Yukari Nakamichi

In collaboration with Jan Dirk Adams https://youtu.be/aejnOIRLsbw

“There are all the Tigers coming back to eat me up! What shall I do?” * Initially, the project revolved around a Hindu myth, which proclaims that every occasion relates to every other, and all are perfectly balanced. While labouring on it, the myth became eerily entangled with my life: My hand was severely wounded by a saw, just as the mythical king lost his hand to a tiger. I kept asking myself: ​ How this occasion connects with others? How can my life ever become balanced? ​ I have not found the answer yet — but life goes on. So in my project, I decided to punish the tiger: the mythical culprit. I found the way how to punish the tigers from an old American children's book*. In the book, the boy was almost eaten by tigers, but instead of being eaten, he let the tigers run around a tree. The tigers ran so fast, that they melted together and became butter. The boys mum then made a lot of pancakes, and they ate all of them up. Good occasion, bad occasion, turning like a wheel. How do they link? What tigers affect our lives? We do not know yet — so we can only go on.

“There are all the Tigers coming back to eat me up! What shall I do?” * Initially, the project revolved around a Hindu myth, which proclaims that every occasion relates to every other, and all are perfectly balanced. While labouring on it, the myth became eerily entangled with my life: My hand was severely wounded by a saw, just as the mythical king lost his hand to a tiger. I kept asking myself: ​ How this occasion connects with others? How can my life ever become balanced? ​ I have not found the answer yet — but life goes on. So in my project, I decided to punish the tiger: the mythical culprit. I found the way how to punish the tigers from an old American children's book*. In the book, the boy was almost eaten by tigers, but instead of being eaten, he let the tigers run around a tree. The tigers ran so fast, that they melted together and became butter. The boys mum then made a lot of pancakes, and they ate all of them up. Good occasion, bad occasion, turning like a wheel. How do they link? What tigers affect our lives? We do not know yet — so we can only go on.

halfwaywhere-yukari nakamichi.jpg Photo by Louis Van Onna This paintings are based on one parable, which was told by Buddha. I depicted heaven and hell. The cow in the middle is suffering in this world.

Once the fortune wheel turned, the whole balance will be slightly changed and settles down in certain position. However it will never be same as before.

Once the fortune wheel turned, the whole balance will be slightly changed and settles down in certain position. However it will never be same as before.

I have moved several more times in my life. Each time I brought with me a plant. I was always encouraged by my plant when I see its growth. ​ People move from their home land by various reasons. Finding a place is difficult. Striking roots, sometimes in inhospitable surroundings – that is even more exasperating. In Floating Roots, I take a hint from a succulent. When a leaf departs from the plant, it strikes roots. In this installation, the translucent box contains nothing but water and a few leaves. Yet, even in this improvised surrounds, they begin rooting within weeks. Some plants can travel in space and time — and carry their roots with them. Like the current state of me, like the current state of us.

I have moved several more times in my life. Each time I brought with me a plant. I was always encouraged by my plant when I see its growth. ​ People move from their home land by various reasons. Finding a place is difficult. Striking roots, sometimes in inhospitable surroundings – that is even more exasperating. In Floating Roots, I take a hint from a succulent. When a leaf departs from the plant, it strikes roots. In this installation, the translucent box contains nothing but water and a few leaves. Yet, even in this improvised surrounds, they begin rooting within weeks. Some plants can travel in space and time — and carry their roots with them. Like the current state of me, like the current state of us.

This man is always angry. He is having so much pressure to be high position of social hierarchy. He is looking down the world in same time he is lonely. As small help, I gave him a swimming pool. In case he falls down, he can still survive.

This man is always angry. He is having so much pressure to be high position of social hierarchy. He is looking down the world in same time he is lonely. As small help, I gave him a swimming pool. In case he falls down, he can still survive.

When I was a child, my friend told me there was a fairy living in a secret hide-out under the swimming pool of our school. ​ We could see the fairy's house by looking into a vent. When I looked into it from time to time, I felt I really could see the fairy. ​ In the work I refer to the imaginary nature of childhood.

When I was a child, my friend told me there was a fairy living in a secret hide-out under the swimming pool of our school. ​ We could see the fairy's house by looking into a vent. When I looked into it from time to time, I felt I really could see the fairy. ​ In the work I refer to the imaginary nature of childhood.

The days, when we were the same height as hem of Mom's skirt. The skirt reminds you your old times. How small you were. How big the world surrounding you.

The days, when we were the same height as hem of Mom's skirt. The skirt reminds you your old times. How small you were. How big the world surrounding you.

How people find their alone time? Six monitors shows different people's different alone time situations.

When the wind blows, the coopers profit. This is a proverb in Japan. I looked back my life and thought about what was the connection of each occasions and what was the consequence. I made the loom which is connecting with my past life. The installation is showing how single elements connect each other and these elements are necessary to lead to the consequence.

When the wind blows, the coopers profit. This is a proverb in Japan. I looked back my life and thought about what was the connection of each occasions and what was the consequence. I made the loom which is connecting with my past life. The installation is showing how single elements connect each other and these elements are necessary to lead to the consequence.