tP by is Yaku Tomiyasu

A collection of works by Japanese photographer Tomiyasu Shunhisa.

The book is made up of photographs taken from the window of the dorm room where the artist lived at the time in Leipzig, Germany. The focus is on a ping-pong table in a park that can be seen from the south-facing room on the eighth floor, and the photographs are taken in a deadpan style, with fixed-point observation. In the meantime, the time, seasons, and people visiting the park change. The title "TTP" stands for "tischtennisplatte (table tennis table)" and is not only used as a table tennis table, but also for sunbathing, as a skateboard obstacle, a clothesline, a playground for children to climb, a meeting spot, a place to escape from busy streets, and many other purposes. With each turn of the page, the table shows a different expression. As a result of the artist's long-standing curiosity, the habits and humor that exude from human behavior and the unique temperament of each person can be glimpsed under this humbly placed table tennis table.

(Excerpt from distributor's commentary)

Despite the very simple method and idea of ​​fixed-point observation, the film skillfully depicts human drama through a single ping-pong table. Because public objects are public, they appear to us as part of a universal landscape, but in reality, it is because they are public that they reveal the gaps in the intersection between the public and private spheres in each person's life, and the diverse ways in which each person perceives "universality."

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Title: TTP
Artist: Hayahisa Tomiyasu
MACK, 2018
Softcover, 200 x 270 mm
260 pages
¥5,550 + tax