Events - Slow Art and Australia
Slow Art and Australia
31 January 2009
A challenging and exciting 'Slow Art' project by Japanese born artist Australian resident Chaco Kato, will be introduced at Tokyo's project space KANDADA on Saturday 31 January 2009.
The artist will speak of how a recent Australian exhibition used 'Slow Art' principals in which the artist establishes a recycling or waste system, often with the local council, before commencing production, making the art with an emphasis on process rather than a finished result, without a start or a definite end, and emphasising constant change over a long process, in order to contemplate the unseen.
Reflecting the reality of a contemporary space built on economic rationalism, Kato targets the ultra-consumerism of the post-industrialised economies which have created enormous debts for future societies. Embodying the themes of growth and waste, Kato's ephemeral work is made of natural materials on site which are then dismantled afterwards. Drawing from childhood, dreams, ecology and politics, via a visual fusion of awkward lines, she pursues an organic cycle of transformation and migration: birth, growth, death, decay and rebirth. Examining the unstable relationship between natural and constructed creations, separating and restructuring elements, she shows the world's fragility and strength.
Chaco Kato
Sendai born and formerly Melbourne based visual artist and children's book writer/illustrator Chaco Kato completed a BA at Nihon University and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1981-1989) and a Master of Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts (1999). She received a French Government scholarship, and residency at the Paris Cite des Arts (1992-1993) and Melbourne's Gertrude Contemporary Art Space. Her exhibitions include the McClelland Gallery/Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery/Dianne Tanzer Gallery/Temple Gallery/Counihan Gallery/Incinerator Arts Complex (Victoria), Bokushin Gallery/Gallery Yamaguchi/Command N (Japan), and Jun Galerie Bernanous (Paris), among others. She published 8 books in Tokyo by Fukuinkan-shoten and Nora-shoten.
| Date | 31 January 2009 |
|---|---|
| 17:00 - 19:00 | |
| Venue |
プロジェクトスペースKANDADA
3-9-1F Kanda-Nishikicho * 3 min walk from A9 exit of Jimbocho Station and 1b exit of Takebashi Station, 20 min walk from Ochanomizu Station and Kanda Station Phone: 03-3518-6176 Website: |
| Admission |
Free Admission |