Putting together an exhibition recetly changed my conception as to what an exhibition can be, and it's been refreshing.

So yes, maybe you guessed, Elliott and Kaz and I just launched our exhibition the other day. Pe hu, this creative community space I'm doing my residency at here in Osaka, has three floors... it has a cafe on the first floor, a shop and gallery on the second, and an apartment for invited artists and a creative woodshop / open studio on the third.

Our exhibition was in two parts:

1) Our exhibition "Green People" was in the gallery (2F). For it, we had a primary green diorama with green rolling grass, a river of tin foil, a wind farm with real fans, and many horses made of tin foil too. We also had a station dedicated to the Pomera, with the very device I'm typing with on display. One of my favorite things Elliott and I did here was film a commercial for the Pomera. We didn't display the commercial, but we showed some of the inspiration and documentation surrounding it. Elliott also miraculously sculpted at 1/32 and 1/128th scale model of the Pomera out of tin foil. In the back of the gallery we displayed a water glass and its shadow. We hung a bag of water from the ceiling so that water would drip into the glass periodically, making a dramatic resulting motion in the shadow.

2) We opened "Airbnb Flight Simulator Room" in the apartment Elliott and I have been living in as residents on the third floor. In this room, there is a poster of all 495 available pins in Flight Simulator. It's the biggest poster I've ever made, size B0! In the living room, two clocks are set to JFK (New York) and KIX (Osaka) time. I also made a laminated "Room Guide" in the style of typical Airbnb guides. But in this guide, it lists just as many activities to do inside the room as out. These activities were partly written by my friend Webb. He is so funny.

Ok,so now you know what was in the exhibition literally. You might be wondering how the opening went, the event-ness of the whole thing. Good question. So after two full days of working straight up until the opening at 7pm on Monday, we had only one visitor... another pe hu member. Of course, we had no idea what to expect, as of course we have no friends in Osaka. I have to say, having a very small opening was actually quite refreshing. Maybe because part of the exhibition was in a living space... it made me think how an exhibition can just be an excuse to spend an intense focus period on redesigning or presenting a room. Then you have people over to see how it's changed and celebrate. The social finish line also proves a fuel to creation, of course.

This is something I've been thinking a lot about. How many people is enough in a community? Usually art openings in New York are so crowded. I stopped going to most a few years ago because they were so vapid. Now I only go to cheer on close friends. I think if in the future, I ever have an exhibition, I would be happy if just a few of my close friends came, and that was it. I still like the idea it would be open to public, though, to give newcomers a chance in, and to make the work accessible. But I think there is a quota I'm dreaming about here. When there is over a certain number of people, or a certain type of person, these events are the opposite spirit of what they should be.

After we hung out in the gallery and room for a while, we went downstairs, and Kaori and Aya made us the most beautiful green plate! After that night, the green plate was available in the kitchen for 800 yen for cafe visitors.

I am starting to have a few fun ideas about having little exhibitions in my home. Maybe I don't need to call them an exhibition. But I like the idea of changing a room before a group of people come over. Especially if those people are familiar with the room and how it's changed over time.

I started this note outside the sento. I was waiting for Kuzama and Elliott to finish bathing. And now I'm finishing it at home, in the Flight Simulator room. I am not on a flight, but typing on my Pomera does make me feel like I certainly could be.

Green people are building things here. In this very room. Unfortunately you can’t see them, but you may be able to hear them though they work quietly.

緑の人はここに物体を作り 上げています。まさにこの部 屋に。残念ながら彼らを目に することはできませんが、耳 にすることはできるかもしれ なません。彼らは静かにひっ そり働いています。

When they build things they make a lot of green dust. They breathe in the green dust and become more green.

緑の人が物体を作り上げる とき、彼らは大量の緑のゴミ を出します。そして緑のゴミ を吸い込み彼らはより緑色 になっていきます。

The green people ride silver horses from dawn until dusk. Horseback riding is the green people’s favorite and only sport. They ride in circles in the tall green grass. The goal is to flatten the grass like the wind does. Green people believe that the wind in the highest power. Being like the wind is being closer to Green.

緑の人は夜明けから夕暮れ まで銀の馬に乗ります。馬の 背に乗ることは緑の人のお気に入りで、彼らが行う唯一 のスポーツでもあります。緑 の草丈の長い芝生の上を円 になって乗馬します。目標は 風のように芝生をぺしゃんこ にすること。緑の人は風こそ が最高峰のパワーを持って いると考えています。風のよ うになることは緑に近づくこ とだと考えています。

Sometimes green is boring. When the green people get bored they escape into another color. It is normal for the green people to get bored and this transition is welcome.

緑は時々退屈です。緑の人は 退屈になると別の色に逃げ込みます。緑の人が退屈に感 じるのはよくあることで、この 移行は歓迎されています。

The island of Green is the green people’s favorite place to vacation. You will find them riding horses across vast green plains and even swimming in the surrounding green waters. There are many wild silver horses on the island. You might find them playing in the tall green grass or napping. The green people also have a large wind farm on the island of Green. Each wind turbine generates enough energy for 2 to 3 green people. The green energy is stored in green pills. These pills are bought and sold on the green market. Some of the green people work in finance on Green Street. The wind is always blowing so the markets are always in the green. This is another reason why the green people worship the wind, though they would never admit it.

緑の島は緑の人に人気のバ カンス地です。ここでは広大 な緑の平原を馬と跨り走り 回り、さらには島の周りの緑 の水の中を泳ぎまわる彼ら を目にするでしょう。この島 には野生の銀色の馬がたく さんいます。銀色の馬たちが 緑の長い芝生の上で遊んで いるところや昼寝をしている ところを目にするかもしれま せん。緑の人は緑の島に大き な風力発電基地も持ってい ます。それぞれの風車は二、 三人の緑の人に十分な量の エネルギーを作り出します。 緑のエネルギーは緑の錠剤 に貯蔵され、この錠剤は緑の 商店で売買されています。緑 の通りの金融で働く緑の人 もいます。いつも風が吹いて いるので緑の商店はいつも 緑色です。これは緑の人が風 を崇拝する理由の一つでも あります。彼らはそれを決し て認めないのですが。