For this solo exhibition at the Japan Society in New York, Ego Obscura highlighted Morimura’s 30-year project of de-centering “the self” by excavating it from layers of art history, Japanese postwar history, and personal history. It also featured the U.S. premiere of the artist’s first full-length video work, Egó Sympósion (2016), and his latest cinematic installation, Egó Obscura (2018), presented in conjunction with a live performance, Morimura’s Nippon Cha Cha Cha!

We designed the show’s exhibit catalogue to feature Morimura’s latest work, Une Moderne Olympia (2018), on the front cover, contrasted with Portrait (Futago) (1988)—the artist’s work from 30 years prior, with different gender and race portrayals—on the back cover. The slim format of the book made for greater readability of its essays and performance scripts.

The Japan Society’s “Made in Tokyo” exhibition explored the development of socio-architectural facilities and compared landscapes with art and performance generated in Tokyo between the city’s two seminal Olympic Games events in 1964 and 2020. Atelier Bow-Wow, a Japanese architectural firm, curated and designed the exhibition.

We designed an exhibit brochure that unfolds as a map of Tokyo. The brochure features buildings covered in the exhibition, organized into six functional themes.