Asaki Kan

Lives and works in London, UK

Artist statement

Multi-disciplined. I don't limit myself in one category. I work on sculpture, installation, photography, glass, printmaking, video, poem etc… Quite often sculpture, poem, and photography become a part of installation work, so mainly (site-specific) installation work to create a space in actual space where people travel from one space to another. Why? Because, usually people go to museum and gallery to see something, but I always wonder, if you are blind, how can you experience an artwork? Therefore, my work involves not only visual sense, but also you experience with other senses of smell, sound taste, and feeling. I am interested in transparency in both concept and materials. I often use heat, glass, salt, sand, copper in my work. But again, I don’t limit what I use for my work. I am always interested in materials I encounter, and I experiment. Some may not develop further gradually, kept in hold for years, or others may connect straight away to what I want to express. Either way, process of experiment is a key point in my practice. And I like to use materials in alternative inventive ways from the original purpose people would use usually. I am very curious about basic physics and chemical reaction, which you may take it for granted in daily life. Especially heat, that always amazes and fascinates me. We can’t live without it. It is an essential element. In a good way, it is used for cooking, medical, cure treatment, but also it can damage the earth by flooding draught,...

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