SICF (Spiral Independent Creators Festival) is an open-call art event launched in 2000 by Spiral, the multi-purpose cultural complex in Omotesando, with the aim of discovering and supporting young creators.
For this 21st edition, SICF21 brought together 85 groups of creators selected through open call from a wide range of genres, presenting sculpture and installation, painting, media art, fashion, performance, and works that transcend these existing categories.
SICF (Spiral Independent Creators Festival) 21
Baku Kiyokawa
At SICF21, we turned our attention to Baku Kiyokawa, who exhibited in Booth 11 of the B schedule.
Exhibiting at B-schedule Booth 11: Baku Kiyokawa
Baku Kiyokawa’s works are made using a technique she calls “Bakugan.”
“Bakugan” is a method in which grooves are carved from the reverse side of an acrylic panel and then colored with acrylic paint.
She creates her works with an emphasis on momentum and a sense of speed.
Installation view
A graduate of Joshibi University of Art and Design, Baku Kiyokawa broadly studied painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and developed a fabrication technique that fuses these disciplines together.
She has also said that the bonsai, which serves as her central motif, was chosen as a symbol that lends itself to sculptural treatment.
At first glance the imagery of the work looks digitally processed, but viewing the back of the work reveals part of the fabrication technique.
Photographed from the reverse side of the work — the traces of paint are clearly visible.The same work photographed from the frontInstallation view
Recently, she has also been focusing on abstract works.
Two pieces sized to evoke hanging scrolls were on display.
Left: Baku Kiyokawa, Uhi (Flying Rain), 2020, 400×1450×43mm, acrylic panel, acrylic paint, wooden panel on the back Right: Baku Kiyokawa, Hiu (Rain Flight), 2020, 400×1450×43mm, acrylic panel, acrylic paint, wooden panel on the back
In 2020, she has several other exhibition opportunities lined up in December.
We will be watching her future activities with great interest.
SICF(Spiral Independent Creators Festival)는 오모테산도의 복합문화시설 스파이럴이 젊은 크리에이터의 발굴과 지원을 목적으로 2000년에 시작한 공모전 형식의 아트 이벤트입니다.
21회째를 맞이한 이번 SICF21에서는 공모를 통해 선발된 85팀의 다양한 장르의 크리에이터들이 한자리에 모여 입체 및 설치, 회화, 미디어 아트, 패션, 퍼포먼스, 그리고 기존 장르에 얽매이지 않는 작품들을 발표했습니다.
SICF(Spiral Independent Creators Festival) 21
Baku Kiyokawa
SICF21에서는 B일정 부스 「11」에 출품한 Baku Kiyokawa에 주목했습니다.
B일정 「11」 부스에 출품 — Baku Kiyokawa
Baku Kiyokawa의 작업은 「바쿠간(貘嵌)」이라 불리는 기법으로 제작됩니다.
「바쿠간」은 아크릴판의 뒷면을 「조각」해서 새긴 홈에 아크릴 물감으로 채색하는 기법입니다.
그녀는 기세와 스피드감을 의식하며 작업한다고 합니다.
전시 전경
Joshibi University of Art and Design을 졸업한 Baku Kiyokawa는 회화, 조각, 판화를 폭넓게 배우고, 이를 융합한 작품 제작 기법을 고안해냈습니다.
또한 모티프의 중심을 이루는 분재는 조각적으로 다뤄지는 상징으로서 선택했다고 합니다.
