"The funeral of IKIRO house" - Osaka, Japan

September 1996 / Osaka, Japan
Sheets of Rice Paper, Japanese Ink, The Artist, etc.

When Takahiro was a child he went to a private painting school. In the picture you see the painting school. The man in the framed picture below Takahiro on the roof is Isikawa. He is the father of Takahiro's teacher. Isikawa already passed away and he was the owner of the house. This exhibition was a collaboration between Takahiro & Ishikawa. On the inside of the house was an exhibition dedicated to his memory.
On the outside of the house the walls were covered with IKIRO
paper. Takahiro performed inside and outside of the house to make a connection between the dead and the alive. The day after the exhibition, the house was torn down and a new house was rebuilt.
It was the last day for this house.