Hiroyuki OKI: The Dawn of 21st Century Philosophy — Fiction 3 |
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Published: October 02 2008 |
Diary of Matsumae-kun's Love (2008), video Image provided by ARATANIURANO copy right(c) 2008 ARATANIURANO May (2004-2008), video, produced by FOU production Image provided by ARATANIURANO copy right(c) 2008 ARATANIURANO Hiroyuki Oki started to make video work in the late 1980s, while he was studying at the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. From 1991 he was based in Kochi Prefecture, and following key early works such as "Tarch Trip" (1992-93), his work "HEAVEN-6-BOX" (1994-95) won the NETPAC Prize at the 45th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin in 1995. Thereafter he has been invited to show at many film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, where his work has been received with great critical acclaim. His work is not limited to video, however: it encompasses live screenings, installation, bodily performance, drawing and painting, and he has taken part in many exhibitions in Japan and abroad. Having been featured in "Art/Domestic Temperature of the Time" (Setagaya Art Museum) in 1999, "GAME OVER" (Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000), "How Latitudes Become Forms" (Walker Art Center, USA, 2003), "Roppongi Crossing" (Mori Art Museum, 2004), the Sharjah Biennial (2007), "Out of the Ordinary" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 2007), and "The Door into Summer: The Age of Micropop" (Art Tower Mito, 2007), Oki is an increasingly recognized figure in the contemporary art scene. Oki, who studied architecture at university, says: |
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