© YOKOMIZO Shizuka
Stranger (23)
| Artist | YOKOMIZO Shizuka |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Material/ Technique | chromogenic print |
| Size/ Duration | H108 × W127cm (frame) |
| Copyright Notice | © YOKOMIZO Shizuka |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2005 |
| Description | Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1966. Lives and works in London, UK. After studying philosophy at university in Japan, Yokomizo Shizuka moved to the UK where she studied art and began exhibiting her work. She continues to create artwork that looks at themes such as the individual, society, community, and the distance between human beings using mainly photographs and video as her media. The “Stranger” series (1998-2000), in which she sent letters anonymously to numerous complete strangers and photographed them through the windows of their own homes, typifies Yokomizo’s unique approach to the issues she addresses, in this case the boundaries between the self and others, and personal and public territory. The photographs that make up this series were taken as part of a project undertaken from 1998 to 2000 in Paris, Stockholm, Berlin, New York, Hiroshima, Blackpool, and London. Yokomizo sent letters anonymously to complete strangers, positioning a camera in front of their homes at a designated time and photographing those who agreed to be subjects standing by their window. After taking these photographs, Yokomizo would leave quietly without exchanging a word with her subjects. The subjects adopt various poses, some standing upright and gazing naively at the camera and others folding their arms and staring defiantly into the lens. The results expose the uncertain nature of the distance and relationship between strangers unaffected by the intimacy that usually governs interactions between friends, acquaintances, and people of the same nationality. |
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This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
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