Even in HOUYHNHNM.I keep checking on that trend.Photographer Shun Omiyama will hold his first solo exhibition in two and a half years, "How to name things that are nothing" and "my beautiful tokyo".
How to name things that are nothing" was first shown at KG+( Kyoto haku gallery) last September, then traveled to "c7c gallery" in Nagoya, and now it will travel to Tokyo for the third city tour.
How to name things that are nothing
Seeing is as close as possible to recognizing names. Most things in the world have their own names. And we unconsciously recall and recognize the names of the things we see, based on the experience and knowledge that have naturally settled in our minds. Visual perception. This is confirmation by unconsciously assigning a name to what we see. Whether it is a proper noun or a common noun, it is with a name that we first "see. In other words, we expand our perception of the world by applying names to the things we see in the world. We then judge, cut, select, and crystallize them as photographs. No one can "see" what has no name. I repeated the process of taking away the names from the photographs that were created by my own "seeing. You may not be able to see them without their names. You may not be able to see them, or you may be able to assign them names based on your experience. When you become their godparent, it may be your own identity. Shun Omiyama
And "my beautiful tokyo," a solo exhibition of new works based on the artist's own life in Tokyo.
my beautiful tokyo
In a coffee shop like a cigarette butt in the late evening.
The raspberry sauce left on the plate looked like a trail of blood.
Every day I'm bounced off the soft-skinned concrete.
They're throwing cheap fedups in place of tips.
The desert would have been better.
Unlike asphalt, it leaves footprints.
Deep water would have been better.
You'll hear yourself more than in a karaoke box.
This is Tokyo
A city where my treasures are just junk to you.
This is Tokyo
A city where your loved one may be the worst thing that could ever happen to someone.
Finding a song of the wind that can be heard by androids
Converse past the noisy Triumphs.
When releasing the shutter with hands soiled with disinfectant
I think I prayed for something, but I can't reach it as I dropped it on my way home.
This is Tokyo
Tonight, just grow up with a Bowmore and a Highlight.
This is Tokyo
Tomorrow, I'm sure, I'll be a kid with consommé punch and Sprite.
You want something from us.
Something wants us.
Do we love our days?
Do the days love us?
This is Tokyo
A city that manages to find the sunlight in the cracks of steel frames that stretch taller than each other.
This is Tokyo
A city that found a day to think of you in the gaps between these landscapes.
( Chickenshit, that's all the change you get, ).
Photographs are best viewed in person. Please take time to contemplate while looking at them.
How to name things that are nothing / my beautiful tokyo
Dates: March 8, 2021 (Monday) - March 22, 2021 (Monday)
Place:MIDORI.so GALLERY
Address: 3F, 3-3-11 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Time: 13:00-19:00 (free admission)
Only those who have made reservations in advance may visit the "11:00-13:00" and "19:00-21:00" sessions. Please contact "i@shunkomiyama.com" with your preferred date and time. Please note that we may decline your request if we reach capacity.
