“Role Play” Is the Basis of a New Exhibition at Prada Aoyama
On view in Tokyo from March 11 to June 20.
Search, projection and invention is the thematic base of a new exhibition at Prada Aoyama Tokyo. Housed on the fifth floor of the label’s Herzog & De Meuron-designed building, the show brings together an eclectic cast of emerging artists who explore alternative means of identity.
“Role Play” is curated by Melissa Harris and presents photographic, video and audio works by international artists Juno Calypso, Beatrice Marchi, Haruka Sakaguchi, Griselda San Martin, Tomoko Sawada, and Bogosi Sekhukhuni, along with a light installation project conceived by the creative agency, Random Studio.
“An alter ego, persona, or avatar may be aspirational,” said Harris in a statement. “It may relate to one’s personal and cultural history and sense of otherness; it may be a form of activism, or a means of maneuvering through entrenched, even polarized positions, toward empathy: putting oneself in another’s shoes,” she added.
The exhibition was organized in support by Fondazione Prada and will be on view from March 11 to June 20, 2022.
For those in Milan, be sure to check out a retrospective exhibition on Domenico Gnoli.
Prada Aoyama
5 Chome-2-6 Minamiaoyama,
Minato City,
Tokyo 107-0062, Japan
