photo: SAIKI Taku
Lévi-Strauss's ORGEL
| Artist | KAWASAKI Kazuo |
|---|---|
| Year | 1994 |
| Size/ Duration | H11 × W8.3 × D8.8cm |
| Copyright Notice | © KAWASAKI Kazuo |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2006 |
| Description | Born in Fukui, Japan in 1949. Lives and works in Osaka. As a design director specializing in industrial design and product design, Kawasaki is involved in a variety of design-based activities, ranging from traditional craftwork to eyeglasses, interior goods, mechanical product design, and computer development. He has also engaged in designing artificial organs and new energy engines and has made contributions to both the theory and practice of corporate design strategy. In recent years he has developed a number of designs as part of his Peace-Keeping Design (PKD) project, including one for a vaccine injection kit and gene diagnosis set of infection that can be used safely by anyone. In an installation piece entitled "Platon’s Orgel" first exhibited at a solo show held at the Gallery Ma in 1994, Kawasaki expressed his personal vision and unique design philosophy using materials and methods from the field of industrial design. Consisting of 12 music boxes dedicated to 12 figures he admires, this work reveals the origins of Kawasaki’s design philosophy, which puts an emphasis on the way people and things exist. The space-time in which a number of "HOLA" clocks designed by Kawasaki are embedded in the white floor and walls is filled with an air of tranquillity and purity. Twelve white columns rise from the white-tiled floor, and atop each sits a music box-like object with a resonator in the form of a white cube. The suggestion is that these 12 music boxes, each of which is programmed to play a Beatles song chosen by Kawasaki, may one day be developed into products and make their way onto the market as ‘originals.’ |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
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