Shino Yanai The Deep End

Shino Yanai's art practice draws on traumatic historical events to critique the power of the state and the aesthetics of nationalism.
In her performance piece 'Blue Passages' (2016), she traces the final footsteps of German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin as he tried to escape the Nazis. Appearing with an Olympic torch, like a ghost from a Leni Riefenstahl film, Yanai makes the arduous journey across the Pyrenees to the border-town of Portbouｰthe site of Benjamin's suicide. The multi-screen presentation of this performance is a meditation on death, reflecting on the inexorability of history and the toxicity of state propaganda.


Artist Profile
Shino Yanai is an artist who creates installation using performance, video, photography and sound.
She graduated from the Royal College of Art (MA Photography, Distinction, 2016ｰ18) where she won the Photography Prize (judged by Sarah McCrory, Director, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art).
Selected exhibitions and performances include: 'Now You See Me', Louvre Museum, Paris (2017), 'Blue Passages', White Conduit Projects, London (2016), 'Brave New Worldｰ Re-enchanting Utopia', Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori (2013), 'What We See', The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2013).
She Has received various awards and prizes, including a fellowship of Overseas Study Programme for Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (2017ｰ18), and a grant from the POLA Art Foundation (2014ｰ15).
URL：shinoyanai.com


Talk Event
Speakers：Yoshihiko Mouri × Shino Yanai
　 Date：Saturday, March 2, 2019
　 Time：18:00 ｰ 19:30
　Venue：3331 Arts Chiyoda, Room 306
Capacity：25(*reserved only)
Fee：￥1,000 (price includes drinks)
*To attend please send email (info@sagacho.jp) with your name, the number of participants, and your e-mail address, specifying "3/2 Talk event" on the subject line. Confirmation will be sent back to you within a couple of days