Guest: Graphic designer Shun Sasaki

<Enjoy the "Tahi Exhibition" from the viewpoint of design.＞

We will talk to Shun Sasaki, a graphic designer who works on the exhibition of the "Tahi Tahi Exhibition", publicity materials and goods, about designing the poetry of Tahi.
For Mr. Sasaki, who has been in charge of designing not only this exhibition but also the design of Mr. Saika's books and projects, what does it mean to design "poetry" and "words"? We will listen carefully to what we value, difficult places, encounters Saika, notices in the work we worked on, and secrets of the production of the exhibition.

■Schedule ：Saturday, February 13 13:00 ~ / 16:00 ~
■Venue: Inside the Parco Gallery on the 6th floor of the West Building of Nagoya PARCO
■Capacity: 30 people each time (seat)
■How to participate
For customers who purchase mini-book tickets (either advance or on the day), a participation ticket will be distributed to applicants at the time of entry from 11:00 on the day of the event. First-come, first-served basis. Distribution will end as soon as it runs out.

※We will hold an event with great care as a preventive measure against COVID-19 infection. Please understand the purpose of preventing the spread of infection and consider health and safety, and ask for the following measures and cooperation in the event management.
※From the viewpoint of preventing the spread of infectious diseases, the content of the event may be changed or canceled. ※Please cooperate with measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as wearing a mask, disinfecting hands, measuring temperature, and securing distance between customers when visiting. If you are worried about your physical condition, please do not overdo it.
※In order to prevent droplets, please refrain from talking in the venue as much as possible.
※The event time is scheduled for 30-40 minutes. During this time, you will not be able to see some exhibits.
※In order to prepare for the event, some exhibits may not be available one hour before the start of the event. Thank you for your understanding.
※The number of participants is limited.
※It will end as soon as the capacity is reached.

<Notes>
※You can participate once per admission.
※Children under elementary school age can be accompanied by a guardian, but only one child per person participating in the event will be accompanied. If you need a seat, you will need an event participation ticket.
※Please act according to the guidance of the staff at the venue.
※The start time and event details may change depending on the congestion situation.
※Events may be canceled without notice due to unforeseen circumstances such as natural disasters.
※If the event is canceled, transportation expenses and accommodation expenses to the venue cannot be compensated.

Shun Sasaki [Graphic Designer/Art Director]
Born in Sendai in 1985. Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University in 2010.
In 2016, AYOND was established. Received the 2020JAGDA Newcomer Award. He has been in charge of the design of multiple books and exhibition environments by Tahi. Other jobs include store graphics at the NIKE Kichijoji store, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo's "Place of Design" advertising art, and the title logo of the serial TV novel "Ale". Participating exhibitions include the Ota City Museum of Art and Library in 2018, "Looking Words, Words and Words-Scenery with Poetry and Songs".
Official website: https://sasakishun.tumblr.com/

Words jump over me.
An installation where you can experience poetry throughout the space!

In this exhibition, more than 30,000 people visited in February 2019 for about a month, saying, "The water below freezing just before it became ice, just before it became a butterfly, just before it became a poem, in the Sanagi, just before it became a poem, at the Yokohama Museum of Art. The new "Poetry Exhibition", including the installation at the "Exhibition of Tahi Poetry", will be released under the new title, "The Tahi Poetry Exhibition We are the 6th magnitude star for the night that was born to keep this distance."
The design is handled by Toshi Sasaki, who has been working on various projects, including the binding of Tahi's books.
How do the words of Tahi develop into the space of each venue?……Please look forward to a special viewing experience.

