＠kuramochiasuka

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1. What's your story? Where are you from?

I am Asuka Kuramochi. I am from Japan. We shifted the viewpoint, develop a work conscious of the addition and change of the image. By blurring, breaking, rebuilding, we are thinking about how to look at things and new aspects. くらもちあすかです。出身は日本です。視点をずらし、イメージの足し算や変化を意識した作品を展開。ぼかしたり、くずしたり、再構築する事で、モノの見方や新たな側面を考えています。

2. Tell us about your aesthetic.

I am conscious of the prejudice of the work by making margins. 余白をつくることで作品の先入観を意識しています。

3. What is your favourite medium and why?

Plants are often used to make pressed flowers. Looking closely at leaves and petals it is interesting because there are patterns like lines and dots. It is fun to be able to feel the time to change over time. 植物で押し花をつくり使用ことが多いです。 葉っぱや花びらをよく見るとラインやドットなどの模様があって面白いからです。経年変化していくところも時間を感じることができて面白いです。

4. What is your artistic process like?

I try to make a work that imagination expands by using plants and creating abstract things. 植物を使ったり、抽象的なものを制作したりすることで想像力が膨らむような作品づくりを心がけています。

5. Who and/or what inspires your work?

Shuntaro Tanigawa. 谷川俊太郎さん

6. What role does art play in your life? How does it change the way you view the world?

For me, art gives us imagination and fun. Things that will change everyday. 想像力と面白さ。日常に変化を与えてくれるもの。

7. Where did you study?

Basically it is self taught. Since I work for a design company, I often learn there, but there are many opportunities to learn by seeing various works. 基本的には独学です。デザイン会社に勤めているので、そこで学ぶことも多いですが、 いろんな作品をも見ることで学ぶ機会も多いです。

8. Where do you see yourself in five years?

I am happy if I can increase the range of expression methods by doing various experiences. 様々な経験をすることで表現方法の幅を増やせていけたら嬉しいです。

9. What about in ten?

I would be happy if I became a person who could express with my viewpoint of imagining / thinking, I think that it would be interesting if I had an idea that I can not imagine by myself. 想像する・考えるという視点で表現できる人になっていたら嬉しいですが、今の自分では想像できないような考えを持っていたらそれはそれで面白いと思う。

10. What do you hope to achieve with your art?

I want to have my daily life feel a little more interesting through my work. By having you feel as much as you can imagine. I'd be happy if more people think that everyday life will change depending on yourself. 作品を通して日常を少しだけ面白く感じてもらいたいと思っています。 今までより想像すること考えることを少しでも多く感じてもらうことで。自分次第で日常は変わると思う人が増えたら嬉しいです。

11. Now, tell us a little more about you as a person: what is your favourite food?

Tofu, rice. 豆腐、ご飯。

12. Favourite book?

A book called "Brooch" by Mr. Yoshihide Watanabe and Shuntaro Tanigawa (19) Shuntaro Tanigawa (Introduction to famous Japanese taste). (I also like picture books, manga and illustrations.) 渡邉良重さんの「ブローチ」や谷川俊太郎さんの(19)谷川俊太郎 (日本語を味わう名詩入門)という書籍。(絵本や漫画や図鑑も好きです。）

13. Favourite genre of music?

I often listen to the songs that have a tempo and sounds that will raise my mind without deciding genre much. When your feelings overlap with the flow of songs, your mood rises. ジャンルはあまり決めずに気持ちが高揚するような音とテンポのある曲をよく聞いています。自分の気持ちと曲の流れが重なるときは気分が高揚します。

14. What are your hobbies?

Plant observation. Because there are four seasons in Japan, I like to see plants while feeling the season. 植物観察。日本は四季があるので季節を感じながら植物を見ることが好きです。

15. If you weren't an artist, what would you be?

  I think that will not change. I think that it is unnecessary to write a title as an artist to express something. 特に変わらないと思う。何かを表現することにアーティストという肩書きは必要ないと思うから。