Diorama Maps of Sohei Nishino

[Mulboyne]

Sohei Nishino

Born in Hyogo in 1982. Since he was a university student of Osaka University of Arts, he started his series Diorama Map which is created from his memory as layered icons of the city.

The creation of a Diorama Map takes the following method; Walking around the chosen city on foot; shooting from various location with film; pasting and arranging with enormous mound of pieces.

Tokyo:



Osaka:



Kyoto:



You can see these maps up close at the Emon Gallery in Minami Azabu, Tokyo for the next five weeks or so.

Hiroshima:

[BigInJapan]

You can see these maps up close at the Emon Gallery in Minami Azabu, Tokyo for the next five weeks or so.

This is actually a two-part simultaneous exhibition (I happened to translate some PR literature last month for a different site which is how I knew about it).
The other part of the exhibition is being held at the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London.
Nishino spent a month going around London on foot taking 10,000 photos for the dioramas there.