2023/10/30,11:40, Crystallization of life series
Year: 2023
Material/Technique: Mixed Media, Others, Photograph, Acrylic, Sound
Size: 29.7 × 21 × 0.8 cm
Edition: Unique
Signed:Included
About the Work
- Year
- 2023
- Material/Technique
- Mixed Media, Others, Photograph, Acrylic, Sound
- Size
- 29.7 × 21 × 0.8 cm
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Included
- Frame
- Negotiations
- Work Certificate
- Included
- Category
- Mixed Media
- Style
- Conceptual, Others, Portrait
Work Details
Life is like a sparkler, glowing within the confines of limited time and eventually coming to an end. Amid the ceaseless progression of time, where does individual significance reside? Moreover, what possibilities lie within the power inherent in life? These questions are to be crystallized and explored.
My works connect the seamless transience of nature with life, visualizing imperceptible elements like sound and life force through crystallization. By leveraging the characteristics of crystallization, which responds to vibrations and changes shape, I capture images of subjects through photography. The process involves growing crystals alongside the subject's heartbeat, preserving information that would naturally fade away. Through this technique, I aim to express the fleeting nature of human life and its inherent meaning. The vitality and shimmer of life, encapsulated in the images and heartbeats stored within the crystals, offer viewers an opportunity to infuse their thoughts into the flow of time, connecting with the past, present, and future.
By immersing the subject's heartbeat and photograph in a special liquid for several days and continuously agitating them with the heartbeat sound, we harness the crystallization process, which captures and preserves the subject's image and heartbeat within the crystal. These crystals immortalize the transient beauty and resilience of human existence. This work changes over time; the crystal surface turns white and opaque, obscuring the person's face, inviting reflection on the natural passage of time.
London
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Artist
Mixed Media Artist
Arashi Tanaka is a mixed media artist whose work explores the themes of the fragility of time and memory through the use of crystals as a medium. After graduating from Tama Art University in 2022 with a degree in Environmental Design, specializing in architecture, he continued his studies in Fine Art at the University of the Arts London. In 2024, he became the first Japanese artist to receive the British Institution Fund Award at the prestigious RA Summer Exhibition, the world’s oldest open submission exhibition, organized by the Royal Academy of Arts. Currently based in Japan, Tanaka is expanding his international practice, with exhibitions in Spain, Germany, China, and beyond. Biography 2000 Born in Fukuoka, Japan 2022 Graduated from Tama Art University- Bachelor in Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, Japan 2024 Graduated from the University of the Arts London (UAL) -Graduate Diploma in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, United Kingdom Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions 2024 "FROZEN BREATH," Nomadic Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) Group Exhibitions 2024 "You Are Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2024," Chignitta (Osaka, Japan) 2024 "RA Summer Exhibition 2024," Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK) 2024 "BBA," BBA Gallery (Berlin, Germany) 2024 Ogilvy London Office (London, UK) 2024 "Best Asian Artist Award Prize," Holy Art Gallery (London, UK) Awards 2024 Eric Zhu Prize, Kentaro Notomi Prize, Hiroaki Shono Prize at "You Are Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2024," Chignitta (Osaka, Japan) 2024 British Institution Fund Award at "RA Summer Exhibition 2024," Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK) Publications 2024 FOA Volume 20 (New York, USA) 2024 Al-Tiba9 Art Magazine ISSUE15 (Barcelona, Spain)
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