Keiko Miyamori "Bird Cages and the Gilded Boat"
Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery
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Bird Cages and the Gilded Boat is a new installation of Miyamori's recent sculptures and works on paper. Bird Cages Without Roofs consists of altered bird cage sculptures with open tops, implying a basic desire to escape the struggles and conflicts that keep people confined in metaphoric "cages;" addressing the dichotomy of captivity and freedom. The Bird Cages are juxtaposed with Gilded Boat, a basic canoe transformed into a dream-like vessel and embellished with classical Japanese art materials- washi paper with charcoal frottage from tree bark on the hull and a gilded interior of gold-leaf. Unifying the sculptures are a series of Tree Rubbings with charcoal on washi paper, created from numerous trees in five continents, based on Miyamori's travels over the past few years.
For this installation, Berkowitz presents a new sound art work created from tree bark - rubbing patterns in Keiko Miyamori's installation- turning the visible markings into an ambient "soundscape." Field recordings of specific bird songs from around the world are mixed into the aural environment. Keiko Miyamori's sculptures, combined with Steve Berkowitz's audio, allude to journeys between different stages of being and natural elements: air, earth, and water.
KAMIOTO - USA x Japan sound performance: Thursday, February 3, 6 - 8 PM
w/Keiko Miyamori, Steven Berkowitz, Hsiang-Chin Moe, and Chikara Miura. KAMIOTO is a test event of Creating Forest by Arts, supported by Forestry Agency, Japan
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 26, 2 - 3 PM
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Schedule
from January 14, 2011 to February 26, 2011
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Opening Reception on 2011-01-14 from 18:00 to 20:00