'Aki Inomata: Significant Otherness'

Sept. 14-Jan. 13, 2020

Japanese inter-media artist Aki Inomata has won international acclaim for her “inter-species” works that incorporate living creatures into social commentary art.

This solo exhibition includes Inomata’s most recent work and takes its title from American science historian Donna Haraway’s “The Companion Species,” a manifesto on human-animal relationships. Inspired by Haraway, much of Inomata’s work explores non-human perspectives, the flow of time, environments and the Earth’s ecosystems.

Exhibits include Inomata’s signature project “Why Not Hand Over a ‘Shelter’ to Hermit Crabs?” (2014-2015), for which she 3D printed new “shells” for hermit crabs in the shape of building landmarks; “ThinkEvolution#1: Kiku-ishi (Ammonite),” inspired by octopuses and ammonites; and her observational piece involving clams affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

Towada Art Center; 10-9 Nishi-Nibancho, Towada, Aomori. Hachinohe Stn. 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. ¥800. Closed Mon. 0176-20-1127; www.towadaartcenter.com
 
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