Museum of Shimokitazawa
There is a man who loves Shimokitazawa. But now Shimokitazawa is facing the danger of reconstruction. He wants to preserve the landscape and atmosphere of Shimokitazawa. For this reason, he is planning to make a museum this neighborhood. The purpose of the museum is: to make it possible for people in the 22nd century feel Shimokitazawa as it is today (2006).
He is now wondering what should be collected and exhibited. For example, shop signs, public furniture, souvenirs, and so on. But he doubts that just collecting these featuring parts of the town can represent the whole of the real Shimokitazawa. He wants to listen the city dwellers, opinion about the ways of expressing the town. And he starts wandering about Shimokitazawa.
One example is the appealing point, given by the softness of the pedestrian paths. Another aspect: the possibility of unexpected findings, new discoveries happening, new shops, unknown paths.
Since he will be the curator, he is trying to evaluate in which way can he represent, or revive, not only the concrete objects, but mainly the intangible qualities (sounds, gestures, movement, density, smell) that together, give the neighborhood its true spatial quality.
How will the future visitors unpack the content of this museum? How can the memory of this neighborhood now, be relevant to their lives?
