2 Month Residency in Tokyo (2016)

Installation view of solo exhibition at Art Centre Ongoing in Tokyo, Japan (2016). Running themes in this work include repetition, simplicity, order and effect; following the materials - paper (both Japanese paper and regular drawing paper) and sound (a composed work from daily recordings throughout Tokyo and in my studio). One of my main experiences throughout the two months spent in Tokyo was the juxtaposition of a uniquely defined and extremely successful structure within the masses of people, happenings and places…I have never before experienced order like their was there, where no matter how busy, loud or intense a given space was there was never disorder, and this order was followed in a very diligent and polite manner. Without consciously meaning to, this became evident in the work that I was producing through different strategic decisions made throughout the process of experimenting and creating whilst following the materials I choose to use.