Exhibition
Mayumi Sakino・Kobo Inaba・Fujimi Ikeda × Takahiro Iwasaki
In this exhibition, which uses the architectural structures of Yokohama – a city that has become a hub of intercultural exchange – as its motif, contemporary artist Takahiro Iwasaki transforms woven pieces of art that manifest the workings of the hands and hearts of their disabled creators into a brand new landscape that lies at the intersection of a diversity of worldviews.
Mayumi Sakino
Born in Hyogo, 1978. Lives in Hyogo. Mayumi Sakino joined the Sawori Studio You in 1997. Her artworks draw on her own original themes and exhibit a delicate sensibility and a bold use of color. She finds inspiration in daily life and translates her vision into her artworks. Based on a "tapestry" theme, this work is made using tatami weaving techniques.
Kobo Inaba
Kobo (atelier) Inaba is a workshop that serves as a daytime activity center for disabled members of the local community. Its eleven members work as a group while engaging in creative activities that draw on the unique qualities of each person. The members allow their individual tastes and daily moods to guide their selection of color and weaving style.
Fujimi Ikeda
Born in Kanagawa, 1965. Lives in Knagawa. When Fujimi Ikeda joined the Hanamizuki facility in May, 2011, she initially spent her days engaging in gardening activities, but turned her attention to weaving in the summer of 2013. She is known to always have a smile on her face, and her woven works also demonstrate the unbridled enthusiasm of her personality.
Takahiro Iwasaki
Born in Hiroshima, 1975. Lives and works in Hiroshima. Takahiro Iwasaki specializes in dismantling familiar everyday objects or elements of the existing environment and reconstructing them in entirely unexpected ways. His well-known "Out of Disorder" series features a collection of artwork that the artist created by using materials such as pencil lead from mechanical pencils and threads pulled from towels and clothing to build delicate towers, Ferris wheels, and other miniature constructions. His works have been displayed at many of the world's premier exhibitions, including the Biennale de Lyon (France, 2009), the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Australia, 2012), and the Asian Art Biennial (Taiwan, 2013).
Reference image : Takahiro Iwasaki / Out of Disorder (Coney Island) 2012
Courtesy of the artist and ARATANIURANO
music for the deaf
SOUL FAMILY × Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi + Masaki Teruoka + Shuichi Tsutsumi
Daito Manabe, Motoi Ishibashi, Masaki Teruoka and Shuichi Tsutsumi, who use vibrations and ultra-low frequencies to create art experienced through a combination of senses such as touch and hearing, are engaged in an effort to provide "images for the blind and music for the deaf." At the 2014 Paratriennale, they collaborate with SOUL FAMILY, a dance team consisting of hearing impaired dancers, to present their first installment of "music for the deaf" with a performance featuring the use of electric stimulation devices.
Daito Manabeprogrammer/media artist
Born in Tokyo, 1976. Lives and works in Tokyo. Daito Manabe graduated from the Department of Mathematics of the Tokyo University of Science Faculty of Science, and the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS). He uses an original perspective to reconsider everyday phenomena and materials, which he combines to create his works. His interest does not lie in the realm of "high-resolution" or "high-presence" but rather in the fundamental, where he seeks to uncover the fascinating possibilities inherent in phenomena, the human body, programming, and computers through a process of careful observation.
Motoi Ishibashiengineer/artist
Born in Shizuoka, 1975. Lives and works in Kanagawa.Motoi Ishibashi completed his studies at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Control and Systems Engineering and the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS). While still a student, he collaborated with Motoki Koketsu to use the then only recently-developed ADXL202 accelerometer to create "G-Display," which allowed users to play games by tilting a display screen. Since graduating, he has worked on a freelance basis creating many interactive devices for fashion store installations and reception parties, in addition to designing and producing interactive systems for showrooms and permanent exhibitions at science museums and other facilities. In 2008, he established 4nchor51a6 with Daito Manabe. Specializing in device production, he is actively engaged in many undertakings including advertising projects, artwork creation, workshops, and music video production.
Masaki Teruoka
Born in Osaka, 1959. Lives and works in Kyoto. Masaki Teruoka has been engaged in the creation of installation art and the development of laser lighting since his days as a student, Masaki Teruoka teamed up with media artist Yoichi Nagashima and other friends to create the art/technology group VPP in 1998. In the time since, he has been involved in collaborative production, research and development efforts in a wide range of genres, while also providing technical support for media art productions. With a focus on haptics, infrasonic vibrations and biological information sensing, he is exploring the application of biological information to artistic expression from a physiopsychological stance.
Shuichi Tsutsumi
Born in Okayama, 1978. Lives and works in Tokyo. Shuichi Tsutsumi studied signal processing as a graduate student at Kyoto University and went on to carry out research and development in the fields of speech processing at NTT Data and image processing at Canon. He later became an iOS application developer at KAYAK Inc., releasing over 30 applications developed from scratch and receiving honors including Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and App Store Best of 2012 awards. He is the author of iOS Apuri Kaihatsu – Tatsujin no Reshipi 100 ("iOS App Development – 100 Expert Recipes") and currently works on a freelance basis. He is presently working on numerous iOS apps that use Bluetooth LE to connect with external devices.
