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Unthings was an exhibition created following a month-long artist residency at Studio Kura in Itoshima, Japan.

The exhibition explored the works of Masanobu Fukuoka through painting, collage, drawing, writing, and performance. The artworks were presented as an interactive studio experience——where visitors were read a script and shown an invention, the Unthing Machine, alongside a series of sketches, process drawings, and collaged photographs displayed on the walls.

This machine (performed by Rebecca Merlic) demonstrated how, by following all the handwritten steps, one could change their perception of the taste of a seemingly ordinary item of food.

By changing our values, we change how we use our environment for food production——a proposition to rethink the design of in-between spaces in our cities, thereby creating opportunities for biodiversity and food beyond our usual palettes.

To learn more about the artist residency and exhibition space, visit Studio Kura

2022/09/24 Unthings

CATALOGUE : archived

LOCATION : Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

WITH : Matthew Forsyth, Rebecca Merlic, Colin Peele, Anna Abl, Sanae Nicola, Eugenio Nuzzo, Georgia b Smith, Nick Uglow, Sabina Kafkova at Studio Kura.

this project is dedicated to the small scale farmers