locality じば【地場】 //
Takeo, Japan, 2024pieces exhibited:
‘locality’, 2024 (half living sculpture)
/40 x 45 x 40cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade myself, stone, local vegetables, , glass, wire, nails
‘where should i look?’, 2024
(6 photographs) playing on composition, colours, waste, material and collection
/10 x 19 cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade myself, stone, local vegetables, glass, wire, nails, flowers, found objects, kiln bricks, clay etc.
‘i find things’, 2024 (3 floor bound sculptures)
each /25 x 48 x 7 cm/
ceramics found, stone , glass, wire, nails, flowers, found objects etc.
‘zoom in’, 2024
installation and collection exploring what happens when we look closer, what textures surrounds us
/35 x 50 x 4 cm/
ceramics found, ceramics handmade, found objects, kiln bricks
works and group exhibition created in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, Japan
during artist residency at Arts Itoya, 2024.
‘do I see your need
are you part of the foundation
living amongst every element
every entity
why did your life end
where is the utility
the clutter of objects around you
blends with you
but are you in the wrong place
could you be elsewhere
living again
living another life’
‘locality’ plays on an experimental approach to found objects discarded by man, local seasonal produce and the history of clay and pottery in the area of Takeo, Japan. finding curiosity in discarded material whilst bringing attention to our waste streams. finding curiosity in what is right around us. my intention is to give a new round of life to the objects, materials, and elements found through manipulation, composition and photography.