KOHEI NAWA

Sandwich is pleased to announce the release of an art book and vinyl record, based on “From the Edge,” a performance work that illuminates the thresholds between body and matter, this shore and the other, life and death.

“From the Edge” marks the first collaboration between dancer Min Tanaka and sculptor Kohei Nawa, two artists who have each explored the relationship between body and material from their respective disciplines. Joined by composer Marihiko Hara, lighting designer Yukiko Yoshimoto, and many other creative collaborators, they brought forth a one-of-a-kind time-space where body and matter intertwined.

The book seeks to reconstruct this memorable work through an array of photographs and texts. Far more than a mere stage record of “From the Edge,” which was performed in 2024 at YCC Prefectural Citizen's Culture Hall in Kofu, Yamanashi, it aspires to resonate within the reader’s own bodily senses, capturing this fleeting “event” that existed for only two days. As you turn the pages, surrender yourself to the subtle presence of dance rising from the printed surface, and step into the liminal realm between this world and the beyond.

The accompanying vinyl features the original soundtrack by Marihiko Hara. In 2021, when Nawa’s video work “Tornscape” was exhibited at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE with music by Hara, Min Tanaka gave an unannounced site-specific dance performance within the space. This encounter became the genesis of “From the Edge”; one could say that Hara’s music led the way to its birth.

The record weaves together a multitude of sonic approaches: frequency extractions from field recordings, improvisations by musicians close to Hara themed around “anger toward the world, society, and oneself,” collaborations with shakuhachi player Lenzan Kudo, and further developments from the sounds of “Tornscape”. Resonating with each other, these sounds invite listeners into a “placeless place,” existing somewhere beyond the boundaries of reality and unreality.

◼ Book
Title: From the Edge
Authors: Min Tanaka | Kohei Nawa
Contribution: Tetsuya Ozaki
Interview: Marihiko Hara
Publisher: Sandwich Inc.
First Edition, First Printing: July 11, 2025
Specifications: B4 variant size (W260 × H357 mm), coptic binding with exposed spine, German binding, with sleeve case, 174 pages
Printing & Binding: Nissha Printing Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 978-4-9913310-2-2
Price: ¥11,000 (tax included)

*Advance sales and pre-orders available at Kyoto Tsutaya Bookstore


◼ Vinyl record
Artist: Marihiko Hara
Release Date: July 11, 2025
Format: Vinyl record
Label: Sandwich Inc.
Pressed by: TOYOKASEI CO., LTD.
Catalog Number: SND-INC-001
Price: ¥5,500 (tax included)

*Advance sales and pre-orders available at Kyoto Tsutaya Bookstore