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Exhibition
var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i
13 Apr 2017 – 18 May 2017
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
London, United Kingdom
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![The Trifle of the Immaturity [detail], 2016, Loop Animation, 3 sec loop © Shigetoshi Furutani](//img.artrabbit.com/events/var-i-phenomena-var-x-future-for-i/images/UYpcjpFNNZA0/678x460/the-triumph-of-the-immaculate-DETAIL-furutani.jpg)
The Trifle of the Immaturity [detail], 2016, Loop Animation, 3 sec loop © Shigetoshi Furutani
Event
var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i
12 Apr 2017
Event times
6:00-8:00pm
Cost of entry
Admission free, Booking is essential.
Address
- 13/14 Cornwall Terrace
- London
- NW1 4QP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 2, 13, 18, 27, 30, 74, 82, 113, 139, 189 and 274
- Tube: Baker St.
Event map
Private View
About
var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) is the first solo exhibition in London by Shigetoshi Furutani. His practice engages with the formation of a visual language, exploring methods for conceptualising social and personal phenomena which do not have a conventionally recognised form. His work seeks a more effective way to deal with the limitations of language and to expand the expression of the two-dimensional form in an age of social media, engaging with the limits of chaos and order. The exhibition title var i = phenomena; var x = future; for (i < x) is a computing function; here, it denotes phenomena that will be exponentially continued until they become the future.
In this exhibition, Furutani juxtaposes digital collages of found footage with images and animations created by the artist himself. The artist focuses on “repetition” as, through making his artworks, he found that unintentional reoccurrences tend to originate new entities, entirely unique from the originals. A wide spectrum of materials from a plethora of subjects were smoothly combined and reconstructed, describing his analytic and speculative perspective about the ephemeral world.
Shigetoshi Furutani (born Mie, Japan, 1980) holds a BA in Design and MA in Environmental Design from Tokyo University of the Arts and is currently completing an MA in Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London. He worked as a TV set designer in Japan before focusing on his work as an artist. Furutani is the winner of the Best Category Prize and the Second Place Prize for the East West Art Award in London (2016), and the Asia Digital Art Award Finalist Prize in Fukuoka (2011). His work was represented in the Athens Digital Art Festival and REThink Art Digital Festival in Greece (2016), Internet Yami-ichi at Tate Modern (2016) and Saatchi Screen at Saatchi Gallery (2013) in London. In 2016 he was a recipient of a Nomura Foundation grant.
To Book this event, please visit the link below.
http://www.dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/var-i-phenomena-var-x-future-for-i-x-i-by-shigetoshi-furutani/private-view-var-i-phenomena-var-x-future-for-i-x-i-by-shigetoshi-furutani
