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* 1938 in Okayama, Japan, lives and works in Japan
Japanese artist
Known for: Conceptual works with minimal events
Art historical context: Fluxus movement
Shiomi's events take place on the edge between nothing and something; they consist of interventions and alterations so minimal and subtle that they are hardly recognizable as such.
Exhibited works
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Spacial poem Nr. 9: disappearing event, 1975. GF | B | Observe the natural phenomenon that something is going to disappear. In 1965, Mieko Shiomi began a series of nine Fluxus events, which she called Spatial Poems. She invited many artists from around the world to organize minimal interventions in their environment, e.g. to write a word on a card and choose a location where the card was to be deposited. The participants documented their interventions and sent their material to Shiomi. With these materials Shiomi created different Fluxus objects and installations, as well as a publication. | |
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Falling event, 1963. GF | B | Pencil on paper, 17.6 x 22.8cm. The artists were invited to drop an object and to write a report about it. Artist Shigeko Kubota dropped a little red flower from a window in New York; the Lithuanian pianist Vtautas Landsbergis dropped a pike into a frying pan, and the Czech artist Ladislav Novak even claimed to have thrown a child from a hill. | |
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Music for two players II, 1963. GF | B | Pencil on paper, 17.7 x 25.3 cm. In a closed room pass over 2 hours in silence. (They may do anything but to speak) | |
| Disappearing Music for Face, 1966. | Video: 11 min. 15 sec. Change gradually from a smile to no smile. | |
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Links Hundertmark Gallery | Further informations 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Credits All reproductions © Mieko Shiomi | ||