Photo：Keizo Kioku
This work, which revolves around an image of the sea and boats of Suzu, originated with photos and parts of an old wooden boat found dormant in the boathouse where the Okura Zarashi took place. The artist develops a video installation that combines photographs and photograms of past and present vessels in a space with old boat materials. We explore the “picturesque image” in our eyes and let it emerge in a multidimensional manner.
Around 2003, she began producing photograms in which she draws several drawings on transparent sheets of paper which are then superimposed on photographic paper and exposed to develop the drawing’s shadows. An attempt is being made to extract a polyphonic "picturesque statue" of what is inherent in people's gazes. Recent exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2019 "MOT Annual 2019 Echo after Echo: Summoned Voices, New Shadows" (Tokyo), the National Art Center in Tokyo in 2018 "20th DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow Special Exhibition" (Tokyo) and Arts Maebashi Gallery in 2017 "Art Meets 04 Koichi Tabata/Saori Miyake" (Gunma).
Exhibition view
Photo : Kenji Morita
2019
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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
