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\nWe had an interview with Kristine Marx who is from New York, USA.<\/p>\n
\nWe had an interview with Kristine Marx who is from New York, USA.<\/p>\n
Why did you choose Japan to do your project?<\/em> Would there have been any differences doing the project in Tokyo and Kyoto than in Itoshima?<\/em> For Example, the line of windows, the lady looking down the floor\u2026 it also looks European style. What did you draw from?<\/em> I like the idea of using films because it is referencing films. My recent work is in video and I like the idea of projecting an image. In these paintings, I can see through the images by layering.<\/p>\n I also focused on borders in my work. It is inspiring to work in the space where I am staying in Itoshima because the tatami, sliding doors and furniture is inspiring.
\nI visited Japan twice (Tokyo, Kyoto) and am interested in Japanese culture and tradition.<\/p>\n
\nI think here in Itoshima time passes slowly (except Hiro is working hard!!) and So I am able to focus and concentrate on my project.
\nI can also go running, or bike riding and also enjoy going to hot spring.
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\nThere are many Japanese interiors in my works.
\nI am interested in ukiyo-e and it effects my work a lot.<\/p>\n
\nalso I used the Japanese landscapes and trees from ukiyo-e.<\/p>\n
\nAnother influence is film from mid 20th century. The buildings and urban spaces were drawn in traditional Western perspective.
\nWhy i choose the period is it is right after the war so it has an impersonal, colder attitude. But I am also still figuring it out.<\/p>\n
\nI am playing around with the borders in my paintings. Some of them are opaque and some of them the image\u2014figure or landscape– overlaps, which I have also observed in Japanese art.<\/p>\n