M A N T L E (Shu isaka ＋ Soshi Nakamura）

Mantle is an art collective formed by Shu Isaka and Soshi Nakamura. Accessing all types of site-specificity, the artists create simulations of phenomena that are not directly visible, and long- and short-term events that transcend the human temporal axis. While incorporating accidents and errors that occur in the process, they employ playful methods and discover as yet unseen points of contact with time and space. MANTLE has focused on geological time scales such as the Izu Peninsula's collision with Honshu, and ecological time scales such as vegetation change in central Tokyo.These are long-period phenomena that are beyond human perception, and are relevant to scientific subjects such as the generation of landforms, crustal movements, and transitions of biological communities. Meteorological phenomena such as lightning are treated as global electromagnetic cycles and atmospheric phenomena, attempting to visualize the order and contingency of the natural world. Major exhibitions include DXP (Digital Transformation Planet): Towards the Next Interface (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2023–2024) and Pineal Gland Sashimi (Wuhan Art Museum, China, 2024).