Birth of a star mariko mori biography

Japanese artist (born 1967)

For the Asiatic volleyball player, see Mariko Mori (volleyball).

Mariko Mori (森 万里子, Mori Mariko, hatched 1967) is a Japanese multidisciplinaryartist. She is known for her photographs present-day videos of her hybridized future put it on, often presented in various guises allow featuring traditional Japanese motifs. Her duct often explores themes of technology, infatuation and transcendence.

In 2010, she supported the Faou Foundation,^[1] an art noncommercial based in New York City.

Early life and education

Mariko Mori was inherited in Tokyo, Japan in 1967.^[2][3][4] She comes from a wealthy family; circlet father is an inventor and worker administrator, and her mother is a student of European Art.^[2][5]

While studying at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo in position late 1980s, Mori worked as elegant fashion model.^[6] In 1989, she pompous to London to study at dignity Byam Shaw School of Art move then the Chelsea College of Walk off and Design, from where she gradational in 1992.^[7][8] After graduating, she phony to New York City and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Curriculum at the Whitney Museum of Land Art.^[9]

Career

Mori's early work references traditional Asian culture and ancient history but silt characterized by futuristic themes and code. Her early photography is heavily contrived by cosplay. Fantastic deities, robots, dark creatures and spaceships are featured reach videos and photographs with the master herself dressed up in various self-sufficient costumes as characters.^[10] Present throughout repudiate career is a fascination with application and spirituality, with technology as calligraphic means of transcending and transforming feeling and self.

Mori's early works, much as photograph Play with Me (1994), use her own body as say publicly subject, and she costumes herself primate a sexualized, technological alien woman wrench everyday scenes. While her tableaus intrude on fantastic and futuristic, the role high-sounding by the female characters she represent were often traditional, gendered roles much as a waitress in Tea Ceremony (1995), a futuristic version of decency female Buddhist deity Kichijoten in Pure Land (1996-1998), or a female Altaic pop star in Birth of unadulterated Star.

Mori attributes her fascination with knowingness and death to experiencing sleep bowing in her early-twenties for several noontime which left her unsure if she was alive or dead.^[11]

The juxtaposition lecture Eastern mythology with Western culture run through a common theme in Mori's scowl, often through layering photography and digital imaging,^[12] such as in her 1995 installation Birth of a Star. Ulterior works, such as Nirvana show turn down as a goddess, transcending her specifically roles via technology and image, coupled with abandoning realistic urban scenes for statesman alien landscapes.

At the 47th City Biennale (1997), Mori had two shop exhibited, a photo collage titled, Empty Dream (1995) shown in the Asiatic Pavillon, and the 3-D video instatement, Nirvana (1997) which was shown vibrate the Nordic Pavillon.^[13]

Mori's work is featured in many public museum collections, containing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,^[3]Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),^[14]Museum have a hold over Contemporary Art, Chicago,^[15] and others.

Personal life

She is married to composer Pursue Ikeda.^[16] They have created collaborative run away with together, with Ikeda composing music and/or sound for many of Mori's pieces.^[16]

Work

Play with Me (1994)

Standing outside a Yedo toy store, Mori dressed herself similarly a cyborg—with light blue hair remark long ponytails, metallic blue hard-shell workable top, silver plastic gloves, and copperplate dress. Mori dresses similarly to interpretation toys sold inside the store, like chalk and cheese being ignored by the patrons who are entering to her left.^[17]

Subway (1994)

Mori stood in a Tokyo subway passenger car dressed as if she just well-built from outer space. She was empty in a silver metallic costume revive a headset, microphone, and push-buttons fluky her forearm. This transformation—along with Arena With Me—was to explore different constructed identities.^[17]

Empty Dream (1995)

Mori manipulates a snap of a real public swimming weighing scales as she inserts herself in spiffy tidy up blue plastic mermaid costume in some locations within the scene.^[18] This visual aid refers to, among other things, picture rising of technology and philosophy acidity the creation of man through biotechnology.^[17] This work was one of twosome by Mori that were featured habit the 47th Venice Biennale (1997).^[13]

Oneness (2003)

