Kamimura Takahiro

Kamimura told the audience that the currency exchange machine or the washing machine displayed are considered as sculptures, and that making holes within the studio was his attempt to open up an alternative circuit. He also said that after the phoneline install on the 17th, visitors are encouraged to make a call on their own cellphones so that they can bring home the received notification.

The artist organized electric wires attached to the ceiling in studio and installed some devices to complete the whole space to be presented as his artwork in the exhibition.

After introducing his previous works to the children of Fukuoka Tajima Elementary School through images projected on screen, Kamimura facilitated his workshop in the Open Studio while encouraging them to freely use the tables, chairs, or plastic cardboard to make their own secret base.

Kamimura talked about his installation piece from the residency exhibition last month and some of his other previous works. He told the audience that he wishes to set up the telephone line and create a fake ceiling in his studio in ACF for the final exhibition in December.

Kamimura told the audience that he wished to sign a contract to install a landline phone in studio before December, as the concept of his work was to make his own hole in the studio.

Since Fukuoka artists are scheduled to work for six-month residency, they planned to show their ongoing works for the upcoming exhibition. Kamimura contemplated in his studio with color samples in one hand, and also planned his new work while spreading pieces of cloth he had used in one of his previous works.

On this day, Kamimura went to see the swimming pool located inside the former Maizuru Junior High School. The artist took time to consider his workplan while checking the dimensions and touching some tools and objects near the pool covered with watergrass.

Museum volunteers invited Kamimura and other residency artists to a gallery tour of the Asian Pop exhibition and a welcome party where participants were divided into groups and enjoyed table talks.

Kamimura introduced his previous works including the sculptural ones in which he combined random objects that had been left for a long time in his studio. The artist mentioned that as a sculptor he hopes to reconsider the conventional understanding of time and cherish the bizarreness of objects, which unlike us humans, unrestrained in time.

For the first time, Kamimura visited the Artist Cafe Fukuoka (former Maizuru Junior High School), where the studios are located. After the guidance meeting, the artist looked at other spaces and facilities inside the building.