#akasegawa

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Artwork by Japanese artist Katsuhiko Akasegawa (赤瀬川 克彦 , 1937-2014) aka “Genpei Akasegawa”.

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Podcast 12

99% Invisible: Thomassons

Urban leftovers turned into a treasure by being maintained. Things in our world aren’t often purposeless. Akasegawa Genpei noticed these purposeless things that people actually put effort into maintaining instead of taking them down and decided to start photographing them and called them “Thomassons.” I feel that this is a great way to experience art. Finding hidden or unnoticed things is an artists favorite experience. The interesting thing about Akasegawa’s Thomassons is that they are hidden, useless things that people are caring for. How odd is it that us humans actually care about something that is completely purposeless? It is amazing that something that no longer has purpose has so much meaning to us. They are like those old broken trinkets and momentos from trips that we can’t use anymore, but we have a connection to them and we want to keep them in good condition.  A city’s Thomasson are the treasures and momentos of that place and what makes it unique with its hidden quirks.

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Genpei Akasegawa

Canned universe and Impounded Object (Mask)