PARALLEL MEMORY OF HIRAKI SAWA

Hiraki Sawa focuses her work on the idea of memory and forgetting, and the relationship we have with both concepts, how they affect our lives. 

Hiraki Sawa bases his work on the concept of memory and forgetting, and the relationship of both, and how they affect our lives.

Venue: Full floor -1 and LaCaixa hall.

Place: Entire floor -1 and Room LaCaixa.

*The installation exhibited in Room 0 can be visited until February 16.

*The installation exposed in Room 0 can be visited until February 16th.

London-based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) began his career in the field of sculpture, from where he evolved while remaining faithful to drawing until he turned his attention to video, moving image. In Sawa's works, objects and images taken from photographs come to life and move in domestic spaces, almost in a dreamlike manner, recreating both the memories that populate our minds and those that may have been forgotten. 

The Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa who resides in London (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) began his career in the field of sculpture, where he developed maintaining his loyalty to drawing until focusing on video, moving images. In the works of Sawa, objects and images taken from photographs come alive and move through domestic spaces, almost in a dreamlike way, recreating both the dreams that inhabit our minds and the ones that we might have forgotten. 

In this way, the guiding thread of Memoria Paralela, the exhibition presented at the Museo Universidad de Navarra establishes parallels with the binomial memory and oblivion, exploring the memories rescued from the collective amnesia prevailing in our time. This exhibition also includes Sawa's participation in the program Tender Puentes program of the Museum, in which he links his reflections on these concepts to the latent image discovered by Talbot in the development of his calotypes.

This means, that the thread leading through Parallel memory, the exhibition presented by the Museo Universidad de Navarra, establishes parallels between the duality of memory and oblivion, by exploring society's rescued memories from our prevailing collective amnesia. This exhibition counts on Sawa's participation in the museums program Tender Puentes, in which he associates the reflections of the above concepts with the hidden Image that Talbot discovered through the development of his own calotypes.

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HIRAKI SAWA

Resident in the United Kingdom, Hiraki Sawa (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) works with installation, sculpture, video, drawing and photography. After studying an MA in Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, Sawa surprises in 2002 with his work Dwelling, in which countless model airplanes fly over the private spaces of an apartment. Since then, he has exhibited his work all over the world. His artistic practice questions the ontology of the moving image, the confines of the white cube and the limits of pictorial narrative. Drawing on various themes such as celestial exploration, memory loss, childhood fantasy or physical exertion, the artist evokes in us a singular universe in which imagined scenarios, recalled sensations and documented excavations collide.

Resident in Great Britain, Hiraki Sawa, (Ishikawa, Japan, 1977) works with installations, sculpture, video, drawing and photography. After attending an MA Sculpture degree at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, in 2002 Sawa showed his latest work Dwelling, in which countless airplane models were shown flying over the private spaces in an apartment. Since then he has exhibited his work all around the world. His artistic habits challenge the ontology of moving images, the boundaries of the white cube and the limits of pictorial narrative. Inspired by different themes, such as space exploration, loss of memory, childhood fantasy or physical effort, the artist evokes in us a unique universe in which made up scenery, recovered sensations and documented excavations collide.