Photographs : Hanayo
Photographs with white background : AAWAA
Models : Mélanie Heresbach, Sébastien Renauld, Nanao Kishima, Kotaro, Remi, Jonathan, Niky Roehreke
Hair and makeup : Akiko Gamou
Production team : Ai Nakagawa, Tomoko Furuno, Miyako Yasuda, Naoyoshi Maeda, Yuki Kato (Kousagisha)
Venue support : 2m26m
Performance and Direction by Miranda July
Music by Fred Again ”Julia(Deep Diving)”
We are pleased to arrival for Winter wardrobe items from the latest collection “North Village Fair” A|W 2025.
The new collection is available at Official distributor and COSMIC WONDER Online Shop.
Sakane Hiroko’s Wisteria “Okuso” Brooch is now available at the COSMIC WONDER Online Shop.
Wisteria weaving involves creating thread from the vines of wild wisteria growing in the mountains to make cloth.
The work begins with cutting wisteria in the mountains, followed by stripping the vines, boiling ash lye, beating the wisteria, flattening it, spinning the wisteria, twisting the yarn, warping the loom, setting up the warp, mounting the loom, and finally weaving.
The cloth is produced through this dizzying array of painstaking, hand-crafted processes.
The Wisteria “Okuso” Brooch is woven using the sashiko technique, made from threads spun from the scraps produced during the wisteria beating process.
The natural color is the inherent hue of the wisteria fibers; the gray is dyed with yashabusi (Japanese sumac); the brown is dyed with persimmon tannin and chestnut.
Wisteria weaving, born from the blessings of nature, human hands, and time, reveals an irreplaceable beauty that heals us.
We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by AAWAA, director of COSMIC WONDER and artist, at Taka Ishii Gallery Kyobashi.
In conjunction with this exhibition, a collection of works on the theme of tan will be published by AKAAKA Art Publishing.
We look forward to seeing you there.
My exploration of tan is now approaching its third year. The character “Ni” appears in many place names in this region.
From Miyama to the Tango Peninsula, I have repeatedly traveled it with my Shiba Inu companion, listening intently for the constant hum of Ni amid the ever-changing rhythms of daily life, trying to grasp something hazy and formless that seems to rise from the land itself.
Impressions stirring somewhere deep in my memory linger like afterimages behind my eyes, then futter back to stillness like flakes in a snow globe.
When the song of the bell crickets heralds the end of summer, my memories of Ni crystallize in two different spaces.
AAWAA
August 30 – September 27, 2025
Taka Ishii Gallery Kyobashi
Opening reception: Saturday, August 30
17:00 – 19:00
AAWAA “Ni” Publication Commemorative Talk show
August 30
16:00 – 17:00
TODA BUILDING 4F, 1-7-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
CONFERENCE ROOM 403
Guests: AAWAA (artist), Kayo Tokuda (Representative, NPO TOMORROW), Shunya Hashizume (Project Manager, “Ashita no Hatake” Project)
Reservation required (Capacity: 30 people)
12:00 – 19:00 *Closed on Sun, Mon and national holidays
TODA BUILDING 3F, 1-7-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
For the Summer exhibition, We are pleased to announce the completion of the TAIZA Residence, which AAWAA has been working on with TOMORROW FIELD.
We are looking forward to welcoming you with pleasure.
The following is from the TOMORROW FIELD release text…
TOMORROW FIELD launched in 2020 in the Taiza district. This year, marking its fifth, the project will host both Summer and Autumn exhibitions.
For the Summer exhibition, , all the spaces of the TAIZA Residence, which have been built in stages since last year, will be completed, and will be open to the public for the first time.
The TAIZA Residence is a new living space created by AAWAA, a contemporary artist and the director of COSMIC WONDER, together with traditional craftsmanship with modern sensibility utilizing local Kyotango materials will be plaster specialists,washi papermaker and TOMORROW to confront the skills and the climate of Kyotango.
Duration:
August 9 − September 15
Open *Sat, Sun, Mon, National holidays
11:00 − 17:00
*On August 9th, AAWAA will be present.
Admission:
¥1,000（All venues included）／
Venue:
TAIZA Residence
3332-2 TAIZA, Tango-cho, Tango-shi, Kyoto
Organizers:
TOMORROW, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Supports:
Kyotango City, Kyotango City Board of Education, Kyoto by the Sea DMO
Official website:
https://tomorrow-jp.org/en/program/2025summer/
We are pleased to announce the new arrivals “Mulberry field” cap, “Mulberry field” t-shirt, Organic cotton chino 1920’s work pants from “Mulberry field” collection.
The new collection is available at Official distributor and COSMIC WONDER Online Shop.
Mulberry field
Mulberry field
Abstract field
Abstract craft
Direction : COSMIC WONDER
Photographs : Ai Nakagawa
Models : Nanao Kishima, Kotaro, Remi
Make up hair : Akiko Gamou
We are pleased to announce our new collection exhibition of COSMIC WONDER at Elbereth, Kyoto.
The Ajrak collection is made of organic kala cotton, a native Indian cotton, and printed by Pakistani artisans in the Kutch region of western India using ajrak (woodblock printing), a natural indigo dye and akane herb dyeing. Workwear made into old denim jackets and pants from fabrics made from kala cotton dyed with indigo and hand-woven into denim by twill weaving.
Made from a combination of sumi-dyed linen sheeting and a cotton-linen typewriter densely woven with a washed and bleached look created by refining and dyeing.
This collection is inspired by the striped fabrics of 19th century Europe. The piece-dyeing process produces subtle variations of color. Colors are Black, Shell, Violet ash, Citron ash, Rose crystal, Dark sumi, and Ryukyu indigo. Collection includes: Twisted dress combination with organic cotton Panama jacquard and double gauze check, Wrapped pants in two different European stripes, Wrapped skirt, Wrapped dress and Farmer dress in a combination of Panama jacquard.These and other carefully selected items are available.
We are looking forward to your visit.
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Exhibition period:
May 24 − June 1, 2025
Gallery closed May 28 – 29
Venue:
1-2 Ushiwaka-cho, Shichiku, Kita-ku, Kyoto
Open noon – 6:30pm
Photography by Hanayo
Art piece reconstructed from antique pillowcases and underwear from the late 19th and early 20th century.
The new collection is available at official distributor and COSMIC WONDER Online Shop.
Photography by AAWAA
COSMIC WONDER leather collection will appear at “EDIT by ISETAN MEN’S” promotion on the 1st floor of ISETAN Shinjuku Men’s Building.
Exhibition period:
April 2 ー 15, 2025
Open 10:00am – 20:00pm
Venue:
ISETAN MEN’S 1F promotion 3-14-1 Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo Japan
Photo of top : Hanayo
Photo of bottom : AAWAA
Mulberry earthenware combined with a stone axe made by Miyakono Yasuda
Last night I finished the first part of Isaku Yanaihara’s book,”With Giacometti”. It ends with his departure from France in 1956, departure which he had postponed several times. The description of him leaving France and finally going back to Japan after two years abroad is very precise, from taking an airport bus with Alberto Giacometti and his wife Annette, the airport cafe and the airport procedures, him walking towards the plane while Giacometti and Annette are on the airport terrace waving at him, the heartbreaking separation they are experiencing, and then the trip on the plane wit…[Read more]
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