HAODORI “AWAKENING”
2026.4.2 - 2026.4.30
Opening Reception: 4.2 (Thu) 19:00 - 00:00
HVEN is pleased to present “Awakening,” a pop-up exhibition by HAODORI, a contemporary wagashi project by Tokyo-based artist Xenia Mylash.
HAODORIは、日本の伝統的な和菓子を現代アートの表現媒体として探求し、食のクラフトと視覚芸術の境界を曖昧にします。繊細な素材、透過性、そして形態を通して、和菓子は一瞬のうちに消えていく思索の対象へと変容します。
本展のテーマは「Awakening（覚醒）」です。眠りと覚醒、冬と春、記憶と現在のあいだにある、静かな立ち上がりの瞬間を表現しています。
浮遊する膜や雫、半透明の生物を思わせる抽象的な形態は、時間の中に静かに留まる繊細な構造として現れます。それらは、花が開く瞬間や、思考や感情がほどけていく過程を想起させます。
視覚から味覚へと移行する体験を通じて、和菓子は記憶や感覚と結びつきながら、一時的に存在する儚い芸術として提示されます。
21:00〜22:00にヒューマンテーブルのパフォーマンスを行います。静かで儀式的な雰囲気の中、身体を介して和菓子が提供されます。
HAODORI explores Japanese confectionery as a contemporary artistic medium, creating sculptural wagashi that blur the boundary between culinary craft and visual art. Through delicate materials, translucency, and form, the works become transient objects of contemplation.
The exhibition revolves around the theme of awakening, a quiet moment of emergence between sleep and awareness, winter and spring, memory and presence.
Abstract forms resembling floating membranes, droplets, or translucent organisms appear as fragile structures suspended in time. Some evoke the soft opening of a flower, while others suggest the gradual unfolding of thoughts and emotions.
Through an experience that moves from visual perception to taste, the works invite visitors to engage with wagashi as an ephemeral form of art, existing briefly between sight, flavor, and memory.
We warmly invite you to join us for the opening night on April 2 from 7pm to midnight.
Music from 8pm and from 9pm there will be a human table performance, guests are served wagashi from the body in a quiet, ritual-like setting.
A special tea ceremony experience will take place on April 26, save the date. More information coming soon.