As I continue with part 5 of “The Doraemon Tokyo 2017 Art Exhibit” at Roppongi Hills in Minato, this time we continue with the central section of the art exhibit.
This time we come upon Junko Koike’s “Space-time Paper Dress” which was created in 2017.
The dress is made of collage, paper, fake fur.
While the Anywhere Door, Time Machine is made of expanded polystrene, urethane, rubber, wood, lacquer. Fabrication is courtesy of WANITORA (Yukihiro Tanaka).
Junko wrote, “Doraemon is so well known that in some ways, it’s become codified. Going back and reading through the manga, though, I found all kinds of new aspects and a unique humorousness to it. This is a readable dress, made up of lines taken from the manga, I’ve linked the fragments together so they might be enjoyed in many different ways: people can read them for what they meant in their original context, or make crazy connections between them, or just enjoy them simply for their entertainment value”.
The next piece of art are photographs by Yasumasa Morimura titled “Time traveler DORAS/Space traveler DORAS”.
Morimura wrote, “I’m participating in this exhibition along with Junko Koike. As the artist Yasumasa Morimura, I’m known for my self-portraits. I put on various costumes, and transform myself into all different kind of characters. Junko Koike is a highly original artists who uses manga, novels and other printed books to create clothes made entirely of paper. For this project, Junko Koike read all of the Doraemon manga, cleverly usign the pages with lines that made a particular impression on her to create dresses. I then clearly wore those dresses. The result? These two photographs. My favorites of Doraemon’s Gadgets are the “time machine” and the “Anywhere Door”. The idea of being able to warp both space and time! It doesn’t get much better than that”.
The next artwork is from Morimura & The Mohyas and is from 2002.
Titled “DORAS” and showcased at “THE Doraemon exhibition” in 2002, the dress is made of 97% cashmere and 3% polyurethane. The bag is made of polyurethane and the Shima Seiki is a whole garment, transfer print.
Morimura & The Mohyas wrote, “I created a dress based around Doraemon, and then put it on a doll created in my image. I wasn’t intending to create a Doraemon costume, though, but a dress that drew on the world of Doraemon to create an elegant look. It’s Doraemon’s dress, i.e. a DORAS. It’s got a cosmic feel to it, but it’s also charming and elegant. I hope my viewers will feel like they too want to try wearing the DORAS”.
The next artwork is photographs from photographer Kayo Ume.
Featuring photos taken from 2001-2013 and type-Cprint Inkjet print on pongee, Kayo Ume wrote, “Back in primary school, I watched “Doraemon the Movie: The Record of Nobita’s Parallel Visit to the west” and had a terrifying dream where I was in the Parallel World too, surround by huge flames. After I watched Shizuka having a milk bath in the toy house in “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Little Space War”, I remember saying to my mum that I wanted to have a bath in milk too, and being told I couldn’t. I also remember thinking that Papi in that movie was really cute. Sometimes, when the sky is a strange, magical sort of shade, I think of “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Great Adventure into the Underworld”.
In tomorrows blog post, we feature Yoshitomo Nara’s work he created for “The Doraemon Tokyo 2017 Art Exhibit” in Roppongi Hills.
