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132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE "Yoichiro Nishimura: Where Light Touches — Folds and Forms."

At ISSEY MIYAKE SEMBA's CREATION SPACE, 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE presents the exhibition "Yoichiro Nishimura: Where Light Touches — Folds and Forms." From a single piece of cloth to three dimensions, and back again to flat. Rooted in Japan's culture of "ori" (folding), 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE has explored engineered folding structures and material development, opening new possibilities for clothing. The precise structural lines drawn on the fabric serve as blueprints supporting three-dimensional forms, while also folding inward to become hidden within — forming the invisible core of each shape, rarely surfacing on the exterior. In this exhibition, photographer Yoichiro Nishimura shines light on the invisible structures dwelling within clothing, using two techniques — photogram and scangram — with "No.6 TRANSLUCENT" as his subject: a variation that introduces translucency to "No.6," one of the brand's foundational folding structures. In the photograms, where subjects are placed directly onto photographic paper and exposed to light, the translucent fabric reveals intersecting structural lines and forms that emerge under illumination, appearing as abstract images. In the scangrams, where models created during the product design phase are placed on a scanner and captured through transmitted light, the pure composition of the folding structures themselves is rendered in precise detail. What these two techniques reveal transcends the appearance of clothing — it is a landscape of form woven from lines, planes, and layers. Into the depths of folds and forms, where light gives shape to image. We invite you to discover this quiet world that reopens the very concept of clothing. A related exhibition is on view at ISSEY MIYAKE GINZA / 445's CUBE.