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Artists’ Talk @ Youkobo 24/01/09
January 14th, 2009I’ll be participating in a public discussion with Sato Maeko and Kanai Manabu, who are both currently exhibiting at Youkobo Art Space, on January 24, 2009 from 16:00 to 19:00. All are welcome, please go to www.youkobo.co.jp for more information.
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December 30th, 2008Artist in residence at Youkobo Art Space
December 1st, 2008I am currently artist in residence at Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo, I’ll be here until June 2009 …
ア イルランド・ダブリンで活躍している若手作家。人と現代社会の環境との関係に焦点を当てた創作活動をしています。彼の作品は、潜在意識と日常生活から退避 するような実体のない内部世界と、その二つの異なる世界がかすんだ状態になっていく現実についてをテーマにしています。
遊工房での6ヵ月の滞在・制作活動には、このテーマに取り組みながら、「廃墟」という現象を探検して行きます。その見捨てられた建物は、世界の最も人口過密な都市の不思議な視点を残しながら、東京の在住者が自分の都市にどう結び付いているのかを探究します。
The work of David Franklin, a young Irish artist, focuses on the relationship between people and the environments they exist in. His work is concerned with the subconscious and intangible inner world to which people retreat while seeking refuge from daily life, and how the reality of these two different worlds can become blurred. For his six month residency at Youkobo he will continue to work with these themes, while exploring the phenomena of “haikyo”, or ruins. These abandoned buildings offer an intriguing alternative view of one of the world’s most densely populated urban centres, and of how the inhabitants of Tokyo relate to their city.