On September 27th, Yoskay Yamamoto (interviewed) will be unveiling new sculptural installations in Hong Kong’s Time Square. Presented by LeBasse Projects, the large heads (see below) that look like the ones often seen in the LA-based artist’s work will be interacting with passer-bys in one of the busiest areas in Causeway Bay. On a related note, Jeremy Asher Lynch recently made a video entitled Submerged where he visiting Yoskay in his studio, taking a look at the wooden sculptures he loves to create in his workshop. Enjoy the footage below as well as an explanation from the artist…
Discuss Yoskay Yamamoto here.
For this film, we originally talked about having a Japanese folklore or an old myth as a narrative….
I couldn’t find the story that had connection or relation to my art…
So I suggested having my girlfriend Emi read one of my grandmother ‘s letters I received before she passed away…
Due to complex facts, I wasn’t able to return home for my own grandmother’s funeral…
During that time I Skyped with my mother and she showed me my grandmother lying very peacefully in a white kimono.
She looked much older and skinnier than I remembered her to be…
It felt strange to see my grandmother on the computer screen and I couldn’t really grasp what was going on emotionally at the time…
I felt selfish and some of my family got upset about it…
This film project was an opportunity for me to reach back to my grandmother and report my well being and to introduce my art work and my girlfriend to her.
I miss you very much and I hope this little film of ours will reach you eventually.
Love you.
Your Grandson,
Yoskay
