Signals #05 Takehito Koganezawa
Lately, I’ve been making frequent walk to the river in my neighborhood. People were having a good time on the riverbank, and it was peaceful. The areas of each individual are subtly overlapping, and although invisible to the eye, the colors are mixed together. Takehito Koganezawa Born in 1974 in…
Signals #04 Xu Jiong
“ShanShui”（山水: landscape）Xu Jiong Life, for many people, can be divided into “before 2020” or “after 2020”. However, it has not changed that much for me after 2020. I stay at home, I read, I write, I drink tea, I grow flowers. I envy a friend who lives in the west…
Signals #03 Tommaso Gorla
“The Modern Dance” Tommaso Gorla This drawing is called “The Modern Dance” and I have just named it so. Firstly, because amongst the books I’m reading throughout self-isolation is William Gibson’s “Virtual Light”, and this is the name of one of the chapters. And secondly because, to me, it does…
Signals #02 Dayana Lucas
“Sings and Bleeds” Dayana Lucas 50x65cm, sumi-e paper 80gsm, dragon’s blood ink and brush photo © Dinis Santos These two drawings were made last year with “dragon’s blood”, the inner liquid of an endemic tree called “Dragoeiro” (Dracaena Draco*) of Macaronésia region (Madeira, Açores, Canarias and Cabo Verde). This inner…
Signals #01 Kazuki Nakahara
“Ernst(Serious)“ said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the beginning of her speech on 18 March 2020. And then she told the public that we had to be considerate each other, referring to the public’s position. Minister of Culture Grütters told that “the power of art and culture is necessary.” and…
