ONGOING: nakakiyo no entakukei 6 Sep – 13 Oct | Ota Fine Arts Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present new work by emerging Japanese artist Masanori Handa in his first solo exhibition in Singapore, entitled nakakiyo no entakukei. Handa’ s world is one of playful, impressionistic, yet nonetheless contemplative experimentation. This September, he presents a unique site-specific installation that unravels the affective potentials of atmosphere, climate, psychogeography and cross-cultural dialogue. The immense, yet intricate, installation work will introduce its viewer to an array of unexpected encounters. Handa first envisioned nakakiyo no entakukei as a low-lying delta, patterned by meandering rivers and streams. Sculpted by the external processes of rainfall, temperature change, humidity and wind energy, the delta was imaginatively granted altitude and volume to form a picturesque landscape. This topographical feature is here constructed with circular tables and littered with ordinary objects. The texture of the feature is light and its appearance welcoming amidst this lush greenery. Albeit conined by the gallery space, the feature is neither restricted in its form nor geographical location. The show’s inventive title nakakiyo no entakukei is in romanji – the artist’s mother tongue scripted in Latin alphabet. “nakakiyo no” is extracted from a Japanese traditional poem, known for its palindromic form and expression of a “long, humid night”. “entakukei” is uniquely coined by the artist from “bonkei” – the art of creating miniature landscape gardens – in Handa’s case, the word’s prefix –entaku refers to the round tables that make up his scenic landscape. Yet the slippages and losses that results from this overly literal translation point to the very inadequacy of language in interpreting Handa’s work. Through the work, nakakiyo no entakukei, Handa stages processual encounters that unravel the affective potentials of atmosphere, climate, psychogeography and cross-cultural dialogue. #visualarts #exhibition #art #arts #event #singapore
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:57:52 +0000
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