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Atsushi Nishijima “Humor Identification”
Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery
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Atsushi Nishijima
Atsushi Nishijima explores sound and music from diverse perspectives, and presents performance, sound installation, and two and three-dimensional work based on the acquired knowledge and matters in everyday life.
In his major performance piece Acoustical Scenery, Nishijima arranges a series of candles on graphic notations he made based on “chance operation,” one of John Cage’s methodologies of “Chance Music,” and uses light sensors to transcribe the variously caused fluctuations of flames which result in the emergence of organic fields of sounds. Ito Mono Stroke is a painting on a kite string, which Nishijima perceives as a minimum unit of canvas, depicting randomly selected colors and lines on the theme of anonymity of sounds and brushstrokes. The piece entitled Turner Curtain, inspired by “boundary stones” or “musicircus” (a mode of expression where diverse things are performed simultaneously, originally conceived by John Cage), encourages us to understand the way we perceive a certain space through means of a three-dimensional boundary created by ordinary daily objects such as a beads curtain and a shelf. Nishijima’s works present a contemporary interpretation of the practice and essential humor of Fluxus, which served to blur the boundary between art and life.
This marks Nishijima’s first solo exhibition at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, and features new works as well as major pieces from his artistic career.
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Atsushi Nishijima
Date: Dec. 10 (Sat) 14:00–15:30
In his major performance piece Acoustical Scenery, Nishijima arranges a series of candles on graphic notations he made based on “chance operation,” one of John Cage’s methodologies of “Chance Music,” and uses light sensors to transcribe the variously caused fluctuations of flames which result in the emergence of organic fields of sounds. Ito Mono Stroke is a painting on a kite string, which Nishijima perceives as a minimum unit of canvas, depicting randomly selected colors and lines on the theme of anonymity of sounds and brushstrokes. The piece entitled Turner Curtain, inspired by “boundary stones” or “musicircus” (a mode of expression where diverse things are performed simultaneously, originally conceived by John Cage), encourages us to understand the way we perceive a certain space through means of a three-dimensional boundary created by ordinary daily objects such as a beads curtain and a shelf. Nishijima’s works present a contemporary interpretation of the practice and essential humor of Fluxus, which served to blur the boundary between art and life.
This marks Nishijima’s first solo exhibition at 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, and features new works as well as major pieces from his artistic career.
[Event]
Atsushi Nishijima
Date: Dec. 10 (Sat) 14:00–15:30
Schedule | Nov 22 (Wed) 2017-Dec 20 (Wed) 2017 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 22 (Wed) 2017 18:00 - 20:00 Artist Talk from 19:00 | ||
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | http://tomiokoyamagallery.com/en/news/atshinishijima_20171122/ | ||
| Venue | Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery http://www.hikarie.jp/8/en/ | ||
| Location | 8F Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 | ||
| Access | Direct walk from exit B5 at Shibuya Station on the Fukutoshin and Hanzomon lines or Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, Direct walk from the 2nd floor passageway of Shibuya Station on the JR or Keio line. | ||
| Phone | 03-6434-1493 | ||
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