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Taho works with unusual materials: grass seed, perhaps birds, and a dusty-scented material which on closer examination turns out to be shredded money. Specially created for Newcastle and London, 'Zeromorphosis' builds on Taho's previous work with money including 'Dawn: Transformation of Zero' shown in San Francisco. The audience not only contribute to the artwork, they inform and create it — getting their hands dirty, making objects which literally grow into a whole artwork. Taho will be leading workshops in both cities leading up to the exhibitions. British premiere. Taho is a Japanese artists living in the USA and Japan. She has made many prestigious public/participatory artworks including Multicultural Diplomats for Atlanta, and Postutopia, a very large-scale earthwork for the Penta-Ocean Institute of Technology, Japan. She was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Thanks to The Bank of England for shredded banknotes. Above is the original copy from 1996. Below is additional material: The installation at both galleries included video shot in Newcastle and the financial district of London, including interviews with people about 'money'. A making table with instructions and materails encouraged people to make their own grass balls and to decorate them. On duplicate pads, people wrote their thoughts about value and money, and put one copy on the wall, one copy inside their grass ball. Attendants opened the balls as the grass grew. Ritsuko Taho link |
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