Mechanical fragility: Dolls by Yotsuya Simon – gallery
Japanese artist Yotsuya Simon dedicated almost his entire life to studies on human body. I don’t have to mention that Japanese surrealism, jazz music and seeing Hijikata Tatsumi’s Butoh performance have influenced Yotsuya Simon‘s aesthetics and body of work.
Bodies of his dolls are tangible and fragile, open and humorous, yet very strong in expressiveness. Probably the most intriguing sets of contemporary angels I have ever saw.
Mechanical Girl 1, detail by Yotsuya Simon, 1983 (c)
Interview with Mika Miyabara & Tatsuo Sugimoto: Bouncing Pixels and Images
Ooh la la… another interesting interview taken during Device_art 3.009… Mika Miyabara and Tatsuo Sugimoto are media artists from Japan who have been working on visual interactive projects since 2001.
Bounce Street exhibited on Device_art 3.009
photo taken from flickr: Movie Cards Project (c)