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EXHIBITION
The 4th “1_WALL” Photography Competition Grand Prize Winner
Naoyuki Hata "Pelletron new no.4"
- DATES : Mon. February 6 - Thu. February 23, 2012
- HOURS : 11:00a.m.-7:00p.m.
- Closed Sundays and holidays. Admission free.
A cutting-edge scientific venue treated from a unique artistic approach
Naoyuki Hata won the Grand Prize in the 4th “1_WALL” Photography Competition for his works reproducing photos he had immersed into a live fish tank as a way of exploring “how the world would look submerged in water.” Hata’s works, visualizations of outstanding quality derived from his sharp sense of beauty and imaginative strength, drew accolades from the judges. One commented that although what Hata does is sensual, his works seem to get close to the essence of something. Another said it was interesting how he uses photographs in place of words to convey his message.
Hata has an unusual background, having entered the world of photography while pursuing a career as a professional beautician. As he and a friend were photographing his hairstyling creations for entry in competitions and placement in magazines, his interest in photography was aroused, to the extent that while maintaining his profession he began attending a vocational school and participating in workshops to learn about photography and cameras. After winning the Grand Prize in April 2011, he took a bold decision and opted to leave his career. Starting the summer of that year he began studying photography at an art school in the Netherlands. For his first solo exhibition as last year’s Grand Prize winner, Hata will be showing works he photographed at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors. With his unique artistic sense he captures this state-of-the-art research venue with all its equipment and devices and their chaotic profusion of countless wires and cords. Visitors are sure to be captivated by Hata’s newfound topic of interest concerning what we see and the meaning of looking at things.
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Naoyuki Hata
Born in 1979.
Message from the Artist
According to the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors’ Masayuki Igashira, the 3UH-HC (3 Units Horizontal-High Current) Pelletron is today’s most advanced 3MV horizontal single-end electrostatic accelerator. When it was installed, research topics divided broadly into research using heavy ion beams and research reliant on neutron beams; but since around 1990, he says, the focus was narrowed exclusively to the latter topic.
Everything we see projects various meanings. Cords can appear to be nothing more than wires, but they also serve as codes.
Naoyuki Hata
Naoyuki Hata
Naoyuki Hata’s photos are intentionally taken to make us forget their subjects’ orderly nature. Hata takes scenes by a methodically demented Kenzo Tamoto or Nagasaki after its bombing and transforms them into his own photos of Yosuke Yamahata-esque forgotten places intentionally meant to be confused with picnics under a clear blue sky.
Emptiness. Connected to nowhere in the world. Rather than standing on accumulated memories, Hata takes the most extreme places that can be irresponsibly associated with anywhere in the world and selects them as places where discarded memories and forgotten picnics can stand on their own.
Osamu Kanemura (photographer)
The 4th “1_WALL” Photography Exhibition
¥April 4 (Mon) – April 28 (Thu), 2011
(Note: The exhibition schedule, originally March 28 to April 21, was changed due to impact from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami disaster.)
Final judging session (open to the public): March 10 (Thu), 2011
Naoyuki Hata was selected to receive the Grand Prize by the following panel of judges (listed in Japanese syllabary order):
Osamu Kanemura (photographer)
Risaku Suzuki (photographer)
Manabu Torihara (photography researcher)
Satoshi Machiguchi (art director)
Yuri Mitsuda (art critic)
