Azorean Spectrum Range by AKane Moriyama
30/07/2017.
Walk&Talk Summer School com Akane Moryama [Ribeira Grande - Azores] Portugal
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
An archipelago is a large group or chain of islands or better, a large body of water with many islands. The Azores Islands form an archipelago. On the island of San Miguel lies Ribeira Grande, a small town built a contemporary art centre that opened in 2015.
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
Azorean Spectrum Range por AKane Moriyama. Fotografía © Sara Pinheiro. Imagen cortesía de Walk&Talk
© Álvaro Miranda. Image courtesy of Arquipélago - Centro De Artes Contemporâneas.
© Álvaro Miranda. Image courtesy of Arquipélago - Centro De Artes Contemporâneas.
© Álvaro Miranda. Image courtesy of Arquipélago - Centro De Artes Contemporâneas.
© Álvaro Miranda. Image courtesy of Arquipélago - Centro De Artes Contemporâneas.
© Álvaro Miranda. Image courtesy of Arquipélago - Centro De Artes Contemporâneas.
Arquipélago building, nominated for the Mies van der Rohe architecture award, is a great venue for the arts and is a vast investment on an island with a population of less than 140,000, a restoration of a former factory of tobacco and alcohol distillery with added new constructions and technical facilities.
During this new edition of Walk&Talk the Stockholm-based, Japanese artist Akane Moriyama has made a 70m-long fabric installation, titled Azorean Spectrum Range, running between the basalt buildings of Arquipélago. The color unfolded by Moriyama provoke a great and irreal contrast with the black walls of buildings. With her background of textile and architecture, her work is more than only space, her proposal transform the space to place.
Walk&Talk is an arts festival erupting in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The wonderful poetic mix of media and disciplines at Walk&Talk surprises the visitor, as does the unreal beauty of the island. An opportunity to explore the island through Walk&Talk's public art circuit and discover the new pieces of the 2017 edition.
During this new edition of Walk&Talk the Stockholm-based, Japanese artist Akane Moriyama has made a 70m-long fabric installation, titled Azorean Spectrum Range, running between the basalt buildings of Arquipélago. The color unfolded by Moriyama provoke a great and irreal contrast with the black walls of buildings. With her background of textile and architecture, her work is more than only space, her proposal transform the space to place.
Walk&Talk is an arts festival erupting in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The wonderful poetic mix of media and disciplines at Walk&Talk surprises the visitor, as does the unreal beauty of the island. An opportunity to explore the island through Walk&Talk's public art circuit and discover the new pieces of the 2017 edition.
Description of project by Akane Moriyama
The AZOREAN SPECTRUM RANGE aims to extend the interpretation of territory by decentralizing the artistic action. Reimagining the central courtyard of the Arquipélago, and reinterpreting its role from courtyard into that of a private urban space, the figurative void serves both as an entrance point of the museum and also as an intersection between the different functions of the Arquipélago itself: a museum, a black box, and a workshops for artists.
AZOREAN SPECTRUM RANGE utilizes textiles to manipulate the context of the space with subtle elements such as shadows, colour, and textures. The work infuses the central courtyard with an intimate flair that invites the public to sit and observe, possibly reflecting on the dimensions of this particular public space. The long structure gradually transforms from one colour to another, changing in appearance as visitors move across the space, creating a new sense or perception of the square’s scale.
More information
Author/Artist
Akane Moriyama
Materials
Nylon, Stainless steel wire, Steel
Dimensions.- variable
Venue
Arquipélago, Contemporary Art Center at São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Organized by
Walk&Talk 2017
Dates
Installation time.- July 2017
Akane Moriyama
Akane Moriyama (born 1983/Japan) is a designer/artist based in Stockholm. With her background of studying both architecture at Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan and textile design at Konstfack University Collage of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, Moriyama has been working with textile for architecture and art projects. Since her first commission by architect Hideyuki Nakayama “A Curtain for “House O” in 2009, Moriyama has been creating textile for architecture projects in collaboration with various international architects. Also she has commissioned by museums and galleries such as Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen, Gallery Another Space, and Palazzo Bembo as a part of Architecture Venice Biennale 2014. Recently she has completed a large-scale art installation Cubic Prism at courtyard of Goldsmith hall in University of Texas at Austin as a winner of CURTAINS competition organized at Center for American Architecture and Design. She has been teaching as a guest teacher in School of Architecture at Lund University since 2011 as well as made lectures in different universities such as The Swedish School of Textiles /University of Borås and Kyoto Institute of University.
Education
2008-2010.- Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden MFA Textile Design
2006-2008.- Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan MA Architecture
2002-2006.- Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan BA Architecture
Experience
2013-2014.- KU project, Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden. Guest Researcher
2011.- School of Architecture LTH, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Guest teacher
2010.- Studio Akane Moriyama, Stockholm, Swede. Founder
Awards
2015.- Kulturstipendium 2015, City of Stockholm
2013.- Finalist, Curtains competition,Center for American Architecture and Design
2012.- SDA Award, Second prize, Japan Sign Design Association
2008.- Miyamoto Katsuaki Award ,Tokyo Kenchiku Collection
Education
2008-2010.- Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden MFA Textile Design
2006-2008.- Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan MA Architecture
2002-2006.- Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan BA Architecture
Experience
2013-2014.- KU project, Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden. Guest Researcher
2011.- School of Architecture LTH, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Guest teacher
2010.- Studio Akane Moriyama, Stockholm, Swede. Founder
Awards
2015.- Kulturstipendium 2015, City of Stockholm
2013.- Finalist, Curtains competition,Center for American Architecture and Design
2012.- SDA Award, Second prize, Japan Sign Design Association
2008.- Miyamoto Katsuaki Award ,Tokyo Kenchiku Collection
