Talk Event Takuya Nakao × Ryuji Nakamura × Soshi Matsunobe × Yukawa-Nakayasu Japanese architecture has developed as an abstract space where the material requirements of things (mono) intertwine with the bodily dimension of human behavior and experience (koto). Focusing on this multilayered dimensionality—traversing from one, two, and three dimensions into the fourth dimension—this talk engages art critic Takuya Nakao to unpack the abstract space that arises in the threshold between mono and koto. ​

As shifting natural light softens the contrast between light and shadow, the boundary between architecture and artwork blurs, allowing both to lean into and depend mutually upon one another. The works of Ryuji Nakamura and Soshi Matsunobe invert the traditional hierarchical relationship between figure and ground in architecture and art, bringing structural elements and fittings—once unconsciously consumed as visual background—into the foreground of perception. ​

Continuously updated through physical movement such as walking and sitting, the space of Zuiun-an serves as a threshold into a "four-dimensional abstract space" perceived only through diffuse awareness, liberated from a fixed, static gaze. From the dual perspectives of criticism and practice, we unravel a conceptual horizon where the materiality of mono intersects with the eventhood of koto.

Talk

日時：2026年11月14日（土）16:00〜17:30

会場：瑞雲庵

料金：入場無料

（先着20名様）​ ​

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 日時：同日 18:00〜19:00 料金：無料

Talk

Date: 14 November 2026

Time: ​ 4:00–5:30 PM

Venue: Zuiun-an

Admission: Free (First 20 visitors)

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 Time: ​ 6:00–7:00 PM Fee: Free

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中尾拓哉 | Takuya Nakao

美術評論家／芸術学。博士（芸術）。1981年東京都生まれ。近現代芸術に関する評論を執筆。特に、マルセル・デュシャンが没頭したチェスをテーマに、生活（あるいは非芸術）と制作の結びつきについて探求している。著書に『マルセル・デュシャンとチェス』（平凡社、2017年）。編著書に『スポーツ／アート』（森話社、2020年）。監訳書にマシュー・アフロン『デュシャン 人と作品』（フィラデルフィア美術館、2018年）。主なキュレーションに「メディウムとディメンション：Continuum」（BAU SHIBUYA、東京、2026年）、「メディウムとディメンション：Plastic」（CS-Lab、東京、2025年）、「メディウムとディメンション：Maze」（GASBON METABOLISM、山梨、2024年）、「メディウムとディメンション：Apparition」（青山目黒、東京、2023年）、「メディウムとディメンション：Liminal」（柿の木荘、東京、2022年）など。 

Art critic. PhD in art. Born in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. Writes criticism on modern and contemporary art. In particular, Nakao has been exploring the connections between living (or non-art) and creative practice from the perspective of chess, in which Marcel Duchamp was also engrossed. Author of Marcel Duchamp and Chess (Heibonsha, 2017); Co-author/editor of Sports/Art (Shinwasha, 2020); and supervised the Japanese translation of Matthew Affron’s The Essential Duchamp (Yale University Press, 2018). He curated “Medium and Dimension: Continuum” (BAU SHIBUYA, Tokyo, 2026), “Medium and Dimension: Plastic” (CS-Lab, Tokyo, 2025), “Medium and Dimension: Maze” (GASBON METABOLISM, Yamanashi, 2024), “Medium and Dimension: Apparition” (Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo, 2023), and “Medium and Dimension: Liminal” (Kakinokisou, Tokyo, 2022).

主催：SUCHSIZE

助成：公益財団法人西枝財団 | 瑞雲庵における若手創造者支援事業 キュレーション：Yukawa-Nakayasu

翻訳：和田太洋、Mary Lou DAVID

設営：霜野 真瑛

Organizer：SUCHSIZE

Supported by：Nishieda Foundation Curation：Yukawa-Nakayasu

Translation：Taiyo Wada, Mary Lou DAVID

Construction：Shinei Shimono