
“Channeled Drawing” by Hiroko Komatsu
Dates: December 2, 2023 – January 20, 2024
Open: 13:00 – 20:00 Wednesday to Friday, 13:00 – 19:00 Saturday
Location: KANA KAWANISHI PHOTOGRAPHY (Tokyo, Janan)
Overview
Channeled Drawing is a series that consists of paired works; a paper that has been frottaged (a technique of placing paper on an uneven surface and rubbing it with a pencil or crayon to create a pattern) of ground, and a photogram (photographic works created by placing an object directly on photographic paper to make it light-sensitive) of that frottage. In its margins, the latitude and longitude, year, and method/number of victims are printed, indicating that the frottaged location is the site of a murder.
(From the press release)
〈Channeled Drawing〉は、地面をフロッタージュ(凹凸の上に紙をのせ、鉛筆やクレヨンなどでこすって模様を写し取る技法)した紙と、その紙をフォトグラム(印画紙の上に直接物を置いて感光させるなどの方法により制作された写真作品)にて写真に転化させた作品が、対を成すシリーズです。余白部分には、緯度経度・年・手法/被害者数が印字されており、フロッタージュされた地点は殺人事件現場跡であることが示されています。
(プレスリリースより)





