- 2018.08.25
- intext 'DEATH OF FUNCTIONS'
STANDING PINE is pleased to present a solo exhibition by an art unit intext entitled ‘DEATH OF FUNCTIONS’ opening from 1st September.
Graphic designers Yusuke Mimasu, Hiroshi Toyama and programmer Takehisa Mashimo form intext, reconsidering the present state of text, image and sound media communications, instead giving rise to a universal message in relation to language and culture. Their usual day jobs concerning graphic design or programming requires the mediation of adequate information for humans and computers respectively, but their focal interests lie not in the contents of the mediated information, but rather in the message or experience contained within text, image and sound themselves that help transmit the information. On the one hand, intext’s works obscure the content of books and displays through their own process, while on the other, a hidden universal message in relation to language, culture and communication is brought to the fore from the remaining faint traces of content.
The exhibition features their project shown at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 entitled ‘DEATH OF FUNCTIONS’ for the first time in Japan. In addition to these works, their new works will be exhibited in the exhibition, which could be developing as a new series.
https://standingpine.jp/en/exhibitions/8
