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Natsumi Aoyagi "Logbook of a Sea Goddess"
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Natsumi Aoyagi
Natsumi Aoyagi has been expressing herself through video and text in order to capture the invisible while confronting the environment that surrounds her. In recent years, she has been exploring the state of the individual in the contemporary age and how to observe it, for example, by collecting stories and images of others through crowdsourcing.
In this exhibition, Aoyagi's first solo show in six years, she will present a work that resembles a fictional nautical journal, conceived in the wake of the belief in Maso, a goddess of the sea that originated in China and developed through voyages. Although boats are no longer a familiar means of transportation, they were once the only way to travel to distant places and an adventure that risked one's life to reach unexplored lands. They have been the subject of numerous literary works, from nautical narratives to science fiction spaceships. This exhibition presents a video installation that weaves together elements from the East and West concerning ships, including Maso, the goddess of navigation whose beliefs spread throughout East Asia as people traveled by ship, and cocktails that are said to have developed during the Age of Discovery to keep people hydrated and healthy during long voyages. The installation will be presented as if it were a picture book being woven at six locations, including the space, a café, a flower shop, a hot spring, a bar, and a snack bar in Towada.
[Event]
Artist Talk *Reservation required
Date: September 17, 2022 (Sat) 14:00-15:00
Venue: Towada Museum of Contemporary Art Cafe
Admission: Free
Speaker: Natsumi Aoyagi
For more information on the event and how to register, please visit the official website.
In this exhibition, Aoyagi's first solo show in six years, she will present a work that resembles a fictional nautical journal, conceived in the wake of the belief in Maso, a goddess of the sea that originated in China and developed through voyages. Although boats are no longer a familiar means of transportation, they were once the only way to travel to distant places and an adventure that risked one's life to reach unexplored lands. They have been the subject of numerous literary works, from nautical narratives to science fiction spaceships. This exhibition presents a video installation that weaves together elements from the East and West concerning ships, including Maso, the goddess of navigation whose beliefs spread throughout East Asia as people traveled by ship, and cocktails that are said to have developed during the Age of Discovery to keep people hydrated and healthy during long voyages. The installation will be presented as if it were a picture book being woven at six locations, including the space, a café, a flower shop, a hot spring, a bar, and a snack bar in Towada.
[Event]
Artist Talk *Reservation required
Date: September 17, 2022 (Sat) 14:00-15:00
Venue: Towada Museum of Contemporary Art Cafe
Admission: Free
Speaker: Natsumi Aoyagi
For more information on the event and how to register, please visit the official website.
Schedule | Sep 17 (Sat) 2022-Dec 18 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://towadaartcenter.com/exhibitions/space_aoyagi/ | ||||
| Venue | Space (Towada Art Center Satellite Venue) https://towadaartcenter.com/en/ | ||||
| Location | 3-18-20 Nishi-Sanbancho, Towada-shi, Aomori 034-0083 | ||||
| Access | From the West exit of JR Hachinohe Station, take the JR bus for 40 minutes and get off at Towada-shi Gendai Bijutukan. The venue is 6 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 0176-20-1127 | ||||
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