Tomoni Shintaku
1982 Born in Hiroshima, Japan
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka
2013 Shinjuku Culinary Institute, Tokyo
1982 Born in Hiroshima, Japan
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka
2013 Shinjuku Culinary Institute, Tokyo
Published on February 3rd, 2020. Artist responses collected in months previous.
What projects are you working on right now?
To put it lightly, the circumstances surrounding homelessness in the United States are abnormal. However, I did not know the truth until I went there. From that awareness of the issue, I am currently undertaking a project to repair interactions with them and attempt to have a mutual understanding by sharing a single burger with a homeless person, bite by bite. At the current point in time, I am working with more than 100 homeless people, and I can feel the effect.
How do you keep yourself accountable in your practice?
By incorporating and reflecting the current status of the world in my work. Work that acts as a mirror that reflects reality, so to speak. And I do not hesitate to choose to stop creating pieces that fall behind times. In other words, by taking a straight look at reality, being true to my senses, and constantly being fresh and ready for challenges.
How do you stay motivated to pursue your creative work?
I believe that contemporary art is the most absurd and most wonderful work in this world. For example, Piero Manzoni's "Artist's Shit", etc. is incredibly absurd, yet incredibly sublime. My only aim is to become an ultimate shithead like him.
Where do you hope to be 10 years from now and what would you like to say to yourself?
I will be continuing my activities in New York as Artist.
What projects are you working on right now?
To put it lightly, the circumstances surrounding homelessness in the United States are abnormal. However, I did not know the truth until I went there. From that awareness of the issue, I am currently undertaking a project to repair interactions with them and attempt to have a mutual understanding by sharing a single burger with a homeless person, bite by bite. At the current point in time, I am working with more than 100 homeless people, and I can feel the effect.
How do you keep yourself accountable in your practice?
By incorporating and reflecting the current status of the world in my work. Work that acts as a mirror that reflects reality, so to speak. And I do not hesitate to choose to stop creating pieces that fall behind times. In other words, by taking a straight look at reality, being true to my senses, and constantly being fresh and ready for challenges.
How do you stay motivated to pursue your creative work?
I believe that contemporary art is the most absurd and most wonderful work in this world. For example, Piero Manzoni's "Artist's Shit", etc. is incredibly absurd, yet incredibly sublime. My only aim is to become an ultimate shithead like him.
Where do you hope to be 10 years from now and what would you like to say to yourself?
I will be continuing my activities in New York as Artist.
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