Naotaka Hiro
1972, Osaka. Lives and works in Los Angeles

Hand to hide.
Covering up my face with a transparent hand, see-through hand.
POV shot as transparent.
See-through Suburbia
See-through Suburbia with see-through vision.
Everything I see is translucent.
Hand as a clue to your time and space.
Peek someone through my see-trough hand.
Someone sees me through my hand at the same time.
Hand as a screen.
Exposing myself to public through my hand.

I am interested in blurring time and spatial distance in the contemproray landscape and architecture with the element of occult, fable, and animism. In this video I don’t even see my hand. I recorded my hand alone 20 sec. later at the same position. The oscillation between artificiality and reality has been a key issue in my work.

Selected solo exhibition: 1999: Taka Ishii, Tokyo.
Selected group exhibitions: 2002: Young Japanese Artists, LIMN, San Francisco; Landscape, Zero One, Los Angeles; 2001: The 150 dollor show, Zero One, Los Angeles; Hiropon show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; New Romantic, Diannepruess, Los Angeles; Inaugural screening, c-level, Los Angeles; 1999: Artificial real, Low, Los Angeles.




Looking through my hand,


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