/exhibitions/p...

Exhibition Statement:
Patterns of Flow celebrates the work of a new generation of Japanese artists working with code. Channeling the experimental aesthetics of computer art pioneer Hiroshi Kawano and continuing the global conversation started by curator and writer Jasia Reichardt in the 1960s, this exhibition explores the power of generative systems to capture a world in flux. Led by Shunsuke Takawo, who inspires the Processing community in Japan with daily coding, Patterns of Flow is a collaboration with Right Click Save and Massage Magazine, hosted on Feral File and at NEORT++ in downtown Tokyo.

Exhibition Details:
Dates: September 25 - October 6, 2024
Venue: NEORT++, Tokyo
Online Exhibition: Feral File (September 25 - October 15, 2024)
https://feralfile.com/exhibitions/liu...

Feral File:
Feral File is a curated platform for digital art exhibitions and collecting, featuring this hybrid show both online and in physical space.

Curators:
Alex Estorick (Right Click Save)
Yusuke Shono (MASSAGE MAGAZINE)

Artists:
Satoshi Aizawa, Saeko Ehara, Misaki Nakano, mole^3, Okazz, Senbaku, Shunsuke Takawo, Kaoru Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, ykxotkx

Researcher: Hasaqui Yamanobe
Support: Noriaki Nakata, NEORT++

Featured Artist - Shunsuke Takawo:
Work: "Flows of Pattern"
Description: Shunsuke Takawo regards geometrical motifs as well-suited to reflecting daily life and expressing his inner world through programming. For many years, he has explored static elements such as color, shape, harmony, shadow, density, layering, and texture, while his explorations of composition are rooted in his mother's quilting. His work, "Flows of Pattern," is influenced by Hiroshi Kawano's vision of social transformation through aesthetics as well as his "Simulated Color Mosaic" (1969).

Like a haiku, tanka, or short melody, Takawo generates individual images filled with potential through concise code. While these codes are structured systematically, they are often daily records that he later organizes and shares publicly. His coding process is spontaneous and physical, involving writing, interacting with an output, and then adding and connecting further code. His dialogue with the computer is subtle, fleeting, and highly volatile. Takawo dreams of writing code as if he were speaking Japanese, imagining a future where fragments of his own code remain part of human history, like stone monuments or ancient tablets. He wishes to leave behind his works as well as the self transformed through the writing process.

Artist Profile:
Shunsuke Takawo is a prominent creative coder, generative artist, and educator based in Japan. Having obtained his Master's degree in Media Arts from IAMAS, Takawo combines his passion for coding and artistic expression to create captivating works. He is a firm advocate of daily coding, using code as a means to express personal history, culture, and everyday life. Takawo's creative approach mirrors improvisational music, infusing elements of wordplay and humor into his code-based creations. Beyond his artistic endeavors, Takawo is a lecturer at Konan Women's University's Department of Creative Media Studies and an active member of the Processing Community Japan.