SOLITUDE

As part of the project “Solitude,” artists from various genres will activate different spaces within the Goethe-Institut, including the foyer of the hall, the library foyer, as well as corridors and former classrooms on the second floor. The exhibition offers unconventional spaces for intense listening, seeing, and experiencing, exploring the creative potential of solitude.

Featuring works by:
Doku Raku (MAKO & Pat), Shinobu Hashimoto, Yuko Mohri, onnacodomo, Reiji Saito, Hiraku Suzuki, Masami Tada.

Doku Raku (MAKO & Pat) MAKO
Born in Shizuoka. Studied ballet at the Maeda Ballet Academy from childhood. She graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Theater. As a founding member of the Strange Kinoko Dance Company, she performed in all their domestic and international productions through 2009. She currently collaborates with artists from various genres and is a certified Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® trainer. In 2020, she moved to Minamibōsō.
Pat
Born 1977 in Tokyo. Graduated from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. She creates objects and installations from fabrics and other materials in the forests of Tateyama City in Chiba Prefecture, focusing on the theme of “small pleasures of everyday life.”

Shinobu Hashimoto Born 1980 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. After graduating from university, Hashimoto traveled across Australia, Europe, and Asia, then moved to Shizuoka Prefecture where he established his studio and began creative work. In addition to creating art under the name Shinobu Hashimoto, he is also responsible for the brand “ningulu.” Hashimoto's works has been showcased in a wide range of settings, from gallery exhibitions, to solo shows, department store events, and craft markets. His mobiles crafted from brass and copper catch light and wind, sway gently and subtly alter our experience of time. The metal's texture and natural patina cast a soft, atmospheric presence into the surrounding space.

Yuko Mohri Visual artist Yuko Mohri was born in 1980. She creates installations and sculptures to focus on “events” that constantly shift according to the conditions of their environment. Her solo exhibitions include “Entanglements” (Pirelli HangarBicocca, 2025–2026), “On Physis” (Artizon Museum, Tokyo, 2024–2025) and “Compose” at the Japanese Pavilion of the 60th Venice Biennial (2024). She participated in the 14th Gwangju Biennial in 2023 and in the 23rd Sydney Biennial in 2022.

onnacodomo A collective formed by graphic designer Ruka Noguchi and video artist Yasuko Seki. Their collaborative work includes music video direction for Hiroshi Fujiwara, Non, Hei Tanaka, and others, as well as artwork and design for film, theater, fashion, and publications. They have presented live VJ performances, solo exhibitions, and pop-ups featuring their collage work, and have published multiple portfolios.

Reiji Saito Since 2008, filmmaker Reiji Saito has been creating works using numerous photos and videos collected during during his day-to-day life as source material. These compositions of visual material that have lost their informational value resemble paintings or sculptures that make the passage of time more palpable.
His current exhibitions/screenings include: “Seeing Like a Planet” (ANOMALY / Tokyo), “PAF 2024” (Olomouc), “Reiji Saito Retrospective” (SCOOL / Tokyo), “EMAF 2024” (Osnabrück), “Pineal Gland Sashimi” (Gō Art Museum / Wuhan), “25-3” (Gaiga / Kyoto).

Hiraku Suzuki Suzuki considers “drawing” as something between pictures and language, and his artistic practice explores the new potential that this definition implies, encompassing two-dimensional works, sculptures, installations, murals, videos, and performances that often utilize light-reflective mediums.
Through the archiving and reworking of various forms and lines derived from cave wall paintings, musical notation, urban traffic, plants, minerals, and cosmic phenomena, Suzuki continuously expands the field of drawing.
One of his major solo exhibitions is “Today's Excavation” at the Gunma Museum of Modern Art (2023). He has participated in numerous exhibitions at museums in Japan and abroad. In addition, he has carried out extensive collaborative projects with musicians and poets, as well as public art commissions. His publications include “Drawing: From Point, Line, and Plane to Tube” (Sōsha, 2023).

Masami Tada Participated in the first GAP concert in 1974, at Sophia University. In 1975, he joined Takehisa Kosugi’s music workshop at Bigakko. In 1986 he participated in “Sound, Music and Health” at Sōgetsu Hall. In 1994, he toured Europe presenting his photographic series of bamboo and sky. His solo exhibition “Body Temperature of the Era,” was held at the Setagaya Art Museum in Tokyo. In 2000, Galerie Pennings in the Netherlands exhibited his series of 365 photographs documenting a single tree over the course of a year. Since 2020, he has been working on the ongoing photographic series “Views from Home”.