Moeko Ishiguro PHOTO EXHIBITION “Notation(s)” June 13 – 21, 2026

05/28/2026

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

As part of our program in June 2026, we are pleased to present Moeko Ishiguro’s solo exhibition “Notation(s).”

Moeko Ishiguro focuses on moments in everyday scenes where the eye quietly pauses, drawing out the subtle sensations that arise in them through photography.

In 2024, Ishiguro participated in the “PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT” workshop and engaged in the production of a photobook.
Beginning with an abstract sense of “discomfort,” she repeatedly reworked the composition through ongoing experimentation. In this process, what had once been an ambiguous presence gradually took on clearer contours and eventually settled into form. The accumulation of these efforts has led to the present exhibition.
“Notation(s)” presents photographs shaped by these fleeting impressions together with an attempt to render them as notation—reflecting on how such sensations are perceived and shared.
A limited-edition artist book, Notation(s) (100 copies), will accompany the exhibition, each copy bearing a different title and offering 100 distinct points of entry. Further details will be announced via social media.

Updates regarding the exhibition, the book, and related talk events will be shared via social media.
We warmly invite you to visit and engage with the work.

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There are moments when something I see opens into an endless current of imagination.

In this book, I have tried to share how I receive what appears before me, and what kinds of sensations and imaginings arise from it.

Looking back at the scenes I photograph in everyday life, I notice that they always contain a small moment that draws my gaze or a thought. The view does not simply pass by. Something lingers, almost imperceptibly, within perception.
I think of this as a subtle friction between what is there and myself.
The outer world and my inner sensations never fully coincide. A slight shift remains. It is this small divergence that gives rise to imagination, and becomes a point from which I begin to engage with what I see.
When I attempt to describe this sensation in words alone, it is inevitably drawn toward specific meanings or situations, and the experience itself slips away. Perhaps this is because the sensation takes on a different form for each person, remaining wide and abstract.
For that reason, I began to translate this feeling into simple shapes — a form of notation.

Through this notation, the instability, curiosity, fleeting questions, and subtle presences that arise in front of me are given a visual form. By placing these shapes alongside photographs, I try to transform something intangible into something that can be shared.

I sometimes wonder whether there is a quiet form of retreat in my repeated attention to such scenes. By letting my imagination slip in, perhaps I am cushioning information whose direct impact would otherwise be exhausting to me. For me, imagining is also a way of adjusting my distance from the world.
To me, even a single view can feel slightly heavy with information. A familiar street shifts — a tree cut down, something left behind, a new object placed there. These small changes create a faint pause within perception. Each time, almost without thinking, I begin to imagine, creating a space between myself and what I see.

This notation is a way for me to gather what I have received and to understand it. At the same time, I hope it may also serve as a quiet guide — an opening through which the reader may begin to notice the sensations and imaginings that arise in their own encounter with what appears before them.

Text by Moeko Ishiguro

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Moeko Ishiguro Photo Exhibition “Notation(s)”

◎Exhibition Period
June 13 (Sat) – 21 (Sun), 2026
Open daily 13:00–19:00 / Admission free

◎Opening Reception & Artist Talk
June 13 (Sat) from around 2:00 PM
Please note that the reception and artist talk will begin at 2:00 PM.
*The exhibition will be open from 1:00 PM.

◎Venue
Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery
2-38-5 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
(6-minute walk from Hikifune Station, Tobu Skytree Line / 5-minute walk from Keisei Hikifune Station)

Profile｜Moeko Ishiguro
Born in 1990 in Miyagi, Japan.
She graduated from the Department of Architecture at Chiba University and completed her Master’s degree in Design at Tokyo University of the Arts. During her studies, she studied scenography and film at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Drawing on an architectural perspective and the bodily awareness cultivated through classical ballet, she explores the relationship between space and the body as a central theme in her practice. Working across photography, film, installation, and performance, she continues to observe and reconstruct the subtle frictions and structures embedded in everyday life.

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

©︎Moeko Ishiguro / Notation(s)

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