※Shibuya Parco PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO Venue Landscape

Tahi message

Words are always exercising. Hundreds of millions of people use the word, but each finds slightly different meanings and impressions beyond the words. That's why words change every moment and continue to exercise.
I can't use words unilaterally as a tool, and I'm always involved in the vortex of myriad meanings and values that words have. At the moment when I am swayed by words, I feel that it is written in words. It is sometimes a word that captures "me" deeper than me, a word that jumps me, and transforms into something else, that is my "joy of writing" for me. Words never go to the world as my spokesman. I have always been left behind, and it is a great pleasure.
Meet yourself who don't know in words. It is to break through your bottom and connect to what you are not even yourself. That is why the words are still waiting for them to be written and read by someone else.

An exhibition of poetry.
Words jump over me.
It's definitely the same when you read it. I think reading is an act of transforming a given word into one's own one rather than passively reading it. At that time, the change of language will overtake the person's expectations and the person himself at times. The reader may think that it is the speed of "written words". But you are accelerating, your words are accelerating. I call the place where you can feel the speed, skin, sign, and space as a "poetry exhibition".

We are the 6th magnitude star that was born to keep this distance for the night. Please come to see the words from a certain star that only you can stand.

[Artist Profile]

Tahi Saihate (Tahi Saihate)　
Poet and Writer Born in 1986. In 2006, he won the Modern Poetry Techo Award.
In 2008, he won the Chuya Nakahara Prize for his first poem collection "Good Morning".
In 2015, he received the Modern Poetry Tsubaki Award for his collection of poems "Well the Deading System". Other major poems include "The sky divides" and "The night sky is always the highest density blue" (the film was turned into a movie by Director Yuya Ishii in 2017). The essay collection includes "Your excuses are the best art", "I like you", and novels include "Season to become stars or beasts", and "Everyone who sympathizes with teens is liar".
We also provide lyrics.
In co-authored with Asami Kiyokawa, "Hyakunin Isshu from Thousand Years", he translated 100 modern languages, and the following year, published a guide essay "Emotion of One Hundred Years Isshu".
He participated in a special exhibition at the Ota City Museum of Art and Library in 2018, held a solo exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art in 2019, and opened a limited-time collaboration room "Shimo no Hotel" at HOTEL SHE and KYOTO.
The latest collection of poems is "Born Night View Theater". This spring, the essay collection "God's friend's friend's friend's friend is me" will be released.
Official website: http://tahi.jp/

Exhibition of Books and Art vol.2 "Learning Words, Words and Arkus"

――Scenery with Poetry and Song "(Ota City Museum of Art, Library, 2018) Venue scenery

[Artist's Biography]
◯ Tahi x Art
・Poetry Writing (2013) … A shooting game using poetry. Published on your own website.
・“Poetry Hack” series (2014-2016)
… An attempt to combine poetry and digital technology. Collaboration with "Web Designing" magazine.
・Exhibition "Longing Words, Talking Words-Scenery with Poetry and Songs" (Ota City Museum of Art, Library, 2018)
… Co-production with graphic designer Shun Sasaki, Shin Sobue, and Kazunari Hattori
・Exhibition "Hyakunin Isshu from Thousand Years" Original Painting Exhibition-Spinning with Thin, the Poet's Kokoro" (Ryoshoin Kennin Terayama, 2018)
… An exhibition of "Hyakunin Isshu Thousand Years Later" (Littlemore, 2017), co-authored with Asami Kiyokawa and attempted to translate Hyakunin Isshu into a modern language.
・Exhibition "The water below freezing just before it becomes ice, just before it becomes a butterfly, in the sanagi, just before it becomes a poetry, at the Yokohama Museum of Art. - Exhibition of Tahi Poetry (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2019)
・HOTEL SHE, KYOTO limited collaboration room "Shimo no Hotel" (Kyoto, 2019-2020), etc.

◯ Tahi x Visualization
・　"The movie night sky is always the highest density blue" (starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Shizukawa Ishibashi, directed by Yuya Ishii, 2017)
・Short film program "Saiha Terebi" distribution (Fuji TV on demand, 2017)
・　"The fruit of Tahi x Mirai Moriyama Word of the Word (NHK BS1, 2019)
・Documentary program "Nonale Mysterious Poet Tahi" (NHK, 2020), etc.

