Some collaborations are surprising in the easiest way. “Satellites”a brand new exhibition conceived by the Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and the well-known Japanese sport designer Hideo Kojima – It is considered one of them. Offered by Prey with help from Prada BasisThe present landed at Prada Aoyama Tokyo with a easy however excessive purpose: exploring how two artistic, from reverse elements in several industries, have exceeded linguistic boundaries to attach in time, area and shared creativeness.
Whenever you attain the fifth ground of the Prada Aoyama constructing, designed by Herzog & by Mearon – you don’t stroll in a typical gallery. As an alternative, enter an residence with a bed room, meticulously, in the course of the century, supplemented with a settee, a mattress, a lamp and a rotating-in-the-one, apparently fired from one other, extraordinarily actual and unusual time. The area looks like a set of movies fairly than an exhibition, setting the tone for what’s going on.
The exhibition is split into two elements. Within the first in these sculptural screens, the 2 creatives interact in a gradual, contemplative dialogue – one talking in English, the opposite in Japanese. Their dialog is derived by means of subjects equivalent to friendship, collaboration, expertise, creativity, id and even mortality. The impact is intimate and reflective, inviting guests to cover, pay attention and interpret at their tempo.
The second a part of the set up takes place in a close-by dressing, the place a field is surrounded by strips. Every tape accommodates a remix of Refn and Kojima’s dialog, mixing sound bites, movie scores and various variations of their dialogue translated into totally different languages utilizing AI. Guests are inspired to undergo the containers, dividing and their very own model of the alternate.
In its heart, “satellites” is an exploration of the connection between individuals, medium and realities. Because the film and video video games proceed to converge, they counsel to a future shared digital dimension – one which reimagates how we create, talk and expertise collectively. It’s a poetic take a look at how creativity and expertise may lastly deliver us nearer, regardless of how far we begin.
Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima Picture: Daisuke Takeda
“Satellites” is watched till August 25, 2025 at Prada Aoyama Tokyo on daily basis between 11 and 20:00. For extra info, go to Prada.com.
Picture by Yasuhiro Takagi with kindness.
