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Tadasu Yamamoto
Born in 1950, Tadasu Yamamoto graduated from the Musashino Gakuin University, majoring in Commercial Design, in 1974. He has been involved in the presentation of photographic works and contemporary art photography. Since presenting the "Bottles" series in 1982, he has consistently focused on "water" as the central subject of his photography and art production. This exhibition presents his latest works, including "Wave Field" and "Hoyumichi Dam," alongside iconic pieces such as "Bottles" and the representative work "Thinking Water," offering a unique opportunity to view both his current and past work.
Yamamoto describes water as something that visualizes the principles of the universe on Earth. Indeed, the water he photographs frequently serves as a metaphor for gravity, attraction, buoyancy, and more. The grand movements of the universe are condensed and presented within the confines of a photograph. In his book "The Savage Mind," Claude Lévi-Strauss referred to this process of "condensation" as a "reversal of the cognitive process," stating that "in the case of a condensation model, comprehension of the whole precedes comprehension of its parts," in contrast to attempting to recognize a life-sized object or a human.
In recent years, Yamamoto bid farewell to the film camera he had used for many years and transitioned to digital photography. He states that "film makes photography the goal, while digital makes it the means." This declaration, which may resemble a "manifesto," reflects the fact that digital cameras, capable of acquiring images through electronic information, offer greater freedom in terms of image dimensions, ease of editing, and a closer approximation to the images he envisions. Yamamoto's statement implies a shift from merely "depicting the world as it is" to directing consciousness toward something beyond.
During the summer, Yamamoto presented "Wave Field" at Gallery Mazekoze. In this work, he meticulously captured portions of ocean waves using a telephoto lens and combined them to create a single piece. While the camera serves as a means to realize the artist's image, the waves, as a phenomenon that continuously resists the artist's intentions, ultimately become the primary focus of the work. The strong impression we receive from his works is undoubtedly the appearance of water as a phenomenon (substance) rather than his visualization.
By presenting the phenomenon through close-ups, space expands, and high-speed photography extends the dimension of movement. Enlarging an object is not simply about making what was previously blurry clear. Rather, it reveals an entirely new structure of the material. Similarly, high-speed photography does not just present well-known motifs of movement. It discovers unknown motifs within these known motifs. The nature that speaks to the camera is different from the nature that speaks to the naked eye. By the penetration of a space infiltrated into the unconscious instead of the space permeated by consciousness, the aspect of nature changes.
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Talk Event
Date: December 9 (Saturday) 18:00-19:30
Speakers: Tadasu Yamamoto, Tetsuro Ishida (Curator at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
Yamamoto describes water as something that visualizes the principles of the universe on Earth. Indeed, the water he photographs frequently serves as a metaphor for gravity, attraction, buoyancy, and more. The grand movements of the universe are condensed and presented within the confines of a photograph. In his book "The Savage Mind," Claude Lévi-Strauss referred to this process of "condensation" as a "reversal of the cognitive process," stating that "in the case of a condensation model, comprehension of the whole precedes comprehension of its parts," in contrast to attempting to recognize a life-sized object or a human.
In recent years, Yamamoto bid farewell to the film camera he had used for many years and transitioned to digital photography. He states that "film makes photography the goal, while digital makes it the means." This declaration, which may resemble a "manifesto," reflects the fact that digital cameras, capable of acquiring images through electronic information, offer greater freedom in terms of image dimensions, ease of editing, and a closer approximation to the images he envisions. Yamamoto's statement implies a shift from merely "depicting the world as it is" to directing consciousness toward something beyond.
During the summer, Yamamoto presented "Wave Field" at Gallery Mazekoze. In this work, he meticulously captured portions of ocean waves using a telephoto lens and combined them to create a single piece. While the camera serves as a means to realize the artist's image, the waves, as a phenomenon that continuously resists the artist's intentions, ultimately become the primary focus of the work. The strong impression we receive from his works is undoubtedly the appearance of water as a phenomenon (substance) rather than his visualization.
By presenting the phenomenon through close-ups, space expands, and high-speed photography extends the dimension of movement. Enlarging an object is not simply about making what was previously blurry clear. Rather, it reveals an entirely new structure of the material. Similarly, high-speed photography does not just present well-known motifs of movement. It discovers unknown motifs within these known motifs. The nature that speaks to the camera is different from the nature that speaks to the naked eye. By the penetration of a space infiltrated into the unconscious instead of the space permeated by consciousness, the aspect of nature changes.
[Event]
Talk Event
Date: December 9 (Saturday) 18:00-19:30
Speakers: Tadasu Yamamoto, Tetsuro Ishida (Curator at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
Schedule | Nov 18 (Sat) 2023-Dec 16 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Nov 18 (Sat) 2023 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://anomalytokyo.com/exhibition/tadasu_yamamoto | ||||
| Venue | Anomaly http://anomalytokyo.com/en/top/ | ||||
| Location | 4F Terrada Art Complex, 1-33-10 Higashi Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 | ||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from exit B at Tennozu Isle Station on the Rinkai line, 10 minute walk from the South exit of Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail line, 9 minute walk from the North exit of Shimbamba Station on the Keikyu line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6433-2988 | ||||
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