Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Artist in Residence Program 2008/Autumn: Luna Forest

by Goji HAMADA Yuki KONDO, In-Goo KANG, Charlotte MCGOWAN-GRIFFIN, Asami YOSHIGA, Naoko YOSHIMOTO

Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

EX.JAP.LFA

Publication

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre

Call number

EX.JAP.LFA

Library's review

Catalogue for the exhibition "Luna Forest: Artist in Residence Program 2008/Autumn" held at the "Aomorie Contemporary Art Centre," Japan, from November 15 - December 14, 2008.

The theme of Artist-in-Residence in autumn was decided on "Luna Forest." Needless to say, its meaning lies in the moment
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when words are visualized under the moon, luna, or the moonlight. Or I would say that the ambiguity of Japanese words is is advantageously used in the expression. Though the literal meaning is a moonlit place, it may be safely said that a moonlit spot is alluded to aesthetic value as an antithesis to acual existence. Now in the history of our artist-in-residence project, an unprecedented theme like "mysteriousness' has appeared in the form of art.

(Abstract from the introductory essay "A View of 'Forest in the Moonlight'" by HAMADA Goji, director of Aomori Contemporary Art Centre)
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