tokyo : a dialectical approach

deconstructing the japanese aesthetic

the nothing and the everything

a single train line that separates the two worlds that are impossible to be so close to each other. as juxtaposition takes place at the turn of the head, the experiences of walking across both of them, seems itself a bizarre unification of the polarities of tokyo

the schizophrenic identities, as one living humbly in the aristocratic, hierarchical system, but also as one that lives in the self indulgent, violent and pragmatic Shogun system

commercial message displayed in opposite aesthetics. on one hand, the essentialization of the brand towards a deliberate purification of the aesthetic that becomes the appeal. an on the other hand, an overwhelming display of information that is transformed into an aesthetic of its own.

by faiz akhbar and max li