The Chakai Exhibition

Tango Chirimen is a silk fabric made in the Tango region of Kyoto Prefecture. Its unique feature is the unique unevenness on the surface of the fabric, known as "shibo," which gives it the characteristic of being flexible and wrinkle-resistant. It is mainly used as a fabric for kimonos, and is also suitable for dyeing techniques such as Yuzen dyeing. In addition, the fabric used this time is extremely thin, so it responds instantly to even the slightest air movement.Taking these characteristics into consideration, we replaced the dyeing technique with modern projection mapping to express movement.

Rush grass used this time was grown at my father's parents' house. When I visited the tatami mat factory at my parents' house two years ago, I saw a large amount of rush grass lying on the floor and wondered about it. I heard that it was going to be incinerated, and I was concerned about the CO2 generated by incineration, the cost of disposal, and environmental destruction. Of course, I understand that my personal activities like this have no impact on the global environment, but I thought it would be good if people could understand it a little through "The Chakai". After all, the purpose of the tea ceremony is not to drink tea, but to have a conversation through the act.

This was largely due to the efforts of the video team, Swag, and the developer of this system, Mr. Tokumoto, a Kyoto Prefecture employee. Without them, this project would not have been successful. What we can do as designers is to direct the content and image of the video. I think that this video was able to fuse a very modern system with the traditional element of tea ceremony by giving it a Japanese image but not using Japanese techniques.