The Mass

Photographs between three entrances

Nobuo Araki / The Archetype placed three exhibition spaces in one building at The Mass, giving each its own entrance and approach. Gaps and small courtyards beside Cat Street enter the route between rooms; the three spaces can be used differently according to an exhibition's scale.

The 2026 Viviane Sassen exhibition Myriads combined previously unpublished work shown in Japan for the first time with the continuing 'Frau Holle' series. Born in Amsterdam in 1972, Sassen draws on childhood experience in Africa, abstracting bodies, still lifes and landscapes through colour and geometry. Begin with how a body becomes a shape in a large print, then how colours and forms carry across neighbouring photographs.

Move between the rooms

Move from a longer view of one print to its surface and colour at close range, then carry that comparison into the next room. Allowing 30–45 minutes, including the approaches between rooms, is this guide's estimate rather than a fixed viewing time.

The address is 5-11-1 Jingumae: approximately three minutes from Meiji-jingumae Exit 7, five from Omotesando A1 and seven from Harajuku’s east exit. Check the exhibition’s public hours, admission and photography terms. Enquire if step-free access or assistance is needed.

Before you go

Hours and fees

5-11-1 Jingumae, about three minutes from Meiji-jingumae Exit 7. Check the official exhibition information for public dates, hours and admission.

Good to know

Use of the three spaces changes by exhibition. Enquire first if step-free access or viewing assistance is needed.