3331GALLERY #031 Mirukusouko + The Coconuts「Inventory management is a running hot chariot.」 3331 ART FAIR recommended artists exhibition

3331 ART FAIR recommended artists exhibition
Mirukusouko + The Coconuts

"Mirukusouko + The Coconuts" is an eight member artist collective comprised of the "mirukusouko"（Milk Warehouse）group and the duo "The Coconuts".
Both groups invent new tools by re-purposing existing things, altering relations between body and tool, and recomposing the infrastructure of existing buildings for new possibilities. The Coconuts consists of members Naoki Matsumoto and Takuma Nishihama. Mirukusouko has a studio in Kodaira-City (Tokyo) managed by its members: Naotaka Miyazaki, Hiroaki Takiguchi, Kazushi Yoshida, Kota Sakagawa, Eisuke Shinozaki, and Azumi Kajiwara. They also run the art space "milkyeast" in Hatcho-bori, Chuo-ku.

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At the 2016 3331 Art Fair, "mirukusouko + The Coconuts" presented their artworks by selling them from the facade of a street stand. By employing the usual manners of a street vendor and applying its format on number of items, prices, materials and customer service, the artists aimed to open a crack in existing premises of the art world and bring in externality.
Each member of the group is either an artisan or an engineer with deep expertise and an ability to generate new artistic ideas. As with craftsmen groups of medieval age, there is no division of labor between artists and engineers in the design and implementation of their projects. This approach is not an "anti-art" political assertion, but rather an innovative practice of art. Tools created by their work are conceptions/experimental assumptions, or "Prospective Objects," as described by Elie During in his thesis work Prototype.

Takuma ISHIKAWA［Artist / Art critic］




3331 Art Fair 2016 -Various Collectors Prizes-／photo by Takuma Ishikawa