“Swimming on the Building” is a collection of Tao's early work, which received the
Grand Prix at the 18th “Hitotsubo Award” and made her the youngest winner at the time.
Tao captures the city and its details just as she sees them on her usual walk to school,
she is neither longing for Tokyo nor showing a sense of emptiness.

A change in the time axis, a weapon hidden in a gap between buildings, everyday life in downtown
— when Saori Tao finished swimming, the shape of Tokyo was more then ever present.