This is a fabulous art space in my local ward. It’s funded by the local council and is housed in a previously abandoned school. It holds lectures, festivals and of course it’s an exhibition space, one artist per classroom, while also housing artists in residence usually studying abroad from Europe or the Americas.
It is mostly contemporary in theme. The exhibition I went to see was arts festival scholarship exhibition and included film, painting, installation, craft and animation.
This interesting lady called me into her space, dressed as a pounded rice cake (mochi), which is traditionally eaten on New Years day in Japan. She invited me to write a message of my New Years wish, and hang it in her space. Japanese people do this at the temples on New Years Day. (Not dressing up as mochi, I might add). Below. This piece was by a student who worked in the adult movie industry (camera side) as his first job.
Below. I watched a video of a lady dancing with robots. 
Below. A huge canvas on which parts of a landscape had been painted in patches. I thought this aesthetically rather lovely.
Unfortunately, as ever, there was little information in English. What I did take from the exhibition, which varied in quality, was that rather than look at pure technical skill, having an underlying meaning is a different kind of art altogether.
How might it be possible to marry the two?
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