Since 2022, PARCO has been holding a cultural festival named "Aito Ambiguity" every year with the hope that the fun of being diverse, cherishing the rights of ambiguity, and loving the ambiguity. This year, the theme was "city_logue" from the desire to create a moment when the elaborate "likeness" becomes ambiguous by listening to various "logue" that is leaking from cities.
In November 2024, as part of the cultural festival "Aito Ambigation", an exhibition "Made with Love by Tom Daley" by Tom Daley, whose sensibilities have lightly exceeded the walls of common sense and expression, and has expanded a space full of euphoria. Tom is a British men's diving athlete, but he loves knitting at the competition venue, and became a hot topic. This is the first time in the world to present his activities as a knit artist in the form of an exhibition. On the day of the exhibition, the red knit he wore was also knitted on the plane before he came to Japan.
What do you think of when you feel free to create various shapes by knitting and unwinding, and how do you feel about his happy and colorful creation?
There are many difficult and complex problems in the world, but every work begins with a single thread. A photo report is an exhibition that gives you such a simple, bright and hopeful realization.
- Photo
- Sachiko Saito
- Edit
- RIDE Inc.
At the exhibition, Tom Daly selected about 20 favorite knit works, expressing his knitting journey that he has been walking. In the space reminiscent of the jumping platform of the stadium, knits produced during the Tokyo Olympics and five medals won by Tom Daly are displayed. In the zone entitled "Towards the slump", knits were hung from the ceiling to express the "unseen anxiety" of the corona disaster. On the first day of the exhibition, a knitting workshop was held by himself, and it was a special moment to feel the "nitting community" that Tom Daly cherished.
Talk by Tom Daly and Break Dancer Ami 
Workshop by Tom Daly 
In addition, a “community wall” was set up at the venue to decorate messages from visitors and ornaments knitted on the spot. The space, which was originally a white wall, was colored colorful over time, and at the end it was filled with warm voice and touch ornaments with no gaps. The positive power and ease of knitting are embodied, and the appeal of why knitting attracts and heals people is expressed, creating a space where loves and hearts are warm. The message and ornaments were later delivered to Tom Daly.
Tom Daley
English male jumper born in 1994. He also participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics and won a silver medal. The appearance of knitting at the competition venue at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics became a hot topic, and it was also reported in Japan as a "Knitting Prince". While knitting as a hobby, he founded the knit brand "Made with Love by Tom Daley". The brand has opened its official website, sells apparel products, and publishes books on knit recipes. It is also a global icon that empowers diversity by announcing the state of parenting with same-sex partners.
Instagram（＠tomdaley）
Information
- Exhibition
- 『Made with Love by Tom Daley』
- Venue
- PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO (Shibuya PARCO 4F)
- Period of the event
- November 8 (Friday) - November 25 (Mon), 2024
- Entrance fee
- 1000 yen (tax included)
- Official website
- https://art.parco.jp/museumtokyo/detail/?id=1584
- Official SNS
- Instagram（@parco_art）X（@parco_art）
Information
- Name of exhibition
- "Ai and Ambiguous City Logue"
- Location
- PARCO MUSUEM TOKYO (Shibuya PARCO 4F)
/ GALLERY X BY PARCO (Shibuya PARCO B1F) / WHITE CINE QUINTO (Shibuya PARCO 8F)
※Fringe Venue: Mikkeller Tokyo / Yirakuen / MILLIBAR - Period of the event
- November 8 (Friday) - November 25 (Mon), 2024
- Entrance fee
- Depends on the event
- Organizing and planning
- Parco Inc. / AD: Aiko Koike / Cooperation: SA.NA
- Official website
- https://parco.jp/aitoaimai/
- Official SNS
- Instagram（@aitoaimai）
