Kindhearted Science Boy
Year: 2024
Material/Technique: Mixed Media
Edition: Unique
Signed:Not Set
About the Work
- Year
- 2024
- Material/Technique
- Mixed Media
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Not Set
- Frame
- Not Set
- Work Certificate
- Included
- Category
- Installation
- Style
- Conceptual
Work Details
This installation work begins with the discovery of a robot discarded on the street, overlaying the gaze apparatus of 19th-20th century “human exhibitions” (World's Fairs and ethnographic spectacles) with the anticipated display of robots/AI in the near future. As technology advances and appearance and responses become more human-like, we conversely seek to measure “what it means to be human”—and it is precisely this measurement (the metrics) that becomes institutionalized and part of the exhibition. The work creates a quiet sense of unease and withholds judgment at the intersection of human mechanization and machine anthropomorphism, returning the criteria for evaluation back to the audience themselves.
Artist
artist
Born in 1984 in Toyama. Based in Osaka.
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Art Graduate School of Fine Arts, M.A Sculpture in 2010
2023 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts GAP Research Student
Based on sculpture, she creates works on the subject of relationships with things that cannot be controlled, such as social systems, the environment, and accidental events.
Major solo exhibitions include “HUB IBARAKI ART PROJECT 2018-2019” (Ibaraki City, 2019), “It's Beautiful” (Higashiosaka Civic Art Center, 2019), “Tag” (Punt Wg/ Amsterdam, 2023), and “No Itching” (Vargas Museum/Manila, 2024).
Major grants and training include Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Overseas Training Program (New York, 2017), Agency for Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Overseas Training Program (Manila, 2023), Pola Art Foundation International Exchange Grant (2024), International Exchange Fund Manila Branch Grant (2024), and Agency for Cultural Affairs Creation Support Program (2025).
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