Publicness of the Art Center – Phase2Le Labo vol. 31 Emmanuelle Lainé and Yuko Mohri
October 28, 2019 19:00 – 21:00
Participating artists of Publicness of the Art Center, Emmanuelle Lainé and Yuko Mohri will discuss their new works and how they imagine a new paradigm for an art center. The discussion will be moderated by Yuu Takehisa, Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito. [French - Japanese simultaneous interpretation available]
Photo: Pete Woodhead
Emmanuelle Lainé
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Born 1973 in Paris, France. Lives in Marseille, France.
Emmanuelle Lainé creates site-specific installations that focus on the unique characteristics of the location of each exhibition, incorporating the attributes of the venue well as its architectural elements, and even researching the working environment for the staff employed there. Her installations that combine full-scale photographs with organic materials and familiar everyday objects have been exhibited widely, particularly in Europe. She has held solo exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space (London, 2018), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Reims, France, 2018), and Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2018). Major international exhibitions include the Lyon Biennale (2015).
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photo by Naoko Maeda
Yuko Mohri
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Born 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan. Lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Yuko Mohri’s practice encompasses installations that sense invisible and intangible energies such as magnetism, gravity, and light. Her major solo exhibitions include “Voluta” (Camden Arts Centre, London, 2018) and “Yuko Mohri: Assume That There Is Friction and Resistance” (Towada Art Center, Aomori, 2018). Her work has been exhibited at such international exhibitions as the Asia Pacific Triennial 2018 (Australia), Lyon Biennale 2017 (France), Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 (Kochi, India), and Yokohama Triennale 2014. Mohri stayed in the United States in 2015 as an Asian Cultural Council grantee. Her awards include the Nissan Art Award Grand Prix in 2015, the Kanagawa Culture Prize Future Award in 2016, and the 67th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize in 2017.
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