Surface Matters: Machine Drawings by Tetsuo Fujimoto

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Fujimoto describes his work as ‘machine drawings' which are created through layers of stitches upon stitches, covering the base cloth and building up an extraordinary surface which ultimately becomes three-dimensional. The marks are laid down in a random manner creating a form of impasto or surface layering of lines that build towards the viewer. Such a dense surface texture causes considerable shrinkage; a 5 meter cloth can end up as a 4 meter finished piece. Fujimoto talks about his work as encompassing the macro and the micro. From a distance the work appears as a dynamic surface, from 2 meters we experience it as an engulfing space and from 15 cm we see the intense layering of thread and stitch. He says ‘I am now very interested in the fact that the universal macro world and the inner micro world seem to be alike. I am trying to make the macro and micro world coexist in one picture surface, through the linear expression of the sewing machine. The overlapping of lines leads us from the surface to the inner world of that thing.' Exhibition-related event: Tetsuo Fujimoto in conversation with Lesley Millar 14 November 2008, 2.00pm - 4.00pm Lesley Millar is Professor of Textile Culture, University for the Creative Arts Booking is essential. For further information please visit www.dajf.org.uk/SurfaceMatters or contact exhibitions@dajf.org.uk