SICF19
I went to SICF19 (the 19th Spiral Independent Creators Festival).
Hearing that Hitoshi Tsuboyama had a display, I hurried over. Here is the solo show I saw last time.
https://art-on.jp/hitoshi-tsuboyama-symbolic/
Although he was working under the constraint of a small booth, I was able to see a meticulously considered display.
Statement
In computer systems, IDs are used to identify users. Today, as many people each hold their own IDs and go about daily life continuously using all kinds of services, IDs exist not only for real, existing individuals but also for fictitious ones. In a world where the boundary between reality and virtual reality grows blurred and information intermingles, what is it that we are actually seeing?
This exhibition, “Visualized ID,” is composed of two contrasting series of works. One is the “Light” series, which depicts the irises of real people as its motif. The other is the “Combine Portrait” series, which reconstructs the faces of multiple people to depict individuals who do not exist in reality.
Hitoshi Tsuboyama “Visualized ID”
This exhibition is composed of 6 nonexistent portraits and 2 large-scale works.
The portraits belong to the “Combine Portrait” series, which reconstructs the faces of multiple people. Each part differs ever so slightly, and although the figures do not exist in reality, it also seems to be designed as a fun guessing game to work out the answers.
Looking closely, the eyes and lips differ ever so slightly.
The other work depicts an iris. The texture of Tsuboyama’s paint application feels really pleasant. A flat, clean finish.
