Yokohama Triennale 2017
4 August - 5 November 2017, Japan. Theme: Islands, Constellations & Galapagos. Directors: OSAKA Eriko, MIKI Akiko, KASHIWAGI Tomoh.
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Plywood Shinchi. 2017
Freight crate, home electronics, instruments, etc., video
Dimension variable
Ujino produces a new body of work, Plywood Shinchi (shinchi means vacant lot in Japanese), in which he uses large wooden crates used for artworks to create a theatrical space of city scape with sound and video. He relates his personal history to the transformation of the Japanese society, which rapidly became industrialized during the 20th century both before and after World War II.
* 1964 Tokyo, Japan; lives there.
© Courtesy the YAMAMOTO GENDAI
Photo: TANAKA Yuichiro
4 August - 5 November 2017, Japan. Theme: Islands, Constellations & Galapagos. Directors: OSAKA Eriko, MIKI Akiko, KASHIWAGI Tomoh.