ART–CON–SEN
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Hiroshi Senju
Spatial Construction
Gravity as composition
ART–CON–SEN
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Gravity as composition
Hiroshi Senju
ART–CON–SEN
Gravity as composition
Index Code:
ART–CON–SEN
Orgin:
Tokyo, Japan
Field Notes:
gravity as composition · motion as structure · water as architecture
Defining Moment:
Early 1990s — waterfall as architecture; space became thought

Hiroshi Senju

( 
b. 1958
 )
hee-ro-shee sen-joo

Senju built a world where gravity became composition.

His waterfalls, painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper, translate nature into architecture — cascades suspended between movement and stillness.

Each surface feels carved by light, the flow calibrated like structure.

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In his world, water behaves like geometry: motion bound to calm.

Structural Focus

Light as Structure

Light functions as a material or organizing force, not illumination. Form is shaped, stabilized, or defined by light itself.

In Hiroshi Senju’s work, this approach appears where controlled luminosity structures pictorial repetition.

Position

Light as Structure

Light functions as a material or organizing force, not illumination. Form is shaped, stabilized, or defined by light itself.

In Hiroshi Senju’s work, this approach appears where controlled luminosity structures pictorial repetition.
Constructed Surfaces
Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.
Systems of Clarity
Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.
Space
Space is structured through openings, intervals, and boundary conditions.
Material
Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.
Proportion
Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.
Art
Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.
Nihonga
Traditional materials and techniques shape modern pictorial space.
Luminous Painting
Light becomes the primary agent of surface and depth.
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Structual Relations
The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

By Structural Focus

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How are these related?
Quiet Modernism relates practices through how form is organized rather than how it appears. Connections emerge through shared structural conditions — such as repetition, constraint, spatial organization, material behavior, or duration — even when outcomes differ.

A single grouping may reflect multiple overlapping structural concerns.
Vivienne Westwood
Rebellion as form
Vija Celmins
Repetition as infinity

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