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Carsten Nicolai
Kerne 1998
 
Kerne, exhibited on the third floor of WATARI-UM, can be seen
as the core piece of Carsten Nicolai's artistic procedure. It
aims to reveal the essence of substance by removing redundancies.
He says; "this piece is just like the last core of an apple
when we continue to peel it. "
In the gray neutral space, you can see clear containers filled
with water like light bulbs, rubber panel, glass, white and black
paintings with sign-like circles, with two types of sinwave sounds
drifting around.
Trained as gardener, this artist lets visual space and auditory
space overlap and takes out the gap between them with his very
modern sense.
He also mentions that this futre-oriented piece is greatly influenced
by the stone garden of Ruan-ji, which means that this exhibition
in Japan has a particular significance.
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Outside stairs + entrance of WATARI-UM |
Yumito Awano
temperament/Lucies in the sky with diamonds
1999
This work consists of two pieces. The metal tube 45 centimeter
in diameter and 20 meters in length (for large air-conditioning
units) is in front of the entrance. It is an installation to
look up the cut-out sky and listen to your own voice alone among
a stream of people around the entrance. It also feels like looking
from the bottom deep in the ground up to the manhole surface.
The other piece is installed in outside stairs to look at the
city through thousands of straws. Strange focus appears amid
the usual scene like the eyes of insect. It creates fresh visions
in the ordinary scene of the city by filter. This work reminds
us of the feeling in our chilhood when we found any kind of device
in the city and repeat looking inside again and again.
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