Engulfing the immaterial, SOZOU Studio’s works linger between the normative horizontal planes of our daily lives like a beacon of nostalgic warmth. Almost Disappearing celebrates the transience of our cosmopolitan human nature through vague impressions on our senses. More often than not we glimpse at moments in consciousness as they already pass — fleeting and beautiful, this encompasses a delicate approach within Kohtaroh & Stefano’s collaborative works.

We see an aesthetic vulnerability through the application of Australian blackwood, Japanese paper and patinated brass; an honest acceptance of our natural world in its raw conception. Alongside diverse counterparts, the familiarity of materials connects to everyone on levels unbeknown to our ocular prejudice.

What is to be perceived is a balanced impression of unbiased lighting, holding space and place in a poetic juxtaposition to the fluorescent norm. Smouldering pendants and intimately crafted paper, among humble plinths of wood, gently exudes an illuminated dissonance in SOZOU’s collection. We have found a desire, not only to remember, but to embrace the freedom in forgetting.