Hara Documents 10: Masaharu Sato - Tokyo Trace
23 Jan - 08 May 2016
HARA DOCUMENTS 10: MASAHARU SATO - TOKYO TRACE
23 January – 8 May 2016
This spring, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present Masaharu Sato - Tokyo Trace, the tenth installment of the Hara Documents exhibition series.
Masaharu Sato meticulously and precisely traces each frame of video footage with a software pen to produce hundreds of frames needed for a single animation. This time-consuming, seemingly pointless process results in the subtle difference with reality that gives Sato's animations their unique and intriguing quality. Sato perfected this method in his previous work Calling (2009-2010) which drew much attention in Japan. In his newest work Tokyo Trace (2015), Sato presents a number of vignettes of present-day Tokyo in which he extends the idea of tracing to the act of "shadowing." Tokyo Trace, Calling and newly created two-dimensional art comprise the centerpieces of the exhibition.
23 January – 8 May 2016
This spring, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present Masaharu Sato - Tokyo Trace, the tenth installment of the Hara Documents exhibition series.
Masaharu Sato meticulously and precisely traces each frame of video footage with a software pen to produce hundreds of frames needed for a single animation. This time-consuming, seemingly pointless process results in the subtle difference with reality that gives Sato's animations their unique and intriguing quality. Sato perfected this method in his previous work Calling (2009-2010) which drew much attention in Japan. In his newest work Tokyo Trace (2015), Sato presents a number of vignettes of present-day Tokyo in which he extends the idea of tracing to the act of "shadowing." Tokyo Trace, Calling and newly created two-dimensional art comprise the centerpieces of the exhibition.