Praying for Tokyo –Well Temperament

In 2012, Yanai completed her graduate courses in Inter Media Art at Tokyo National University of the Arts. She went on to receive an MA in Photography at the Royal College of Art in 2018. Currently she is based in London. She creates installations using composite materials and methods based on social research on the subject of “art and violence”. Solo exhibitions include “The Deep End” (Sagacho Archives, 2019), “International Public Art Short Film Contest Art Public ― Now You See Me” (Louvre Museum, Paris, 2017), and “Blue Passages” (White Conduit Projects, London, 2016). In addition, her work was exhibited in Aomori EARTH 2013 “Brave New World – re-enchanting utopia” (Aomori Museum of Art, 2013), and “WHAT WE SEE” (National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2013). In 2014, she received a fellowship from the POLA Art Foundation, which was followed in 2016 with an Overseas Study Programme for Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
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Photo: ©︎Shino Yanai

《Praying for Tokyo》

“If the axis of time were turned vertically, there would be a flow from Tokyo’s past to its future. If it were viewed horizontally, there would be an axis showing the connections between people and spaces. Standing at this intersection, we realize our present state of confusion. Without forgetting the tregedies of the past, what can we do today to move toward our future? Let’s start by praying together, with art.” (Kazuko Koike)

Together with three female artists – Rei Naito, Aiko Miyanaga, and Shino Yanai – the project will create “spaces of prayer”, providing requiems of the past from each Tokyo community, that are dedicated to our future.