Month: May 2013

Title thesis:

The Presence of Absence


Subject:

As an artist born in Japan, but now living and studying in the Netherlands, I have developed a particular viewpoint, which is born of merging and integrating two contrasting cultures. The intention and purpose of my thesis is to evaluate contemporary art, largely governed by Western values, from my Eastern point of view and personal perspective. This opens up a dialogue that leads to new insights. My analysis centres around the concept of ‘Ma’ (‘negative space’ or ‘space in-between’), with its origins deep in Japanese culture, but with its global meaning. In the first chapter I start with an investigation of the perceptual differences between ‘Ma’ in Japan and ‘Ma’ in the Western countries, in the domain of human interaction, subjective self, and physical environment. Chapter 2 examines and analyses ‘Ma’ in the works of both Western and Japanese artists such as Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Francis Alys, On Kawara, and Rei Naito. My line of thinking is inspired by mixtures of Western and Eastern philosophers such as Roland Barthes, George Gurdjieff, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), Dogen Zenji, Hu Shih, and others.


Link to thesis (PDF)

I combine a variety of media such as video, installation, and performance. As for physical materials, I like to use the basic elements such as earth, water, wood, and stones. I enjoy their smells, their feel and touch – it satisfies a basic, primary urge.

Being a female artist, my recent artistic fascination revolves around the womb -matrix- and I bring its spirits in my work. Honestly, I am surprised how mysterious this female organ is! It is so closely connected to the nature. It reflects all of earth’s cycles, the waxing and waning, the ebb and flow, the changes of the seasons and many of the ups and downs we experience in our lives. For me it also symbolises the connection between this world and another world, the gate we pass at birth and through which we give life. It is a magical “space in-between”; a meeting point between the present, the past, and the future; a space of silence, of being, and of female consciousness, where all paradoxical parallels co-exist.

Thanks to Fontrodona Art Space

Title thesis:

The Presence of Absence


Subject:

As an artist born in Japan, but now living and studying in the Netherlands, I have developed a particular viewpoint, which is born of merging and integrating two contrasting cultures. The intention and purpose of my thesis is to evaluate contemporary art, largely governed by Western values, from my Eastern point of view and personal perspective. This opens up a dialogue that leads to new insights. My analysis centres around the concept of ‘Ma’ (‘negative space’ or ‘space in-between’), with its origins deep in Japanese culture, but with its global meaning. In the first chapter I start with an investigation of the perceptual differences between ‘Ma’ in Japan and ‘Ma’ in the Western countries, in the domain of human interaction, subjective self, and physical environment. Chapter 2 examines and analyses ‘Ma’ in the works of both Western and Japanese artists such as Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Francis Alys, On Kawara, and Rei Naito. My line of thinking is inspired by mixtures of Western and Eastern philosophers such as Roland Barthes, George Gurdjieff, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), Dogen Zenji, Hu Shih, and others.


Link to thesis (PDF)

I combine a variety of media such as video, installation, and performance. As for physical materials, I like to use the basic elements such as earth, water, wood, and stones. I enjoy their smells, their feel and touch – it satisfies a basic, primary urge.

Being a female artist, my recent artistic fascination revolves around the womb -matrix- and I bring its spirits in my work. Honestly, I am surprised how mysterious this female organ is! It is so closely connected to the nature. It reflects all of earth’s cycles, the waxing and waning, the ebb and flow, the changes of the seasons and many of the ups and downs we experience in our lives. For me it also symbolises the connection between this world and another world, the gate we pass at birth and through which we give life. It is a magical “space in-between”; a meeting point between the present, the past, and the future; a space of silence, of being, and of female consciousness, where all paradoxical parallels co-exist.

Thanks to Fontrodona Art Space