Yusuké Takemura
Seeing beyond silence, 2019
glass, optical fibre, stainless wire and sphere, gold leaves
126 x 30 x 30 cm
Further images
“Isolating myself in the Australian bush elicits a spring of self-understanding. Experiencing detachment from civilisation leads me back to a renewed awareness of connections and a sense of belonging within...
“Isolating myself in the Australian bush elicits a spring of self-understanding. Experiencing detachment from civilisation leads me back to a renewed awareness of connections and a sense of belonging within society. Seeing beyond Silence is inspired by the radical development of information technology, which at once offers both a closer proximity to the world and connections to individuals on social networks. Accumulated personal data gives rise to the sensation of a virtual image of myself; self which interfaces with greater number and variety of people without physical connection occurring. The vessel is evocative of an abstracted human figure. The object offers a complex surface created through grinding and polishing, yielding an ethereal shell perforated by organic-shaped voids and interlaced with a continuous optical fibre. Seeking dialogue with my work I am compelled to query what connection means to me and how I belong to the elaborate networks of our society.” - Yusuké Takemura, 2019
Exhibitions
Connectivity: New Explorations (Solo Exhibition), Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney, Australia, 9 June - 11 July 2023.Join our mailing list
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