International. Japanese-born multidisciplinary artist Taro Izumi relied on Casio's expertise and the technology of his LampFree projectors for the production of his latest exhibition, titled Pan, which ended this week at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Taro Izumi's artistic exhibition consists of installations and video projections that seek to create harmony between two contrasting ideologies, achieving visually striking counterpoints and loaded with an ironic humor. For the creation of his pieces, the Tokyo-born artist uses everyday objects such as chairs, stairs, lamps and pots, with which he plays, builds and transforms simple things into abstract works of art, complemented in turn by games of light and shadow, as well as audio and video projections on walls or the same sculptures in situ.
On this occasion, the video projections were carried out by Casio's LampFree projectors, which were chosen for their reliability, resistance and excellent image quality. In Pan, the audiovisual artist used eleven XJ-F100W (Advanced Series) projectors, to display, among other things, photographs of historical moments in world sport, being confronted, in an allegorical way, by recreations interpreted in the daily life of today's world, always surrounded by those ordinary objects that fascinate Izumi so much. This series of pieces, called Tickled in a dream... maybe?, aims to counteract the impulse and strength of athletes in action, with the parsimony of an inert subject.
"The image projected by this model [XJ-F100W] was the most beautiful. Once the screening started, I was surprised and impressed," said Taro Izumi.
In the different rooms of the huge space dedicated to the work of Taro Izumi, the artist presents an endless number of artistic proposals using all kinds of objects and technological advances. In the installation titled To forget the day that I forgot to wear sunscreen, Casio projectors are used to tell the story of the brick of a wall, which is photographed once a day by Izumi. By bringing together and combining each of those dozens of identical, but slightly different shots, a mosaic of moments constructed from the idea of snatching the object from its context is created, keeping its original purpose intact.
The world in which Taro Izumi's work inhabits is one expressed through installations, sculptures and projections, where the common thread is play, disturbance and accidents. The combination of technology and craftsmanship, the physical and the digital, the palpable and the ephemeral, is a constant element in all its exhibitions. Casio will continue to be present in the work of Taro Izumi, as that indispensable visual aid in the discourse and vision of the artist.
