KAWAKUBO Yoi
KAWAKUBO Yoi
update: 2015.2.1
- Name
- KAWAKUBO Yoi
- Genre
- Visual Art
- Website
- http://www.yoikawakubo.com
- Program
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TOKAS-Emerging
(2012.5 - 2012.6)
Local Creator Residency Program (2013.4 - 2014.3)
Open Studio (2013.5 - 2013.5)
Open Studio (2013.6 - 2013.6)
Open Studio (2013.7 - 2013.7)
Workshop (2013.8 - 2013.8)
Open Studio (2013.9 - 2013.9)
OPEN SITE (2013.11 - 2013.11)
Open Studio (2014.2 - 2014.2)
Open Studio (2014.3 - 2014.3)
TOKAS Creator-in Residence Exhibition (2014.5 - 2014.6)
Exchange Residency Program (Japan-based creators sent abroad) (2014.9 - 2014.10)
TOKAS Creator-in Residence Exhibition (2015.6 - 2015.7)
Profile
Born in 1979. Graduated on 2003 with a B.A. in Human sciences from the University of Tsukuba.
Has been exhibited recently in group exhibitions as "Tokyo Story 2014"（2014・Tokyo Wondersite Shibuya）, group show "Visceral sensation"（2013・21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art）、solo show "Beyond the horizon"（201３・Seibu Dept. stores Shibuya art gallery）、solo show "Vortex Blue"（2012 Mitsukoshi Ginza Art Gallery）、solo show "The Colossus Drive and the Black Sun"（2012・hpgrp Gallery Tokyo）、group show: "Images on twelve minds",（2011・Museum of Modern Art Saitama）)among others.
Also has been recipient of various grants, 2013Program for emerging artists, Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, 201２Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2012, Finalist、2011 International Color Awards, Photography Masters Cup, Honorable Mention, Nominee, among others.
About works / performance
What I always have in mind when making my works is the concept of time, meta-reality and coincidence.
In my photographic works I deal with time, a dimension that is easily manipulated through photography, and look for the metaphysical state of the landscape.
In my installation works I use sounds, light, words and video to try to get a new perception of the world and some times to find the meta-view of the environment in which we live or the works are presented, sometimes showing some alternative realities through the five senses.
I always try to capture a metaphysical side or the essence of the physical world we live in, the world outside time.
When the mist takes off the suns 2014 pigment print mouted on K-panel 304x384cm TWS, Kenji Takahashi
The Last paragraphs of Herbert Quain 2014 black paint and cutting sheet text 120x120cm TWS, Kenji Takahashi
Remake of "The god of the labyrinth"(1933) 2014 mirrors, light bulb, nylon thread, metalic hooks 24x24x32cm TWS, Kenji Takahashi
Shirahige shrine 2011 photograph 149x189cm 川久保ジョイ
