Born in 1993 and based in Aichi Prefecture.
Based on his experience raising reptiles and amphibians, Hayashi exposes the contradictions of various norms surrounding the body, and considers ways for humans to integrate into cyclical ecological systems. Since 2020, he has also helped run IN SITU, an art space at an undisclosed address.
Past exhibitions include D.L.P. (Hakuichi Building, 2023), 神(analyzer) (IN SITU, 2023), DAZZLER (Kyoto Art Center, 2022), Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2021 (The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, 2021).
MES is an artist duo comprising Takeru Arai, who works in sculpture and installation, and Kanae Tanikawa who has roots in literature and theater. Together, they make work and organize events and exhibitions. The duo formed at the Tokyo University of the Arts and are based in Tokyo.
MES looks at urban and social change from the intersection of the intimate and inseparable domains of contemporary art and club culture, and creates work that confronts social issues that have endured since the 19th century.
They have presented installation and performance works that utilize light and heat, and in exhibitions such as DISTANCE OF RESISTANCE, which involved projecting images onto the National Diet Building, and SA-I, in which the movement of heat depicted distance between others, their works are notable for combining technologies such as lasers and thermography, and mutable media such as photoluminescent materials, candles, bodies, and text.
Also working as VJ performers, they utilize lasers and animation, and have collaborated with sound artists and DJs across genres to produce performances. They will be organizing a party called REVOLIC-revolution holic in the near future.
F…figure, feminism, feeling…?
A…art, alternative, affirmative…?
Q…queer, questioning, qualia…?
A network that emerges from an unremarkable shared journal, or an essay or column, of articles on topics and issues of interest at the time. Started in 2021 by Kanae Tanikawa (MES, NEON BOOK CLUB) and Marina Lisa Komiya. In addition to their writing practice, they also organize events and projects.
