Sculptural Rebirth 脱皮的彫刻
March 2, 2025 - March 2, 2025
Tadasu Takamine, Sculptural Rebirth, 2023, Performance at the Former Daiichi Bank, Yokohama, Japan, Photo: Courtesy of the Artist
Sculptural Rebirth 脱皮的彫刻 is an experimental collaboration between Japanese artist Tadasu Takamine and art student participants from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD).
Takamine’s performance represents the experience of a life change in which one symbolically sheds an ill-fitting skin and moves on to a new phase of life. The process takes each student on a journey of transformation from being a speaking subject engaging with the public, to a brief period of solitude in which their consciousness turns inward, before finally emerging anew. The themes of transformation and reemergence resonate powerfully with many moments in life and are particularly relevant to the experiences of being a student and the creative process of art making.
The ECUAD students’ participation is facilitated by artist and Associate Professor Emily Hermant.
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of Emily Carr University of Art + Design and their NSERC Mobilize grant. Directed by artist Tadasu Takamine and curated by Makiko Hara, Curator in Residence.