As part of a recent talk event, I had the opportunity to share some reflections as a curator on how exhibition spaces interact with the viewer’s body, memory, and emotions. What follows is a written record of those thoughts—an attempt to articulate the questions and explorations that emerged at the intersection of exhibition design and […]

After all | Field of Vision — Reading Society and Space During the exhibition “After all,” a talk event will be held featuring the artists and the curator. This exhibition quietly interrogates the hidden structures underpinning society and our own unconscious involvement in them. Rather than relying solely on visual experience, it invites viewers to […]

Beyond the Mountains is an exploration of Japan’s history of illegal dumping, tracing its lingering shadows to question what society chooses to remember and what it allows to be forgotten. By interweaving publicly archived images documented by government bodies, municipalities, and residents with her own photographs of present-day landscapes, Hayashida constructs a visual archive where […]

RPS KYOTO PAPEROLES is pleased to present “After all”, a photography exhibition by Kenji Chiga and Maki Hayashida, from April 12 to May 11, 2025. This exhibition has been selected as an official KG＋ PICK UP program, featuring newly developed works by the two artists, both recipients of the Singapore International Photography Festival Dummy Book […]