The Spider on the Net
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Azu Kimura
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
Planned exhibition "Spider on the net" with the motif of spider (Joro spider) was held. Since several years ago, I have been observing and recording the behavior of the Joro spider. In this exhibition, he will present works such as drawings and installations, focusing on video works. The images at the center of the exhibition were shot in collaboration with artist Jun Baba (ACCI BABA) at several locations in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo. This work records the behavior of the Joro spider, focusing on its habit of cleaning leaves attached to its nest. Inspired by the cognitive abilities of the joro spider, the thread phone presented as an installation was created using a 440 Hz tuning fork and joro spider thread. Focusing on the perceptual world of spiders, the exhibition was intended to show in various ways the moment when our world overlaps with the perceptual world of different creatures.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 22nd (Sun)
- Venues
- Fuchu City Art Museum Civic Gallery B (Fuchu City, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Azu Kimura]
Based in Tokyo, she works as an art artist. After graduating from Musashino Art University's School of Art and Design, he worked as a planter, but as he worked, his interest in plants and living things deepened and he began to work as an artist. Using life as a theme, he creates works using various expression methods such as drawing, sculpture, installation and video.
His major works include (Fundamentals Festival 2021 – 2023, University of Tokyo Komaba Museum 2023), a project focusing on insect feces, and "Iron Landscape" (nidi gallery 2022), a drawing depicting the iron oxide film produced by iron-oxidizing bacteria.