Artist Information:
Hiroko Fukumoto
Kyoto,
Japan
Member Since: Oct 2000
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Artist Statement:
Using printed materials like
newspapers and books, I have
been creating my works with
"the relation between
'information' and 'things' as
the motif. The printed
materials are one form of
media which is very closely
related to and almost
essential in society.
The characteristics of paper
as a material, and the
relations of paper with the
letters and other figures on
top of it direct the relation
between "information" -
something abstract - and
"things" - something that
visualize the information -,
and these, I believe, make the
inquiry of what "things"
explicit.
is an Italian word for
library. The library is a
place where books and other
printed materials are
collected, and at the same
time, it is a building in
which these collected items
are classified and stored. In
other word, it can be said as
a place where information are
accumulated. Also, in his
short story, "La Biblioteca di
Babele", Jorge Luis Borges
uses the library as a metaphor
of the universe as well as
something which connotes all
"information."
In my works of installation, I
want to claim the library as a
place/situation where
"information" takes a visible
form with qulitative and
quatitative characters. This,
I think, is then ...
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Hiroko Fukumoto's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Hiroko Fukumoto's Portfolio. Browse Fukumoto's body of work: Using printed materials like newspapers and books, I have been creating my works with "the relation between 'information' and 'things' as the motif. The printed materials are one form of media which is very closely related to and almost essential in society.
The characteristics of paper as a material, and the relations of paper with the letters and other figures on top of it direct the relation between "information" - something abstract - and "things" - something that visualize the information -, and these, I believe, make the inquiry of what "things" explicit.
is an Italian word for library. The library is a place ... |
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