Her repair means not hiding past mistakes and accidents but accepting them and turning them into their charm. As long as these artworks need repair, they will continue to be repaired and changed.
Untitled (Wings) realises the moment when the messenger slips through the wall and comes to the parents, that is, the moment when a child is born. The messenger does not always do good deeds. It sometimes bothers and offends the parents as it keeps testing how parents behave and overcome problems. This work is the beginning of a story in which parents gradually mature with their children. The material of this work was reconstructed by breaking the plaster that was left over into pieces.
The theme of this work is stitching. A pile of copper-plated hoops sits on the floor next to a pile of strips of coloured cloth. Stitching is a means by which things are connected, and Rings encourages the viewer to pick up the hoops and tie them together with the strips of cloth. It is a work that changes in response to its interaction with the viewer. She aims to expand her interactive art practice to incorporate art activities in the fields of society and welfare.
Group Exhibitions
Lapped Seams & Silver Linings, Standpoint Gallery, London, 2022
We Won’t Stop Showing, Set Woolwich, London, 2022
First Impression, Safehouse 1 & 2, London, 2021
I Know What You Did Last Summer, Menier Gallery, London, 2019
Summer Foundation Show, Slade School Art, University College London, 2018
Kaori’s work focuses on repair, recycling, and reconstruction to represent her personal experiences and human emotions. Her artworks are not immutable but subject to changes. She reuses her previous works and leftover materials to counter the excesses of our material world. She wants to extend her artistic research practice to provide and explore care within the community for the elderly and immigrants.
