Art Gallery Exhibition, 2019 // University of Michigan, Taubman Gallery

Quasi-Domestic Space in Japan was an installation exhibition as part of exhibition series at Taubman Gallery. The research derived from a study abroad program in Japan. The team spent a month in Japan studying and researching the culture. Afterwards, we analyzed the observation made during our time and created a hypothesis based on the insights. The exhibition showed two different types of spaces popular in Japan that have both what is traditionally considered as a “domestic” space in Western culture within a “commercial” setting. We observed that the “domestic” elements have seeped into public spaces in Japan and created what we termed as “Quasi-domestic space”. The exhibition provided a curated experience of these spaces at Taubman Gallery.