The First 100 Hours
The installation of books, silk panels and film, The First 100 Hours was made in collaboration with Dr. Shizuko Takahashi at the University of Tokyo, Department of Biomedical Ethics.
The work originated from in vitro fertilization films. Each still image captures the most significant stages in early egg development to see if they are viable to implant. The embryo in this film was a successful pregnancy. This is of course not always the case, invitro fertilization is a complex process. The work documents the most important moments when genetic and epigenetic factors form to create each unique being. Epigenetic changes are modifications to DNA that regulate whether genes are turned on or off. Epigenetic responses are both inherited and accumulated in our lifetime and thus affect our genetic markers. From the time of conception, our internal and external environment cause epigenetic changes.
Work in the Exhibition:
The First 100 Hours, 100 Pages, 2022
The First 100 Hours, Book 1 of 5, Single Cell, 2022
Artist books
Awagami, Murakumo Kozo and Bamboo paper
Asahi Black Silk, Iris Steel
Custom Binding, Marika Esarey
Translation, Dr. Shizuko Imai Takahash
Reed College Press
The First 100 Hours, Multiple Embryos in Gestation, 2022
Video, Music by Aden Qamar using recordings of plants.
Editing by Henry Sullivan
The First 100 Hours, Cleavage, 2 Cell Stage, 8 Cell Stage, 32 Cell Stage,
Blastocyst, 2022
Five Silk Panels, Haraboi Silk Panels Hand Painted, Digital Print
The European Cultural Centre (ECC) is proud to announce that the sixth edition of Personal Structures, the biennial contemporary art exhibition that invites artists and creative minds from across the world, will open in Venice, Italy, from the 23rd of April to the 27th of November, 2022, with press previews and opening events on the 21st and 22nd of April in all ECC locations.
The extensive exhibition will feature a wide selection of artworks from internationally-renowned and emerging artists, photographers, and sculptors, as well as showcase projects by worldwide academic institutions, all of which will be exhibited in the historical venues of Palazzo Bembo, Palazzo Mora and Marinaressa Gardens, located in the heart of the Venetian city.
This year, the exhibition will revolve around the idea of reflections, understood as both the image created from a mirrored surface as well as a thought, idea, or opinion formed from meditation. At Personal Structures, the theme of reflections will embody the dual meaning of, on the one hand, a visible episode perceived by the eyes; and, on the other, a mental deed stemming from the action of thinking and pondering with the mind. As envisioned by the ECC curatorial team, the act of reflecting carries the potential to foresee possibilities and the responsibility of imagining a better future.
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