Tomohiro Hanada

Tomohiro talked about his new photography work on view, Side Face of the City. He also joined a Q and A conversation with Meitao Qu and Naho Kawabe, the other two invited artists for the third period of the residency program.

The white walls in the venue on which the artist displayed his works were represented as buildings, while the photographs appear as the sides of each building. Tomohiro said he wanted all the works visible when visitors move forward and turn around before the installation piece To the Next , by Meitao Qu. He also mentioned that shooting 10,000 images during the residency enabled him to encounter the complexities of the city and expand his way of seeing the landscape of Tenjin.

Tomohiro displayed another work Side Face of the City, a set of 27 photographs, as well as collage photographs made by 40 students who participated in his workshop “Design Your Own Landscape with Photographs!” held at Najima Elementary School on February 8.
Photo by Kawasaki Ittoku

Tomohiro exhibited his new work Side Face of the City, an installation piece composed of set of 18 photographs.
Photo by Kawasaki Ittoku

Tomohiro visited Prof. Shim Woo Hyeon at the Kyushu Sangyo University Zokei Junior College. The artist inquired for help with printing photographs he took in Fukuoka for the exhibition. He borrowed some tools from Prof. Shim’s lab to print the photos in larger size based on the floor plan.

After seeing the artist demonstrated how to make a collage, each student of Najima elementary school picked one out of ten photographs which they had taken previously, to make a base of their collage work. Then they cut out the other photographs to apply on top of each other to make a collage piece.

On this day, with attendance and guidance from Shim Woo Hyeon, professor at Kyushu Sangyo University Zokei Junior College, Tomohiro saw some available facilities for photography such as printing machines and darkroom. He then met Robert Pratt, professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, Kyushu Sangyo University.

Tomohiro talked about his art and experience in New York, London, and Berlin after he graduated from college, where he studied fashion. He then showed some of his previous photographs taken between 2016 and 2023. He also mentioned the “Tenjin Big Bang” project, the ongoing redevelopment of Fukuoka city, that he hopes to reflect on in his new works.

Since Tomohiro is joining another art project, Kiyoshima Apartment in Beppu, Oita, the three residency artists visited Beppu to see the “Kiyoshima Apartment 2023 residency exhibition.” They also went to the office of BEPPU PROJECT, which runs the Kiyoshima Apartment, and heard about the works on view in the area or Kunisaki Peninsula.

The three artists visited an art studio located in front of Hakata station. They saw some available facilities, including laser printers, UV printers, garment printers, and industrial sewing machines.

After the guidance meeting with FAAM curators and AIR program coordinators, the three invited artists for the third period of the residency looked at other spaces and facilities in Artist Cafe Fukuoka.