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Sunset House: Language as the house of Being
I have been working in Setouchi on the garden for Sunset House over the past three months for the Setouchi Triennial. Although this project has been about the relationship of the house with its surroundings over the past three years, the local stones utilized in the garden now make this relationship more clear. After discovering…
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Winter Show
Two of my artworks are now on display in a group show at Satoshi Koyama Gallery in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. On the opening day there was an artists roundtable discussion in which we discussed our creative pathways and discovered junctures between us. At first the fluorescent light works of artist Mitsunori Kurashige felt very cold and…
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Philosophies of Dirt
Solo Exhibition by James JACK PHILOSOPHIES OF DIRT September 29- October 27, 2012 Artist Talk with Daisuke Awata (Art Critic, Tokyo University of the Arts) Sept. 29th VIEW HERE Artist Talk with Katsuro Anazawa (Environmental Scientist, Tokyo University) Oct. 27th VIEW HERE A unique 58 page full-color catalog Philosophies of Dirt featuring a selection of James…
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Sunset House Video
A video document on the history of the town, the layers of stories in the building and my engagement with the site for SUNSET HOUSE has been completed. It was premiered in Tokyo together with a reading by poet Brandon Shimoda for the event “O Bon, Memories and the Seto Inland Sea” last month. The…
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Artist in Residence
I am working with natural pigments and an assortment of local materials in my new studio in the Setouchi Inland Sea as an artist in residence through the end of the year. The region has been experiencing a swelling of contemporary art projects that are revitalizing small villages by utilizing empty spaces for art installations. Naoshima…
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Cycles of Memory Exhibit
I am developing a new project for Hokkaido that has been coordinated by the organizers of the exhibition Cycles of Memory (see flyer above). This project deals with the layers of earth and human consciousness, exposing the beauty of what lies beneath us. For this project soil will be drawn from a historical site in Hokkaido…
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Living in Story
I am organizing a visit by socially engaged artist Toshiaki Tomita at the end of this month on O‘ahu. He will be collaborating with local groups, schools and individuals during his stay in Honolulu to make new artworks that will be part of his latest magazine project titled “Living in Story.” We are planning for…
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Beijing
I’m doing an art residency project in Beijing for most of the month of August at the Ku Art Center. It has been refreshing to spread out and make new art works in a studio that’s about twelve times larger than my space in Tokyo. Although the space is raw it has inspired a lot of…
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About James Jack
James Jack is an artist and art writer based in Tokyo. Full bio can be found on his website.