Collection of Interviews and Essays
Decorator Crab — I wonder if you would be able to communicate to someone about the “impulse” that you may feel when encountering the decorator crab《もしあなたが、デコレータークラブとどこかで遭遇したとき、 そこで起きた「衝動」を誰かに伝えることはできるだろうか?》

Publisher: Takehiro Iikawa

Published: March 31, 2025

Edited by: Takehiro Iikawa, Naomi Shibata

Design: Studio Spass

222 pages, PDF (20MB) [Open PDF]

Exhibition Catalogue
Decorator Crab – Occurring Simultaneously or Awareness Being Delayed
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
Published: February 1, 2022
Written by: Kakari Seki, Eriko Kimura
Design: Studio Spass, Takehiro Iikawa
68 pages, PDF (30MB) [Open PDF]

Talk record
Decorator Crab – Occurring Simultaneously or Awareness Being Delayed
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan 
Published: April 1, 2023 
Publisher: Mijutsu Publishing 
Design: Studio Spass, Satoshi Kondo
Artist Talk: “DECORATOR CRAB — From Absent to Audience.” 
Discussion: Yuri Mitsuda & Takehiro Iikawa 
Date: November 19, 2022, 13:30–14:30 
Venue: Art Hall 
2 pages, PDF (2MB) [Open PDF]

Exhibition Catalogue

Decorator Crab—Make Space, Use Space

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Published: March 26, 2022 

Edited by: Kozue Hashimoto

Design: Kenta Shibano 

Photography: Takehiro Iikawa
2 pages, PDF (2MB) [Open PDF]

Exhibition catalogue

Decorator Crab – Expecting Spectators
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
Publisher: Chiba City Museum of Art

Published: February 25, 2022

Edited by: Megumi Hatai

Contributing Author: Hiroyuki Hattori

Artist Interview — Written and Edited by: Tamaki Sugihara

Photography: Takafumi Sakanaka, Takehiro Iikawa

Design: Tetsuya Goto

16 pages, PDF [Open PDF]

Exhibition record
Yokohama Triennale 2020 “AFTERGLOW”  Decorator Crab – Arrangement, Adjustment, Movement 

Publisher: Takehiro Iikawa

Published: September 1, 2020

Design: Takehiro Iikawa

24 pages, PDF (7MB) [Open PDF]

Exhibition record
Decorator Crab – Arrangement, Adjustment, Movement
A-Lab, Amagasaki, Japan  

Publisher: Cultural Promotion Division, Amagasaki City  

Published: July 31, 2019  

Contributing Author: Mayumi Hirano  

Talk transcription: Osamu Tsukihashi, Hisami Hayashi, Reiko Tsubaki, Nozomi Ogawa  

Edited by: Unagi Kojima
Title Design: Maki Yoshimura  

Photography: Hyogo Makiuda, Mikuto Tanaka, Takehiro Iikawa  

64 pages, PDF (30MB) [Open PDF]