Naoko Takahashi - Regart, centre d`artistes en art actuel

Naoko
Takahashi
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Biographie
NaoKo TakaHashi est née à Niigata au Japon en 1973. Elle a étudié à la
Slade School of Fine Art à Londres ainsi qu’au Chelsea College of Art and
Design, également à Londres. Ses œuvres ont été largement diffusées
à travers l’Angleterre et en Europe, entre autres au Tate Modern (R.U.),
Whitechapel Gallery (R.U.), Palais de Tokyo (France) ainsi que Museo
Riso (Italie).
Spectrum of the Writing on the Wall
Largement influencé par les effets des changements climatiques et
un poème de Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( ... Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink ), Spectrum of the Writing on the Wall est constitué de deux installations parallèles contenant chacune un arbre. Un de
ces arbres sera méthodiquement mis en dormance, alors que le second
sera plongé dans l’eau saturée en sel du fleuve Saint-Laurent afin de mener progressivement à la formation de cristaux sur sa surface. Créant un
environnement miroir pouvant appartenir à un univers parallèle ou futuriste, l’artiste y intègre des éléments faisant référence au folklore et à la
science-fiction, jouant ainsi avec les limites entre le réel et la fiction.
Biography
( NaoKo TakaHashi, Spectrum of the Writing on the Wall)
Performative in origin, NaoKo TakaHashi’s wide-ranging practice incorporates installations, books, films, sound, drawings, spoken word, and
sculpture. Born in Niigata, Japan, in 1973, she moved to the UK in 1992,
where she studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts and then at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. She lives and works in London and is represented by the IMT Gallery (London, UK). Her work has been shown
extensively in England and Europe, including at the Tate Modern (UK),
Whitechapel Gallery (UK), Palais de Tokyo (France) and Museo Riso (Italy).
Spectrum of the Writing on the Wall
Largely influenced by the effects of climate change and by a line in a
poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (“Water, water, every where, Nor any
drop to drink”), Spectrum of the Writing on the Wall is composed of two
parallel installations, each containing a tree. Methodically inducing dormancy in one of these trees, the artist will immerse the second one in the
St-Lawrence river’s salt-saturated water, so as to progressively form crystals on its surface. Creating a mirror-like environment that could belong
to a futuristic or parallel universe, NaoKo TakaHashi integrates elements
that make reference to folklore and science-fiction, blurring the boundary between reality and fiction.