The solo exhibition RE-I (レイ) by the artist duo MES (メス) has been running at PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO on the 4th floor of Shibuya PARCO since Saturday, October 24, 2026. The exhibition ends on Monday, November 16, so only a few days remain.
As an attempt to see the ever-changing city of Shibuya from a new angle, the exhibition is built mainly around a video installation that brings out the layers of history hidden in the city and durational performances.
Exhibition Overview
- Title: RE-I (レイ／RE-I)
- Artist: MES (メス)
- Venue: PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO (Shibuya PARCO, 4th floor), 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
- Dates: Saturday, October 24, 2026 to Monday, November 16, 2026
- Hours: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM (last entry 30 minutes before closing; closes at 6:00 PM on the final day)
- Admission: Free
- Organized and planned by: PARCO Co., Ltd. (株式会社パルコ)
- Cooperation: サーモグラフィ株式会社
- Promotional design: 八木幣二郎
- Exhibition website: https://art.parco.jp/museumtokyo/detail/?id=2004
Business days and hours may change, so please check the business hours of Shibuya PARCO on its official website: https://shibuya.parco.jp/
Performance Schedule
MES performs inside the venue on the following dates. The schedule is only a plan and may change at short notice, so please check the latest information on the social media accounts of MES (@mesmesmes8) and PARCO ART (@parco_art) on Instagram.
- Thursday, November 12: from 8:00 PM
- Saturday, November 14: from 2:00 PM
- Sunday, November 15: from 1:00 PM
- Monday, November 16: from 1:00 PM / from 5:00 PM
Upcoming Event: Talk With MES, Komiya Risamarina and Sato Tomoko
To mark the solo exhibition, a talk event will be held with two guest artists, Komiya Risamarina (小宮りさ麻吏奈) and Sato Tomoko (佐藤朋子). The two guests will talk about their own works, and the session is planned around the theme of how to express the state, the body, the spiritual and memory in urban areas, mixing in topical and current concerns.
- Event: Talk Event | MES × Komiya Risamarina × Sato Tomoko
- Venue: PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO (Shibuya PARCO, 4th floor)
- Date and time: Sunday, November 15, 2026, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Admission: Free
- Seats: 30
- Sign-up: Through ArtSticker at https://artsticker.app/events/161537
- Official website: https://art.parco.jp/museumtokyo/detail/?id=2004
Please note the following.
- Seating is for the first 30 people. After that, guests will be guided to standing space.
- Part of the exhibition cannot be viewed from 2:30 PM on the day because the venue is being prepared.
- After the talk ends, the venue opens as usual from 5:00 PM.
- The event may change at short notice.
Komiya Risamarina (小宮りさ麻吏奈)
Photo: Miyuki Toudou
Born in Atlanta in 1992 and based in Tokyo. Starting from an interest in a new theory of time that emerges from a queer perspective, Komiya works under the theme of "exploring new methods of reproduction and propagation." Working across biotechnology, performance, video, installation and manga, the artist brings to light issues of productivity, sexuality and the body in situations where technology intervenes.
Collaborative projects include 「繁殖する庭」 (literally, "a garden that breeds"), which overlaps the fact that same-sex marriage is not permitted under the legal system with the problem of building regulations by creating a garden on land where rebuilding is not allowed, and 「FAQ?」, a queer feminist art platform for continuing to question. Komiya also works as a manga artist, and the published works include 『線場のひと』 (リイド社).
Sato Tomoko (佐藤朋子)
Photo: Rysuke Ohno
Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1990. Sato completed the Media Imaging program at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科メディア映像専攻), in 2018. Starting from the events and layers of memory latent in cities and regions, Sato carries out research-based artistic practice. Through storytelling and lectures, Sato weaves together fragments such as documents, testimonies and traces of places, dealing with structures in which multiple timelines intersect.
Sato is engaged in ongoing projects in Tokyo, including 《オバケ東京のためのインデックス》 (シアターコモンズ, 2021 to present), a series of research and lecture performances that trace and retell the memories and traces of the city, and 《TWO PRIVATE ROOMS – 往復朗読》 (a collaboration with 青柳菜摘, 2020 to present).
Recent exhibition participations include 第14回恵比寿映像祭「スペクタクル後」 (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum [東京都写真美術館], 2022), 「ニュー・ユートピア——わたしたちがつくる新しい生態系」 (Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art [弘前れんが倉庫美術館], 2025) and 「再編する ― NAMコレクションの現在」 (Nagano Prefectural Art Museum [長野県立美術館], 2026). Sato was also an overseas trainee of the Pola Art Foundation (ポーラ美術振興財団) in fiscal 2023 (Reiwa 5), studying in Taiwan and South Korea.
About the Artist Duo MES
Photo: 遠藤文香
MES (メス) is an artist duo formed by 新井健 and 谷川果菜絵, who have been creating works together since 2015 and are based in Tokyo. Drifting between club culture and contemporary art, they create installations and performances that quietly and fiercely illuminate the darkness of the world through light and heat.
Recent solo exhibitions include 「祈り／戯れ／被虐的な、行為 P-L／R-A／E-Y」 (2024) and 「DISTANCE OF RESISTANCE／抵抗の距離」 (2021). Group shows include 「MEET YOUR ART FES: Super Spectrum Specification」 (2024), 「陸路(スピルオーバー#1)」 (2024) and 「Reborn Art Festival 2021夏」.
As laser VJs, they have handled the staging of parties such as "CLUB SKIN" and "WAIFU" and of stage productions such as the live shows of Dos Monos. They have also continued to explore collaborative and intersectional projects, including the exhibition 「鉄格子の向こう」 (2025) about political prisoners in Russia and the party 「REVOLIC -Revolution Holic／革命中毒」 (2022 to present).
A solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (ロサンゼルス現代美術館), in the United States, is planned for February 2027.
