TANAKA Ayumi: Hide and Seek

We are pleased to announce the TANAKA Ayumi’s solo exhibition Hide and Seek from January 25th to February 22nd.

Talk Event
Join me for a talk on January 25 (Sat) from 17:30 to 19:00.
Participation Fee: ¥1,000
Venue: The Third Gallery Aya + YouTube (available for later viewing)
Reservation: info@thethirdgalleryaya.com

January Party
On January 25 (Sat), three galleries in the Wakasa building will hold simultaneous exhibitions. The exhibition (2F) will be closed during the talk (17:00-19:00), but the 4F gallery will remain open until 20:00.

Statement

At times, banal moments and visuals from my daily life harbor a certain “presence” that conjures forth memories I had long forgotten. I hold up a light to these unearthed fragments, attempting to layer the sensations they bring on top of one another. Memories appear by virtue of my consciously recalling them; their shadows seem to exist only within a story that I tell myself, regardless of the fact that I remember them as they were.

​ In this series, I have attempted to portray the concept of “memories” as shadows, using a fairy tale narrative to tell stories from my childhood recollections. Different objects were arranged on multiple layers of transparent film. A light was then shined through these layers, creating stratums of shadows I could photograph and transfer to paper in my darkroom. The resulting collages incorporate a symbolic, cutout-like arrangement of photos, which include pictures taken by me personally in addition to family photos.