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"Unión de...Interactional Casa Barragán" is a collection of works by Japanese contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa (1960-). Based in New York since the late 1980s, Hirakawa has continued his international activities, traversing diverse expressive methods such as photography, video, installation, and performance, while consistently questioning the relationship between humans and society, focusing on social taboos such as sex, desire, gender, suicide, and population issues. His interest has always been directed towards the boundaries between the individual and institutions, and between the body and the environment, and this perspective remains consistent in this work as well. The setting for this book is "Casa Barragán," a World Heritage site known as the home and studio of Mexican architect Luis Barragán. However, Hirakawa does not simply photograph the architecture as a mere structure, but attempts to visualize the interaction between humans and architecture, and between humans and the environment, by interposing the bodies of dancers within the space. Barragán's architecture, known for its vibrant colors and serene structure, is reinterpreted here not as an object of appreciation, but as a living space that embraces human activities. While it is a collection of architectural photographs, its essence lies in the practical application of contemporary artistic thinking about the relationship between space and the body, making it an interesting collection that shows Noritoshi Hirakawa's ongoing concerns in a new form.
