I visited a gallery showing “Forms in Flux” at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. This particular show is a collaboration between the SMFA and Aichi Univiversity, located in Nagoya, Japan. The whole idea behind the show was to provide a meeting place for something new to be created from two geographically very distant locations. Working on opposite sides of the world, in different media and in different cultural contexts, these artists address issues of transformation, change and fluidity of perception. The artwork was all very different, but somehow managed to flow all together. The pieces didn’t seem out of place or random even though they weren’t the same media.
When I first walked in the gallery, I was greeted by Nobuyuki Osaki’s video installation piece titled “Portraits of Mirrors“. I found this piece so interesting because not only were they projected onto the wall, they were projected onto hand mirrors which then projected the image onto the wall. This idea completely serves the concept of transformation because the mirrors warped the images, and the images changed themselves over time.
Moving further into the gallery, there was an interactive piece by Michelle Samour called “Windows“. This piece consisted of a table with several clear tiles containing pigmented abaca designs on them. As long as we were wearing gloves, we were allowed to move them around, stack them, and ultimately transform this piece. It was interesting to layer multiple tiles together and to see what other people had done to the piece before hand. The fact that it was also an interactive piece really made it memorable. Its not too often that you come across art that is meant to be touched and/or moved around. There is something really intriguing about being able to transform a piece of art. I really enjoyed looking and interacting with these pieces.
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