Dis-locate Exhibition: Space of Imperception

Hand and Heart Gallery
preview 13 January 6-8pm
14 – 24 Jan: Tue – Sat 12-6pm

Mizuki Watanabe
Yuko Mohri
Akihiko Taniguchi
Michiko Tsuda


Dislocate is pleased to present the work of 4 young artists from Japan who are currently making waves in the media art scene addressing the interplay between perceptible, elusive and intangible forces present in our environment.

Mizuki Watanabe - In-between Gaze
                            
Mizuki Watanabe explores the nature of the mediated image and its components, examining the capturing of time and space in the moving image to question the control and power of the technology itself.
Recent exhibitions include; “Version Beta”, Centre for Contemporary, Genève, Switzerland and “Extended Senses”, InterCommunication Center [ICC] Gallery, Seoul, Japan
www.mizukiwatanabe.jp

Yuko Mohri                          
 
Yuko Mohri concentrates on the application of physical phenomena in the research of media theory. For Radiator, Mohri will be creating a unique performance  that will position itself between the polarities of both old and new media to present a critique on the pervasiveness of technology and concentration of surveillance.
Recent exhibitions include; “Vexations – Composition in Progress” with Soichiro Mihara at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), Japan.
www.mohrizm.net


Akihiko Taniguchi - Zero gravity of placement   
             
Akihiko Taniguchi uses programming systems and electronics to create experimental music and visual arts performance. For Radiator, Taniguchi will translate events occurring in one space into movement within another creating new networks and monitoring systems.
Recent exhibitions include; “Extended Senses”, InterCommunication Center [ICC] Gallery, Seoul, Japan and participation in the “Ogaki Biennale 2008”, Japan.
www.okikata.org

Michiko Tsuda -  Where are you?             
Michiko Tsuda investigates the internal reflections of media technology.  Questioning what technology conceals and discloses, Tsuda creates new spaces that invert media forms.
Tsuda has exhibited widely in Japan and also internationally in events such as “Berkeley Big Bang 08”, San Francisco, USA and the “Pocket Film Festival” at Centre de Pompidou, Paris, France. She is currently studying a PHD at Tokyo National University of Arts and Music.
www.2da.jp

Dis-locate Filmscreening:

Leona Misu
Son Woo Kyung
Shunsuke Watanabe
Ryosuke Akiyoshi

Sat 17 Jan 6.30 – 7.30pm
Broadway Media Centre, Studio

Presenting a selection of Japan’s leading emerging talent in audio-visual experimentation the Dis-locate film program offers an insight into an “Asian Metropolis”.

Leona MisuFor Radiator, Leona Misu will present her film, 'Temporary Flow and Stop'. An investigation into time and movement in an urban landscape and questions our ability at capturing these elements through the use of technology.

Shunsuke Watanabe

Mizuki Watanabe present 'Trace/expression', a film that examines the urban landscape as a fragment of our constructed environment, and addresses the creation of space through experience and perception.

Son Woo Kyung
Questioning the relationship between what is real with what are constructed realities, Son Woo Kyung’s film, 'Tsukiji' reveals technology’s ability to offer a mirror to the world.

Ryosuke Akiyoshi
Ryosuke Akiyoshi often combines performance, installation and video. For Radiator, Akiyoshi will present 'Potentia', a film which challenge’s the viewer's sense of place and their reception of a mediated image.

www.dis-locate.net