YOSHIROTTEN is an artist known for his incredible vision and science-fiction aesthetic, and for constructing worlds where different phenomena dwell. His solo exhibition Future Nature, held in Tokyo in 2018, showcased a series conceptualizing his interests in nature, the digital, space, and light. In it, he limned organic forms like mountains and rivers with smooth and metallic textures visualizing light, conjuring up a realm beyond what we can see, and expressing a vista that both records and outputs that.
This autumn, YOSHIROTTEN presents a new version of Future Nature as a huge installation that takes up Kirishima Open-Air Museum’s entire Art Hall, generating a new and truly unique landscape inspired by the grandeur of nature in Kagoshima, the artist’s home prefecture that nurtured his creativity. Shaped by its space that changes with the time of day, and its interweaving of various media and elements, from moving image to print, aluminum, screens, rocks, and Yaku cedars, the work instills viewers with fresh perspectives, and spurs the “what ifs” that run throughout YOSHIROTTEN’s work.
Organizers Kagoshima Prefecture Cultural Foundation / Minami-Nippon Shimbun / Minaminihon Broadcasting Company Co., Ltd. (MBC)
In cooperation with Yusui Township / Kirishima-sanroku Yusui Town Tourism Association / Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo / Kagoshima Prefectural Kanoya Technical High School
Sponsors Gallery Tsukigime / THE NORTH FACE / G-SHOCK / STONE ISLAND
Special Production Support Hakuten Corporation
Production Support LED TOKYO Co., Ltd. / SunM Color Co., Ltd. / TASKO Inc. / BAGN Inc.
Planning Support YAR / Y＿D / Nozza Service
Images
Silver Mountain (2018)
Future Nature installation view (2018)
Information
- Venue
- Kirishima Open-Air Museum Art Hall
- Holding period
- 2024/10/08 〜 2024/12/08
Closed on Mondays (Tuesdays when Monday is a national holiday)
The exhibition period has been extended.
- Viewing time
- 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (last entry: 4:30 p.m.)
- Admission fee
- General: ¥1,000 (¥700) / College and high school: ¥700 (¥500) / Junior high and elementary school: ¥500 (¥300) *Fees in parentheses are for advance tickets and/or groups of 20 or more. Advance ticket sales have ended.<br /> Your advance tickets and invitation tickets can now be used until December 8 (Sunday).
ARTIST
- YOSHIROTTEN
- Born in 1983 in Kanoya, Kagoshima, YOSHIROTTEN is an interdisciplinary artist working across fine and commercial art, the digital and physical, and urban youth culture and the natural world.
His major solo exhibitions include Future Nature (TOLOT / heuristic SHINONOME, 2018), SUN (Japan National Stadium parking lot, 2023), and Radial Graphics Bio (Ginza Graphic Gallery, 2024). As an art director, his numerous clients include Japanese and international brands, musicians, Tokyo underground clubs, and contemporary art fairs. He is head of creative studio YAR, which handles a vast array of work across almost all visual art media, from advertising to events, logotype, interior and exterior design, web design, and moving image.