The Drying Cycle

Collective: P_E_A_K_A_Y_ Fabcafé Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Japan 05/2023

The Drying Cycle was a 24h installation in the cramped back room of FabCafé Fujiyoshida. Most of the floor space is taken up by the clothes horse.

On a good day, the laundry might dry indoors during this time. On bad days, a musty smell creeps deep into the walls. On all days, you live around it, circling it all day like untouchable prey.

Subtitles, both embroidered onto a variety of household textiles and printed onto 35mm photography, surround the clothes horse and rug.

Alongside the exhibition we ran a drawing and risograph printing workshop for locals of Fujiyoshida. During drawing from memory exercises, objects were recreated from verbal descriptions and then reproduced as a small publication.