"TO CHANGE the Japanese government, you could begin by altering the seating arrangement in parliament" - Atelier Bow-Wow

From Make It New: Aaron Betsky on Atelier Bow-Wow

"Their most eloquent social jig is the White Limousine Yatai, produced the following year for an arts festival in Niigata, on the Japanese coast: Noticing that the yatai structure--a food stall around which people sit--produced an active social space (one can recall the importance of such a yatai in the movie Blade Runner to understand how it works), Atelier Bow-Wow created one more than thirty feet long. The monumentalized vehicle has trouble maneuvering through the streets, but this very ceremony creates a spectacle in which, according to Bow-Wow, one's perception of the street space is heightened. While installed in Niigata, the pristine structure served only white food, both to minimize its presence and to remind users of the heavy snows that blanket the area in the winter."

-From Make It New: Aaron Betsky on [Atelier...