[Title] L_B_S
[Artist] Kohei Nawa
[Date] June19 – September 23, 2009
This exhibition consists of a three phase development on the notion of Cell –also called vessel- through the use of sculpture.
[Liquid]
By illuminating the layer of silicon oil a grid of bubbles is revealed. Sensation and image emerges from the neutral white interface. As the constant flow of stimulation reaches its maximum point of saturation, the work has an anesthetic effect towards the viewer. The generating of the Cell causes a real sense of paralysis.
[Beads]
Motifs used for the sculptures are gathered from the internet. The entering of specific keywords in the search engine results in the display of a myriad of unexpected related images.
Covering the surface of these motifs with transparent spheres transforms them into “shells of light.” Captured within a layer of countless Cells, the texture and color of the original object dissolves into a pixilated image and then converted and saved in a sculptural format – ‘Pixcell’ – which is a re-assemblage of element of image.
[Scum]
Motifs which could not be transformed through the PixCell process are used in the Villus series. The objects are subjected to a controlled airflow where they are exposed to a spray of polyurethane resin which chemically reacts in the air. As it attaches to the skin of the motifs it becomes the Cell and behaves like fur, covering the object in a villi-type manner and causing its volume to expand.
The contours and texture of the original weightless image are diminished through the process and gradually disappear within the expanding impassive volume.
※PixCell‥‥Pixel＋Cell