echoes echoes echoes… 2023 Photo: Takumi Suidu
echoes echoes echoes… 2023 Photo: Takumi Suidu
echoes echoes echoes… 2023 Photo: Takumi Suidu
In this exhibition, new audiovisual works using CGI and live-action, as well as sculptural works that represent a new challenge as an artist, were presented. Inspired by personal experiences and those of people around her regarding fertility and pregnancy, Mekara embarked on a journey to find the kappa creature from Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s novel “Kappa.”
The exhibition humorously approaches the power dynamics within parent-child relationships and patriarchal systems.
Talk event guest: Fumi Momose
Installer: Kantaro Tanaka
Set-up assistant: Tamao Saito
Special thanks (for exhibition consultation, etc.):
PARA Co., Ltd., Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, Miki Usa, Kiritorimederu, Keimaejima, Kantaro Tanaka, Hiroki Yamamoto, Monika, Momo
Mekara Uroko
Mekara Uroko began her creative activities in 2020 and received the Gold Award at the Genron New Art School in 2021. She has previously explored themes such as women’s realistic worries, childbirth, sexuality, and parent-child relationships through comedic videos and installations using 3DCG, often featuring salmon as a motif. Some of her notable past exhibitions include “Salmon Swim from Sea to River – Drifting with the Waves of Feminism” (Osaki THT Gallery, 2022).
Mekara Uroko
mekarauroko.official5@gmail.com
PARA, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
