In the framework of the artist-in-residence program run by the Breaker Project, the sculptor Nobuhiro Hanaoka was invited to develop a new series of works during the period of 2018 to 2019.
He started his research phase with a walk in the neighbourhood of Nishinari Ward in Osaka City. His standpoint in recent years has been, "the act of making should be 'the act of sculpting' that lies in the extension of his everyday life", which he aimed to expand for this occasion.
Hanaoka had thus far gained inspiration from his day to day life as well as that of his family to deepen his expressions. By getting to know the everyday lives of others who he met through the research and by observing their motivation and passion for making things, he found himself reexamining his own attitude towards 'the act of making'and its necessity for him. This has gradually led him to expand the process of making. Hanaoka especially took notice of female handworks, namely knitting and sewing. In the exhibition he combined his own sculptures with objects that the locals made as their daily activities, objects that were made upon Hanaoka's request or something that he found in the street.