SOUL FAMILYSOUL FAMILY
The SOUL FAMILY team of deaf dancers emerged from "Soul Impression," a street dance club at the Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan's only university for the hearing and sight impaired. Specializing in the "locking" style of funk dance and with a repertoire that encompasses pop, soul and other dance types, this dance team performs at venues throughout Japan.
Reference image : Daito Manabe / FaltyDL "Straight & Arrow"
Photo : Kazuaki Seki
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Dissolving into the World
[Mè]
[Mè] conducted interviews with friends and associates of autistic individuals and those with developmental disorder and intellectual disabilities to delve into the realm of their creativity. It was here that the "Dissolving into the World" concept was born, and this exhibition explores this theme with documents and artworks created by those individuals, in addition to photographs and drawings that members of [Mè] were inspired to create.
[Mè]
[Mè] is a contemporary artist group comprised of Japanese artist Haruka Kojin and the "wah document" creative team. Launched in 2012, they conceive creative works that manipulate the "me", or eyes, of observers, intuitively drawing the viewer's consciousness towards never-before-seen worlds. They took part in the Setouchi Triennale 2013 and has held exhibitions including Jokyo no Hairetsu ("Scattered Circumstances", Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium Gallery, Fukuoka, 2014) and Unreliable Reality – The Where of This World (Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2014).
Reference image : [Mè] / FICTIONAL SCAPER (2013)
Listening to the Clothes
ANREALAGE + TASKO inc. + Shibata Technos Co., Ltd.
This exhibition explores the non-visual possibilities of fashion by presenting a giant Chanel jacket that has been woven with sound. When the audience listen to the clothing, they can hear the sound that emanates from the fabric. Chanel founder Coco Chanel (born Gabrielle Chanel) is believed to have acquired her nickname "Coco" in 1905, when she worked as a seamstress while singing in a cabaret on the side. The name is thought to have been taken from Qui qu'a vu Coco dans le Trocadero, a song with which she was associated. In this exhibit, the Chanel jacket sings Qui qu'a vu Coco dans le Trocadero as it turns, moves from side to side, and "dances" for its audience.
ANREALAGE
Kunihiko Morinagafashion designer
Born in Tokyo, 1980. Lives and works in Tokyo. Kunihiko Morinaga launched his fashion label ANREALAGE in 2003. The name ANREALAGE is a combination of the words "real", "unreal" and "age," and the designer, guided by the philosophy that "God is in the details," is known for motifs such as his colorful and delicate patchwork, and for his experimental clothing that does not simply conform to human body shape. In 2005, he was awarded the Avant-Garde Award at GEN ART 2005, a contest held in New York to spotlight emerging fashion designers, and he presented his first Tokyo runway collection in 2006. He went on to win the 29th Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix for best new designer and the Shiseido Incentive Award in 2011, and his major shows have included "A Real Un Real Age" (Parco Museum, Masaki Teruoka Born in Osaka, 1959. Lives and works in Kyoto. Masaki Teruoka has been engaged in the creation of installation art and the development of laser lighting since his days as a student, Masaki Teruoka teamed up with media artist Yoichi Nagashima and other friends to create the art/technology group VPP in 1998. In the time since, he has been involved in collaborative production, research and development efforts in a wide range of genres, while also providing technical support for media art productions. With a focus on haptics, infrasonic vibrations and biological information sensing, he is exploring the application of biological information to artistic expression from a physiopsychological stance. Shuichi Tsutsumi Born in Okayama, 1978. Lives and works in Tokyo. Shuichi Tsutsumi studied signal processing as a graduate student at Kyoto University and went on to carry out research and development in the fields of speech processing at NTT Data and image processing at Canon. He later became an iOS application developer at KAYAK Inc., releasing over 30 applications developed from scratch and receiving honors including Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and App Store Best of 2012 awards. He is the author of iOS Apuri Kaihatsu – Tatsujin no Reshipi 100 ("iOS App Development – 100 Expert Recipes") and currently works on a freelance basis. He is presently working on numerous iOS apps that use Bluetooth LE to connect with external devices. Tokyo,2012) and "Philosophical Fashion 2: A Color Un Color" (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa,2013)./p>
Reference image : Yoshiyuki Okuyama ( band )
Mikhail Karikis
For Yokohama Paratriennale, Karikis will make his reseach visit to Yokohama in preparation for his newly commissioned work to be presented in three years.
Mikhail KarikisMikhail Karikis
Mikhail Karikis is a Greek-born and London-based artist whose practice emerges from his ongoing exploration of the role of sound in creating a sense of collectivity that shapes people's lives. His work often engages with communities that operate beyond the mainstream and create forms of professional identity which question dominant cultural and political conventions. Karikis's work is shown widely in international exhibitions including: 19th Biennale of Sydney (2014); Assembly, Tate Britain (2014); Aichi Triennale, Japan (2013); Art Sheffield, UK (2013); Aquatopia, Nottingham Contemporary & Tate St Ives, UK (2013); Videonale, Germany (2012); Manifesta 9, Belgium (2012); Danish Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale (2011). Recent solo exhibitions include Children of Unquiet, Villa Romana, Italy (2014); SeaWomen, Arnolfini, UK (2013).
Children of Unquiet, 2013-2014