In particular
Ryota Watanabe x Roger White
Apr 17 ー May 17, 2026
SOM GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
SOM GALLERY is delighted to announce "In particular”, duo exhibition curated by James Bae on view from April 17 to May 17.
There is not a field in academics so similar yet epistemically different than mathematics. Look at it this way: one half, applied maths, underpins the everyday pragmatics that create the stability of a bridge; the structural execution of discrete code that runs global banking systems; or regulates the fractional amounts of ingredients to, say, make an average morning omelette. The other half has no basic function -hence no practical utility- to be useful to anything apart from providing a glimpse to its own pre-existing state of being. Pure mathematics cannot mean anything other than reflective of itself, in actuality; and it is why you receive a bachelor’s or other degrees in this math in the arts rather than in the sciences.
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