Mariko Mori first made her grand entrance into the art world in the mid 90’s by juxtaposing the hyper-futuristic and fantastical with the more mundane elements of contemporary Japanese culture. For her newest offerings, simultaneous openings at the Japan society in NYC (Rebirth) and the Louis Vuitton Espace in Tokyo (Infinite Renew), the creator instead chose to utilize the natural and spiritual worlds for inspiration. Above, we visit Mori at the site of her solo exhibition at Espace to discuss transcendence, reconnecting to nature, and the idea of a human internet.
Empty Dream (2005). Though Mori has always explored the ideas of cultural and aesthetical conflicts, her work has now evolved to encompass the duality between eastern mythology and religion, and the science, technology, and fashions of Western culture.
The mysterious stars of Mori's Infinite Renew, running September 28th-January 5th at Espace, are a series of otherworldly, yet oddly comforting spirals based on the Möbius strip that inhabit the gallery like mythic creatures. Meant to invoke questions about the shape and make up of our universe, the space takes on the appearance of a sci-fi set, with each spiral representing the infiniteness of existence.
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