OMA & Shohei Shigematsu designed scenography for Dior at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo MOT is now open to the public, on view until May 28, 2023. Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams marks the biggest exhibition dedicated to the House of Dior to take place in Japan, and OMA’s third exhibition design collaboration with Dior.December 21, 2022–Tokyo, JP–Following OMA’s exhibition designs for Dior: From Paris to the World, the House of Dior’s first retrospectives in the United States at the Denver Art Museum (2018) and the Dallas Museum of Art (2019), the new exhibition in Tokyo presents 70 years of history and ties between Dior and Japan in a reinvented scenographic narrative and curation paying homage to Japanese culture and tradition.In response to the linear procession of galleries within MOT, and the extensive contextual and cultural references of the curation, the scenography is designed to emphasize diversity in tradition, scale, materiality, symbolism, topography, techniques, procession, and organization through a sequence of otherworldly environments. The distinct spaces are organized to alternate between light and dark, expansive and intimate, fluid and rigid to take visitors on a multi-dimensional journey of discovery.Each space draws from elements shared between Japanese tradition and culture, and Dior history and contemporary collections—from specific themes and elements to techniques and construction to devise a unique set of a grand performance. Manipulations to visual and spatial qualities of familiar elements create a set of new surfaces that are super-imposed with dynamic projections and graphics, as well as pieces by Japanese artist Ayumi Shibata and photographer Yuriko Takagi.The scenography for Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is designed by Partner Shohei Shigematsu, Associate Christy Cheng, Project Architect Jesse Catalano, and OMA New York.
OMA & Shohei Shigematsu designed scenography for Dior at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo MOT is now open to the public, on view until May 28, 2023. Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams marks the biggest exhibition dedicated to the House of Dior to take place in Japan, and OMA’s third exhibition design collaboration with Dior.December 21, 2022–Tokyo, JP–Following OMA’s exhibition designs for Dior: From Paris to the World, the House of Dior’s first retrospectives in the United States at the Denver Art Museum (2018) and the Dallas Museum of Art (2019), the new exhibition in Tokyo presents 70 years of history and ties between Dior and Japan in a reinvented scenographic narrative and curation paying homage to Japanese culture and tradition.In response to the linear procession of galleries within MOT, and the extensive contextual and cultural references of the curation, the scenography is designed to emphasize diversity in tradition, scale, materiality, symbolism, topography, techniques, procession, and organization through a sequence of otherworldly environments. The distinct spaces are organized to alternate between light and dark, expansive and intimate, fluid and rigid to take visitors on a multi-dimensional journey of discovery.Each space draws from elements shared between Japanese tradition and culture, and Dior history and contemporary collections—from specific themes and elements to techniques and construction to devise a unique set of a grand performance. Manipulations to visual and spatial qualities of familiar elements create a set of new surfaces that are super-imposed with dynamic projections and graphics, as well as pieces by Japanese artist Ayumi Shibata and photographer Yuriko Takagi.The scenography for Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is designed by Partner Shohei Shigematsu, Associate Christy Cheng, Project Architect Jesse Catalano, and OMA New York.