Goraiko
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Apex to Land's End: Fuji San and Shiretoko-Hokkaido. Watercolour on Moulin Droy paper, 300gsm, 2016
@ Japan Creative Centre (Embassy of Japan, Singapore)
Goraiko: In Lightness…
Goraiko signifies the coming of light—the first and growing crack of dawn that lifts the heaviness of a deep indigo sky. It is an allure that raises our gaze into and beyond the horizon. It is atmospheric, anticipatory, climatic, an experience of high altitudes. It is an illumination.
Goraiko describes my seven months sojourn in Japan. I remember the morning brightness inside the airport bus that brought me to Yamanashi, where I discovered the wonderful whimsical forms of sun-bleached, accidental sculptures on the streets and in backyards. I reminisce living in the Kofu basin with a 360° skyline of mountains, including Fuji-san, that flirted daily with prismatic colours; it was pretty in pink.
Goraiko transpires the “eureka” moments that spur my creative practice. While meditating and reflecting on the famous mountain stones of Onishi town in Gunma, I encountered it in the mundane everyday objects that elevated Onishi’s stone-mining history. I also find and captivate it through a stone named Yama-chan which travelled with me, motivating me to move mountains.
Goraiko in my work is translated with the brevity and lightness of touch and heartedness. I pursue it in my visualisation of Japan from Apex to Land’s End.
Goraiko, the exhibition, brings together cumulative work on Japan. It is also a commemoration of the shared pilgrimage up Fuji-san with fellow artist Susie Wong who presents the drawing series --36 views... . The two-person showcase was kindly hosted by the Japan Creative Centre (Embassy of Japan, Singapore) and supported by Muji.
~A. Daysor
Goraiko signifies the coming of light—the first and growing crack of dawn that lifts the heaviness of a deep indigo sky. It is an allure that raises our gaze into and beyond the horizon. It is atmospheric, anticipatory, climatic, an experience of high altitudes. It is an illumination.
Goraiko describes my seven months sojourn in Japan. I remember the morning brightness inside the airport bus that brought me to Yamanashi, where I discovered the wonderful whimsical forms of sun-bleached, accidental sculptures on the streets and in backyards. I reminisce living in the Kofu basin with a 360° skyline of mountains, including Fuji-san, that flirted daily with prismatic colours; it was pretty in pink.
Goraiko transpires the “eureka” moments that spur my creative practice. While meditating and reflecting on the famous mountain stones of Onishi town in Gunma, I encountered it in the mundane everyday objects that elevated Onishi’s stone-mining history. I also find and captivate it through a stone named Yama-chan which travelled with me, motivating me to move mountains.
Goraiko in my work is translated with the brevity and lightness of touch and heartedness. I pursue it in my visualisation of Japan from Apex to Land’s End.
Goraiko, the exhibition, brings together cumulative work on Japan. It is also a commemoration of the shared pilgrimage up Fuji-san with fellow artist Susie Wong who presents the drawing series --36 views... . The two-person showcase was kindly hosted by the Japan Creative Centre (Embassy of Japan, Singapore) and supported by Muji.
~A. Daysor