COSPLAY


  • Gunma | Japan 06-09.22

    Preparatory works for the Tsukuba Biennale at the Tsukuba Museum of Art. For the first time working in my own studio in Onishi, Japan. うかれ燕 – Ukare Tsubame | タイムリープ – Taimurīpu :: (Timeleap)

  • Nakanojo Biennale 23 | Japan 10.22

    Preparations are already underway for my participation in the Nakanojo Biennale next year. The first orientation meeting took place in early October with about 30 artists.

  • Spirit of Water | Riihisaari FI

    19.8-18.9.22 Finland | Savonlinna Museum | Water is essential for the survival of all living things. Water affects health, economy, environment. Good water quality and potable water is something most of us take for granted. However, access to potable water is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Securing clean water and nature for future…

  • Work Sketches | Mänttä FI 22

  • Faces | Mänttä FI 21

  • Performance | Mänttä FI

    March 2022 | Ahead of the exhibition, we were able to test some of the wearable sculptures. Made of paper, they had to withstand the harsh environmental conditions of the Finnish winter. Flexibility and robustness are the essential criteria in handicraft production, as the design must also be suitable for later performances.

  • Klartraum  | Mänttä FI

    23.3.-26.3.22 Finland | Variations of an Oneironautic Sojourn – Serlachius Foundation | with Yasushi Koyama | To sort out my countless thoughts and ideas, the remote residency at the Serlachius Foundation in Mänttä, Finland proves to be the ideal place for me. Here I can develop garments sufficiently stable for the use in performances, and…

  • Mänttä | Finland 01-03.22

    To sort out my countless thoughts and ideas, the remote residency in Mänttä, Finland proves to be the ideal place. Here I can make the garments sufficiently stable for the use in performances, and find time to try out new materials and construction methods. Creating the right solutions so that the pieces can withstand the…

  • Biennale di carta | Schio IT

    23.10.21 – 27.03.22 Italy | Biennale Internazionale di opere di carte – Palazzo Fogazzaro | The works shown in Schio, Vicenza are wearable objects designed from old books and other historic materials, mostly made from Japanese washi paper. The transparent garments function as mobile shelters of the fragile memory. Covered in knowledge they teach about the…

  • WELCOME! 10 anni di SAPH | Rome IT

    1.-23.10.21 Italy | Maxxi Museo Nazionale Roma | Organised to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Swatch Peace Art Hotel, the exhibition was curated by Carlo Giordanetti in collaboration with Hou Hanru, the artistic director of the Maxxi Museum in Rome. Opening ceremony with Sebastio Salgado’s show Amazonia. by director Giovanna Melandri. Information about work 1 |…

  • Opening Biennale di carta | Vicenza IT

    March 2021 Italy | Finally we could set up six of my paper works which will be presented at the Biennale Internazionale di opere di carte in Schio, Vicenza in a couple of weeks. It was an easy ride to Italy and a very warm welcome at the Palazzo Fogazzaro. Next to some of my…

  • #JapanRevisited202x | Ginza Tokyo JP

    8.13.6.2021 Japan | Morioka Shoten | Selected by the Austrian Cultural Forum of Tokyo, photographs picturing three of my paper garments which I tailored in Onishi, Gunma were on display in Ginza, Tokyo.  They are be shown together with the publication #JapanRevisited202x: then—now—after. From June 8-13, 2021  日本語Suzuki Building, 1-28-15 Ginza, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Morioka Shoten, the Bookshop…