SunSun Garden, Matsudo, multi modular set-up during Long Stay Programme, Paradise air, 2023

Taking the premise that crossroads, places of transit or generally liminal spaces are conducive to magic, the magic research agency embraces the idea of puzzling polysemy by bringing in a kaleidoscopic take on things. It is our working hypothesis that magic happens in-between when things are in flow. At current the magic research agency is in the process of materializing and on its way from a fictional or imaginary entity to one inscribing itself in reality. Its first sprouts could be observed at Paradise Air in Matsudo. Some of its operations are obviously secret and are happening behind closed doors but as this magic research agency is committed to exchange, experimentation and speculation, it is also venturing out to different spaces in town. At SunSunGarden you can find a spatial sketch or some would rather call it a performative installation featuring the ongoing investigations of the magic research agency in Matsudo itself, concentrating on photographic note-taking of the urban context by our in-house flaneuse, an exploration of the Edogawa river as a liminal space par excellence, magic hour studies and a new experiment “Thinking about Magic in Matsudo” in collaboration with some friendly passersby. There is also a selection of archival material, and we invite you to bring your imagination and let associations play. You are welcome to leave some input or talk to a magic agent who is out in town (probably at a cafe).