Hayahisa Tomiyasu – TTP Architectura & Natura or reuse to render things

or reuse to render things visible

a masterpiece of investigative journalism in two parts that originally appeared in Agony 2 (circa 1988–1993)

with thanks to Idea Books (Amsterdam)

with stories of migration and forced labour

Over the course of his short career

Hayahisa Tomiyasu – TTP Architectura & Natura or reuse to render thingsHayahisa Tomiyasu from the window of his former student apartment in the German city of Leipzig. From his south facing view we see a 'tischtennisplatte', or ping pong table, used for a plethora of purposes including as a sun bed, a laundry counter, a kids' climbing frame, an exercise site, a family lunch spot, a refuge from busy streets, among various other uses everything except table tennis. Tomiyasu spent five years documenting the humble table and