The title is "No Staring at Each Other". . will return for the first time in a year to the same place where Guama Uchida held his first solo exhibition.

Actor and essayist.Guama Uchidaheld its first solo exhibition, "A View from Me," in May 2023. About a year has passed since then, and from July 26 (Friday), he will hold an exhibition titled "Not Gazing at Each Other" at the same venue as last year, theflotsam booksThe event will be held at the

By juxtaposing the photographs of Shogo and Takada, who had met only once before, the two photographers present a view of the world in which they see the same world, but their gazes and relationships with others do not intersect.

Shogo Takada will show some of the photographs he has taken so far, which could be called fragments of memories taken in an immediate and reflective manner, in conjunction with his exhibition with Guama Uchida.

I had my first solo exhibition, "My View," at flotsam books last May, and I thought I had done it all, so when the idea of doing it again this year came up, I was stumped. However, I was excited, and I immediately thought about the theme of "other people's relationships". The previous exhibition was a "one-person landscape," so to speak, and I wanted to take it a step further and create a "landscape in which one person and another person are together. . So, I invited Mr. Takada, with whom I had only exchanged greetings once, to be a co-creator of the exhibition. Now, I wondered what kind of view would be created if "one person" and "one person" connected the landscapes they had captured from their respective viewpoints, without looking at each other. I would like to see it as soon as possible. -Guama Uchida-

Somewhere along the line, I became addicted to the act of recording the moment my body reacted. . This desire springs up regardless of time or place. The photos and short films that I reflexively take with my iPhone , though trivial, record moments that will never be eternal. They are, so to speak, like visual memos of memories. Come to think of it, art books and essay collections may also be collections of records. This time, we were invited by Ms. Uchida to collect some of the visual notes she has taken so far in flotsam books, together with the records and memories she has left behind. -Shogo Takada-

There will be a reception on Friday, July 26 at 6:00 p.m. Admission is free & no reservations are required. If you can't make it on the first day, the exhibition will run through Sunday, August 11. You won't want to miss "Staring at Each Other" .