Photo：Keizo Kioku
Having experienced Suzu festivals, this artist felt they were a guaranteed opportunity to meet the people you wanted to see. The flow of thoughts and memories connected through these festivals created history. Using old kiriko and string made by tearing and retying old clothes, the artist creates a meeting place filled with rich memories, like a forest teeming with wildlife.
In 2012, she graduated from Aichi University of the Arts with a major in sculpture. She creates three-dimensional works and installations by digging up recollections and times left in objects and connecting fragments of memories to reconstruct a new form of time.
In 2013, she had an exhibition at TENGAI GALLERY produced by Hisashi TENMYOUYA. Since then, she has had private shows and participated in special exhibitions. In 2018, she collected used clothing and created works for an exhibition there during her stay in NY. Recently, she has been holding used clothing workshops and working on a project with architect Takeo Minato using clients’ used clothing to remake furniture.
2013
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Soilstory (formerly World Dirt Association)〈Japan〉Installation artwork with video anditems collected in the “Great Clearance” based on traditional farming “Aenokoto” (banquet ritual) with local residents’ “soil memories.”
Yuki Okawa〈Japan〉
Using old kiriko and ropes made by braiding torn pieces of used clothing,
the artist created a plush forest-like space teeming with memories.
OBI〈Japan〉
By meticulously arranging a collection of countless utensils in a space reminiscent of a deep storehouse, this installation gives you a taste of Okunoto’s rich history and food culture.
Yoshitaka Nanjo〈Japan〉
Images projected onto a wooden boat and an old piano arranged on a layer of sand
dug up from Suzu’s ancient stratum —the afterglow of memories associated with land
and possessions bubbles up to the surface.
Saori Miyake〈Japan〉
This projected image installation was created by arranging old boat parts in a space superimposed by photographs and photograms of boats from the past and present.
Ayako Kuno〈Japan〉
Chips and cracks of battered old farming equipment enhanced with delicately sculpted metal objects evoke Suzu’s agricultural landscape that extended over many generations.
Masaya Hashimoto〈Japan〉
Clay collected from former roof tile factories and bones from whales that link together memories of the primeval sea invite you to recall Suzu’s pristine landscape that prevails today along with its history.
Photo：Keizo Kioku
