Tomoko Hisamatsu x Kono Desk
Matsutake’s trip.
Traveling Matsutake is an associative narrative starring a mushroom.
It was originally conceived as a limited-edition T-shirt in collaboration with Tokyo-based artist Tomoko Hisamatsu, whose recent family trip around Europe was cheekily hijacked by this project. Since then it has expanded beyond its initial form, manifesting also as drawings and a print edition by the artist, a short film, a zine, and a hat.
the exhibition
was on view 13th and
14th of September at
山 Takamatsu, Berlin
with
contributions from
Yehyun Oh, Gavriel Hyunsoo Yun, Marija Stankovic, Arata Mori
design
LM Cabanzo
July 15th
Somewhere in China.
The soil around here is thick, full of memories of old dynasties, and other charged sediment.
Creatures, I’ve never seen before, I’ve met since I left.
photo by
Arata Mori
From somewhere in China
Depachika
July 17th
I was not the first of my kind to appear post-disaster, nor am I the most sought after.
Matsutake came to Berlin
September
2025
A postcard from the ruins of G za
protecting the possibility as possibility
originates from an aesthetic tradition of playful ambiguity in Japan and has been adopted to decribe a potentiality of gestures — highlighting the beauty inherent to openness, and the space between intention and act.
Matsutake Journal is the first issue of the zine.
a mushroom appears
begins a poem
its trip a perception
August 19th
When I close my eyes, I can hear someone arranging silence.
performed by Yehyun Oh
filmed by Gavriel Hyunsoo Yun
mushroom hat by Marija Stankovic
directed by MKS
‘6:55, 2025
After Matsutake’s Journal ends, this short film spots the mushroom wandering the streets of Berlin until it disappears one more time…
