Hong Kong
Exhibition: 
SIDE CORE
under city

21 March -16 May 2026

wamono art will present SIDE CORE’s “under city” in Hong Kong for the first time.

SIDE CORE is a Tokyo-based art collective active since 2012. Members Sakie Takasu, Tohru Matsushita, and Taishi Nishihiro work with video director Kazunori Harimoto. Grounded in the ideas and histories of street culture, SIDE CORE’s practice asks how individuals can communicate—and leave traces—in urban and public space. Their projects often involve collaborators from other fields, resulting in works that emerge from the city’s blind spots, gaps, and overlooked infrastructures.

The exhibition’s central theme is “urban underground spaces.” For “under city,” SIDE CORE filmed rarely accessible sites such as massive underground reservoirs, disused water treatment facilities, and abandoned subway stations. While recent technological advances have made cities increasingly digitized and “visible,” many subterranean environments remain unknown or difficult to grasp. The work follows skaters moving through these underground spaces, then edits the footage into a continuous sequence—stitching separate locations into a single “virtual underground city.” The project brings together multiple lenses: skateboarding as a way of reading Tokyo’s underground, alongside geology and disaster preparedness, technology and urban theory, as well as urban legends and fiction. Japanese street skater Takahiro Morita participates through skate video production company “FESN”, performing in the work and directing skate sequences.
wamono art is located in an industrial building in Wong Chuk Hang, a redeveloped industrial area in ​​Hong Kong that remains in active use. During the exhibition period, the artist will stay in Hong Kong to create a new work that expands “under city” into the city’s own urban context.

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wamono art 將首次在香港展示 SIDE CORE 的作品 「under city」。

SIDE CORE 是一個自2012年以來活躍於東京的藝術團體。成員高須咲恵、松下徹和西廣太志與影片導演播本和宜合作。植根於街頭文化的思想和歷史，SIDE CORE 探索個體如何在城市和公共空間中進行交流並留下痕跡。他們的項目經常涉及來自其他領域的合作者，從而產生作品，這些作品源於城市的盲點、空隙和被忽視的設施。

展覽的核心主題是「城市地下空間」。在「under city」中，SIDE CORE 拍攝了如大型地下蓄水池、廢棄的水處理設施和被遺棄的地鐵站等難以進入的地方。儘管近年的技術進步使城市變得越來越數碼化和「可見」，但許多地下環境仍然未知或難以理解和接觸。這部作品跟隨滑板者在這些地下空間中移動，然後將拍攝的素材編輯成一個連續的序列——將不同的地點串聯成一個單一的「虛擬地下城市」。這個項目結合了多個視角：滑板作為解讀東京地下空間的一種方式，還有理解日本地質學和災難防備、科技與城市理論，以及城市傳說和虛構作品的方式。日本街頭滑板者森田貴宏透過滑板影片製作公司「FESN」參與這個作品，既在作品中表演，也負責指導片段中的滑板動作。
wamono art 位於香港黃竹坑的一棟工業大廈，一個仍在營運的重建工業區。在展覽期間，藝術家將會留在香港創作一件新作品，將 「under city」 擴展到這個城市自身的脈絡中。

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SIDE CORE

SIDE CORE is a Tokyo-based art collective founded in 2012. Members are Sakie Takasu, Tohru Matsushita, and Taishi Nishihiro, working with video director Kazunori Harimoto. Drawing on street culture, SIDE CORE explores how people can transmit messages in urban and public spaces, producing projects that vitalize the city’s overlooked zones. Recent exhibitions include “New City” (Dec 2025, CCBT, Tokyo), “Living road, Living space” (2025-26, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), “5th Anniversary Exhibition New Utopia – The New Ecosystem We Create” (2025, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori), “SIDE CORE Exhibition | Concrete Planet” (2024, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art + outdoor space, Tokyo), and the “8th Yokohama Triennale ‘Wildflowers: Alive Here and Now'” (2024, Yokohama).

SIDE CORE 是一個於2012年成立的東京藝術團體。成員包括高須咲恵、松下徹和西廣太志，並與影片導演播本和宜合作。植根於街頭文化，SIDE CORE 探索人們如何在城市和公共空間中傳遞信息，創作能夠活化城市被忽視區域的項目。最近的展覽包括「新城市」（2025年12月，CCBT，東京）、 「生活道路，生活空間」（2025-26年，金澤21世紀當代美術館）， 「第五周年紀念展 新烏托邦 – 我們創造的新生態系統」（2025年，弘前當代美術館，青森）、 「SIDE CORE 展覽 | 混凝土星球」（2024年，東京Watari當代美術館 + 戶外空間），以及「第八屆橫濱三年展 ‘野花：當下的生命’」（2024年，橫濱）。

Photo by Shin Hamada