The man behind the masking tape
Tokyo-based PingMag introduces the world to the art of Shuetsu Sato. He’s a guard at Tokyo’s largest train station but sometimes he constructs huge signs directing the passengers where they need to go. He makes the letters for these signs out of masking tape.
His transient tape art became so popular that film artist collective TrioFour eventually made a documentary about Sato’s unique guide system. PingMag talked to TrioFour member Hikaru Yamashita about the making of their “The Shinjuku Gaffer Tape Guide” and their current exhibition of Sato’s work in Koenji.
Why does he do it?
“Many people create something because they long for attention from others, but Mr. Sato is different… He just wanted to offer more safety and better accessibility for the passengers. I really do respect that,” Hikaru Yamashita says.
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