About this Artwork
The closer I get to you, the more I feel anxious, uneasy and ... absent. Japanese born artist Hiromi Tango inhabited Vitrine at Platform in the Campbell Arcade subway throughout the 2008 Next Wave Festival. During her time there her objective was to hand-stitch collected ‘feelings and voices’ and develop a collaborative sculpture with the theme of ‘absence’. Her personal engagement with the site, situation and the community that passed determined the final outcome of the artwork. Absence contributed to a more critical understanding of how artist and public engagement is defined, and how the artist can intervene into a particular space, potentially generating unexpected moments of intimacy and tension.
How much of the exchange is me and how much of it is you? Is it possible to understand each other?
For more: tangohiromi@hotmail.co.jp
Part of the 2008 Next Wave Festival