Commissioned by: Ginmikai Ginza
This installation was commissioned by an association in Ginza—Tokyo's historic district for fine textiles—to give new life to the fabric remnants discarded by its shops.
Though flimsy by nature, cloth can be transformed through twisting into a self-supporting structure imbued with a tangible tension. This stability is achieved by a rope-making principle: when bundles twisted one way are counter-twisted together, the micro and macro torsions lock each other in a state of equilibrium.
The creative act, therefore, was to take these powerless fragments destined for waste and grant them collective strength. Through this process, the scraps are sublimated into a single form reminiscent of a shimenawa (a sacred rope), liberating the material from its path to disposal.
