Prospect

This exhibition will offer a new look at how the artists who gathered at Triennale came to perceive the area and discover its possibilities, and how this has influenced their respective subsequent productions.

Yoshitaka Nanjo used to make paintings using soil, but his method of expression expanded with Oku-Noto Triennale as an opportunity. Currently, his main focus is on theatrical installations that add light and sound to the spatial composition. In this exhibition, he will present the expression of time he has been experimenting with through his installations as three-dimensional works using old furniture.

Miyuki Takenaka 《Shadow》

Miyuki Takenaka is an artist whose main material for expression is light through transparent materials such as resin and film. At the now popular Kabukicho Tower, she was in charge of the main work that decorated the space of the cinema theater. In Suzu, based on the diaries and letters that came out of a house on the occasion of director Fram Kitagawa's "Okurazarae," he created a work of memory of a house while viewing Suzu today through the filter of the viewpoint of an individual who once lived in Suzu. This time, by burning the shadows of the photographs and folk tools he encountered at that time onto 35mm film, he will create a work that records on film the invisible little stories behind each object. I will do so.

Ayako Kuno work for reference

Ayako Kuno is an artist who creates sculptures associated with urban landscapes using the craft technique of miniature casting. Her usual works are small sculptures and jewelry, but she has taken the opportunity of participating in Okunoto to try a fusion with existing found objects to create a spatial expression. For this exhibition, the artist will reconstruct the missing parts of broken old tools found in Okunoto with fine metal while cherishing the memories of their owners.

During the exhibition period, the Oku-noto Triennale 2023 (9/23-11/12) will be held in Suzu, strengthening the relationship between each work and Okunoto, and by viewing both works in Suzu and Daikanyama, visitors will be able to experience the atmosphere of Okunoto even more.

We hope you will enjoy these artwork prior to the Oku-Noto Triennale.