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This floorwork session was created in the studio by Federico Kirigami and Marta Tenshiko alone, as a study of transitions on the ground. The floor completely changes the technical problem: moving a bound person’s body without allowing it to strike the surface abruptly demands continuous control of weight, rope and every point of support. Marta […]

One of Kirigami’s earliest photographic studies, created alone in the studio with Kitsune. In this session the visual research moves away from hard chiaroscuro and explores softer, lower-contrast light, keeping the model luminous and clearly legible even in the most intense passages. The sequence tells a moment of capture: the white shirt becomes part of […]

This session grew from a shared moment of research in an empty studio, with Marta Tenshiko tied and photographed by Federico Kirigami. The starting point was an unusual arm harness built around the closure of the elbows and inspired by a photograph by Nureki Sensei. With no assistants present, the atmosphere became intimate and solitary: […]

This session began as a moment of research and experimentation at home between Marta Tenshiko and Federico Kirigami. The work revolves around a new shape built on the hashira, using a lacing of the legs: the legs are held tightly together and wrapped in numerous turns of rope, reshaping their volume and their relationship with […]

This was the first shoot with d.i.f.y.s., created alone together in the studio. Strongly contrasting light builds a clear, theatrical space in which the white dress, initially composed and almost ‘respectable’, becomes the starting point of a transformation. The sequence explores shame and exposure. As the ropes move the body from the floor into suspension, […]

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We shot this session at home during the Covid lockdown, with Ema Kuroko at our side as an assistant. In the intimate domestic space, the chair becomes both a scenic element and a point of support, while the light shapes Marta Tenshiko’s black lingerie and red hair. The Louboutin pumps, with their distinctive red soles, […]

We photographed this session at home, alone, during the Covid lockdown. These were still some of Kirigami’s earliest photographic experiments: we were working with an old camera that had been given to us, discovering its possibilities and limitations while shaping the light, framing and rhythm of the sequence. Kata ashi becomes the thread running through […]