MAKI UMEHARA
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Transit für sechs Körperteilen
2000-01, 240 × 240 × H. 220 cm, approx. 50 × 30 × H. 40 cm each (Bag #01-06)
Mixed media (wood, resin, silicon, fabric, metal, audio)
Photo:installation view, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Maki Umehara, Transit für sechs Körperteilen, in: Transit2001, exh. cat.
[Exchange-exhibitions which took place in Japan and Germany]
Jun., 2000 - Dec., 2001 (from planning up to the exh.)
The project started from a slight hope to travel to Japan by a few German artists, whom Maki Umehara met at the benigging of her study in Germany. Shortly afterward, she planned for exchange-exhibitions together with Prof. Christian Megert; artists around Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; artists and professors in Nagoya, Japan.
May, 2001 - Jun., 2001
Travel together with 18 artists (six artists from Germany, five artists from Switzerland/Germany, five artists from Japan/Germany, an artist from Chile, an artist from Colombia / Bag #01-06, from Germany to Japan, for one month): Düsseldorf ー Nagoya
Field work (group):
Nagoya, Ise, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Toride
Exh. Transit:
Artport, Nagoya
Oct., 2001-Nov., 2001
Travel together with 35 artists (18 guests, professors in Nagoya, JP, from Japan to Germany, for approx. two weeks): Nagoya ー Düsseldorf
Exh. Transit:
Atelier am Eck; Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The travel of the guests from overseas were supported by the organizations. In Nagoya, artists were able to stay at the guest house of Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design; and in Tokyo, at the guest house of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Many thanks to Yoshiaki Watanabe who made both Prof. Christian Megert’s special lecture and this activity along with international exchange at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music possible: in former times, Yoshiaki Watanabe (assistant professor of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) studied under Prof. Megert at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany. Thanks to many people who made this exchange-exhibition project possible.
Organization:
Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design
With the cooperation of / supported by
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Thanks to / Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von
Goethe-Institut Kansai, The Artport 2001 Organizing Committe (Japan) etc.