○Tahi x Music (lyrics)
［Alexandros］ "Hanauta" (2018), Little Glee Monster "Sing in the Summer" (2018), etc.

[Art Director Profile]
Shun Sasaki [Graphic Designer/Art Director]
Born in Sendai in 1985. Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University in 2010.
In 2016, AYOND was established. Received the JAGDA Newcomer Award in 2020. He has been in charge of the design of multiple books and exhibition environments by Tahi. Other jobs include store graphics at the NIKE Kichijoji store, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo's "Place of Design" advertising art, and the title logo of the serial TV novel "Ale". Participating exhibitions include the Ota City Museum of Art and Library in 2018, "Looking Words, Words and Words-Scenery with Poetry and Songs".
Official website: https://sasakishun.tumblr.com/

To commemorate the holding of this exhibition, we will sell exhibition commemorative goods.
※New goods will also be available from the tour in Shibuya Parco.
※The product price is tax-included.
※The product image is an image. The color may differ from the actual product.

●Official Book "The Poetry of First Stars" ¥1,650

●Poetry itself Card “Poetry of the Telescope” “Poetry of the Grounded Ship” ¥350

●Poetry Smartphone Case “Blue Poetry” (for iPhone 11 Pro) ¥3,850

●Poetry Glass “Transmission and Reflection” (Pair Glass) ¥1,600
●Poetry Glass "Transparent" ￥900
●Poetry Glass "Reflection" ￥900

●[The best fruit tahi x Midorijuan Shimizu] The poem's gold flat sugar
Blue poetry (grape taste), fruit knife poetry (Obayashi apple taste), prism poem (Ginza Soda taste) Ginza Soda taste SOLD OUT
￥2,700
●[Tahi Exhibition x Kamei-do Sohonten]
TAHI SAIHATE EXHIBITION
KAWARA SENBEI
Single item (4 types) ¥390/4 sets ¥1,400 (*4 sets of images) SOLD OUT
●Poetry masking tape "Peace Poetry" ￥550

 ●Poetry card “Sixth Grade Poetry” each ¥250 
Poetry card "Museum" (1 piece): Blue
Poetry card "gallery space" (1): Red
Poetry card "6th magnitude star poem" (1 piece): Green

In commemoration of this exhibition, original goods will be sold.

In addition to the 19 types so far, we will announce 5 new goods that will appear from the Tokyo venue!

※The product price is tax-included.

※The product image is an image. The color may differ from the actual product.

・Poetry itself Card “Poetry of Swords” ¥350

・The body seal of poetry ￥900

・Clear file of poem ￥600
※Size: A4

Mobile itself Bookmark ￥700
・Correctness
・Gentleness

〇 Ticket price with mini-book: 1,800 yen
We will sell special tickets with this exhibition's original mini book "Sixth Star Poetry" (not for sale). This is a work written by Tahi.
You can choose one of the four types of covers. (Design: Shun Sasaki)
※Business hours are subject to change depending on the event.
※Due to limited number of tickets sold in advance and on the day, it will end as soon as it runs out.
※Mini books will be exchanged at the reception during the exhibition period.

〇 General ticket price: 800 yen　★Free for elementary school students and younger

■Ticket Release date: 12/19 (Sat) 10:00~

■Ticket sales location:
▶Eplus
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Famiport in FamilyMart stores　

▶Ticket pia
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Seven-Eleven, Ticket Pia stores P code: 993-019

▶Lawson ticket
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Lawson In Ministop Store Loppi L Code: 42880

▶CN Play Guide
http://www.cnplayguide.com/iesot6/ (PC/mobile)　
Direct purchase of Famiport in FamilyMart stores

▶Seven Ticket
http: //7ticket.jp/sp/iesot6 (PC/mobile)　
"Multi-copy machine" in Seven-Eleven stores

▶Rakuten Ticket
http://r-t.jp/iesot6 (PC/mobile)