Published in conjunction with Hikosaka Naoyoshi's solo exhibition 'Floor Event 1970' at Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo in 2016.

'Hikosaka Naoyoshi's Floor Event of 1970, in which the artist poured latex on the floor of his room, is arguably one of the benchmark works of the 1970s in world art history. To use a musical analogy, the "theme" of pouring latex on the floor spawned, through 1975, a series of "variations" often combined with other elements such as installation art and music. An iconic image derived from the 1970 iteration graces the catalogue cover of Global Conceptualism, a seminal exhibition held at the Queens Museum of Art in 1999. It acknowledges the importance of the series characterized by its radical act of pouring latex in the artist's living space, staunch institutional critique, and conceptualization of the floor as the movable site of performance and its theoretical foundation. His interdisciplinary approach that straddled performance, photography, and painting necessitates multilayered readings of this body of work.' — excerpt from essay by Reiko Tomii

Texts by Reiko Tomii and biography of the artist.