Basement sanctuaries Ito Sachico and the story of a

and the story of a house and its family

where you can look beyond your own reflection and find the miraculous an inch beneath your nose

The kimonos featured here are drawn from the internationally renowned Montgomery Collection of Lugano

and greens with distinctive uses of black and white are present in Japanese textiles

Basement sanctuaries Ito Sachico and the story of aBasement Sanctuaries explores the ways in which superintendents decorate basements of apartment buildings in Northern Manhattan, New York City by illuminating the process of migrant adaptation to the metropolis from an intimate perspective. Superintendents are caretakers that usually live in the basements of apartment buildings with ten or more units. They are in charge of the building on behalf of the owner, maintain its public areas and the