Absence and Ambience by Takashi Kawashima

Takashi Kawashima creates works to suggest ‘absent’ stories, which recount catastrophes caused by overwhelming natural powers, tracing the memory of the land via the imaginary narrative woven by the artist’s own experiences and questions. Kawashima’s works guide the viewers to imagine a story through a striking sequence of images and the clever use of space. The dynamic installations let the audience experience these stories in a more empirical way by dramatically connecting and severing visual spatial references.

 

In the artist’s first UK solo exhibition Absence and Ambience, one of the two rooms of the gallery is dedicated to the project Unfinished Topography/Collection, a collection of fragmented stories of catastrophes which happened after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. In the other room, Kawashima examines the uncertainty surrounding us in our daily lives through the motif of ‘shadow’. This research has been inspired by the unique natural environment of the Netherlands, in which Kawashima has been living and creating his works for the past year.

 

 

Private View:

3 October 2017, 6.00pm-8.00pm

 

Takashi Kawashima creates works to suggest ‘absent’ stories, which recount catastrophes caused by overwhelming natural powers, tracing the memory of the land via the imaginary narrative woven by the artist’s own experiences and questions. Kawashima’s works guide the viewers to imagine a story through a striking sequence of images and the clever use of space. The dynamic installations let the audience experience these stories in a more empirical way by dramatically connecting and severing visual spatial references.

In the artist’s first UK solo exhibition Absence and Ambience, one of the two rooms of the gallery is dedicated to the project Unfinished Topography/Collection, a collection of fragmented stories of catastrophes which happened after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. In the other room, Kawashima examines the uncertainty surrounding us in our daily lives through the motif of ‘shadow’. This research has been inspired by the unique natural environment of the Netherlands, in which Kawashima has been living and creating his works for the past year

 

Free but booking is essential: http://dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/absence-and-ambience-by-takashi-kawashima/private-view-absence-and-ambience-by-takashi-kawashima

 

Artest Talk: Absence and Ambience - Takashi Kawashima in conversation with Dr Marco Bohr

11 October 2017, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

 

Takashi Kawashima creates works to suggest ‘absent’ stories, which recount catastrophes caused by overwhelming natural powers, tracing the memory of the land via the imaginary narrative woven by the artist’s own experiences and questions. Kawashima’s works guide the viewers to imagine a story through a striking sequence of images and the clever use of space. The dynamic installations let the audience experience these stories in a more empirical way by dramatically connecting and severing visual spatial references.

 

In the artist’s first UK solo exhibition Absence and Ambience, one of the two rooms of the gallery is dedicated to the project Unfinished Topography/Collection, a collection of fragmented stories of catastrophes which happened after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. In the other room, Kawashima examines the uncertainty surrounding us in our daily lives through the motif of ‘shadow’. This research has been inspired by the unique natural environment of the Netherlands, in which Kawashima has been living and creating his works for the past year.

 

For this event the artist will be joined in conversation by Dr Marco Bohr, Postgraduate Programme Director for the Arts at Loughborough University, to discuss his practice and the works on show.

 

Free but booking is essential:http://dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/absence-and-ambience-by-takashi-kawashima/absence-and-ambience-takashi-kawashima-in-conversation-with-dr-marco-bohr