INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO held Beyond the Horizon, an art installation previously exhibited at Milan Design Week 2024, from July 18, 2024.

Beyond the Horizon is a collaboration between Hideki Yoshimoto/Tangent, winner of the inaugural LEXUS DESIGN AWARD, and musician and composer Keiichiro Shibuya. Inspired by the LEXUS next-generation battery EV concept model LF-ZC (standing for Lexus Future Zero-emission Catalyst), the installation expressing a world of next-generation mobility that infinitely evolves through the synergy of software and hardware.

The installation is a fusion of traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology: Japanese Echizen washi paper with a 1500-year history, music generated in real time by programming, and interactive light sculptures. These three elements come together, resulting in a uniquely personal and immersive experience.

In Milan, the installation used a giant Echizen washi paper screen to conjure up a horizontal vista, with the sculptures and LF-ZC in front. For this new exhibition at INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO, the work has been reconfigured into a more personal and immersive space. Complemented by a special arrangement of music from Keiichiro Shibuya’s sound installation Abstract Music, the five sculptures placed in a ring emit light, which reflects on the Japanese paper. Behind them, Echizen washi paper is illuminated by light that shifts with the passage of time. The venue also features LEXUS scents, enabling visitors to explore the space through their sense of smell.

LEXUS has continually challenged the conventions of automotive luxury, striving to expand the horizons in both products and services to create unique, expectation-surpassing experiences for each customer. Beyond the Horizon is an interactive installation inspired by a future where the personal experiential value of mobility can be tailored to the individual, by constantly updating a vehicle’s software so that it transcends its traditional role as a means of transportation through a digital dialogue with the user.

The fusion of traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technology truly epitomizes the LEXUS attitude of future-minded respect for classic Japanese materials and artisanal skill. Visit INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO to experience this utterly unique installation.

■Beyond the Horizon

Dates: July 18–, 2024
Venue: INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO 1F Garage

Hideki Yoshimoto (Tangent)

Designer, Creative Director. Project Associate Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. Born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1985. Completed his master's program in Aerospace Engineering at the Graduate School of The University of Tokyo in 2010, and his doctoral program at the Royal College of Art in London in Design Engineering in 2016.

Founded design studio Tangent in London in 2015. In 2020, he co-founded the field of Advanced Art and Design at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, and further expanded his activities based in both London and Tokyo. Specializes in the progressive integration of design and engineering, providing numerous designs and concepts for world-famous luxury brands, as well as engaging in a wide range of fields from the development of new businesses based on technology to urban development.

His recently founded international initiative Craft x Tech connects Japanese traditional crafts with cutting-edge technology, and he actively presents art works through collaborations with traditional crafts, working on the evolution and passing on of Japanese culture.

His main works include the giant wall art Orb (2023) for the Tanegashima Space Art Festival, the Dawn (2023) that fuses traditional Kanazawa gold leaf with state-of-the-art laser processing technology, the installation Here (2019) for the Hermès pavilion at the international fine watch salon SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie), the glass sculpture Rise (2017) released from Wonderglass, the animation Ascension (2016) for the facade of the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, and the lighting Inaho (2013) inspired by swaying rice plants. Recipient of many awards in the fields of design and engineering, including the Excellence Award from the Artificial Intelligence Society of Japan, Super Creator certification from the IPA Unexplored Software Project, Wakayama Prefectural Culture Encouragement Award, LEXUS DESIGN AWARD, and Reddot Design Concept Best of the Best.

https://www.tngnt.uk/

Keiichiro Shibuya (ATAK)

Musician. Graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in composition. His wide range of works span from cutting-edge electronic music to piano solos, operas, film scores, and sound installations, and he has bases in Tokyo and Paris. In 2012, he presented the first Vocaloid opera THE END starring Hatsune Miku, with costumes by Marc Jacobs, then the designer for Louis Vuitton, which premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and went on to tour the world. In 2018, he unveiled the Android Opera® Scary Beauty, featuring a humanoid android equipped with AI conducting an orchestra while singing. In 2021, his opera Super Angels held its world premiere at the New National Theatre. In 2022, he presented the Android Opera® MIRROR at the Dubai Expo, and in 2023, he premiered the full 70-minute version of the same work at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Has also worked on numerous film scores, and in 2020, won the Music Award at the 75th Mainichi Film Awards and the 30th Japan Film Critics' Awards for the movie Midnight Swan. Through his works, he questions the boundaries between technology, life, and death.

http://atak.jp/en/