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■Mahbub Jokhio
(Residency Period: Jul.12, 2024-Sep.21, 2024)
Jokhio's image making practice deals with the nature of images; their claims to objectivity and ability to manipulate meaning, perception and interpretation. Having an idea led practice, Jokhio effortlessly shift between mediums in order to inquire and question image production and reception through subjects ranging from everyday to history, poetics to politics and Art to climate awareness. These investigations often incorporate irony, dark humor and self-referential critiques that locate and decode the image’s capacity to mediate reality and sense of magic realism.
For his residency, inspired by the Japanese tradition of Koinobori, Jokhio plans to conduct his research on this practice and aiming to create an art installation of Koinobori fish flags of extinct fish (for the whole world as family); the project is proposed to make awareness of the world’s lost fish including Japanese extinct and endangered fish species and as a symbol for nature’s resilience against man-made climate change.
■ Rega Ayundya Putri
(Residency Period: Jul.8, 2024-Sep.30, 2024)
A parent of 14 cats, Rega Ayundya Putri is an artist and a lecturer in Bandung, Indonesia, who had her Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Visual Art. She describes her drawing practice as a form of escapism – twisting reality to create a personal space to stand against the noise of a contemporary culture. Her recent research tackles the topics of speculative fiction and waste issues. Inspired by one of her favorite anime, Ghost in the Shell, she plans to imagine Fukuoka in a fictional dystopian future during her residency in FAAM.
■ Yasuda Yoh
(Residency Period: Jul.1, 2024-Oct.2, 2024)
Yasuda gained a master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2014 and has worked in many places including Japan, Australia, and Indonesia.
The artist has a strong interest in delving into her memory of childhood and traditional culture that is at risk of disappearance due to the influence of digitalization. Inspired by the people she met in places all over the world, she works on different types of media, including three-dimensional, video, and installation works.
Since a very young age, Yasuda has been familiar with kite making because of her mother, who was born in Nagasaki prefecture, a place renowned for its hata and baramon hata kites. Since 2019, she has been researching Indonesian kite culture and the natural environment of the Pacific islands while working to create her own as a sustainable artistic presentation. During her residency in Fukuoka, Yasuda plans to collaborate with I Kadek Dwi Armika, another kite artist from Bali, to explore the world of wind, light, and imagination while paying respect to the local traditions and customs.
■Urakawa Taishi
(Residency Period: Jul.1, 2024-Dec.25, 2024)
Working on the theme of contemporary landscape (perspectives), Urakawa combines different motifs in paintings, such as graduations of lines and images on the internet. Graduations of lines play an important role in Urakawa’s artistic practice, as they could blur the contours of objects and boundaries. Having the chance to join the residency in hometown Fukuoka, Urakawa plans to research Hakata-bei, a traditional type of wall made from recycled materials. The artist expects that Hakata-bei, which has long been the subject of interest for Urakawa, might give some clues in drawing lines and keeping them in a state of vagueness.
■Kamimura Takahiro
(Residency Period: Jul.1, 2024-Dec.25, 2024)
Since the beginning, Kamimura’s artistic practice has been changing from time to time while at the same time tackling the question of what is called “sculpture.” Recently, although not based on an active decision, Kamimura often uses materials found in studio. The artist is intrigued by the concept of time in regard to events and things that are related to specific feelings – such as when something gradually comes into shape after dripping down from nearby oneself or when a timeline jumps out of its range and is inserted into another of its kind.
In June 2024, Kamimura relocated to Miyawaka City and started creating a new space where artists could stay for residency and curate their exhibitions.
Notice: Eko Nugroho will not join the Kick-off talk as his residency is scheduled to start from August.
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