“Haiku Moment”

1 11 2008

Photography by Yamamoto Masao


My Installation

When looking at my installation, I would like the viewer not to try to understand. Rather, as a landscape, for example, please just view or take a look. Haiku Moment is a translation of the moment when a haiku takes shape, and it is probably a moment that comes to you suddenly, striking your feelings. Likewise, my installation often reveals its story in front of my eyes at the last minute before the de-installation. It is difficult, however, to describe it by words.

私にとってのインスタレーション

私のインスタレーションを見る時に、理解しようとするのではなく、例えば、風景として観る、もしくは眺めて欲しい。俳句が出来る瞬間をHaiku Momentと訳すそうだが、それは、おそらく突然訪れ、気持ちを揺さぶる瞬間ではないかと思う。私自身も長いこと展示してあった自分のインスタレーショ ンについて、搬出の時になって「あ～そうだったのか」と物語りが見えることが、しばしばある。しかしながらそれを、言葉で表現するのは難しい。

Credits: Quote from artist himself taken from http://www.yamamotomasao.jp website.

I like the theme of threshold a lot. I feel he uses that quite often and gives a good color. It’s very dreamy.

All pictures are taken from his website [http://www.yamamotomasao.jp/] and the Mizuma Art Gallery artist section works [http://mizuma-art.co.jp/index.html]













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Ballpoint art by Eric Thomas Bostrom

28 10 2008

Now this is incredibly interesting. I like perverse perfection – and his style quite suits my taste.

I work primarily in ballpoint with col-erase light blue and red underneath to add texture to the lines. I also use gesso and sharpie over the top and in conjunction with the ballpoint. Most of the wild colors are ballpoint + gesso, though I occasionally use plain rubbing alcohol to make some neat purples.

Credits: Eric Thomas Bostrom at http://www.diversionmary.com/

Judge for yourself…


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Tony Takitani’s real name was…it really was tony takitani

13 10 2008

Directed by the famous Jun Ichikawa based on Haruki Murakami’s novel Tony Takitani.

Released January 29, 2005.

Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. Being alone was normal since his mother died young and his father was always away with his jazz band. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony seems to find emotions illogical and immature.
After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion. Eventually he marries her, and his life changes. He feels vibrantly alive and for the first time he understands and fears loneliness. But her obsession with designer clothes begins to worry him. When he asks her to
economize, the consequences are tragic.

Alone again, Tony sits in his wife’s closet gazing at her treasured couture pieces, the whispering ghosts of her soul. Finally, Tony places an ad in the paper searching for a woman who is a perfect Size 7.

Credits to Tony Takitani’s official website at www.tonytakitani.com
For a while I thought I’d never see a movie like this. The textures, the movements, the sounds, the pictures, the beautiful dialogues all come in synphony as if they were born to be put together by someone.
Being a huge fan of Murakami’s work, I could recognize his tone and style in a lot of the words and ideas. Although I am relatively new in discovering Ichikawa’s work, I could tell there was dedication and love put in the making of this film.
As I watched it, I became more and more absorbed in the characters’ world – what is made entirely of sadness and solitude, however not in a way that is pitiful; but in a way that is incredibly mesmerizing.
Look forward to another review of Ichikawa’s work soon as I will get into it from now on.
It’s as if she was made to dress up.
Credits from Tony Takitani film.

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