POCORART World Exhibition “Chance and Necessity and …” OFFICIAL WEB SITE

「わたし」から宇宙へ、
宇宙から「わたし」へ

The exhibition presents six themes. They extend outwards away from the center,
commencing with the artist’s mind (my mind)
and dealing in turn with issues concerning the activities, body, environments, macrocosms,
and memories that transcend space-time.
These six themes are interlinked and move in unison.

01 Minds of the universe Inner self and mask

Inner self and mask: What do people understand by me when they meet me (the artist)? The me that I perceive internally is not the same as the me seen via the society outside me. In day-to-day life, I observe myself and update my own image of me, with me being the object that fulfills my desires. Posing as all sorts of different people,

I wonder who I am, or what it means to be me. Worlds of myth and fantasy that begin within me represent the ability to dream, allowing me to journey endlessly to realms of freedom.

ARTIST: Marian HENEL （Poland）
Josef HOFER （Austria）
KUWABARA Toshiro （Japan）
Tomasz MACHCIŃSKI （Poland）
OBATA Masao （Japan）
Harald STOFFERS （Germany）
Leopold STROBL （Austria）
YONAHA Shun （Japan）

02 Movements of the universe From action to form

From action to form: There comes a moment in time when a certain substance or something done repeatedly—such as pasting, stacking, inserting, wrapping, gathering, writing, or praying—crosses a line that takes it out of the ordinary. In this primal moment, I (the artist) leave day-to-day life and enter the world of creation. Action takes form as the mark it leaves behind.

Completely unexpected forms emerge from daily routines and actions that are an inevitable part of work or everyday life: pinched clay becomes a spine on the body of an imaginary animal, soft paper becomes hard and heavy like marble, discarded objects gathered together become weapons, and mother’s sewing tools and other relics become a large mass.

ARTIST: Laura DELVAUX （Belgium）
KANASAKI Masashi （Japan）
Carlo KESHISHIAN （United Kingdom）
Ezekiel MESSOU （Benin）
Marc MORET （Swiss）
André ROBILLARD （France）
SAWADA Shinichi （Japan）
TAKEDA Hiraku （Japan）

03 Bodies of the universe Mysteries of physical life

Mysteries of physical life: How did the living beings of the earth—people, animals, plants, and other lifeforms—and the things around us become as they are? The things that I see before me appear to me in many different ways. This is how shapes, colors, and sizes appear to me (the artist). My imagination extends to creatures of the distant past and creatures that have yet to live in this world. And, I create new beings by combining humans with existing animals and plants.

And there are many different perspectives exploring the mysteries of living beings. Every me has its own perspective.

ARTIST: Curzio di GIOVANNI （Italy）
Helmut HLADISCH （Austria）
Julia KRAUSE-HARDER （Germany）
NAKAMICHI Kazuki （Japan）
Misleidys Francisca Castillo PEDROSO （Cuba）
Luboš PLNÝ （Czech Rep.）
SHUJI Takashi （Japan）
Charles STEFFEN （United States of America）

04 Diversity of the universe From surroundings to form

From surroundings to form: Creativity is closely connected to the cultural customs or environment of a particular age, society, or lifestyle.

It can demonstrate a modern Western way of scientific thinking, using experiments to prove hypotheses, creating paintings of sound waves. In other circumstances, it can show an approach like Asian folk beliefs, invoking spirits that relieve pain. In South America, branches of nearby trees come to resemble all sorts of shapes or creatures, and in Japan, single creations can seem to combine anime and novels. In Africa, listening to the sounds of a nearby airport while making souvenirs for tourists resulted in creating a large plane that looks incredibly close to flying.

ARTIST: Mohamed BABAHOUM （Morocco）
Julius BOCKELT （Germany）
HIRANO Tomoyuki （Japan）
Davood KOOCHAKI （Iran）
KURODA Katsutoshi （Japan）
Imanuel MAPEU （Namibia）
Elke TANGETEN （Belgium）
Ni Nyoman TANJUNG（Indonesia）
Véio （Brazil）
YOSHIHARA Chojiro （Japan）

05 Nature of the universe Resonating life

Resonating life: What is the nature of the world around us? How does it work? Looking down on the world from above reveals the towns and cities where people live. Buildings and shops line the streets, and transportation networks spread everywhere. Some people imagine a world in which everything is made in ideal proportions, while others contemplate one made up of particles, or of chi, the invisible element of Asian thought. In addition to matter, the nature of our world comes from all the things that happen in the time and space within which we live.

And also considered to be elements of the world are natural disasters and the difficulties of coexistence, such as discrimination and conflict between groups that people have formed. Spaces with information about the world and symbols for processing it are creations.

ARTIST: Kostia BOTKINE （Belgium）
John DEVLIN （Canada）
GUO Fengyi （China）
KOKUBO Norimitsu （Japan）
Jockum NORDSTRÖM （Sweden）
Franz von SAALFELD （Germany）
Martin THOMPSON （New Zealand）
George WIDENER （United States of America）
Entang WIHARSO （Indonesia）

06 Memories of the universe An exploration of memories transcending space-time

An exploration of memories transcending space-time: Mechanisms to protect against the loss of hundreds of thousands of years of memories of the universe, scenes of hometowns once resided in, places holding memories of younger days, words spoken by family members, or days spent with people important to us. Personal things that have happened to me, events that happened on earth in ancient times, and historical realities from throughout the period of human existence blend together, transcend space-time, and are brought back to life. Things from the past overlap with the present moment, taking form before us while becoming intricately entangled and entwined.

ARTIST: Carlos Javier Garcia HUERGO （Cuba）
Jimmy Tsutomu MIRIKITANI （Japan）
SUGIURA Atsushi SUGIURA （Japan）
TSURUKAWA Koji （Japan）
UEDA Kaito （Japan）
Vanda VIEIRA-SCHMIDT （Germany）
Melvin WAY （United States of America）