UTSUROI
By Naoko Tosa
Exclusive to The Artling
Exclusive to The Artling
US$ 10,000
Overview
This artwork was last updated 723 days ago.
2022
Digital, Video, 4K, 6min.
Edition of 5
Dimensions: N/A
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
Utsuroi 2015
This video artwork was created in collaboration with Mr. Ryuho Sasaoka, a leader of Mishoryu
Sasaoka, is one of the flower arrangement schools in Japan. Flowers arranged by him are put into
liquid nitrogen at a temperature of 200 degrees under zero and frozen like glass flowers.
Then they were broken by being hit with a small hard substance and its process was shot by a
high-speed camera. This video artwork expresses a beauty in the decay process and also the passage
of time.
Artist profile
Naoko Tosa
Born: 1961
Hometown: Japan
Based in: Kyoto & Singapore
Naoko Tosa is an internationally renowned Japanese media artist, born in 1961 in Fukuoka, Japan. After receiving a Ph.D. for Art and Technology research from the University of Tokyo.She was a fellow artist at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2002 to 2004.Currently she …
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