{"id":44220,"date":"2017-01-17T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=44220"},"modified":"2017-01-17T17:47:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:47:34","slug":"yuko-mohri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/yuko-mohri\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Artist Building Mini Ecosystems From Found Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yuko-Mohri.jpeg\" alt=\"Yuko Mohri\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/> Yuko Mohri, Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9 (Leaky): The Falling Water Given #1-3, Nissan Art Award 2015 Photo: Keizo Kioku<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nYuko Mohri, Japan&#8217;s much-buzzed installation artist, is set to\u00a0present her first UK solo show this February. The creative first garnered\u00a0attention after winning the 2015 Nissan Art Award for her work entitled &#8220;Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9 (Leaky)&#8221;. A\u00a0site-specific installation that serves as a built environment, the piece is a simulation of\u00a0Tokyo&#8217;s underground transportation system created using found objects. For her upcoming exhibition, she\u00a0has developed upon the 2015 work to create a mini &#8220;ecosystem&#8221;\u00a0that&#8217;s six years in the making. SLEEK caught up with Mohri prior to the opening of her show next month to learn\u00a0more about her fascination with Tokyo&#8217;s transit system, her creative process and how residencies at some of London&#8217;s most prestigious institutions have helped her grow as an artist.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>How does your new work build upon previous concepts presented in &#8220;Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9&#8221;?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My upcoming\u00a0solo show develops\u00a0upon previous ideas shown for\u00a0the Nissan Art Award, but the most important thing about this project is improvisation. There is no pre-empted design or sketch for this project. It&#8217;s almost like improvised architecture. I believe that it will be a new phenomenon, and I am so excited to create an installation using\u00a0objects found in London.<br \/>\n<strong>Where does your fascination with the Tokyo underground stem from? Why have you chosen to explore this interest with\u00a0art?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am always amazed at the strong aesthetics of metro stations. Their designs tend to look like installations by &#8220;non-artists&#8221;. I could never compete with them, although there is a part of me that needs to include the phenomena of these designs into my art.<br \/>\n<strong>Each of your exhibitions has been described as a tiny &#8220;ecosystem&#8221;, with each work\u00a0created using found objects that reveal a space&#8217;s distinctive characteristics. How do you go about collecting objects and how do you decide which ones to pair together?<\/strong> \nThe most important part of my practise is the collection of objects. I collect things constantly without even thinking. My studio, my storage space, my room and my parent\u2019s house are full of my objects. Collection is like drawing for me. I draw my inspiration from these objects of interest. I try to let these objects evolve naturally in a space, creating a temporary &#8220;ecosystem&#8221; that then grows into an installation.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yuko-Mohri-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Yuko Mohri\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" \/> Yuko Mohri, Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9 (Leaky): The Falling Water Given #1-3, Nissan Art Award 2015 Photo: Keizo Kioku<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Yuko-Mohri-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Yuko Mohri\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" \/> Yuko Mohri, Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9 (Leaky): The Falling Water Given #1-3, Nissan Art Award 2015 Photo: Keizo Kioku<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>You focus\u00a0heavily on scientific phenomena like\u00a0gravity and magnetism. What attracts you to these concepts and do you run into any obstacles\u00a0when channelling them into your work?<\/strong> \nI am interested in the invisible energy that pulses through ordinary life. When creating my installations I think a lot about the unseen forces circulating in our\u00a0world. I used to make invisible sculptures powered by magnets, and I recently decided this work seemed unstable and unpredictable, two characteristics which I now enjoy.<br \/>\n<strong>In 2016 you completed a residency at both the V&amp;A and Camden Arts Centre. How have these particular opportunities helped\u00a0your work grow and evolve?<\/strong> \nThese opportunities have given me so many new ideas. I had an idea of London \u2013 the people, the buildings and the infrastructure \u2013 before I came, and so I felt very comfortable when I arrived. I have felt very at ease making my site-specific installations, and I believe that all of my research and experiences during these residencies will feed into\u00a0the work presented\u00a0at my solo show next month.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/By-Naoko-Maeda.jpeg\" alt=\"Yuko Mohri\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" \/> Photo by Naoko Maeda<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/white-rainbow.co.uk\/exhibitions\/yuko-mohri\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mor\u00e9 Mor\u00e9 (Leaky)<\/a>&#8221; by Yuko Mohri is on display at London&#8217;s White Rainbow gallery from 9 February until 11 March 2017<\/strong> \n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLEEK chats with installation artist Yuko Mohri prior to the opening of her first UK solo show next month<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[38,7473,4123,946,402,141,7474,7475,1049,7476,277,7477,7478],"class_list":["post-44220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-art","tag-camden-arts-centre","tag-ecosystem","tag-installation","tag-japan","tag-london","tag-nissan-art-award","tag-public-transportation","tag-tokyo","tag-transit","tag-va","tag-white-rainbow","tag-yuko-mohri"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Japanese Artist Building Mini Ecosystems From Found Objects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SLEEK chats with installation artist Yuko Mohri prior to the opening of her first UK solo show next month\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/yuko-mohri\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Japanese Artist Building Mini Ecosystems From Found Objects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SLEEK chats with installation artist Yuko Mohri prior to the opening of her first UK solo show next month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/yuko-mohri\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-17T16:47:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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