Daiki Nishimura "Poetics of Climate"

Hakari Contemporary

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Daiki Nishimura

Hakari Contemporary is pleased to present Daiki Nishimura’s solo exhibition, Poetics of Climate. Nishimura, as a contemporary landscape painter, has incorporated various social issues, including environmental challenges, into his works with attention to their historical context. This exhibition focuses on the rapidly expanding use of AI and explores the potential transformations of landscapes by employing image-generation AI as one of his artistic techniques.

Behind the widespread adoption of AI are the ever-expanding data centers. It is predicted that the electricity capacity required for AI workloads will increase by 124 gigawatts over the five years from 2025 to 2030, equivalent to the full operation of more than 100 nuclear power plants. In addition, the water resources needed for cooling GPUs and generating power for AI are estimated at 4.9 billion cubic meters per year over the same period, roughly equal to the annual water consumption of all households in Japan. Technologies that may seem unrelated are reshaping electricity, water resources, weather, and environmental conditions, and the landscapes around us are changing daily.

In this exhibition, Nishimura creates ukiyo-e-inspired landscapes using image-generation AI as travel paintings of possible poetic worlds of the future, and uses the generated images as reference guides while producing his own paintings. This exhibition offers an opportunity to reconsider social and institutional contexts inherent in art and abstract expression, as well as the ever-changing contemporary landscapes, and we warmly invite you to experience it.

Schedule

Nov 8 (Sat) 2025-Dec 7 (Sun) 2025