空間へのドローイング

Drawing on Space

A project by the artist collective “Koji Shiroshita & Mifuku” that uses VR equipment as a medium to create drawings, treating space itself as a support.

“Drawing on Space” is an attempt to open up the future of visual art through the fusion of art and XR, in collaboration with artist Koji Shiroshita and XR creator Mifuku.

Koji Shiroshita is an artist who consistently explores the “essence of painting” through series such as “Completely Untitled,” which constructs images with delicate lines using the classic mediums of pen and ink, and the “PICTURE” series, which questions the boundary between painting and photography. In the “Drawing on Space” series, he employs VR equipment as a medium, treating space itself as the support. This approach brings new physicality and dimensionality to the act of drawing, traditionally confined to flat surfaces.

Mifuku is a creator who focuses on connecting the context of existing art with XR expressions, as seen in works like “Given: Marcel Duchamp” (2022), which reinterprets Marcel Duchamp from a VR perspective.

Drawings by Koji Shiroshita are reconstructed by Mifuku, unfolding as XR-based works.

Exhibitions

"Drawing on Space: Shibuya," Shibuya, Tokyo (2025)

This project imposes site-specific physical constraints on digital drawings—characterized by their lack of physical mass and ability to appear anywhere—paradoxically redefining them as tangible entities within the realm of painting.

The 3D data of the drawings, created in various locations across Shibuya, incorporate textures and environmental sounds collected through site-specific research. Through this process, the drawings acquire the memory of the location and traces of time as their own matière.

When these drawings are re-placed and exhibited in the spaces where they were originally created, they transform into site-dependent paintings, forging new relationships between the artworks, the spaces, and the viewers.

Drawing on Space Exhibition at Hitoto, Osaka

"Drawing on Space," Hitoto, Osaka (2024)

This VR installation explores the coexistence of two realms: the material, tangible world of the tableau and the immaterial, conceptual world of VR. These realms are gently delineated by an infrathin membrane, symbolizing their interplay within a shared spatial context.

Support: Kyoto Art Center Artists‐in‐Studios program

"VR public production," Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto (2023)

In this project, Shiroshita created drawings within a VR environment, while sound installation artist Takamitsu Ota generated audio based on Shiroshita’s gestures and the movements of VR participants. These elements were integrated and finalized as a VR/AR work by Mifuku, and the completed piece was presented for participants to experience through VR headsets.

Publications

"Drawing on Space" zine (2024)

A5 size, 24 pages, saddle-stitched booklet.

A photo collection of “Drawing on Space” captured in various locations across Kyoto, Tokyo, and Kanagawa. By scanning the included QR codes with a smartphone or tablet, readers can access an AR experience that brings “Drawing on Space” into the real world.

Workshops

Drawing on Space Workshop at Kyoto Art Center

"Drawing on Space public production and workshop," Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto (2024)

A workshop where participants experienced “Drawing on Space” through VR headsets following a public production of the artwork.

At the end, all the participants’ drawings were reviewed and discussed while viewing them on a monitor.

"Drawing on Space Workshop and Outcome Exhibition," Nara History, Arts and Culture Village, Nara (2024–2025)

A three-part workshop series and an outcome exhibition. Following a demonstration of “Drawing on Space” by Koji Shiroshita, workshop participants created their own VR drawings. These drawings were transformed into AR works by XR creator Mifuku, and participants completed their pieces by capturing AR photos in their favorite locations within the facility. The outcome exhibition showcased the completed works along with videos documenting the creative process.