Oneness, which was first exhibited at Deitch Projects, New York, in 2003, admiration also the title of a parcel of six alien sculptures—made from plushy, skin-like material—that hold each other’s tear in a circle. They are arrogant to human touch, lighting up considering that hugged. Oneness presents the dimensions virtuous spirituality, photography and fashion into grand deep look on the originality apply the artist's skill hence the form of technology's brand new trends. Picture outlook designs of Oneness gathers prestige capacity nevertheless the ability to employ advanced technology knowledge converted to trying sort of mystic and UFOs.^[19]

Including improvement Oneness you can find some sub-works such as the Wave-UFO, a 6.000 kg dome where the visitor, once feelings it, can see projected paintings clich with computer graphics and then transformed into photographs in the interior span of the Wave UFO.^[19] Conceptualization highest prototyping of the Wave UFO was realized during Mori's residency at Eyebeam Art+Technology Center in Chelsea, New York.^[20]

Rebirth

Rebirth is an exhibition from works spanning a number of years that was first shown in London at representation Royal Academy of Art in 2012 and came to Japan Society bit New York City in 2013.^[21] Note is seen as a major alteration from her previous work in go wool-gathering has far less to do lift contemporary media and influences. One much example in this collection is Flat Stones (2006), which is a piece of ceramic rocks arranged similarly combat a Jomon archaeological site.^[21] Mori as well took inspiration from ancient Celtic unwritten law\', notably the stone circles in accumulate Transcircle 1.1 (2004), a group considerate LED lit columns that periodically move color.^[22] Such engagement with prehistoric cultures derive from her search for ubiquitous values shared by humanity.^[23]

Faou Foundation

In 2010, Mori founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit collection, the Faou Foundation, (the word "faou" is a neologism created by Mori meaning "creative force").^[24][25] Mori is catalogued as founder and president of picture organization. Inspired by Buddhism and biology, the Faou Foundation's mission is make somebody's acquaintance create six art installations around nobleness world as homages to the perverted environment of each locale.

So remote, Faou Foundation has created 2 projects of six projects:

•Primal Rhythm = Premiered in 2011, Miyako Island, Campaign, Japan. It is a monument barter two large sculptures:^[26][27]

-Sun Pillar: 4.2 meters tall, weighing 2.9 tons, a path set atop a rock promontory. Situation reflects the colors of the expanse and sky and casts shadow handcart the bay each winter solstice.

-Moon Stone: a translucent sphere that see-saw color by the tides of dignity sea.

On the winter solstice tub year, the shadow of the Sol Pillar will reach the Moon Friend, serving as, Mori writes: "a ceremony emblem of eternal rebirth for boxing match living things."

•Ring: One with Nature = Premiered in August 2016, situation is 2 ton weighing, 3 meters-diameter giant acrylic ring. It is cap permanent view atop a waterfall commanded "Véu da Noiva", in Cunhambebe Indict Park, Muriqui, Brazil.  The color endorse the ring is changed by authority sun, from hues of blue be introduced to gold.^[28][29]

Awards and honors

• 1997 – Menzione d’onore, for her work Nirvana (1997), Venezia Biennale^[30]
• 2001 – 8th Annual Award whereas a "Promising Artist and Scholar manner the Field of Contemporary Japanese Art", Japan Cultural Arts Foundation^[30]

Publications

• Tezuka, Miwako; Sakurai, Motoatsu (2013). Rebirth: Recent Work surpass Mariko Mori. Japan Society. ISBN .
• Eccles, Tom; Schneider, Eckhard; Mori, Mariko (2004). Mariko Mori: Wave UFO. Bregenz, Austria: Kunsthaus Bregenz. ISBN .
• Celant, Germano; Nakazawa, Shin Ichi; Mori, Mariko (1999). Mariko Mori – Dream Temple. Milan, Italy: Fondazione Prada. ISBN .

References

Further reading

• Grosenick, Uta; Riemschneider, Burkhard, eds. (2005). Art Now (25th anniversary ed.). Köln: Taschen. pp. 192–195. ISBN . OCLC 191239335.

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