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wa+ch (Return Observe)

Hands pulling apart a grey knitted textile with purple tufts
A knitted textile draped on a chair beside a hand yarn winder, blue and red cones of yarn on a brick floor
Top view of a wreath of grey yarn with purple and orange pom-poms on a terracotta ground
Top view of hands working at a table with a yarn winder, scissors and a glass dish of purple threads
Pink knitted cord and a pale yellow knitted piece on a white dish
Hands knitting pale yellow yarn on a pink knitted cloth beside a dish

wa+ch(2025)

Finding nostalgia in the shape of “wa”(harmony, + , circle, わ, etc.) : Experiments use study cases (personal experiences and subjectivities including those of others) to explore shared experiences based on social and environmental time axes. The process and result of experiments will be shared as participatory performance through textile, primarily knitting.

Experiment０：wa+ch　Do not observe, Do participate
Experiment 1：ca+　cat = ( is ) calcium
Experiment 2：ea+　口・回
Experiment 3：+a+　wa　(わ）

These experiments are expressed by the order moves through the steps that intertwine and circulate, and the participants join them following particular instructions.

Research

Notebook page of handwritten notes and drawings about nostalgia and wa, with a plastic cup and knitted pieces
Cat-headed costumed figures in a street parade in front of a historic building
Hand yarn winder on a cutting mat with a pom-pom, purple threads in a glass dish and a cat-shaped textile
Cat-shaped textile resting on coloured paper swatches with threads
Poster: Return, Observe exhibition, 2025.08/18 - 09/28, Kudanzakaue KS Building, Tokyo
Publication: Return, Observe, held in a hand
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Return, Observe 2026 sponsored by Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation