Yuma Tomiyasu
The one that comes (Otozureru Mono)
This installation work is a combination of sound, video, and lighting effects in an elementary school broadcast room and an audio-visual room.
In Okinawa, there is a “Marebito ( spiritual being ) belief,” and people believe that a god from “Nirai Kanai,” an other world beyond the sea, brings fertility and happiness. In Shioya Bay, where the former Shioya Elementary School is located, a folk festival called Ungami is held every year on the first boar day after Bon festival, to welcome the gods from Nirai Kanai and pray for a good harvest.
This work combines the sound of Parangku, a small drum used in the Ungami festival, images taken from the sky over the sea at Kaneku beach, one of the places where prayers are held, and sound recordings of the Ungami ritual “Goganbari” (a boat race held in Shioya Bay), with lighting effects to create a multi-layered viewing experience.
Exhibition hall
Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School 538 Shioya, Ogimi Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
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Yuma Tomiyasu
Contemporary artist.
He creates works that explore the boundary between reality and unreality, using invisible things such as psychic spirits, paranormal phenomena, and dreams, as well as events that have not yet been explained by science for clues. In his recent works, he has created large-scale experiential installations that make the audience aware of the overlap of viewpoints and the passage between dimensions, using a variety of media including painting, sculpture, video, sound, VR, and theatrical direction.
Major exhibitions in his career include the solo exhibition “ Looking into the Shadow” (Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels,2023), “Setouchi International Art Festival 2022” (Toshima, 2022), the solo exhibition “Aperto 15: Yuma Tomiyasu The Pale Horse” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2021-22), the solo exhibition “Drifting Illusions” (Kanagawa Arts Theatre, KAAT, 2021), and others. Major awards include “TERRADA ART AWARD 2023,” Takahiro Kaneshima Prize (2024), the 21st Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Special Prize (2018), and the 12th shiseido art egg Honorable Mention (2018).