Iyamari
Iyamari is a Japanese contemporary artist who has been active since 2008. She has held solo exhibitions and directed various art projects in Tokyo and London before relocating to Amsterdam in 2019.
Iyamari’s work primarily explores time and perception as its central themes, inspired by a near-death experience at the age of 20. Her focus is on creating a discernible model of “a moment” to examine and transcend the boundaries of human cognition, with the aim of expanding and complementing it.
With a background in traditional handcrafts and Japanese painting techniques, Iyamari utilises these skills in innovative, experimental, and expressive ways. Her artistic practice spans a variety of media, including multimedia installations and presentations.
Notably, Iyamari is the founder and director of the Telescore Project, which brings together artists and performers from diverse disciplines, such as dance, music, and software programming.
Telescore Project
Telescore Project is a project that creates music from Iyamari’s artworks made from prints of tree surfaces.
The artworks are read through original software and transformed into sound.
Each work begins with a particular place, its trees, and the cultures that have grown around them. Different layers of information are brought together through sound, then expanded into performance, moving image and collaboration.
Reading musical note from tree bark print.
Official trailer for "Telescore Project Opening Exhibition"
by TELESCORE PROJECT, 2016
Have a listen the music created from Japanese Cherry Blossom.
Perception Lab
Perception Lab (P-Lab) grew out of Iyamari’s curiosity about the world.
The world is already there, whether or not we notice, recognise or perceive it.
Perception Lab begins with a simple question: what might happen if we received just a little more from it?
Mind Exercise Drawing
A drawing workshop exploring how differently we may interpret the same simple words and prompts.
Wonder Table
A relaxed conversation-based gathering that begins with a single question and follows where the discussion leads.
Installations
530 cm × 30 cmφ / Sumi-ink, silver leaf, Japanese paper / 2014
150 × 300 × 230 cm / PVC, Sumi ink, Japanese paper, golden leaf / 2014
(approximately) 25 × 25cm, Sumi-ink, Japanese paper / 2016
230 × 100 × 530cm / Sumi-ink, Japanese paper, polycarbonate, mixed media / 2015
Pictures
23 × 23cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
33 × 33 cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
74 × 32cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
64 × 13cm / Japanese paper, Sumi-ink /2015
Other works
Artworks
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Theatre Show
/participated as a director
Telescore Theatre Show 2018 UK - JAPAN
John Lyon's Theatre in City lit
2018 / London, UK
Curated Exhibitions
/participated as a curator and an artist
Ogikubo Gallery 2023 / Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2015, Tokyo
2015, Tokyo
2012, Tokyo
2014, Tokyo
