Art & Design

var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) {i++} by Shigetoshi Furutani

13 April - 18 May 2017, London

var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) {i++} is the first solo exhibition in London by Shigetoshi Furutani. His practice engages with the formation of a visual language, exploring methods for conceptualising social and personal phenomena which do not have a conventionally recognised form. His work seeks a more effective way to deal with the limitations of language and to expand the expression of the two-dimensional form in an age of social media, engaging with the limits of chaos and order. The exhibition title var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) {i++} is a computing function; here, it denotes phenomena that will be exponentially continued until they become the future.

 

In this exhibition, Furutani juxtaposes digital collages of found footage with images and animations created by the artist himself. The artist focuses on “repetition” as, through making his artworks, he found that unintentional reoccurrences tend to originate new entities, entirely unique from the originals. A wide spectrum of materials from a plethora of subjects were smoothly combined and reconstructed, describing his analytic and speculative perspective about the ephemeral world.

 

 

Private view

12 April 2017, Event time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

 

Artist Talk: 7 pm, 5 March 2015

27 April 2017, Event time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

 

var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) {i++} is the first solo exhibition in London by Shigetoshi Furutani. His practice engages with the formation of a visual language, exploring methods for conceptualising social and personal phenomena which do not have a conventionally recognised form. His work seeks a more effective way to deal with the limitations of language and to expand the expression of the two-dimensional form in an age of social media, engaging with the limits of chaos and order. The exhibition title var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) {i++} is a computing function; here, it denotes phenomena that will be exponentially continued until they become the future.

 

In this exhibition, Furutani juxtaposes digital collages of found footage with images and animations created by the artist himself. The artist focuses on “repetition” as, through making his artworks, he found that unintentional reoccurrences tend to originate new entities, entirely unique from the originals. A wide spectrum of materials from a plethora of subjects were smoothly combined and reconstructed, describing his analytic and speculative perspective about the ephemeral world.


13 April - 18 May 2017

Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP UK

Tel: 020 7486 4348

Email:events@dajf.org.uk

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

 
 
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