<-

Exhibition Dreaming of ... (Egoism), Fluxibell sTRUcTURs e.V. in Berlin, December 2022 - February 2023
Curated by Harm Lux


Work of Erika Matsunami:

Spatial installation

Digital photography

Poem

Performance


- o.T_transformative processes (2014 - 2022/2024 -)
Blackbox Photo with light chain in Blackbox
Poem "Black x" (2023)


- Poem "Closeness and Distance" (2023)
Braille Work

B.O.D.Y. - the second skin (2023) in English (original in German)
Translation Poem B.O.D.Y. - the second skin in German into Braille in German (2023), embossing: Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V. (blista)

 


- Please smile, spiritual CO2 (2023)
Mirror floor piece Ceiling /Ceiling work


I like works that are not meant to be viewed.
The viewer's "gaze" becomes the atmosphere of the space, and at that moment it becomes the work of art.
These are a poetic work.
When there are no viewers, time stands still in this work.
The overarching theme of these works is “The Relationship of Reading”. Deaf, blind and everyone can take part.

Untitled*_o.T.

The Relationship of Reading


A question for the civilization

A brief introduction of Untitled* - Transformative Processes in a group exhibition “Dreaming of … (Egoism) at the Project Space in Berlin-Kreuzberg (December 2022-February 2023).

 

On the topic of subjectivity and objectivity, it means to us in this age of simultaneous and diverse information transmission due to the spread of the Internet and mobile phones.

What is "language" to us humans in this age without orientation? Not 'word' itself, but rather I argue that the "act of reading language" brings us new sensations. Thereby the poem “Black x” addresses crow ecology, environmental pollution, and coexistence, which is the theme of this installation.

My art historical position in Germany and Japan:

 

To see in the work - Please smile, spiritual CO2 (2023)
Mirror floor piece Ceiling /Ceiling work


The characteristics of my work lie somewhere between traditional Japanese art and German Expressionism includes Belgian expresionism*, was the Fine arts between the 17th century till 19th century in Japan.

*Flemish Expressionism, also referred to as Belgian Expressionism, was one of the dominant art styles in Flanders during the interbellum. Influenced by artists like James Ensor and the early works of Vincent van Gogh, it was a distinct contemporary of German Expressionism.[1] Contrary to the more rebellious and erotic nature of many German Expressionist works, the Flemish art of the School of Latem was more oriented towards the farming life, and was expressed in earthy colours and vigorous brushwork.[1] It was also in general more oriented towards France and Brussels than to Germany, and incorporated elements of Fauvism and Cubism, for example the interest in "primitive" art, of both the ethnic and folk traditions.[2] Flemish Expressionists like Spilliaert were more influenced by Ensor and Symbolism, or like Wouters were closer to the vibrant colours used by the Fauvists. The main proponents were Gust De Smet, Constant Permeke and Frits Van den Berghe.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Expressionism

Virtual digital world and a reflection in the brain

Analogue Cybernetic Installation and Sculpture:


I was born in 1963 in Hiroshima, Japan.
His work was ready in the norm as a sculpture.
When I was a child, I started by creating clay portrait of my classmates, I received a prize for this clay portrait in art competitions, for which I won many awards. And when it came to sculpture, it was the work of Roy Scott. The bronze statues were already historic sculptures.

"Roy Ascott: Form has Behaviour brings together four of his interactive sculptures made in the 1960s – which he termed ‘analogue structures’ alongside his ‘Manifesto for Cybernetic Art’ (1963). The term analogue has its roots in the Greek analogos, meaning proportionate; in its contemporary application, it expresses the ability of a mechanism to physically represent the quantity it measures.

https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/roy-ascott-form-has-behaviour/

B.O.D.Y. - the second skin


Artistic- Research based art project in the public space (an ongoing project
in preparation)


This project is a workshop for communication between blind people (disability) and non-disiable people, and involves creating an installation based on the theme "Imaginative, Creative Landscapes" and setting it up in a public space.

 

The Relationship of Reading” is an idea for this installation B.O.D.Y. - the second skin.

Abstract

 

Transformative processes (2014 - 2022/2024 -) is based on ecology, thereby "Black x" is the crow ecology, and environmental conditions of urban space and nature which I have been exploring and transforming into the poem and analogue cybernetic installation “The Relationship of Reading” (Exhibition "Dreaming of ... (Egoism)", Fluxibell sTRUcTURs e.V. in Berlin, December 2022 - February 2023) The poem "Black x": "Freedom can be the end, the transformation, and the beginning of something." I am therefore particularly interested in: What methods, different from ecology, can be developed to explore artistic practices of coexistence in the context of artistic research? The first method is the exploration of time and space through cybernetics. What is cybernetics in the post-photographic age? Thereby I explored the question: What is "language" for us humans? The viewer's gaze becomes the atmosphere of the space and, in that moment, a work of art. This is a poetic work and a question for civilization. When no viewer is present, time stands still in this work. The overarching theme of these works is "The Relationship of Reading." Deaf, blind, and everyone else can participate.


Keywords: crow ecology, environmental issue, coexistence, transversality, consciousness

Touch and Reading

Expression and Cognision