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国土の三分の二を森林が占める日本列島の風土が、木造建築の伝統を育み、その歴史とともに土壁は生まれ、左官の技術は磨かれてきた。いわば我々が 住処をつくる営みの原風景として左官はある。

Vacant/Centreの建物の左官を手掛けた大橋和彰は、「自らの生活を豊かにする」ための技術として左官を見出したという。伝統技術への回帰ではなく、日々土や石に触れながら原始的感覚を手繰り寄せ、より本質的に活き生きと過ごすための坧（どだい）を整えるべく、その手を動かし続けています。

本展では、大橋が大橋左官として数々の施工現場に関わりながら、その技術と自由な発想で個人的に創作してきた物物たちを並べると共に、左官の持つ魅力を立体的に展開し、人の生活の原像に想いを馳せる場の実現を目指します。

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大橋和彰（大橋左官）

1983年東京都生まれ。2005年に「原田左官工業所」で左官の修行をスタートさせ、2015年に「大橋左官」を設立して以来、内装をはじめとして、ワークショップや展示など幅広く活動している。

The climate of the Japanese archipelago, where forests cover two-thirds of the land, has fostered a tradition of wooden architecture, and with that history, earthen walls were born and plastering techniques were refined. In a way, plasterer exists as part of the original landscape of our activities to create a dwelling place.

Kazuaki Ohashi, who worked on the plastering of the Vacant/Centre building, says that he discovered plastering as a technique in order to ‘enrich one's life’. Rather than a return to traditional techniques, he continues to move his hands in order to bring back primitive sensations by touching clay and stone every day, and to prepare the basis for living more essentially and vividly.

In this exhibition, we will be displaying the objects that he has created personally using his skills and free-flowing ideas while being involved in numerous construction sites as a plasterer. We aim to create a space that evokes the origins of human life by developing the appeal of plastering from multiple perspectives.

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Kazuaki Ohashi (Ohashi Sakan)

Born in Tokyo in 1983. He started his training as a plasterer at Harada Plastering in 2005, and since establishing Ohashi Plastering in 2015, he has been active in a wide range of fields, including interior design, workshops and exhibitions.