A prize for architecture between lights and volumes: LFA Award
An international photography competition that invites photographers worldwide to capture the essence of contemporary architecture. Inspired by the work of the famous Portuguese photographer Luis Ferreira Alves, the award seeks images that explore the dialogue between man and space.
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In the story, a thread of a spider is a symbol of slight hope and fragility. In the process of making “Venus – natural crystal chair (2008)”, a chunk of fiber was used for growing crystals. However, Spider’s thread applies the structure of natural crystals in an advanced way aiming to produce a form even closer to the natural form. Seven threads are stretched and tighten between the frame like a spider’s web, and draw a three dimensional sketch of a chair in the air.
By growing crystals on this structure made by only seven thin threads, it becomes a crystal structure that set a form of a chair. Simplifying the volume of its form as much as possible and following the natural form, a sculpture of chair will appear formed by the power of nature.
Tokujin’s Spider’s Thread was presented at his solo exhibition "Tokujin Yoshioka_Crystallize" at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. In the exhibition, there were three pieces exhibited including the chairs in process to show how the only 7 extra fine threads turns into the shape of a chair.
Until 19 January 2013
Tokujin Yoshioka_Crystallize
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
Discovering Montreux, Lausanne, and Geneva
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