Yuki Nakamura
Claude Zervas

Simple Behaviour/Tomorrowland

April 5 – 26, 2003

Simple Behavior: Yuki Nakamura
In my work, I explore the element of tension: from a basic tension implicit in the visual narrative to more complex states of tension between materials and forms. The process involves casting multiple elements of simple forms, which assembled together form the final piece expressed through added dimensions of repetition, order, chaos and structure. By juxtaposing the highly polished porcelain components and the blank space with the ethereal qualities of light and shadow, my work attempts to create spaces where viewers' senses transcend sight, experiencing the spaces through their bodies in an individual way.

Tomorrowland: Claude Zervas
These images are derived from found photographs, extracted using a digital microscope to sample very small sections of faded transparencies, essentially focusing a powerful zoom lens on a static scene from the past; a kind of retro-surveillance.  Tomorrowland is a fabricated post-historical ideal, a place where the social is highly influenced by the sublimation of technology. This series is a storyboard of that manipulation.