“What is the time of an object? A rock released from the earth’s crust finds
its way to a city street. Laying there it seems out of time, pushing against
the flow and rush of people and things with its precarious stillness.”
Location:
1080 HD Movie (5mins, 51seconds)
Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo
35°41'15.9"N 139°43'10.8"E
Joel Vivian Kirkham is an artist, art educator at Temple University, Japan
Campus and co-founder / director of Goya Curtain, an artist-run project
space based in Tokyo. He is originally from Auckland, New Zealand and
has lived and worked in Tokyo since 2010. His multi-disciplinary art
practice takes everyday life as a departure point to explore more abstract
concepts of time, progress, and change. Wrangling with various states of
impermanence, Kirkham’s art seeks to evoke the precarious psychology
associated with articulating the present moment.
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This video is included in the exhibition 'Exterior Monologue', curated by Olivia O'Donnell and Virginia Overell as part of the 2024 MSD x Melbourne Design Week program.
See videos from all contributors on the Exterior Monologue playlist:
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