Within the shadows, time breathes.
In a machiya townhouse in Gion stand sculptures exploring time, created by Taiga Takahashi (1995–2022), founder of T.T and a contemporary artist.
His vision, which explored the connection between time extending from the past and a future yet unseen, quietly inhabits the space.
Reading the materials and construction preserved in old garments, T.T translates their knowledge into clothing for the present.
Within these garments lives the same philosophy: finding the possibilities of the future in the past.
New interpretations are layered upon materials and techniques passed down through generations.
The stones in the garden, the light and shadow of the tearoom, the gestures of preparing tea.
Through contemporary sensibilities, the aesthetic spirit of tradition finds new expression.
To touch a garment, contemplate a sculpture, savour a bowl of tea.
In the moments spent here, time reaching us from the past quietly meets our present.