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Satomi Yamauchi
The body of work by Satomi Yamauchi spans over a decade and encompasses a diverse range of commissions in music, fashion, and various cultural publications, while also featuring her personal artistic output. Her recent photographic series, shot in various locations including her childhood haunts in Florida and Shizuoka, as well as her current base in Tokyo, often showcases nostalgic and dreamlike imagery of weathered signs, sculptures, and deserted buildings. The photographs capture the palpable presence of the subjects with a realistic sensibility, while simultaneously evoking a sense of wistful and surreal imagery.
In addition, Yamauchi has embarked on a recent series that utilizes screenshots from smartphone screens as its motif. The images, originally generated by an AI camera as a practical internet tool to scan along roads and relay information about a location, often feature coincidental compositions and color balances that align with Yamauchi’s vision of a “perfect moment.” This series connects Yamauchi’s childhood memories, captured through analogue photography, with the multitude of images present on internet maps, and invites viewers to capture that same nostalgic feeling of discovering the “perfect moment” on the internet, even though it remains unclear how this nostalgia relates to authentic memories.
The exhibition titled “Whereabouts” showcases Yamauchi’s recent works that present unfamiliar landscapes from foreign places that she has never visited, displayed in a seemingly monotonous manner, as if swiping through a screen. Upon first glance, viewers may perceive the photographs as merely beautiful landscape images. However, upon closer examination, the viewer will note that the photographs offer no concrete information about the location or date they were taken, thus deviating from the original purpose of the internet tool as a practical source of information. As the title suggests, the exhibition does not pinpoint any specific location or time, instead leaving the viewer with a subtle and lingering sense of displacement and prompting them to contemplate the work further. The works appear to capture not only the events of the real world, but also the way in which modern individuals have access to an infinite amount of information at their fingertips, portraying our contemporary way of life.
In addition, Yamauchi has embarked on a recent series that utilizes screenshots from smartphone screens as its motif. The images, originally generated by an AI camera as a practical internet tool to scan along roads and relay information about a location, often feature coincidental compositions and color balances that align with Yamauchi’s vision of a “perfect moment.” This series connects Yamauchi’s childhood memories, captured through analogue photography, with the multitude of images present on internet maps, and invites viewers to capture that same nostalgic feeling of discovering the “perfect moment” on the internet, even though it remains unclear how this nostalgia relates to authentic memories.
The exhibition titled “Whereabouts” showcases Yamauchi’s recent works that present unfamiliar landscapes from foreign places that she has never visited, displayed in a seemingly monotonous manner, as if swiping through a screen. Upon first glance, viewers may perceive the photographs as merely beautiful landscape images. However, upon closer examination, the viewer will note that the photographs offer no concrete information about the location or date they were taken, thus deviating from the original purpose of the internet tool as a practical source of information. As the title suggests, the exhibition does not pinpoint any specific location or time, instead leaving the viewer with a subtle and lingering sense of displacement and prompting them to contemplate the work further. The works appear to capture not only the events of the real world, but also the way in which modern individuals have access to an infinite amount of information at their fingertips, portraying our contemporary way of life.
Schedule | May 20 (Sat) 2023-Jun 18 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception May 19 (Fri) 2023 18:00 - 21:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://parceltokyo.jp/exhibition/whereabouts/ | ||||
| Venue | parcel http://parceltokyo.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 2F Maruka Bldg., 2-2-14 Nihombashi, Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0002 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit C4 at Bakurocho Station on the JR Sobu line, 4 minute walk from exit A2 at Asakusa-bashi Station on the Toei Asakusa line, 8 minute walk from the East exit of Asakusa-bashi Station on the JR Chuo Sobu line, 13 minute walk from the Showadori exit of JR Akihabara Station. | ||||
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