{"id":215,"date":"2022-03-23T20:38:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T00:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/?p=215"},"modified":"2022-03-24T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:51:37","slug":"makoto-tojiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/zadams\/makoto-tojiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Makoto Tojiki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/2021-09-15-interview-featured-533x300.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Makoto Tojiki is an artist who works primarily with Light. He was born in Miyazaki Japan and attended university at Kinki University. . He worked as an industrial designer after graduating in 1998 but found production be restrictive. He started his art career in 2003. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concepts and Ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary focus in many of his works is the duality of light and shadow. &#8220;Shadow is created by light; if there is shadow, there must be light. Here, I express the relationship between light and shadow.&#8221; Another major concept shown through his art is Impermanence. The resulting images from his sculptures are often fleeting and represent temporary states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Horse with No Shadow (2010)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One day at Grand Palais\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8X_SjPjWQ_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse with no shadow is a light sculpture installed in Grand Palais (Saut Herm\u00e8s). It is from his <em>No Shadow Collection<\/em> . the sculpture depicts a horse mid stride. A snapshot of a motion like a fading memory. Materials used include LEDs, Copper wire and an integrated circuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hope and Dream (2012)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Makoto Tojiki &quot;Hope and Dream&quot; for Cl\u00e9 de Peau Beaut\u00e9\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bHH2HxqTsk?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>https:\/\/www.makototojiki.com\/hope-dl.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibit L\u2019Art De La Radiance 30th anniversary celebration presented by Cle de Peau Beaute. The <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/DSC01379.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"748\" data-id=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/DSC01379.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/DSC01379.jpeg 498w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/DSC01379-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"719\" data-id=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582.jpeg 959w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/P1010582-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3.jpeg 959w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3-800x532.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/hope-3-451x300.jpeg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The young girl is always in pursuit of womanly beauty, not knowing womanly beauty is always pursuing her.\u201d&#8230;\u201cfleeting images that are as ephemeral and enigmatic as the passing shadow of a bird.\u201d<\/p><cite>L&#8217;ART DE LA RADIANCE<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solidarity and Collaboration (2021)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536.jpeg 959w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/m_55536-450x300.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>https:\/\/www.makototojiki.com\/solidarity_and_collaboration.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solidarity and Collaboration was created for the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo. It was featured in Tokyo&#8217;s Olympic Agora, a cultural hub created in response to the Covid19 pandemic that features works from artists around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piece features two large figures. One passing a baton, and the other receiving it. The piece represents collaboration, inheritance, and overcoming what was thought impossible in respect to the global impact of the pandemic. Tojiki notes the relay competition as being particularly symbolic and a inspiration for this piece<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Interview] Makoto Tojiki - Solidarity and Collaboration - Olympic Agora Tokyo 2020\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIIuEphR5VQ?start=97&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/artistic-and-digital-legacy-of-olympic-agora-tokyo-2020-lives-on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Princess Leia (2014)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter-1024x742.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter-1024x742.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter-800x580.png 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter-414x300.png 414w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2022\/03\/carrie_fisher_twitter.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This Princess Leia sculpture was created for Carrie Fisher. It stands 32.5 cm tall. and is constructed from LEDs, copper wire, and ICs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Makoto Tojiki is an artist who works primarily with Light. He was born in Miyazaki Japan and attended university at Kinki University. . He worked as an industrial designer after graduating in 1998 but found production be restrictive. He started his art career in 2003. 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