This exhibition consists of three groups of work which together consider the expressivity that can only be achieved with cloth, and by extension, the potential of cloth as a medium of expression. One is a group of South Pacific Melanesian tapa (bark cloth) and interlaced fabric, representing a tradition of hand-made textiles handed down from before the development of cloth weaving. One is a group of works by dye artist Fukumoto Shigeki, who has long pursued the expressiveness unique to somé (Japanese dyeing), through his insight into the theories of figuration of Japan and Oceania. The third is a group of works by dye artist Fukumoto Shihoko, whose work sublimates the transparency and spirituality of indigo into art, and who has in recent years developed works using old natural cloth made and used in the life and labour of people in regional Japan. Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori Public University is located in the midst of nature at the foot of Mount Hakkōda. Aomori, long blessed with natural abundance, breathes with the lives of all the generations from the early Jōmon Period onward who have lived here. We hope that this exhibition will provide an opportunity to reflect on the forms created by the relationship between nature and humans, and on the fundamental expressions that emanate from cloth, which is indispensable for life.